The Financial Coach Show » Economics/Government

The Real Risk of The Future: It’s not only the national debt

Bryan Binkholder — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:13:44 +0000

The Financial Coach Bryan Binkholder examines how so called ‘safe money’ or fixed investment (bond funds, bonds, municipal bonds) are actually not as safe as investors think especially given the historical nature of interest rates and the 30 year bull market bonds have had. Discover why Fixed Investments in your portfolios may not be the ‘safe place’ to be in coming years. Regardless of what happens with the debt ceiling and the possible ‘downgrade’ of US Treasuries from AAA to AA, the only way for many politicians to help fulfill the promises of the past if they are unwilling to balance the budget and make tough choices is to ‘INFLATE’ the money. See what happened the last time money was ‘inflated’ and interest rates rose. Then determine as an investor, have you been duped to believe your ‘fixed income’ is safe?

Are The Rich Paying Their Fair Share in Taxes? See What The IRS Says

Bryan Binkholder — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:05:01 +0000

Attached you’ll find a sad but true picture of our current tax system. Based on IRS figures for 2008, the top 10% of all wage earners paid almost 70% of total revenues for the country. The question begs asking. Attacking the rich is a great marketing and political statement but really, shouldn’t we all share in the burden for funding this country? Check it out and study the numbers-It will shock you.

Click on the PDF Report Below

IRS Report: Who Pays & What Percentage-1980-2008

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54% of American Think Taxes Just Right! Press Misses It–22% Under or Unemployed According to Survey

Bryan Binkholder — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:46:02 +0000

The AP released a poll saying that 54% of people surveyed believed taxes are just right (like the three bears). Problem is the internal numbers show 22% are ‘not employed’ or ‘under employed’, 22% don’t have responsibility for filing taxes, 77% don’t expect to send in any money with their taxes and 51% of the those surveyed earned less than $50,000 as a household. This final stat is important because many people under $50,000 in household income after deductions, exemptions and credit usually don’t pay anything and if they have children actually receive child tax credits and earned income tax credits so they ‘make money’ from taxes. The Financial Coach analyzes why understanding the facts behind the numbers is so important and vital. This is especially true when we subject our finances to financial advisors and sales people who show us charts and graphs of meaningless information in the very attempt to sell a product. Also shocking, 59% agree in order to cut the budget deficit government services should be cut versus 30% who say taxes should be raised.

AP Poll with analyzation by The Financial Coach

Middle East Crisis & Market Volatility

Bryan Binkholder — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:57:55 +0000

The Financial Coach discusses and explains why we don’t know what the future will be or what will ever happen. All we can know is that things probably won’t ever be the same tomorrow as it is today! As an investor you must TRULY DIVERSIFY (not the kind of diversification that the brokerage firms teach!) and realize different parts of the market behave differently at all times. As of of this posting, the SP 500 is down nearly 3% the last couple of days while commodities and US Treasuries have surged. If you’re using some of the big firms learn the truth before your portfolio takes another beating!

My Money & The Fed’s Action

Bryan Binkholder — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:13:49 +0000

Learn in 9 simple minutes what the Federal Reserves action of buying debt securities will mean to the economy, your investments and the market. The Financial Coach answers the question of what happens to ‘My Money With The Feds Action.’

What Stops You? What Keeps You Down? Meet Allen from West Africa

Bryan Binkholder — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:52:05 +0000

What in the world stops you? While attending and speaking at the BOSS 2010 Event in Dallas Texas with Carrie Wilkerson www.barefoot-executive.com, Paul B Evans www.PaulBEvans.com, Zig Ziglar, Joel Comm www.JoelComm.com, David Frey www.marketingbestpractices.com, Paul Martinelli www.paulmartinelli.net, and David Ring www.davidring.org I was able to meet someone even greater than all the previously mentioned people. Who in the world could be greater? How about a LEGAL immigrant from West Africa named Allen who is here making an impact and showing that in America, all things are possible!

Watch it and leave a comment on what you think!

Point Counterpoint: Deflation or Inflation Ahead?

Bryan Binkholder — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:34:50 +0000

(Click on the title to watch the video)
Originally posted 11/9/2009

As with anything going on there are always two sides to every story. When it comes to investing that is especially true. So many people are afraid of Inflation but there is still a strong case for potentially Deflation (things becoming worth less money). In order to protect against either situation that occurs, you must build and structure your portfolio to account for either move.

Watch the video to see Bryan and Jim Winkelmann battle it out.

Unemployment Figures, Jobs Report, Investing Fear & The Future

Bryan Binkholder — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:06:44 +0000

The Financial Coach, Bryan Binkholder tackles the most frequently heard statement of late: America as a great nation has met its end. What has history shown us through time? Through good or bad presidents, a prospering economy or a poor economy; how has America reacted?

News, Market Movement & Market Crashes!!!!

Bryan Binkholder — Tue, 11 May 2010 03:21:54 +0000

The Financial Coach, Bryan Binkholder shows just how ridiculous it is for any investor to attempt and ‘predict’ what the market will do. The last week has clearly shown us that after the major drop and stock market incident on Thursday May 6th, many people were concerned about uncertainty and the European mess with Greece. Monday comes and with news of a European bailout of Greece, the market explodes.

The crazy thing is if you look at major news outlets all the titles are of doom and gloom–Proving once again we have no idea what markets or stocks will do but we can have faith in the long term success of investing across various asset classes while managing our risk.

Greece & The Similarity To The US

Bryan Binkholder — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:18:32 +0000

The Financial Coach, Bryan Binkholder examines in simple terms the situation in Greece and what has caused the problems along with the eery parallels to the United States.

Great Financial Times Article http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bb184e6a-5b9b-11df-85a3-00144feab49a.html