Oh now Mr. Market is happy again? This is why I’m tellin y’all that stock-pickin ain’t cherry-pickin! 

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: 

We live in a culture that values “financial freedom” above almost all else. WTF does this even mean?! 

Work like a donkey and you’ll have financial freedom, right? 

Get really good at day trading stocks and one day you’ll have that big winner, right?  

Play the lottery and when you win a small jackpot (say, $1 or $2 million) you’ll have financial freedom, right?

Comedian Skyler Higley (Laugh Factory, January 25th) joins me to discuss how all this is BS. 

You may also learn a thing or 2 about Mennonites...and methanites. 

Bottom line: you can do whatever you want right now. It’s just no one is ever going to tell you that. 

I  also discuss how last week’s negative news on Apple’s revenue problems is HUGE for the market, though everyone seems to have moved on thinking  the bull market is fully back on track. 

Finally, my dad comes on to talk about some of the economic effects of Drumpf’s government shutdown. 

Show Highlights:

- What is financial freedom? 

- FF has a spiritual component & a tangible component 

- What is the right plan for financial freedom? 

- 60/20/20 rule 

- Why it’s important to know your net worth

- Cut up your credit cards

- Put this plan into place and your money anxiety will decrease.

- The markets have suddenly forgotten all the bad out there

-  Jeff Bezos is getting divorced

- Apple is becoming a service company.

-  Last week’s jobs reports is a misdirection

- Should we raise interest rates? Huge impact on economy

- Amer's dad talks about the government shutdown and its economic impact Latest episode of Business News and Other $#!+

It’s a new year, and if you’re like most investors, you’re thinking “How low can the market go?!” 

As a result, good investors are asking when to sell. Great investors are asking when to BUY. 

The answer, my friends, is now. And next week. And the week after. I know, sh*t ain’t easy. 

Comedian  Sam Prickett (Zanies Chicago, 1/14-1/21) joins me to discuss (ehh, more like fight about) how to view money as FLOW, like the breath, and keep it moving if you want it to keep on coming. 

Bottom line: learn to handle your money anxiety and watch yourself get rich AF. 

We  also discuss the fact that everyone is asking the wrong question -  which is, “are we gonna have a recession in 2019?!” The BIG question  everyone should be asking is “Is the underlying economy sound? Or is  something sinister and smoky lurking underneath the hood?” 

Finally,  my grandma Zarifa joins us to give her take on Larry Ellison joining  Tesla’s board to represent shareholders and, of course, be all up on  Elon’s nuts. 

Shownotes:

7:30 Jenga Tower  - Trump, China, for pointing in America. 

18:00 sixty twenty twenty rule-give small percentage to charity 

26:00 How sensitive our economy is to interest rates #InvestAnyway

29:00 Run into a burning building and keep investing.

44:00 Reconcile keeping powder dry and continuity to invest your 20% each month

49:00 Facebook's increasingly bad decisions

57:00 Is now the time to invest the powder thinks all hell could break lose-fear of the money flow stopping.

1:03:00 Will apple regain their market share?

1:07:00 Thinking about the next 12 months

1:18:10 Has the economy ever been on stable footing?

1:24:47 Quantitative Easing

1:22:24 Economies are slowing down.

1:30:00 March 1st Trade deadline. 

1:36:58 Grandma Zariffa discussing Elon Musk bringing Larry Ellison onto board of Tesla. Good time to buy Tesla