Apple Stock Takes HUGE Hit – Did You See It Coming?

April 26, 2016Blog, Infinite Banking, stock marketapple stock, infinite banking, stock marketNick D.

What do you think of when you see this graph:

Apple Down $40 Billion

This is Apple’s share price between 10 am and a little after 5 pm today – April 26th 2016. All I can say is WOW!

After they released a lackluster earnings report their stock dropped by more than 8%!

Can you believe it!? Here’s the problem, even though you may feel bad for the tech giant, you should probably feel worse for yourself.

Even if you own one of the most plain-vanilla S&P 500 index funds, Apple probably has one of the largest positions in it.

Translation: some of your money just went poof.

Even for conservative investors who aren’t out looking for the next big thing or trying to time the market, but simply want a safe, consistent return.

Does that cliff look safe to anyone else?

Facts are facts. The stock market is a gamble and too many people gamble way more than a few hundred bucks – they’re gambling with their life savings.

Without anyway of knowing Apple was going down like this today or when any company for that matter will drop off a cliff, it’s tough to argue for stock market stability and consistency.

This isn’t the first time Apple has come up – back in 2011 I wrote about the illness of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs and how it affected Apple stock

There are hundreds of other similar examples proving that money in the stock market is money completely out of your control.

It’s time to get back in control isn’t it?

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3 Things to Look for in a High Cash Value Life Insurance Policy

November 13, 2013BlogNick D.

Lot’s of over complication going on out there – this 1 minute and 30 second video will break down the 3 key things to look for in a High Cash Value Life Insurance Policy.

Using Cash Value Insurance While Paying Off High Interest Debt

September 12, 2013Debt, Podcast, whole life insuranceJosh

josh11 Hey. Thanks for stopping by this post. I am starting this out odd because, well, I’m a bit tired.

The reason. This is the third time I am writing this post.

I started out trying to show how to use life insurance with debts, but it got way too complicated.

And every situation is so much different. But here is what I gleaned from this.

Also, understand that I am talking about high interest debt here, credit cards, etc. If you have low interest debt such as a home or a car, it needs to be treated completely different (you can watch my video here on how to pay off those debts).

Listen to this here…
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Whole Life Insurance is a Bad Investment, Right?

August 30, 2013Blog, Podcast, wall street myths, whole life insuranceJosh

joshua daniel 1 I was in a bit of an online argument (don’t worry I’m ok) the other day with a guy on some random website comments. These are unproductive, for the most part, and Dan Thompson would be telling me it’s a waste of time.

Probably true.

To continue, we were about done with it all when he attempted to seal the deal with his little emoticon. We were talking about whole life insurance and he said, “I’ve been getting 11% on my money in my retirement fund. Good luck getting that in your whole life insurance policy :).”

Smiley face slam. What could I say?

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The Options You Have When Choosing a High Cash Value Policy

August 21, 2013Blog, Podcast, whole life insuranceJosh

joshua Many people are unaware they have options when it comes to creating a high cash value life insurance policy. And, to be honest, I wasn’t able to offer these options for a long time, and most people in this business still do not have this ability.

So, being able to give you options has been something we are pretty proud.

But enough chatter, what are the options?

Simply put, we can choose between having more long term growth policy, or, we can choose to have a little less growth over the long term, with a lot more cash value available up front.

Let’s look at the high early option first, and then compare the two.

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Analyzing Costs in a High Cash Value Life Insurance Policy

August 7, 2013Blog, whole life insuranceJosh

“But what is the cost?” This is question that I often get before I’ve sat down with someone and showed them an actual insurance illustration. It’s a difficult question to answer without looking at numbers and understanding the actual dividends of a life insurance company.

On top of this, because we are putting money in to gain a return on our investment, it makes the conversation of cost an even much more difficult subject to tackle.

However, let’s look at some numbers from an actual insurance illustration and see if we can’t analyze cost better.
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How to Supercharge Your Emergency Savings Fund

July 31, 2013emergency savings, whole life insuranceJosh

josh11 An emergency savings fund is a must have. That being said, many times people lose out on a whole lot of cash value because they don’t look at their money the right way. They don’t put a future value on their money.

How does this apply to an emergency savings fund? Well, you might be surprised how much money you could be earning over your lifetime.

Now, the purpose of an emergency savings fund is clear–you want to have a stack of easily accessible money to use when and if you need it. If you do use the money for an emergency, you want to build it back up again.
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3 Misconceptions About Cash Value Life Insurance

July 18, 2013BlogJake

Have you ever had someone insult what you believe in? You might get offended or even want to retaliate. Well when it comes to life insurance, there’s so many people that don’t get it, that you can’t help but laugh.

Like the guy that called it “trash value life insurance” the other day. I laughed out loud… it’s actually one of the more creative ones I’ve heard.

The truth is most people just don’t quite get how high cash value life insurance works. This is exactly why I recorded this quick video… to clarify 3 of the most common misconceptions: