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Wealth, Freedom & Options With Joshua BelangerHi Im Josh, and Im a finance guy who loves to Author: Joshua Belanger
Hi Im Josh, and Im a finance guy who loves to trade options. I cut my teeth on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, so I saw firsthand how the sausage was made and it usually wasnt pretty. As former insider, I saw the inner workings of how these firms and fund managers rob customers right in front of their eyes every month. I quickly realized that professionals only care about getting their fee's first while 95% of them underperform the overall market every year. In fact, theres been more fees paid out to these wealth stealers then overall returns since 2002. After playing by their rules and busting my ass for many years trying to climb the ladder, it started to not sit right with me. I had enough when I continued to be restricted on trying to do the right things for my clients to help them achieve better returns and having senior brokers dip their greedy paws into my checks, leaving me with barley anything to live on telling me kid you gotta pay your dues. So I left that world behind with a vengeance to beat them at their own game and teach everyday hard working people who trusted these wealth stealers the know how and confidence how to manage their own money and to quickly generate returns to get them back on track. Ive shared my message and strategies with over 129,000 people like you, and everyday investors have suddenly started making money in the market for the first time on their own. Make sure you subscribe to this channel and sign up to receive my daily emails at www.OptionSIZZLE.com so I can email you my daily my tips and secrets on how you can start creating wealth, freedom & options for you and your family. Language: en Genres: Business Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The (Ugly) Truth About Your 401(k)
Thursday, 16 March, 2017
It fails many Americans! So says the father of the modern day 401(k). Do you mind if I share some of my insider viewpoints why this is? Great! The 401(k) passed into law under the Revenue Act of 1978. The... Revenue Act? Hmm... What's more unusual is that IRS was in charge of the 401(k), which is the same government body in charge of getting as much money from you. That's a little conflicting, right? Before the 401(k), companies offered pension plans to employees. Companies started to realize the amount of risk that these pensions had put on the company. The way the could transfer the risk and responsibility from company to employee was through a 401(k). One of the common rebuttals is that it's tax-deferred. True... But here's the fine print. Federal Income Tax is deferred, but Social Security and Medicare are taxed 7.6% a year. The 401(k) tax benefit was to help executives on their yearly bonuses, not the middle-class worker. That is why I make the case that most people are not in a position to benefit from the tax benefit. Usually, in life, you end up paying more for something later; than you would if you paid now. But, if my employer matches my contribution, it's free money. That's your decision to make, but I don't think it's worth it. After the introduction of the 401(k), this opened the door to bankers getting their hands on your money causing most to turn a blind eye over the years saying, let a professional do it. 99% of 401(k) plans provide limited options which all happen to be mutual funds that have management and hidden fees. After fees, the average return drops down to 2%-4%. Then factor in a conservative number of 3% for inflation, poof! You take all the market risk while the funds collect their fees and you can't touch it. From what I've researched, the average 401(k) balance is around $96,000. Let's pretend you retired today with $250,000 in your 401(k). Let's say the annual interest rate earned on that nest egg is 2% with inflation at 3% (annually). If took $15,000 a year from that account to live off, it would last 25 years, that's it. That is a real problem most Americans face today because that's not enough to survive. I saw this first hand with my Great Grandma (Nan). Before she passed at 87 years old, she was battling cancer, buried in debt and still searching for a job. That is the mission OptionSIZZLE was founded on, which is to help people like you take back control of your money and become independent money making machines. To your wealth, freedom, and options! Joshua Belanger
