Insightful Principles

Chapter Titles:
00:00-00:55 What's the pulse on the market?
00:55-02:15 July CPI Reports
02:15-04:17 Where is inflation & where it isn't?
04:17-5:09 Producer prices decreasing
05:09-06:11 Alternative inflation charts
06:11-8:00 Reduced Rate Hikes 
8:00-12:56 Treasury Yield Spreads that signal recessions?
12:56-17:30 What does the Fed Funds & Policy Rate mean for investors?
What is the current inflation reports for July 2022? Are consumer & producer prices starting to slow down? Are we in a recession or moving towards one? 
How will the Fed respond to the most recent Consumer Price Index (CPI) & Producer Price Index (PPI) reports. What's going on with the inversions on the treasury yield spreads? 
Kevin touched on all of these areas and described how this is impacting the U.S on a macroeconomic scale. He explained some of the notable increases within the CPI, which was food at home, gas, transportation, airfares, & household energy. 
He also went over the expected rate hikes for the remainder of the year and if a pivot is on the table for the Federal Reserve in the fall of 2022. 
Lastly, Kevin reviewed the inversions with the 10- and 2-year Treasury Yields. As well as the 10-year treasury and the 3 month note. He provided some context on what the Fed Funds Rate & the policy rate means for investors and why it's an important indicator to pay attention to.
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00:00-01:18 iTrust Capital (Opening Crypto IRA)
01:18-02:13 How to balance emotions when investing?
02:13-05:33 Women Being Better Traders Compared To Men
05:33-06:52  Buzzsprout (Starting A Podcast)
06:52-09:21 Make Fewer Decisions
09:21-10:07 Stick To Financial Plan
10:07-10:57 Document Your Research Process
10:57-12:00 Ledger (Crypto Hardware Wallet)
12:00-13:02 Understanding expectations
13:02-14:16 Fail Fast & Often
In this episode, Kevin detailed how to balance emotions when investing. Often times the market can cause us all to make irrational decisions and become more reactive to the fluctuation's day to day.
The best thing any investor can do is stay calm, patient, & discipline.
Kevin highlighted how women tend to be better traders than men because they are more cautious, and they tend to utilize different strategies with their investing approach. Like having bigger stop losses and holding their shares of companies longer. 
He also explained some tips on removing emotions when investing. Like making fewer decisions, sticking to a financial plan, documenting your research process, and failing often by learning from your mistakes.
These strategies can be helpful when dealing with volatile and uncertain markets in today's
economy. Please rate, leave a review, and share this podcast!
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Chapter Titles:
00:00-01:18 iTrust Capital (Open A Crypto IRA)
01:18-04:45 How To Win Friends & Influence People- Dale Carnegie 
04:45-06:04 Buzzsprout (Start a Podcast) 
06:04-06:43 Summary of Dale Carnegie Book 
06:43-08:45 Quirky (Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed The World)- Melissa A. Schilling 
08:45-09:50 Ledger (Safely Secure Your Crypto Assets) 
09:50-11:40 Summary of Quirky 
11:40-14:25 Cashflow Quadrant- Robert Kiyosaki 
In this podcast, Kevin detailed 3 books every entrepreneur should read. How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie shows how to interact with people in business.
 Entrepreneurship is a people business and if you can learn how to deal with people's emotions and their behavior's, you will be able to tailor your product or service around the best interest of your client. 
The next book mentioned was Quirky by Melissa A. Schilling. This one explains the remarkable story of the traits, foibles, and genius of breakthrough innovators who changed the world. 
The stories highlighted were Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla, Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, & Dean Kamen. 
The third book and a notable favorite is the Cash Flow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki. The concept of the book is 4 different ways to produce income. 
Those are an employee, self-employed, business owner, & investor. A majority of the population are employee's & self-employed, they have no leverage. 
They exchange their time for money. The business owners & investors have leverage. They have a system in place and their money works for them. These books are helpful for setting the foundation when it comes to your entrepreneurial journey!
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Chapter Titles:
00:00-02:13 Intro
02:13-03:11 What are the different phases of an economic cycle?
03:11-03:41   Expansionary Period
03:41-04:26    Peak Period
04:26-06:57 Recessionary Period
06:57- 07:25 Depression Period
07:25-08:06 Trough (Lowest Point In Cycle)
08:06- 11:21 Recovery Stage 
11:21-12:57 Are we in a contracting cycle?
