Amanda is the world’s first freelancer to be paid directly by blockchain — in this case, the DASH blockchain. DASH is an up-and-coming competitor to Bitcoin which has been delivering practical solutions to painful cryptocurrency problems since it launched in January 2014.
Amanda is the head writer/anchor for Dash’s YouTube presence: a series called DASH: Detailed. She has also written cryptocurrency analysis pieces for Bitcoin Magazine, CoinTelegraph, and Finance Magnates.
Join Amanda and I Today as we Discuss…
What exactly is DASH
What makes DASH more than just another “alt coin”
What is it going to take to get “mass adoption” of cryptocurrency
What will it mean if DASH or any crypto reaches mass adoption
If DASH is headed in the right direction why aren’t others emulating it
The new “grandmother friendly” version of DASH and when it is coming
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Bryan is usually a generalist, but the space program piqued his interest in technology in the early 1980s. By age 10, he had begun learning electronics and basic computer programming. He has degree in electrical engineering and has spent over 20 years helping manufacturing clients use automation to improve productivity.
Bryan also enjoys amateur radio, kayaking and camping, beekeeping and orcharding. He loves to learn and to work with his hands building, fixing, and tinkering.
Bryan found the TSP community in late 2012 and listens to the show daily. Bryan has been researching blockchains, cryptocurrencies and their practical applications for his personal use. He joins us today to discuss cryptocurreny, wallets and the bitcoin hard fork in laymen’s terms.
Join Us As We Discuss…
What’s the difference between on-chain and off-chain transactions
How do you evaluate and learn the different wallet applications
What is an online wallet
What are the advantages and disadvantages of an online wallet
Why might you use this type of wallet
What is a software wallet
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a software wallet
What is a hardware wallet
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a hardware wallet
What is a paper wallet
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a pepper wallet
How do you backup the different kinds of wallets
What’s up with a Bitcoin hardfork and how does it affect my Bitcoin
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Tuesday shows are always stand alone, just Jack shows on a particular subject. Today’s will be on financial prepping, next Tuesday will be on guns and the following will be on food storage and prep. This was all due to the results of an informal Facebook poll. You can see the post and results here.
To that end I will be doing more stuff like this in the future to let you guys tell me what topics you want covered. Today we delve into financial preparedness in a way you won’t ever learn in school and almost no “financial adviser” will ever assist you with, except perhaps John Pugliano.
Economics and the reality of unfunded liabilities, the national debt along with everyday financial worries is the number one reason people get into the preparedness lifestyle. Sometimes it is from a practical approach but just as often it is panic and fear based. Today we set aside panic and establish a base of common sense and pragmatic techniques to build, preserve and protect wealth.
Join Me Today To Discuss…
The number one wealth killer – poverty consciousness
The number two wealth killer – consumer age thinking
Why the two are actually related and not as oppositional as you’d think
The lesson of the game Monopoly
Why debt is cancer and must be eradicated
Why saving is more important than investing for most people
The lessons of alternative energy
Start with increasing efficiency (income)
Reduce losses (spending)
My rules for truly becoming financially resilient
Increase your economic IQ – daily for a year at least
Save money, determine what you can save, then do a bit more
Reduce expenses in small ways, put at least half of it away
Create additional income (business, second job, more hours)
Save money (cash on hand, cash in bank, CDs, bonds)
Become a land owner on some level
Put some money into silver/gold (5-10% of NW)
Put some money into bitcoin (a little each month or quarter)
Become a producer of food, yes, really
Plant trees
Buy the best you can afford once vs. cheap twice
Become highly skilled at fixing your own problems
See opportunity everywhere because it is everywhere
Become a great cook
Invest in only what you understand and only when it makes sense
Get out of the way of telegraphed punches, yes time the market
Pay off all debt asap, I know I said it before and I will keep saying it
Final thoughts – The game is rigged, it is a big club, you are not in it!
Bob Wells Plant of the Week – Ginkgo Biloba Tree – Adaptable from zone 4 to zone 9.
Ginkgo Biloba, also known as maidenhair tree, is a deciduous tree. These trees are extremely long-lived, with individual specimens surviving for up to 3,000 years. Ginkgo Biloba trees have distinctive leaves that flutter in the slightest breeze.
