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Scott Shellady is the Senior Vice President of Derivatives for the Trean Group. Scott explains to the audience what a derivative is and why it can benefit you in today's market. He also talks to Jason on his SWAGER acronym, the retirement funds of both Baby Boomers and Gen Xers, the one precenters investing in the stock market, and much more on today's episode. 

 

Key Takeaways:

[2:15] When you teach a tenant to be an owner, it will ease your burden of managing them. 

[4:50] What is a derivative? 

[11:05] What is the acronym SWAGER?

[14:15] What's happening in the art market right now? 

[23:20] What should Baby Boomers and Gen Xers do with their money? 

[28:20] We don't want to ignore the inflation problem. People should prepare for inflation. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

 

http://www.treangroup.com

Direct download: SS_76.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:18pm EDT

Today's lesson is on having a strong philosophy when it comes to investing. Jason explains his ten commandments in front of a live audience. He talks about the importance of not being a sucker, having a strong reality check, remembering there's no such thing as easy money, and much more on today's show. 

 

Key Takeaways:

5:15 – Commandment number three, thou shalt maintain control. Be a direct investor. 

11:04 – Do you save for a rainy day? How does that work in an inflationary environment? 

20:00 – Gold, silver, and stocks are not even a contest compared to income property. 

29:30 – Government spending creates inflation and real estate investors can profit from it. 

35:40 – Avoid cheap properties because it attracts cheap tenants. 

40:55 – Buy some properties first before you start thinking about registering complex LLCs.

44:10 – Have a long term plan of 5 years, 10 years. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

JasonHartman.com

Direct download: SS_75.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:13pm EDT

Dr. Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford university. Kelly is the author of The Will Power Instinct and on the show, she shares helpful insight on how people can strengthen their will power. Kelly also talks to Jason about addiction, stress, and escapism on today's episode. 

 

Key Takeaways:

2:10 – Today's lesson is about will power. 

5:00 – Will power can be trained. 

13:35 – People who believe stress isn't harmful had the lowest mortality rates. 

18:35 – Feeling a deeper connection to your future self will help increase your will power. 

22:25 – Kelly gives her thoughts on escapism. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

KellyMcGonigal.com

Direct download: SS_74.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:48pm EDT

Ginsberg discusses the bloated administrations of colleges and universities, how athletic programs are self serving, junk food eating, sport-watching programs and how tenure helps keep things balanced. He also talks on how the U.S. has taken on the attributes of a third world country and believes that Americans should be more cynical.

 

Key Takeaways:

[1:00] Lesson - Higher Education

[4:19] Introductions

[4:45] Are Senators and Congress responsible for Global Warming?:

[5:25] A look at student loan debt

[6:11] Classic inflation

[6:46] Be a cynic

[7:04] Incessant lobbying

[8:10] Student loans aren’t dischargeable in bankruptcy

[8:22] This debt is fraud

[9:33] Predatory lending by student loan representatives

[10:21] Quality of the education 

[11:18] No substitute for a good education

[12:14] State school tuitions and costs

[14:01] Bennett’s - The leading index of cultural indicators

[14:40] The Fall of the faculty

[15:37] Cutting back on courses

[16:05] The villain in higher ed costs

[16:58] Junk food eating athletic programs 

[18:14] Tenure

[19:33] What universities do best

[20:33] The U.S. Government needs an enemy

[21:38] Thoughts on Edward Snowden

[22:53] The current state of affairs

[23:53] Become a citizen and educate yourself

[26:50] Organized groups do get what they want

[28:06] A turn for the worse

[28:56] Contact Mr. Ginsberg

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

Blackboard

William Bennett- The leading index of cultural indicators

Ohio State University

Arizona State University

John Hopkins Political Science Dept. 

Direct download: SS_73.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:32pm EDT

Jason Hartman invites Doug Conant, the author of TouchPoints, to the Solomon Success show. Doug served as a CEO and President of the Campbell Soup Company for 10 years and has a lot of interesting insight on how you can be a better leader for your team. Today's lesson is about effective leadership or servant leadership as referred in the Bible. Join us today as we learn about the effective tactics of building a closer and more authentic relationship with your employees. 

 

Key Takeaways:

1:45 – True leadership inspires people to take action on their own accord.

5:35 – What were some of the challenges Doug encountered when he was the CEO of Campbell's?  

10:15 – If you can create 3-5 healthy interactions a day, you can change your contribution profile in a major way.

15:40 – Doug shares a negative TouchPoint experience and then shares a positive one. 

22:00 – As a leader, you have to have character and confidence trust among your team. 

22:58 – Ronald Reagan was an excellent communicator and could instill trust on a mass scale. 

26:15 – How did Ronald Reagan do this? 

29:30 – Final thoughts? We can all do better. Do a little better today than you did yesterday.

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

TouchPoints by  Doug Conant

http://conantleadership.com/

Direct download: SS_72.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 3:54pm EDT

For today's Solomon Success lesson, we talk about economic cycles and how it affects our wealth. Jason brings on Harry Dent, a three time guest, to talk about some of the tell-tell signs that an economic disaster is about to hit. Harry Dent talks about demographic patterns, China's ghost cities, Japan's debt problem and aging population, and much more on today's Solomon Success show. 

