As I watch my financial portfolio teeter up and down I’m reminded of one of my favorite childhood memories; playing on the teeter-totter with my friend Rhonda. We would talk for hours as we glided up and down effortlessly. There was just one rule: never jump off because if you did that would cause a disastrous result!
It’s the same rule today as you ‘play’ the game of investing. Know the rules. Do your due diligence, hire the best advisors and don’t jump out of the game. Keep studying and investing. Don’t jump off. Trust that your due diligence and commitment to staying in the game will pay off; and it will.
Try to keep your sense of humor about your finances. When you trust God and His economy, you know you are always Divinely guided and can rest in that truth and hopefully even have a laugh about it all. Here’s a start to that effort, sent to me by my 20 year old son in college:
Advice from a College Student: If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today! If you purchased $1,000 shares in AIG, you would have $33.00. If you purchased $1,000 shares in Lehman Brothers, you would have $0.00 today. But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer, drank all the beer, turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you would have $214.00. Therefore the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called the 401-Keg Plan.
Stay on the teeter totter of investing. Don’t hoard your money. Have the mind-set that you’ll just start making more of it RIGHT NOW, because YOU CAN… and you’ll continue to invest, staying in the game with even more discernment, wisdom and commitment to due diligence than ever before. We WILL make it through this with greater profits and as greater people.
Now, how can you make more money TODAY?
See you soon,
LISA






