Everything fun has been banned. Parties, restaurants, nightclubs… California has even banned singing. All because of COVID—if you give off the impression that you’re having fun, people think you’re not taking the virus seriously. This collective lack of joy has serious implications for the stock market…

What if you treated stocks like your house—and pretended it was as annoying to trade as it is to move? Chances are you’d have a lot more success in the stock market.

The average person spends 10–20% of their income on interest. Because all they think about is, “Can I afford the monthly payment?” Don’t do that! Pay cash—that’s how successful people do it.

The economy is not the stock market—events can simultaneously wreak havoc on the economy and turbocharge stocks. Which helps explain why stocks keep going up, despite the ongoing recession and looming tax hikes.

Get ready to laugh. At the beginning of 2020, Jared was encouraged to make 12 predictions about the economy, the markets, and the election. No one knew all the chaos and absurdity this this year would bring—but Jared’s prediction about college wasn’t too far off.

Geneva, Switzerland is dripping with money—and it’s making the news because it raised the minimum wage to $25 per hour. Of course, people want that in the US, too, even though it would kill jobs. You might make more, but your buddy is going to be out of a job.

Credit cards are powerful pieces of plastic. They provide small unsecure loans at high interest rates—which many people mistake for a “one slide fixes all” solution. Learn the one simple routine that can save you from the high-interest credit card trap.

Eight years ago, a little-known company called Peloton needed an investor. The founder asked a friend to invest $25,000. Now that friend has 9 million dollars—all because he had the cash to do it, zero debt, and the willingness to take the risk.

Warren Buffett is a billionaire, but he isn’t leaving anything to his kids. That’s one way to screw them up. Even for non-billionaires, there’s a way to leave a little something behind and still enjoy yourself in retirement. The “4% rule” can help you get there.

The only big company that’s been allowed to fail recently is Lehman Brothers. Big problem for the Lehman exec with $25 million in company stock… it all went to zero. If you own a lot of stock in the company where you work, you face a similar risk (probably on a smaller scale). Jared explains how to get it under control.