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Investing in real estate is more than just a passion—it’s compulsion! 💼💰 Don’t let your money sit idle. Whether it's in the bank, mutual funds, or property, make it work for you. Real estate offers tangible assets and high returns, making it a top choice for smart investors. 🌟 #RealEstateInvestment #WealthBuilding #FinancialStrategy #SmartInvesting #PropertyReturns #foryou #foryoupage #fyp

This morning I was studying some material on asset allocation from an investment group I'm a part of. I know riveting, right? Something stood out to me though that I wish more people would talk about. When we look at the asset allocation of some of the wealthiest families, what we find is they typically have no more than 25% of their allocation in public equities. After further discussion that's actually pretty high because it accounts for many families counting the stock they own of their businesses. To me this is complete opposite of what most people are accustomed to. If you look at majority of people's finances what you'll find is they're 80-100% in the market with their asset allocation. Sure, you could be diversified within the market, but overall you're just in the market. When building out your financial life you need to be creating allocations for things outside the stock market. This includes things like business ownership, permanent life insurance, hard money / credit, real estate, precious metals, crypto, etc. Looking at your financial life, are you just diversifying in the stock market or are you looking outside to other asset classes to build wealth?

In this manager conversation, Sightline Wealth Management’s Warren Gerow and Etienne Bordeleau, Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Ninepoint Partners, return to discuss the U.S. Fed and Bank of Canada’s most recent interest rate announcements. Listen to the full commentary below. https://lnkd.in/eUAtJbGa #InterestRates #FinancialStrategy #EconomicOutlook #BoC #federalreserve

1% Fee can eat up to $30k in 20 years 🤢 Assume: - Mutual Fund - $100k Invested - 4% Annual Return - 20-Year Time Frame Difference between 0.25% and 0.5% Fee 👉 $10k Difference between 0.25% and 1.0% Fee 👉 $30k - - - - Most people don't understand or see the fees they are paying to invest in the stock market Examples of fees: - Markups - 401k Fees - Sales Loads - Commissions - Surrender Charges - Annual Operating Fees - Annual Variable Annuity Fees Your financial institution/advisors advertise the fund-level performance But they don't advertise your after-fee performance Knowing a 1% annual fee can consume up to 30% of your initial investment over 20 years... 🤨 Maybe it's time to rethink your portfolio distribution and who you are paying - - - - I usually educate on commercial real estate But this week, I felt it prudent to educate on what people don't know about wall street investing. When we present RE deals to our investors, the advertised 'targeted returns' are after fees—unlike Wall Street. I'm not against Wall Street - I just heavily prefer Main Street - - - - Do you know how much you are paying? Link to data in comments

J.P. Morgan following the footsteps of BofA and Wells with digital planning tools to help clients achieve their financial confidence. Key stats 👇 I particularly liked this quote from Kristin Lemkau - "Planning helps people think about what they truly want in life... It’s not enough to say you want to retire. Yes, but when? Where?" I like this because it speaks to articulating your implementation intentions, visualising your future self. Great techniques to encourage engagement today with tomorrow's outcome, helping to overcome present bias. 💸 Wealth Plan has counted 10 million users active over the last three months. 💸 Clients have created roughly a million financial plans, double the number that had been previously created directly with financial advisers. 💸 Competitor, BofA's Life Plan app attracted $55 billion, and more than 10 million users, less than three years after it was introduced. 💸 About 80% of new investors at JPMorgan do so after creating financial plans. #digitaladvice #roboadvice #financialplanning #financialadvice #fintech #behaviouralscience https://lnkd.in/gPCK2P7X

Do you have a high-yield savings account at Capital One? When was the last time you confirmed the interest rate you are earning? A recent The Wall Street Journal article highlighted that Capital One customers who have the older 360 Savings accounts may not be benefiting from the higher rates advertised for the newer 360 Performance Savings accounts. This is worth double checking to make sure you are earning the interest you deserve on your savings... https://lnkd.in/eY5DbB-j

As cryptoassets grow to become an integral part of client portfolios and conversations there’s two areas Erik Smith, CFP® and I believe are still underdeveloped. We get a lot of questions at 401 Financial on this so I’m providing some high level guidance below. Financial Planning: The decision on whether to trade and allocate to cryptoassets does not influence the financial adviser’s need to understand how to address cryptoassets within their clients’ financial plans. Cryptoassets have unique tax planning opportunities, along with tracking and performance reporting issues. There’s also estate planning issues (the biggest opportunity in the space IMO) that traditional investments and asset classes do not. Just tax and estate planning alone provide an opportunity for advisors to bring massive value to their clients and allow for financial advisors to differentiate themselves from their peers. Portfolio Construction: Even if financial advisers decide not to allocate to cryptoassets on behalf of their clients, they will still need to understand how the asset class fits into their clients’ portfolios. If they do decide to incorporate cryptoassets into their portfolios, they will need to consider creating new model portfolios, how to construct those new model portfolios, decide on active or passive management of the cryptoassets, understand the difference between owning the cryptoassets vs. using an ETF or trust, and how to explain the cryptoasset allocation to clients.

Enwealth's Money Market Fund maintains an annual effective rate of 14.92% for the third day in a row. Consistency is key to your financial journey, especially as regards unlocking passive income. Follow this link for more >> https://lnkd.in/dX-P66fF #Enwealth #MoneyMarketFund #Investments

IMO, David Ramsey has caused more financial harm to innocent individuals than any other financial advisor. Please don't listen to this charlatan, please. "In 2023, assets managed by passive index funds officially overtook active funds, according to data published by Morningstar." #investments #StockMarket #wealthbuilding