Hello, World

"Warburg's revolutionary plan to get American society to go to work for Wall Street was astonishingly simple.

Even today...academic theoreticians cover their blackboards with meaningless equations, and the general public struggles in bewildered confusion with inflation and the coming credit collapse, while the quite simple explanation of the problem goes un discussed and almost entirely un comprehended.

The Federal Reserve System is a legal private monopoly of the money supply operated for the benefit of a few under the guise of protecting and promoting the public interest." - Anthony Sutton; Wall St. & FDR

But what can we do about it?

If your cruising through this corner of the internet, you're very well aware (or becoming aware)- that something is off.

Way off.

Several years ago I began questioning why, but fell short of answers.

Why does the American Dream look and feel more like a nightmare?
Why is the self-proclaimed greatest nation in the world increasingly unhappy, unfulfilled, and unhealthy?
Why do so many people seem to be asleep?
Why is it so expensive to exist? Is inflation natural and necessary?
Why am I using a financial advisor again?
Why are the elites so keen on dictating how the rest of us live our lives?

The game is rigged. Socialism for the rich, and capitalism for the poor.

I'm a typical middle-class guy with a wife, 2 kids, a dog and a mortgage. I'm in my own unique situation sharing common struggles with a side of existential crisis.

Questioning everything.

The information age opened a door to unfiltered information and points of view. With a bit of time and energy, the puzzle pieces begin to surface.

I've smashed the puzzle apart and put it back together many times- what I see is always changing. Put another way, I continue to learn and process information- evolving my perspective.

The rabbit hole is deep.

This platform is for examining, teaching, listening and growing. It's just as much for myself as it is for anyone else.

I've spent a few years in the trenches of the traditional financial industry to confirm what I suspected from the start. There are no big secrets to be found at the end of the yellow brick road. But there's plenty of bullshit, deceit, and traps to avoid along the way.

Fortunately, the best investment advice is simple and not regulated by the SEC (although they are likely working on it)- invest in yourself. If your looking for specific recommendations and someone to tell you exactly what to do- this may not be the best fit.

If you're interested in engaging in topics and conversation related to money, corruption, personal finance, human behavior and trading- then pull up a chair. Nothing is off limits.

The game is rigged. What can we really do about it?

There's that question again.

Of course- we can continue to do what we do. Grit teeth. Put our head down. Pull up the bootstraps. Ignore the problem because we are still able to make it work to one degree or another, so others should too.

Screw that.

Here's a simple framework that has helped me get out of my own way-

Continuous education- Signal over noise
Never stop questioning. Never stop learning. Never stop growing.

We are drowning in information. Build out your personal library of trusted resources and voices, and make them earn it. Be cautious of anyone or anything that claims to have it all figured out.

Embrace Risk- In markets and in life
Risk is unavoidable. Move the needle towards calculated risk and away from the hail mary's. This could take the shape of walking away from a great high paying job. Learning how to trade. Removing the vices and distractions that numb your soul.

As Steven Pressfield says- put your ass where your heart wants to be.

Risk living.

Action comes first, feelings come later
At various points in your journey, you will reach a jumping off point, it will be scary as hell, and you will hesitate.

You put in the work, you put together a plan of attack.

But first- one more book, one more Youtube video for another hit of motivation. I'll start next week.

Begin the damn thing, before you FEEL ready.

In the meantime, I will be here doing the same.