Business News and Other Sh!t

By Amer Abdullah

Business News and Other Sh!t' is a comedy show about investing. #ComedicInvesting

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November 05, 2019 #77: Warren in 1st, Sanders 2nd?! Rich Peeps Sh!ttin They Pants!
Warren just unveiled a TWENTY *TRILLION* DOLLAR plan to pay for Medicare for All! This could *really* happen people!! Rich are quakin in their Ferragamo boots.
We had Dr. Michele Kehrer on from Balance Chicago (https://balancechicago.com/). She don’t like M4A bc she thinks the target should be on insurance companies, NOT doctors getting paid less.
Talk about investing in yourself. After being diagnosed with cancer TWICE, and her biz on the brink of failure with $250k in debt, this woman has doubled down and TRIPLED down on investing in herself and her business. Spoiler alert: it all works out in the end!!
We also talked about stocks at a record high again, I know I've said that so many times. It keeps happening!!! Hold onto your Sh!t people!
Fimally, we discuss Ed Stack, CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, who recently released a new book. This dude is *amazing*! He destroyed $5 million worth of guns and has created all new gun policies for Dick’s stores. NRA wants to rifle this guy down.
Sit back relax, enjoy the episode, peace out.
11:32 Investing in Yourself
16:51 Stocks at a Record High
18:50 Disney Plans, Apple Plans
26:00 Are we already in a Recession?
35:05 Amer’s Dad’s Investing, Saving
37:47 Fiat & Chrysler
42:40 Elizabeth Warren’s Healthcare, Should it Be Free?
58:09 New book by Dick’s CEO about Guns and Gun Safety
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1h 21min
October 30, 2019 #76: Retired Air Force Colonel Carla Bass Explains How Powerful Writing Changes Lives
She's a ‘word sculptor,’ NOT a ‘wordsmither’ - very different.
Episode 76 y'all, Carla Bass, Air Force Colonel, took the worst squadron and made it the #1 squadron in the state. How is that possible? Yeah, it totally happened.
She was also able to get the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to come to her gala ball through writing. How did she do that? She's doing workshops, she's teaching businesses how to make more cheddar, and she's teaching YOU how to make more cheddar and get promoted through writing.
Carla has a whole lotta ways to make extra cheddar. Make sure you sit back and relax this episode, you're gonna learn a lot.
Enjoy it.
Peace.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
01:10 Carla D, Being First Lieutenant
04:55 Carla’s Dad Swearing in Carla
07:23 Carla’s Briefings for the Director of the NSA
09:46 Word Sculpting vs. Wordsmithing
14:35 Teaching Her Writing Technique in Her Battalion
17:38 Powerful Writing Used Dishonestly
22:00 Military Representative to Bulgaria
23:55 Plays: Write to Influence
27:00 Cutting Down the Fat
34:25 Marketing Good News
36:15 Carla’s Shocking Story
39:30 10 Reasons Why a Boss Needs To Be a Powerful Writer
40:10 Administrating the Birthday Ball, Gerard Shelton
46:25 More Powerful Writing Plays

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51min
October 28, 2019 #75: The Sh!t Show - WeWork, Boeing & FB Woes Run Deep w/ Retired Air Force Colonel, Carla Bass
We had a retired Air Force Colonel, Carla Bass (www.writetoinfluence.net).
This ep is all about how to write more powerfully! How that helps you to make more cheddar (money).
We do a deep dive into her “Money-Making Methods” in the second episode so make sure to tune in on Wednesday for that.
This is the shit show episode. WeWork, Boeing, and Facebook. Specifically Boeing, I can't believe how much these guys have withheld.
Carla shows us how that's not the right move withholding all that information. We get into some of that and how their stock has been plummeting.
Then we get into WeWork. The real issue here is SoftBank as they are the one that's really screwed. Those guys have a $100 billion vision fund that is totally at risk here with Uber Slack and WeWork shit in the bed.
And finally, Facebook. Facebook's trying to do to the banking industry what they did to the newspaper industry up with their Libra cryptocurrency. They trying to take over banks and credit card so that everyone can kind of just use cryptocurrency on their website to do their business.
Thank you for listening, enjoy the ep!
Peace.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
05:46 Powerful Writing For Professionals
08:30 Officer in Air Force Intelligence
14:37 Power of Writing
15:37 Boeing, WeWork, Facebook
16:30 Boeing, Flight Simulator Flaws
21:53 Boeing Stock Has Issues
25:14 WeWork
35:00 Vision Fund for Various Companies
36:55 Facebook, Crypto Currency, Bitcoin
39:00 Cryptocurrency Investing
46:10 Lobbyists, Investing in Facebook

