Portfolio Strategy & Risk

Learn how to evaluate portfolio returns, diversification, volatility, risk, and opportunity cost. These resources help investors look beyond averages and coordinate investments with liquidity, cash flow, protection, and long-term objectives.

Investing in Raw Land, with Mark Podolsky, the Land Geek

By Rachel Marshall / February 8, 2021 / Comments Off on Investing in Raw Land, with Mark Podolsky, the Land Geek

Curious about how investing in raw land could help you accomplish your financial goals? In this episode, we’re talking with Mark Podolsky, The Land Geek, the raw land investor who’s completed over 5500 land deals, with an average ROI of over 300% on cash flips, and over 1,000% on the deals he sells with financing…

International Investing, with Michael Cobb, ECI Development

By Rachel Marshall / January 27, 2020 / Comments Off on International Investing, with Michael Cobb, ECI Development

In today’s show, we’re interviewing Michael Cobb, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ECI Development. This real estate development company is building and financing inspired residences for adventurous souls in Belize, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica.  Prepare to expand your investor’s paradigm to consider diversifying your asset portfolio outside the US.  Think resort-style living for the…

Are We at the Top of the Market?  How to NOT Lose Money

By Rachel Marshall / November 18, 2019 / Comments Off on Are We at the Top of the Market?  How to NOT Lose Money

After seeing an upward trend in the markets over the past decade, you may be concerned that we’re at the top of the market cycle.  Many people are feeling the volatility and uncertainty.  How do economic factors direct your decision-making?  Should you stay in for the long haul and ride it out? In today’s show,…

What to Do With Tax-Deferred Investments for Business Owners

By Rachel Marshall / October 21, 2019 / Comments Off on What to Do With Tax-Deferred Investments for Business Owners

Tax deferral may seem like the epitome of smart financial planning.  But tax-deferred investments can be a tricky trap like the spiderwebs that caught Frodo in Lord of the Rings. How should you think about retirement accounts if you’re a business owner? In today’s conversation, we answer: What is tax deferral? What are the underlying…

Why It’s Not Risky to Invest in Your Business

By Rachel Marshall / October 7, 2019 / Comments Off on Why It’s Not Risky to Invest in Your Business

Investing in your business can be one of the most focused, strategic, and productive financial decisions you can make. If the environment and the indicators are right.  That’s because your business is one of your best investments. However, if you listen to the conventional perspective of typical financial planning, you’ll be led to believe just…

Simple Passive Cashflow, with Lane Kawaoka

By Rachel Marshall / August 19, 2019 / Comments Off on Simple Passive Cashflow, with Lane Kawaoka

In today’s podcast, we interview Lane Kawaoka, the “engineer passively investing in real estate”. He controls over 2600 units across ten states, and is the host of Simple Passive Cashflow. He recorded the show from Belize, where he was doing due diligence on some coffee and chocolate farms. We’re discussing his journey to financial freedom…

Real Rate of Return: Why “Average” Is Not Real

By Rachel Marshall / February 11, 2019 /

The real rate of return is objective, rational, and substantial. It delineates the exact performance of your capital from start point to end point.  It has actual value and meaning.  Like concrete beneath your feet, it’s solid ground. At its core, it is the truth.  But finding the truth is often much harder than it…

The Family Office Model: Invest Like the Wealthy, with Richard C. Wilson

By Rachel Marshall / April 8, 2018 / Comments Off on The Family Office Model: Invest Like the Wealthy, with Richard C. Wilson

In this episode, we asked Richard C. Wilson, the CEO of the Family Office Club, to share his experience in coordinating the wealth teams of multimillionaire and billionaire families. There’s a divergence between the investing strategies of the status quo and those of the ultra-successful.  The ultra-wealthy leverage a family office model so they can…

Diversification Is Ignorance Protection

By Rachel Marshall / April 3, 2018 / Comments Off on Diversification Is Ignorance Protection

Diversification is typical financial planning advice that average investors use to protect themselves from losses.  Simply put, diversification is ignorance protection.  It is admitting that you don’t know what you are doing. It is common to think of investing and the stock market as one and the same. However, investing encompasses much more than just the stock market.…

Saving vs. Investing: What Is Investing? Part 2 – How to Find Your Best Investments

By Rachel Marshall / April 2, 2018 / Comments Off on Saving vs. Investing: What Is Investing? Part 2 – How to Find Your Best Investments

In a sea of investment choices, it can be overwhelming to determine which are the best investments for you. But don’t let overwhelm keep you in the dark, procrastinating, making mediocre decisions, losing money, and perpetually frustrated. The first step to confident investing is having a clear picture of exactly what you want and WHY. …

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