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Episode 19: Identifying trends- what to look for…short/long term…we drill down and get granular to analyze a specific stock — Applied Optoelectronics [listener submitted] Reference– Wealth Building Principle episodes: #5 Embrace Technology & Innovation, #6 Profit from Trends, and #7 Profit from Nature Subscribe to the Wealthsteading Podcast via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/p...

Episode 18: Credit card usage…enjoy the incentives but pay off the balance monthly. I don’t trade on the FOREX but I do use ETFs to take advantage of movements in the US Dollar (UUP & UDN). UUP appears to be in an upward trend. It’s above the 50 day moving average and has broken through short term resistance. The 50 day has crossed the 200- this is a very bullish sign. As the Fed continues to...

Episode 17: Where to park your savings Save first, worry about rate of return later. First work on accumulating your nest egg, building your net worth…then worry about getting investment income. Variation of Mark Twain quote: You should be more concerned about the RETURN OF your principle than the RETURN ON your principle. So where should you house your nest egg? We discuss: 401k, ROTH, IRA, Bank...

Episode 16: Saving vs Investing: Earn + Save + Invest = Wealth Learning to SAVE precedes learning to INVEST. Most people want to skip ahead to Investing, because it’s thought to be more glamorous. That’s how the media and the financial industry have propagandized the message. The industry wants you to “invest”…so that they can charge you fees. Before you can invest, you need to save a substantial...

Episode 15:  Celebrity lifestyle vs Wealthsteading- we discuss the tragic suicide of Robin Williams in terms of wealth and happiness. How to get paid more- the earnings equation is simple = training period + demand + performance level Defining success- Earl Nightingale philosophy “Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal.” Market rebounds with weak volume after 4% decline. Subs...

Episode 13 o  Market’s stay below 50 day moving average and IBD changes the market status to “market in correction” on 8/5/14. o  Fear of Russian sanctions/counter-sanctions on world economy Smoot Hawley Act ushered in the Depression o   Large exodus out of junk bonds Listener questions o   How to invest a small sum of money?  You don’t, you save it.  There’...