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49min
October 23, 2019 #74: Owner's Mentality = Roll Up Sleeves. Clean Toilet. Wipe Sh!t Water Off Your Face
Episode 74.
Yo, Masroor Ahmed. This dude is a finance lover. This guy really is comfortable with money and making big decisions around money. He showed us that he's willing to roll up his sleeves and clean some toilets and wash some dishes. That's right.
Dude is VP of finance at Factor 75. A company that makes food- organic, grass fed type of food- and then delivers it already cooked and chilled to your door. He's basically CFO for that company.
We asked him, "yo, how do you make that chedda?" and he says it's all about work ethic in his opinion/experience.
Noshod broke down some crazy stories from his time at military school and as a cross country runner- some depressing sh!t, but it was actually great because he ended up winning in the end.
And, finally, Masroor, walks us through what it means to really have an owner's mentality. And how does that relate to the saying, "own your sh!t"? Yeah, Masroor told us some personal stories around that- really powerful.
We finished off talking about something unexpected- the Chicago Public School situation- and some ideas we have to make things better (if CPS would ever listen to us, but why would they? No idea.) There's so much knowledge already out there with Khan Academy and other similar sites that maybe there's some wacky or otherwise outside-the-box solutions for CPS's problems.
So anyway, sit back, relax. Enjoy the episode. Thanks for tuning in, ya'll.
Peace.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
02:00- Masroor's work history at Deutsche Bank
04:45- Work ethic
07:50- Noshod's depressing story
13:10- Masroor's search after Deutsche Bank
16:50- Masroor's inspirations for work ethic
18:00- Noshod's military school story
22:20- Caring in work ethic
30:30- Masroor's role at Factor 75
33:35- Egos
40:10- The Owner's Mentality
46:45- Teacher's strike and caring for education
58:30- Khan Academy and other out-of-box solutions for CPS issues
01:02:20- Kids entering the workforce
01:05:00- Check out all the cool things our guests are up to

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1h 8min
October 21, 2019 #73: We're *ALREADY IN* Recession IMO. So Whaddya Do ?
Tho it ain't official, I think we're in recession. Why? Recessions LAG data. Here's the data:

- China Slowest GDP in 30 years.
- Inverted yield curve.
- Europe in recession.
- Capital spending droppin.

Should you sell your stocks to try and time the market? HELLLL NAW!!! Click and listen as our guest Masroor Ahmed drops some serious street cred on how to be a long term investor.

Comedian Noshod Barrow joined us too - he shared some stories from his cross country running days (RUN *BLACK* FORREST, RUN!!) and his military school days.

As for Masroor, this dude is VP of Finance (aka 'cheddar manager') for Factor 75, a food service company. He basically tells CEOs and CMOs how much they can spend, where they should spend it, and what prices they should charge for all their products. CHEDDA-MANAGER! He breaks down how to make that bread and how to keep that bread.

Finally, Noshod decided to bring up "ego death" as a topic. aka Nirvana, enlightenment, ma'rifa. Know it? We take a stab at it, listen in to find out how to obliterate your s-e-l-f.

