Invest Less, Make More

Invest Less, Make More

There are only three things you can do with money

1. Spend it (a cash flow system)
2. Save it (protected money)
3. Invest it (potential money)

The majority of effort in our society is placed on investing.  But is this the best strategy? Let’s look at how the financial planning industry represents their returns.

The common mantra is to put your money into the stock market and leave it there. Why? Because it always comes back and the average for one hundred years is over seven percent, or so the saying goes.

3 Things You can do with Money

There are only three things you can do with money.

1. Spend it
2. Save it
3. Invest it

The media overflows with investment advice and commentary. TV pundits, talk radio, and news specialist discuss almost exclusively the stock market, mutual funds, bonds, real estate, and to some extent hedge funds and other esoteric opportunities.

Our world of communication is filled to the brim with investment advice. So how is the primary focus on investing working? Are you feeling better about your finances today than you did 2 years ago? How about 10 years ago?