When looking at economic cycles within the economy. There are typically 6 cycles. The factors that impact where we are in the market cycle is the gross domestic product (GDP), interest rates, total employment, and consumer spending.
The 1st stage is the expansionary period. This is when the economy has increasing economic growth, personal income, and demand.
The 2nd stage is the peak period. Economic growth reaches a saturation point and it usually is a reversal point for the market.
The 3rd stage is the recessionary period, which is a point where economic growth goes down, unemployment may be inflated, and consumer confident is weary.
Whereas a depressionary period, growth continues to decline, and more people are out of work. Demand also decreases as well.
The 5th stage is a trough where is the lowest point in the economic cycle. Lastly the recovery stage is when the economy starts to bounce back.
These market cycles help investors help investors navigate the circumstances we foresee within the economy.
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Chapter Titles: 
00:00-00:27 Intro
00:27-01:45 iTrust Capital Sponsorship   
01:45-02:28 Developing An Investment Strategy 
02:28-03:38 What is Your Financial Profile?
03:38-04:18 Decide on Your Targeted Asset Allocation?
04:18-06:25 What is Your Desire Investment Mix?
06:25-07:45  Buzzsprout Sponsorship
07:45-10:54 Historical Returns of Asset Mixes 
10:54-11:42 Choose Investment Selections 
11:42-12:46 Ledger Sponsorship
12:46-14:55 Index Fund Investing
14:55-15:57 Closing 
When developing an investment strategy. There really 4 critical components. The first is understanding your financial profile. When would you like to retire? 
What investment risk are you willing to take? How long do you plan to invest into the market until you'll need access to the funds? 
Who else is in your retirement picture? What are some financial goals or needs you're planning around currently? Ask yourself these questions before building out your investing strategy. 
The next step is deciding on your targeted asset allocation. Do you want to invest 80% of your portfolio in stocks and 20% in bonds? 
Are you more conservative and want to place more bonds in your portfolio than stocks? 
Are you wanting some crypto exposure and would like to allocate a portion of your portfolio into that asset class? Have a target and stick to it.
The 3rd step is understanding what investment mix fits you. 
For someone that's much younger, they may have more risk in their portfolio because they have time in the market for it to recover over time. 
An investor that's close to retirement, may need less risk and prefer investments that are more stable. 
Your investment mix is going to be predicated on your time horizon and how soon you will need access to your investments down the line.
The last step is choosing you investment selections. Index & mutual funds are a great way to get started. Focus on investing in different sectors, indexes, & international markets that will grow over the long term. 
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Chapter Titles: 
00:00-02:04 Intro  
02:04-04:50 June CPI Report  
04:50-05:31 Inflation is a lagging indicator 
05:31-06:22 Analyzing leading & lagging indicator's 
06:22-09:29 What is Stagflation? 
09:29-11:17 100 Basis Point Rate Hike?
11:17-12:50 Euro falling below the Dollar  
12:50-13:20 Will Europe go into a recession before the U.S?
13:20-14:08 Global Inflation Rates
14:08-18:30 University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey
18:30-19:46 Reduction in Consumer Spending
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Kevin highlighted the June 2022 CPI Report which was released July 13th, 2022. Some of the notable increase that led to a 9.1% print was food, gas, and shelter. Food at home was reported at 12.2%, Gasoline at 59.9%, & Shelter at 5.6%. 
Some of the declines in CPI was poultry, meats, eggs, and airline fares. Is Stagflation a possibility throughout the year? So far inflation has ranged from 7.5-9.1% since the beginning of 2022. What will be the Fed reaction in the next meeting on July 28th? 
Kevin expressed how a 100-basis point rate hike is on the table and the importance of the decision that will need to be made to bring down inflation. 
How has inflation affected other countries around the world? Kevin went over the global inflation rates and how a recession will most likely impact a country internationally before the U.S. 
The Consumer Sentiment Survey from the University of Michigan was discussed and how it identifies consumer expectations within the economy. Please rate, leave a review, and share this podcast. 
