Tuesday, April 26, 2016
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;It is 24/7 politics on the internet and everyone is talking about the "one-percent." The first question that comes up is "who are they?" usually followed by, "how can I be a part of that group, too?"lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;If you have a hundred friends, the chances are good that that you already know someone in the one-percent. (If you are reading this newsletter, the odds are even better.)lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;In my small home city of Wilmington, we probably have 700 people in the one-percent. They can't all be bad.lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;Some career choices help stack the deck in your favor. Here is a list of top paying jobs:lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;img src="http://www.stratfi.com/images/yootheme/Best_Paid_Jobs.jpg" height="427" alt="Best Paid Jobs"/gt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;If you have ever wondered what percent you are in, lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;lt;a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/10/19/what-percent-are-you/"gt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;here is a link for yoult;/spangt;lt;/agt;lt;/spangt;.lt;/spangt;lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;Based on my twenty-five years of experience in financial planning, I've generally found that people become wealthy in one of three ways:lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;1) They are lt;stronggt;business ownerslt;/stronggt;lt;/spangt;lt;br/gt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;2) They own lt;stronggt;real estatelt;/stronggt;lt;/spangt;lt;br/gt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;3) They invest in lt;stronggt;stockslt;/stronggt; (Yes, I can help with this!)lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;span data-mce-mark="1"gt;Each of these approaches take time, effort, and savvy. Each requires a careful management of expenses and sometimes a little patience. No one earns their wealth overnight. Luck plays a role, but maybe not as much as you might think.lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;
lt;pgt;lt;spangt;Getting the right advice is essential.lt;/spangt;lt;/pgt;