Goldfish Gurus, hacking debt, and a new world order

Debunking and exploring offbeat ideas

Remember the Bill Murray classic where everyone was looking to a Groundhog to predict whether winter would stay on? Well, thankfully investors don’t pick their stocks this way. Well they didn’t… Until Michael Reeves used a goldfish to beat the market sending Wallstreetbets into a tizzy!

This week, I’ll be breaking down how that strategy actually worked and also dive into an underrated idea to build wealth - Using debt wisely. To wrap it all up, we’ll be taking a look at the “new world order” in the stock market and what that means for your money. Let’s get started!

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Animal Alpha

Michael Reeves’ goldfish made the headlines when it beat hedge funds, mom and pop investors, and even the degenerates… ahem, investors… of Wallstreetbets! But before you run to the pet store to get your own prophet in a fishbowl, let’s take a look at the times monkeys, cats, octopuses and a whole menagerie of other animals beat the market to answer the questions: Why does it work, and can you use this strategy to make money? Drawing from research, basic math, and my own experience with a stock-picking monkey, this video covers everything you need to know before you go bananas with your money.

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Debt: The secret weapon

I’m 4 Million dollars in debt - But before you start a GoFundMe to help me back on my feet, here’s what you need to know: This debt is my secret weapon on the road to wealth! Though consumer debt and taking on more than you can pay off is bad for your financial health, using debt wisely is an underrated investing strategy. Take a look at my video to know how I leverage debt to get more than I pay for, when it makes sense for you to take on debt, and how it can even be used to hedge against inflation and make money off of it!

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The new world order

Boy, is it hot out there - In the span of a month, mortgage rates have climbed to their decade high, bear market alarm bells are ringing, and warnings of a “new world order” are everywhere. But what does that mean for your money? It’s easy to get carried away by the doomy talk on the news, but it’s one thing to know what’s going on and another to know what it actually means for your money. Here’s a detailed breakdown of how the Fed’s policies took the market to an all-time high, how the upcoming policies might bring on a recession, and why that might not be a bad thing for the market!

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So that’s it for my Sunday round-up. For the new folks here, in this newsletter, I give a quick recap of whatever you may have missed over the week on Sunday, and on Wednesday, I will be doing my deep-dive article on one of these topics.

See you next week with another bunch of exciting videos!

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