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Chapter Titles:
00:00-03:57 Tevin Lake Background
03:57-09:14 Transition to entrepreneurship 
09:14-13:48 NFL Combine Experience
13:48-19:10 Training Techniques For Athletes 
19:10-28:11 Creation of T2 Sports Performance
28:11-42:56 Start-up capital with a training business
42:56-45:55 Leveraging life insurance for your business
45:55-51:00 Knowing what training programs to offer with clients
51:00-59:46 Overcoming obstacles in business
This episode featured Tevin Lake. Father, Sports Performance Trainer, & Former College Athlete discussed his journey to entrepreneurship after participating in the NFL Combine.
Tevin has had many years of experience in the sports performance and the physical therapy field. He highlighted how those experiences led to creating T2 Sports Performance.
T2 is a sport performance training facility based out in South Bend, IN area. Tevin explained how he got started and why he enjoys training people within his community.
He went over the startup capital required to start a sports training business. As well as the process of building clients over time.
Tevin shared when he got started, "it wasn't about the money but rather getting the exposure around his brand".
Also in this episode, Tevin talked on the patience required to be an entrepreneur. As well as the importance of rest, budgeting and time management when it comes to sustaining a business over time.
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DISLCAIMER: My content is designed for informational and educational purposes. Please consult with an advisor or a brokerage firm when making an investment decision.
The information I give you, please do your own research and become aware of the risks when making an informed financial decision.
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Kevin talked about the history of bear and bull markets. While breaking down the different recessions the world has faced in the past and the recoveries that came after. Throughout history we have had 26 bear markets since 1928. 15 led to recessions and 11 did not lead to a recession.
Some of the more severe recessions were the Great Depression & the Great Recession. Where the depression led to unemployment reached 24.9% in 1933. Then with the great recession we had the housing mortgage crisis. Which led to a global credit crisis with the use of bad underwriting practices.
Kevin broke down the S&P 500 Bear Market's & Recoveries from 1956-2020. Which shows the length of bear market in months, S&P decline percentages, & the length of the recovery in months.
Lastly, Kevin explained the historical bear and bull trends from an Invesco chart. Which shows the average bull and bear markets returns over a period from 1956-2018.  
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Throughout this podcast, Kevin discussed the different aspects when protecting the privacy and security of your Bitcoin. 
Those are buying Bitcoin privately, securing it properly, & coin management with labeling transactions. 
When it comes to the privacy of your Bitcoin. You have the option of purchasing it using a Non-KYC or KYC platform. 
The difference is when you use a centralized platform, they will have a KYC procedure. Where they ask for a lot of your personal information to open up an account.
Whereas with a Non-KYC procedure, you don’t have to provide any of that, and it allows you to protect your identity and privacy. 
Kevin talked on the pros and cons between the two methods and the risks involved when considering either option.
He also explained the different cold storage methods on securing Bitcoin offline. Whether that’s through a hardware or software wallet. 
Both options provide the flexibility of securing your assets and utilizing a multi-sig wallet. Where 2-3 people can sign a signature before any funds are released. 
The freedom of using a software wallet is the ability to run your own node. Whenever you’re not running your own node, typically you are using someone else’s. 
When that happens, you are giving up your privacy to a certain extent. Running a node allows you to validate and label your transactions. 
Which allows you to take your security and privacy to another level. Learning about Bitcoin privacy is key to understanding the benefits of a network that’s truly censorship resistant and self-sovereign.
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Kevin highlighted the reasons for Bitcoin self-custody and why it’s important to secure your own keys. As the old adage goes “not your keys, not your coins”. He explained the properties of Bitcoin. 
Which is a network that is the most secured and decentralized when comparing it to other crypto assets. Privacy is also the value of self-custody because you can remove your Bitcoin off a centralized exchange.
Centralized exchanges such as Coinbase, Voyager, Celsius, or even Binance have control over your money, privacy, and ultimately the purpose of decentralization. 
The argument can be made that in some aspects centralization will help bring more investors into this space and not everyone will want to have control over their private keys. 
However, understanding the purpose of permissionless and borderless money is important when it comes to storing your Bitcoin on a hardware wallet. 
Kevin explained the recent withdrawal halts from Celsius and why this presents a case for self-custody.
He also highlighted how FTX is providing credit facilities to BlockFi and Voyager Digital due to the liquidity crunch most of these exchanges have experienced due to macroeconomic conditions. 
Will we see a contagion of the Celsius freezes happen among other centralized crypto exchanges? Who knows, one thing I do know is securing your private keys is essential when learning about self-custody throughout the crypto industry. 
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