 

Key Takeaways:

1:00 – Today's lesson is about economic cycles. 

5:20 – Every bubble has taken us higher and every crash has taken us lower. 

11:05 – When young people can't afford the real estate anymore, the bubble is over. 

12:00 – Harry talks about the gold bubble and some of his predictions. 

17:10 – The stimulus is getting less and less effective. 

25:15 – The Chinese who moved from rural areas to urban areas in China are almost treated like immigrants and not considered citizens. 

29:10 – Harry talks about Japan's debt problem. 

32:40 – The US is a strong economic group and tends not to fall off a steep cliff as fast as Asia and certain European countries do. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

www.HarryDent.com

The Demographic Cliff by Harry Dent

Direct download: SS_71.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:34pm EDT

For today's special Solomon Success lesson, our host Jason Hartman invites Jeff Desich on to the show to talk about investing your retirement money correctly and wisely. Jeff Desich is the CEO of Equity Trust, a company that has been in business for over 40 years and overseas the life savings of millions of clients. Jeff explains to the audience the difference between the various retirement options Americans can choose from, how Americas want more freedom and flexibility over their savings, and much more on today's episode. 

 

Key Takeaways:

2:20 – Today's lesson is about investing wisely. 

5:00 – Jason introduces Jeff Desich to the show. 

7:00 – Anybody can do a self-directed IRA. 

11:40 – Only 2% of the American market is self-directed, why is that? 

15:10 – Wall Street has a great sales force, but they sell such awful products. 

18:10 – The real estate industry is a fragmented business, Jason says to embrace this because that's what keeps the big guys out of it. 

22:00 – Equity Trust is not a fan of Checkbook Control LLCs. 

27:40 – If Equity Trust sees something that's not right with your account, they will give you a call and let you know. They're like your personal compliance department. 

31:45 – There's a special offer just for Jason's listeners at https://www.trustetc.com/offer/053

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

https://www.trustetc.com/

https://www.trustetc.com/offer/053

Direct download: SS_70.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 7:46pm EDT

In today's discussion, Jason Hartman and Jeremy Josse talk about Jeremy's latest book, Dinosaur Derivatives and Other Trades. Jeremy talks about some of the key lessons you can learn from the Old Testament as well as why financial innovation is not as bad as it might seem. Today's topics mostly focus on economics, the value of money and other possessions, interest, and capitalism.

 

Key Takeaways:

1:45 – What are dinosaur derivatives? 

3:40 – Jeremy talks about Joseph from the Old Testament. 

7:40 – Joseph's story shows us what happens if you take risk away from the economy. 

14:08 – Corporations are an illegal fiction because they're seen by law as a person when in reality they're not. 

19:10 – Jason asks if it's bad to charge interest? Jeremy explains. 

23:15 – Do corporations really operate on a capitalist system? 

26:30 – Jeremy believes that neither socialism or capitalism is that helpful anymore. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

www.DinosaurDerivatives.com

Direct download: SS206920Jeremy20Josse.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 12:11pm EDT

Katherine Albrecht is out with a new book titled I Won't Take the Mark: A Bible Book and Contract for Children. In the book, she teaches children about the Book of  Revaluations and talks a little bit more about it on the show. Katherine is also one of the founders of StartPage and StartMail, a private way to browse the internet and to send encrypted emails at the click of a button. She talks to Jason about the importance of teaching your children to say no to the mark of the beast, protecting your privacy, and a lot more on today's episode. 

 

Key Takeaways:

2:00 – Katherine talks a little bit about her projects and what they're about. 

8:00 – So many young Christians have no idea about the mark of the beast. 

17:10 – Why aren't the Churches talk about the mark of the beast? 

22:50 – If a microchip was inject into you, how would you know about it? 

28:25 -Katherine shares some of the measures she takes to ensure her life is kept private.  

35:20 – Does it handicap you to take to such extreme measures for privacy? Katherine says no. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

AntiChips.com 

ChipMeNot.org

VirtuePress.com

StartPage.com

StartMail.com

KatherineAlbrecht.com

Direct download: SS206820Katherine20Albrecht.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 1:52pm EDT

Chris Stone appears on the Solomon Success show with Jason Hartman to talk about the faith driven consumer and faithnomics. Chris Stone is the founder of the company Faith Driven Consumer and his team does extensive research and surveys in the Christian market and also help American brands meet Christian needs. On the show, Chris and Jason talk about free speech, Christian movies, and more. 

 

Key Takeaways:

2:00 – There are 41 million adult Christians spending roughly $2 trillion a year. 

5:30 – Did Chick-fil-A make the right move? Is their religious stance hurting their business? 

10:15 – Is Hollywood profiting off of Christianity? 

15:45 – Hollywood has gone from producing for the masses to producing for market segments. 

20:10 – Is it wrong to profit off of Christians? 

25:40 – Freedom of speech in the US may no longer be free for Christians. 

29:25 – There should be an open discussion among people and then have the market place decided whether it's right or wrong. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

FaithDrivenConsumer.com

Direct download: SS206720Chris20Stone.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 4:58pm EDT