Does Your Nest Egg Look Like Humpty Dumpty?
My retirement nest egg was right where I'd been taught it should be: in a diversified portfolio
, invested for the long-term. When the Dow was at 13,000 plus, I was working full-time and putting in the maximum amount allowed through payroll deduction. Well, just like Humpty Dumpty, it had a great fall, along with the stock market. And I'm telling you, "all the king's horses and all the king's men" couldn't put my nest egg back together again.
There is very little within the mainstream media that offers any truly helpful guidance, free from conflicts of interest. When the market is strong, they look good; when it comes tumbling down, they advise us to take a long view, remember that the market goes in cycles, and hope for the best. For most of my career and adult life, I accepted that counsel. Well, there are other, viable options and exciting opportunities about which I was, until recently, completely unaware.
Robert Kiyosaki writes, "There are three levels of financial advice: advice for the poor, advice for the middle class and advice for the rich." I grew up with the advice for the middle class. I was not well served by following that advice. Today I am learning about currency vs. money, monetary policies, debt, and investing to win. I have shifted my focus from buying "depreciating toys" to focusing on real assets, profitable investments and cash flow. This is a profound changefor me. It is a crucial distinction and one I truly believe we all need to learn in order to survive what lies ahead. Being debt free and having a little savings will not be enough to withstand what is coming.
Now that I am aware of the options, I have become empowered, energized, and most significantly - hopeful again. I no longer trust the publicity of "all the king's men." Having done so in the past has simply cost me too much. Not long ago, I also believed I was too old to "make it all back again." However, I am making it back, and gaining a growing awareness of how things really work.
What all the conventional wisdom and "all the king's men" couldn't put back together again, I am learning to put back together myself - with the education, insights, tools and training of a most unique partnership. Through CarbonCopy Pro's powerful, all-inclusive system, I am learning how to market anything to anyone, anywhere in the world - though the Internet. I have become a mid-life Internet marketer - and I am loving it. What products or services do I market?
This proven Business system is combined with the top-tier product line of Wealth Masters International (WMI). Through WMI I am receiving a world-class education in debt elimination, wealth accumulation and asset protection. What I am learning (and implementing) - regarding investment opportunities alone - is more than worth the cost of the products. My portfolio looks completely different than it did when I was in my former 403(b) plan. The gains I am experiencing do not resemble what is happening in the market. The only way to state this is to say I am involved in an incredible opportunity that is providing me with thoroughly credible results.
For those who have no desire to be an Internet marketer, you still have the unparalleled opportunity to obtain the WMI products. You can have the life-transforming education, debt elimination program, wealth building strategies, and investment opportunities, without being engaged in the business side. This is the best retirement planning strategy I know of, if one doesn't want to have to work the rest of one's life - assuming there will be jobs. I don't know a single person who couldn't benefit from these products, given our stormy economic times. Unfortunately, I do know individuals who have no interest in learning how to better prepare themselves against the torrents raging in our future.
Our economy is on a perilous course, and the conventional attempts to mitigate the situation are actually causing more problems. The value of the dollar continues to slide because our monetary policy is to keep printing a diminishing paper currency that is no longer backed by the gold standard. Our national debt is seriously out of control. There are compound factors that make inflation or hyperinflation inevitable. We are facing another crushing wave of foreclosures in the housing market, and the commercial real estate market as well. Many believe that the real unemployment numbers are much higher than what is being reported, and jobs are not being replaced or created.
Having never been one to "buy into" doom and gloom scenarios, it has taken quite a bit to shake me from my quiescence. Had I lived in the Biblical times of Noah, I am certain that I would have been one who thought he was crazy. Forget some begnign thought that he was "overreacting", I would have used the phrase, "He has surely gone off the deep end." But in comparison, there were very few signs to indicate the coming of the flood of which Noah was certain.
Today, we have precedent, along with blatant corporate greed and failed policies. We are repeating the same errors that lead to the Great Depression. I urge you to read and learn for yourself. Read Guide to Investing in Gold & Silver - Protect Your Financial Future, a compelling book by Michael Maloney for a history of currency vs. money. His book really scared me, but it also shook me into action.
Taking action has renewed my hope, enabled me to embrace what is possible, and to do retirement planning that is realistic. Once again my future is bright, and I no longer fear the thought of retiring some day. I am no longer stuck in a dizzying maze of "what ifs" nor am I caught up in "paralysis by analysis." I am learning, and acting on the knowledge I am acquiring, and it is empowering.
Economically, these are indeed perilous times; and every indication is that they will get worse before they get better. Thankfully, with crisis comes opportunity. It is my profound hope that you will position yourself to be on the upside of opportunity.
Does Your Nest Egg Look Like Humpty Dumpty?
By: Linda Compton
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