https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-26/larry-fink-calls-on-boomer-generation-to-fix-retirement-crisis?srnd=homepage-canada Key paragraphs from Bloomberg: BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink warned of a looming “retirement crisis” facing the US and called on baby boomers to help younger generations save enough for their own futures. “They believe my generation – the baby boomers – have focused on their own financial well-being to the detriment of who comes next. And in the case of retirement, they’re right.” Young people “have lost trust in older generations,” Fink wrote. “The burden is on us to get it back. And maybe investing for their long-term goals, including retirement, isn’t such a bad place to begin.” “No one should have to work longer than they want to,” Fink wrote. “But I do think it’s a bit crazy that our anchor idea for the right retirement age – 65 years old – originates from the time of the Ottoman Empire.” “The federal government has prioritized maintaining entitlement benefits for people my age (I’m 71) even though it might mean that Social Security will struggle to meet its full obligations when younger workers retire,” Fink wrote. Fink said BlackRock will announce a series of partnerships and initiatives over the coming months to weigh major questions, including the average age of retirement and how to encourage older Americans to continue working if they want to do so. -------------- What do you think? I will add my comments on it later on. Eric

716 - Manju made 71% from HDB in 2.5 months 719 - Mike made 34% from MRK in 7 weeks The students select these two stock picks after mastering the long-term investing strategy. ​​Finding blue chip companies at a discounted price can enhance your profitability. ​Even for a stock with a flatter trend, you can still exit at a relatively high for a profit. (For beginners, focus on the stocks with stronger trend as they are much easier to make money)​ Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com Free webinar - how to get 30%: https://5mininvesting.com/free-case-study/ In March, my goal is to help 20 people without a financial background to master investing. Investing Accelerator is designed for people without a financial background. The goal is to achieve 30% return per year. In the first phase, you will learn long term investing and targeting 30% for tax free compound growth. This will help accelerate your overall wealth. In the second phase, you will learn monthly passive income to provide a more predictable cash flow (target 30% per year) which can cover your expenses. This will help accelerate your retirement goals. If you are interested, then let's hop on a call to see if you can benefit from the strategies in Investing Accelerator and get 30% per year. During the call, we will map out exactly how you can achieve 30%, what you are lacking, how you can improve. If you have any questions about the program, you can ask during the call as well. Schedule a call here: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR Remember to go to the Classroom tab for additional investing resources.

Apparently, Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against Open AI and Sam Altman for breach of contract. The lawsuit accuses Altman et al with having betrayed an agreement from Open AI's founding to remain as a non-profit company.

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Recently, I've spending a lot of time on how to best allocate a portfolio which creates a "fail-safe" environment for you. Meaning that even in event where one of the strategies doesn't work out, you will be able to recover. It also allows you to take high-risk opportunities where the return may be 500%+. The allocation is as follows: 50% index funds - long term (This should grow at 10-20% per year) ​​​​​​​30% monthly passive income (This will give you an immediate cashflow boost) 10% - 20% high return 5x trades (rare and must be limited to less than 20% of your entire portfolio) ​​​Rebalancing: For monthly passive income, you rebalance every month. Take out the profit to pay for your expenses or invest in the other two strategies. For high-return 5x trades, ​you rebalance after every successful trade. Once you have one successful trade, take out at the minimum your initial investment before investing again. Where do you rebalance to? You rebalance to the index funds (50%)​ If something bad happens, you reallocate a smaller amount out of index funds to fund the other two strategies. This allows you to play the game forever and ever. The infinite game. Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com Free webinar - how to get 30%: https://5mininvesting.com/free-case-study/ In March, my goal is to help 20 people without a financial background to master investing. Investing Accelerator is designed for people without a financial background. The goal is to achieve 30% return per year. In the first phase, you will learn long term investing and targeting 30% for tax free compound growth. This will help accelerate your overall wealth. In the second phase, you will learn monthly passive income to provide a more predictable cash flow (target 30% per year) which can cover your expenses. This will help accelerate your retirement goals.