Make cheddar and chill,
- Amer

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
03:28- Noshod’s introduction
04:52- Hair loss
05:48- Introducing Masroor
08:55- Rap Swagger
11:06- Amer’s Bollywood Dance
11:26- Masroor’s origins in Alaska and India
14:05- Masroor, VP of Finance Factor 75
18:40- Working in finance, Deutsche Bank
26:05- Success and failure
28:15- Ego in comedy
30:40- Masroor's experience in business
33:04- We’re in a recession
41:04- China's economy is slowing down
42:40- Who’s affected by slowing economies
44:55- Questions from the audience
47:40- Selling your portfolio in a recession
50:10- Ego death
54:50- Meditation
59:15- Do not sell
01:02:45- Buy low, Sell high
01:05:30- Snowballing your investment
01:06:30- Should you invest in stocks or your own business?
01:11:10- Charlie Trotter’s

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1h 16min
October 17, 2019 #72: Legit Biz Hack: Combat Brain Training for Civilians (with John Kennedy)
Thin slicing, scout snipers, speed drills, anticipation thinking. Yo, we covered a lot with John Kennedy.
This is the brain training episode y'all. If you all want to sign up with me, come on out. Doing this demo was powerful. It had a big impact on the way I operate. John has worked directly with some super performers to help them achieve their peak- such as Kyle Korver of the Bulls, a billionaire real estate investor, stock traders, Top Athletes, people with Parkinson's and CTE. He calls this a learning accelerator in that you're able to learn quicker and faster and retain more. This simple repeatable technique can make you smarter, sharper, and improve your attention span.
Thanks for listening and sit back, relax.
Peace.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
01:20- John J Kennedy and (www.combatbraintraining.com)
07:25- Caleb Wells
08:55- Thin slicing
12:30- Amer's demo
14:30- Scout sniper course
19:30- Using it in business
26:20- CFL, John's influence
32:10- Speed drill
39:15- Anticipation
45:55- The exercise helps improve anticipation
53:05- Groups who've been helped with this technique
53:45- How does this make money?
54:18- Revenge trading
57:00- Stronger vs weaker processes
59:15- Rates for a session
01:03:40- Commercial real estate
01:08:30- Practical use of exercises
01:14:55- Plugs
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1h 18min
October 15, 2019 #71: China Just *Latrell Sprewell-ed* the NBA
Q: What do you get when China & the NBA go toe-to-toe?
A: Yao Ming

The Chinese LOVE basketball.
The Chinese ADORE the NBA.
The Chinese government HATES an outspoken NBA.

It feels like a $4 billion NBA business in China was flushed down the toilet overnight with one tweet: "Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong"

Is this bigger than the NBA?
Yup.

Do American companies have a spine when it comes to China?
Nope.

Is this really all Daryl Morey's fault?
Daryl WHO?

Episode #71, y'all. After breakin down the NBA and China, we gets to talkin to John Kennedy.
Don't worry, his middle initial ain't "F."

This dude is a brain coach. He runs a company called Combat Brain Training.

He's a former corporate guy that developed a brain-training system for Marine Special Ops on how to sniff out an IED device (booby traps) in Afghanistan. Basically, it boils down to mental agility: can a Marine take in TONS of info in the moment and make a critical decision to save his/her own life?

Spoiler alert: the Marine CAN. John taught them how. And now he's teaching athletes, business folks, and investors how to do the same thing. I did a demo of this technique - WHOA! It worked! Make sure you catch the full run-down of his interview in part 2 (released Thursday).

Peace,
Amer.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
02:40- Anxiety attacks & coffee
03:30- Introducing John Kennedy (http://www.combatbraintraining.com/)
06:58- Combat brain training
11:05- IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices)
18:15- Will Trump's potential trade deal with China go through?
20:20- China's Muslim detention camps
24:50- Joe Biden's relationship with China
27:50- NBA's silence on the China issue
44:10- Apple's roll over relationship with China
46:40- Creative destruction
50:10- Apps and Robinhood
50:55- Schwab ends stock trading commission charges
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55min
October 10, 2019 #70: Welcome to the *Golden Circle* of Generosity
Episode 70!
We had on Suzanne Griffith, owner/founder of Vega Partners (http://www.vega-partners.com/) - a management consulting firm for corporate citizenship. Yeah, she doin it.
Yo, she walked us through how the world is becoming one where social impact can happen with just one person. That's how Purdue Pharma came down. It was a woman's opioid art installation project that really brought all that attention. And so she explains- how does a corporation do good?
She worked for Exelon- the corporate citizenship there. And now she's doing it for other corporations as a consultant. She broke down for us how a restaurant does that- I've recently taken over running my late father's restaurant.
PG&E, how did they do it wrong? Walmart, how are they doing it wrong? Suzanne knows her shit yo.
Listen up. Enjoy the episode.
Peace.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
00:50- Vega Partners, urban partnership bank
02:48- African American legacy fund
03:52- More about Vega
08:55- PG&E/ Corporate responsibility
15:42- Amer's restaurant
24:15- Suzanne's plugs
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27min
October 08, 2019 #69: To All My Sketchy CEOs: Call Suzanne Griffith
My fave sketchy CEO's:

