BUILDING FINANCIAL WEALTH

AS A CASUAL INVESTOR VIEWING THE STOCK MARKET:

I have some concerns about the market in todays world:

A) Big money and Government insider trading has almost turned the Stock Market into a Ponzi Scheme. Both Government and private industry can make unqualified statements that will have a great effect on our Stock.

B) large Companies with little ethics can hurt a retirement program like a Company 401-K retirement, to better themselves personally.

C) Wondering what a good investment might be in todays world?

D) Government Bonds are not a safe-haven like they once were as Devaluation of the Dollar is turning into a big problem.
1) New Business startups have a challenge as the cost of goods have increased with the tariffs and the push to buy everything made in America!
2) If manufacturing can’t benefit from cheaper labor in foreign countries to keep costs down we consumers will be paying a much higher price.
3) If cost of goods go up then hourly rate labor should to allow us to purchase made in America Goods.
4) Now they are talking about Artificial Intelligence Robots to take jobs away from semi-skilled workers?
5) Would we better off investing in “Physical Assets” that we can touch and posses in lieu of trusting the stock Market and others with our hard earned money?
6) Physical Assets can be Real Estate, Business, Collectables, Gold, Silver, Copper just to reference a few.

7) To get an idea of how bad the cost of living has got and our dollar has devaluated making it harder to get by check out Cost Of Living by Year and leave your statistics that will help validate this claim.

8) To view Gold, Silver, Copper cost from Year 2000 to current (check this link)