Once fall arrives, the leaves turn golden or bright yellow before carpeting the ground. The extract from the leaves are used in Ginkgo Biloba supplements to improve memory, symptoms of dementia and blood flow.
Bob Wells specializes in edible landscape, including: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Fruit Trees. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.Com
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Scott Todd is a principal at Landmodo.com, a land investment firm that buys and sells land throughout the US. Scott and his wife started the company to help others have a chance of land ownership.
Since 2012, Scott has watched as land owners make the same common repeated problems when it come to buying and owning land and he’s on a mission to help others discover how to avoid common issues with buying and owning land.
Land acquision is one of the most common goals among the TSP audience. Some want farms, some want homesteads, some want BOLs and others just land for investment. The smartest among you want all of those in one.
The issue though is land while a great investment is also full of risks. Worse most people have been lied to and believe that land and home ownership is largely the safest of all investments. Well purchased smartly it can be, yet their are 5 huge pitfalls you need to avoid to make that happen.
Today We Discuss 5 Major Problems When Buying and Owning Land
Buying land without confirming that the deed is transferable
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Episode-1482- John Pugliano on Small Business as a Wealth Building Tool[ 1:34:55 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
John Pugliano of Investable Wealth
John Pugliano is a late blooming entrepreneur and the founder of Investable Wealth, LLC an independent fee only investment advisory firm. John served in the military for 7 years before starting a 20 year corporate career in sales and marketing of industrial products.
More importantly he followed his passion and honed his skills as an individual investor for over 25 years before becoming an investment adviser. Understanding the plight of the retail investor, he advises clients using the experience he gained while managing his own portfolio. John has recently launched the Wealthsteading Podcast.
John practices what he preaches. He believes in first being a disciplined saver, getting your preps in order, and then investing in the stock market. John is a long time TSP listener, he’s a MSB member, and a PermaEthos Founder.
Today he joins us to discuss small business ownership as a primary method of building wealth. In this show John discusses getting mentors, developing entrepreneurship groups, funding your start up, building local and then reaching out nationally or internationally.
He then goes into why value add is a great entry method into business start up. How you can gain insight by talking to local businesses and business owners. John also explains the necessity of a simple business plan, keeping employee head count low or even to zero and learning from your mistakes.
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John Pugliano is a self taught investor with over 25 years of investment experience. Recently he founded Investable Wealth, LLC to offer independent advice and money management based on his stock trading philosophy and methods. John has served in the military and worked for several large corporations.
He is the father of six. John and his wife Cheryl live happily and debt free in Utah. John spent 20 years in corporate America as an industrial products business development salesman. More importantly for past 25+ years he has taught myself to invest in the stock market and today has a net worth in excess of 1 million dollars.
He is now a licensed financial adviser and owner of an investment advisory firm. Like myself, John has had an extremely low opinion of the financial adviser industry- which is one reason why he has started his own firm.
Join US As We Discuss John’s 10 Trends to Watch in 2014
Disregard for rule of law by typically law abiding citizens
The paradox of inflationary deflation
A interesting mid term election
Executive order and regulatory agency decrees
A continued energy boom, despite the government not because of it
Growth and expansion of free and online education options
Continued advancement in automation processes
Continued growth and acceptance of alternative currencies
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John Pugliano is a self taught investor with over 25 years of investment experience. Recently he founded Investable Wealth, LLC to offer independent advice and money management based on his stock trading philosophy and methods.
John has served in the military and worked for several large corporations. He is the father of six. John and his wife Cheryl live happily and debt free in Utah.
John spent 20 years in corporate America as an industrial products business development salesman. More importantly for past 25+ years he has taught myself to invest in the stock market and today has a net worth in excess of 1 million dollars.
He is now a licensed financial adviser and owner of an investment advisory firm. Like myself, John has had an extremely low opinion of the financial adviser industry- which is one reason why he has started his own firm.
