Inflation last month was 4.2% year over year. This is mainly due to higher oil prices Bloomberg forecast this week's inflation is also 4.2% year over year. I think it's going to come in lower. Crude oil prices have been falling in June. My forecast for inflation this week is less than 4.2% which should boost the market higher. So last Friday, we adjusted the model Investing Accelerator to close off our hedge and go back to long. Hedging is a method we use to reduce drawdown if we think the market is going down. It is like buying insurance in case the market goes down. This is particular useful when the market is forming a top or when we think the market is turning around. Hedging is taught extensively in Investing Accelerator Cheers, Eric --- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com Whether or you are retiring with $50K, $100K, $300K or more, it is important to figure out the right strategy for you. For people with lots of capital, they can afford to throw it all into CDs / GICs and earn a low 2-3% return. However, if you are looking to generate cashflow with a few hundred thousand, then you would need to look deeper You need to find a more capital efficient strategy and still achieve your target monthly cashflow (for retirement or simply working less) In Investing Accelerator, you will learn two strategies: First, we focus on buying options to buy discounted stocks to multiply our profits for long term gains Second, we focus on selling options to generate interest premium which serves as a more predictable stream of cashflow We use these strategies on blue chip companies like Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Mastercard etc We place 1 trade a week for monthly passive income to smooth out our cashflow This allows us to split the portfolio into 2 parts 1. Low risk low return with index funds or bonds 2. Higher return higher risk cashflow generating option strategy

Everyone is panicking about SPCX going below IPO open price but... The truth is - IPO price is usually inflated. This is when insider cash out and sell. Facebook dropped below its IPO price Uber dropped below its IPO price Airbnb dropped below its IPO price Tesla dropped below its IPO price Investment bankers hype up the IPO, sells it to the public - rinse and repeat That's why generally I do not touch IPO until they have been on the market for 1 year. (which coincidentally matches with how long NASDSAQ 100 and S&P 500 requires a stock to be public first before adding to an index)​​ ​ Cheers, Eric Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com Whether or you are retiring with $50K, $100K, $300K or more, it is important to figure out the right strategy for you. For people with lots of capital, they can afford to throw it all into CDs / GICs and earn a low 2-3% return. However, if you are looking to generate cashflow with a few hundred thousand, then you would need to look deeper You need to find a more capital efficient strategy and still achieve your target monthly cashflow (for retirement or simply working less) In Investing Accelerator, you will learn two strategies: First, we focus on buying options to buy discounted stocks to multiply our profits for long term gains Second, we focus on selling options to generate interest premium which serves as a more predictable stream of cashflow We use these strategies on blue chip companies like Apple, Microsoft, Visa, Mastercard etc We place 1 trade a week for monthly passive income to smooth out our cashflow This allows us to split the portfolio into 2 parts 1. Low risk low return with index funds or bonds 2. Higher return higher risk cashflow generating option strategy If you are interested, you can schedule a call and ask any questions you have: https://bit.ly/48mJlgR

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Backtest result shows a solid data telling July to September are the loosing month. From a YouTube video by FinancialWisdom here (from 7:41). https://youtu.be/MCOiVEBjFnA?si=nR3ll2F5j2DyqXnd