Adam Neuman - WeWork
Devin Wenig - eBay
Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook

Fellas, PLEASE call Suzanne Griffith, episode # 69's guest. Suzanne is the founder/CEO of Vega Partners: https://www.vega-partners.com/.
Suzanne runs a consulting company that coaches corporations on being good corporate citizens. ZUCK - don't get fired like Adam & Devin - you need Suzanne real bad.
Suzanne teaches us what real charismatic leadership is and what truly good corporate citizens are. Rule #1: pick a mission that you can actually accomplish (WeWork be like "elevate people's consciousness" WTF?)
We then talked about the economy, which has been buried amidst all the impeachment news. Economy took some hits last week yo - manufacturing data is starting to flash red, even professional services data startin to shit its bed. Guess what the Fed wants to do? Yup, lower interest rates more. We just be bouncing on this bubble instead of tryna slowly let the air out. Come on, Fed, have some ballz and let some air out the economy bubble.
Make sure you catch our Wednesday episode with Suzanne where we go into detail about what she can do and how she helps companies make money AND do good.
Chillax,
Peace.
Amer
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
01:45- Suzanne's background
03:48- Introductions
11:48- Theatre people
12:43- What's Vega Partners?
15:46- CEOs of WeWork and more
17:40- Greenwashing
21:08- B Corps
25:40- CEO spiritual nonsense
29:52- Charismatic leaders
32:34- Purdue Pharma and their opioid scandal
37:40- Jamie Dimon, Roundtable
41:35- Ben & Jerry's Black lives matter
44:55- Bed ordinance and non-profits
49:30- Markets down ~3%
52:15- Interest rates down to zero and lowering
54:45- Snowfall

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59min
October 02, 2019 #68: No Bouncers At The IRA Club Door with Dennis Blitz & Kasia Macioch
Whats up y'all?
Episode 68, thank you for tuning in.
This is the IRA episode with the IRA club, not a night club, Its a place where you try and make some extra cash without getting taxed. We get to know Dennis and Kasha better as they break down how to make money in your IRA tax free. What are the pros man, I've never met people who know IRA's better than these people. They're strongly strongly well versed in IRAs. So sit back, relax and you're about to learn how to make some cheddar for free without tax baby.
Peace!

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
01:05- IRA Club
01:35- Mutual funds/ Bank CDs
03:35- 1-800/Fidelity
07:10- Real estate & IRA
09:35- Dennis origin into investing/ IRA Club
11:25- How they both met
13:48- Roth IRA/401K
15:00- Tax code/ Social security
17:50- IRA's can be inherited
20:20- Roth IRA's
21:20- Assets going into in IRA/ One hour annuity/ Prohibitive transactions
24:10- Retirement plans other than 401K, IRA
24:40- Buy assets, prohibitive transactions
25:50- What is self dealing?
28:40- Start the IRA first
32:53- Hard money lending
33:29- Baby shark/ Copyrights
36:30- High interest rates, IRA loans
38:10- Roth IRA loans
41:06- PayPal bought by eBay
42:13- 12000 investing with the IRA, Mobile homes
46:35- Traditional vs Roth
50:05- Roth is not taxable, better for younger people
53:10- Real estate syndication
53:30- Life insurance/ Life settlements
01:00:40- Plugs
01:01:43- Millennials & IRAs

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