Join Me As We Discuss John’s Formula for Beginning Investor…
1. First get your preps in order
2. Research & Education
3. Only invest what you’re prepared to lose
4. Open an account at a discount broker
5. Only trade index ETSs- SPY, QQQ, IWM, etc ( if locked into a 401K)
6. Swing trade between cash and index ETFs based on market sentiment
7. Buy a little late into the rally and get out early
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John Pugliano has been in corporate America for past 20+ years as an industrial products business development salesman. More importantly for past 25+ years he has taught myself to invest in the stock market and today has a net worth in excess of 1 million dollars.
Recently he has become licensed and started an investment advisory firm. Like myself, John has had an extremely low opinion of the financial adviser industry- which is one reason why he has started his own firm.
John joins us to discuss building wealth and steps to financial independence (get rich slow, 21 years or less, depending on your knowledge and situation). This is a “beyond Dave Ramsey” get out of debt concept with three critical steps
1) Learn a marketable skill
2) Get paid for achievement not by the hour
3) Develop passive income.
Today we discuss how this works based on Thomas Stanley’s book “The Millionaire Next Door”. We also discuss how can just about anyone become financially independent in 21 years or less. Ways to detect “financial liars. How to get your kid’s to fund their own education and how living debt free is the ultimate way to run your financial life.
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Custom Medallions a Just One Option for the Silver Investor.
I’ll promise right up front that this will not be a TSPMint.com infomercial. In fact I will spend the majority on the show on other types of silver, why silver is a great investment and why many “fears” and “concerns” with buying silver are not worth worrying about.
I also want to talk about the real and false reasons behind the recent drop in precious metals pricing. There are two things going on here, prices should be coming down but not as far and not as fast as they are. Just as speculation can drive up a commodity (especially when it is going up some via real market forces) so too can speculation drive a commodity down.
Additionally I want to really discuss why I suggest only 5-10% of your wealth in silver and gold and why I don’t recommend platinum and palladium in that number. I will also discuss why I don’t recommend jewels or even really jewelry in that number, though jewelry can be one great way to increase metal holdings.
Join Me Today As We Discuss…
Why I focus on silver over gold
The delta still favors silver
Silver has many uses that use it up
Silver is the common man’s currency
Silver is more widely available and for now incurs less oversight
Types of silver and what makes each unique
Generic bars and rounds (ounce and fractional)
Custom medallions and pieces (ounce and fractional)
Collectable silver (numismatic, affinity, etc)
Bars (5 ounces and up)
American Silver Eagles
International Government Issued Silver (Aussie, Canadian, Mexican, etc.)
U.S. Pre 65 Silver Coinage (90%)
Methods of storing your silver
In slab floor safe
Fire proof safes
Private storage
Bank safety deposit box
Silver banking (why I don’t like it yet)
Paper silver
Buried in the ground (don’t do this!)
The multi cache method (a little of all)
Inventory and audit
Don’t think you know, know
Don’t think in dollars (it will make you happy and sad about nothing)
Do inventory types, not just ounces
Do photograph items in type stacks (for insurance)
Do update your inventory often
Final thoughts
If you don’t think you can afford silver right now you can’t
Take a balanced approach
This is not likely to make you rich, but it might, who knows
Selling silver is never as smart as trading it
Don’t worry about confiscation, really don’t do it
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Craig Rowland, Author of “The Permanent Portfolio”.
Craig Rowland is a software entrepreneur who sold his previous company to Cisco Systems, Inc. He was also an early stage employee with successful acquisitions in 1998 of WheelGroup Corporation to Cisco Systems and early stage consultant to TippingPoint Technologies which sold in 2004 to 3Com Corporation.
These companies focused on computer and network security and he holds several patents in the area and has done other interesting research in the field.
Craig currently volunteers for a local technology incubator as a start-up coach and help turn ideas into businesses. He has experience in executive management, venture capital fund raising, public speaking, marketing, sales, engineering management and development.
Craig joins us today for a discussion of his new book: The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne’s Long-Term Investment Strategy.
Today we discuss…
What exactly is a permanent portfolio
What real diversification of investments looks like
Why you should hold government bonds even if you think the dollar is doomed
The best ways to hold gold
How Americans still have some options to hold assets outside of the US
The benefits of adding geographic diversification to your investments
Two funds that use this strategy if you don’t wish to do it on your own
What the US implementing capital controls says about our future
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Episode-2028- Amanda Johnson on the Cryptocurrency DASH [ 1:19:28 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
