Over just a few decades, the Behemoths’ clever public relations firms and their ill-informed minions managed to move almost every dollar that belongs to you and every other American into either debt or equity over which you have no control. There’s just no room for savings in this scheme of things so the Behemoths sell you term insurance to keep you from putting your money in whole life insurance and local savings accounts where you control it.
The two most frequently asked questions posed to Money for Life Guides are:
“Why haven’t I heard of the EUREKONOMICS™ Model for Creating and Managing My Personal Economy before now?”
and…
“Why isn’t everyone using the EUREKONOMICS™ Model?”
However, one group of people (those who learned about this model years ago but whose thinking was trapped in the failed Debt Paradigm) [...]
The following comment was submitted by an advisor in response to a recent article by Dr Agon Fly that appeared on ProducersWeb, a financial industry forum. I believe it could be useful for anyone interested in understanding life insurance policies and - more importantly - in securing their future.
ProducersWeb wrote:
What about U.S. Treasury decision 1743 [...]
The Prudent Man Rule is based on common law stemming from the 1830 Massachusetts court decision - Harvard College v. Armory. (26 Mass.) 446, 461 (1830). The Prudent Man Rule directs trustees “to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the [...]
By Dr Benjamin Franklin and Dr Agon Fly
“II. But with our industry we must likewise be steady, settled, and careful, and oversee our own affairs with our own eye, and not too much to others;
WOW! I wonder what Benjamin Franklin would think of ‘modern’ investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETF’s, hedge funds, and derivatives of [...]
By Benjamin Franklin and Dr Agon Fly
Father Abraham’s recounting of the advice delivered by Poor Richard’s Almanac during its twenty five years of publication continues with some admonitions about chasing a life of leisure. These observations may be even more appropriate today than they were 250 years ago, when they were written.
“Methinks I hear some of [...]
By Dr Benjamin Franklin and Dr Agon Fly
In 1758 Benjamin Franklin published the final annual installment of Poor Richard’s Almanac. As a preface to this final edition he wrote The Way to Wealth and introduced Father Abraham as the main character in the tale.
Father Abraham embodied the financial wisdom that “Poor” Richard Saunders – Ben [...]
I pay close attention to the financial news. It’s part of my job to know what’s really going on in the general economy so I can properly train other advisors and guide my personal clients with integrity.
Below are six articles from financial news sources from last week I encourage you to skim the first five [...]
America’s young people are trapped in a dysfunctional paradigm that is robbing them of the oppotunity to succeed.
“The June 2008 Greenberg survey, entitled “Young People: Living on the Edge” illustrates the severe impact of the current economic crisis on 18 to 34 year olds…
“Of the young adult participants, 75 percent say they have gone deeper in [...]
“Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.” Benjamin Franklin,
John Bigelow, The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1 of 12, pg 254
Ben Franklin penned these words about a topic other than money, but could just as well have been discussing saving.
Einstein [...]