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Financial Strategist on the Major “Shift” Investors Should Prepare for in 2025

Apr 15, 2025

Russell Gray, a seasoned financial strategist and founder of The Raising Capitalists Foundation, joins to discuss the potential global currency reset and its impact on investors. He delves into the risks surrounding the US dollar and offers insights into navigating these turbulent times. Gray highlights 'sleeping' real estate markets poised for growth in 2025 and emphasizes the importance of cash flow in investment strategies. He also addresses the historical shift from the gold standard to fiat currency and how it shapes current financial dynamics.

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Money vs Currency Explained

Money holds real value of produced goods over time, while currency is only a medium of exchange often unbacked by tangible assets.
Modern fiat currency separated money from currency, causing loss of purchasing power over time, unlike precious metals like silver.

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How Credit Inflates Prices

Credit brings future purchasing power into the present, enabling higher spending but creating debt to repay later.
This inflates prices as more currency chases the same amount of goods, driving up inflation and asset costs like housing and education.

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Fiat Money History and Challenges

The US dollar broke from gold in 1971, making it a full fiat currency without intrinsic backing.
Global attempts to dethrone the dollar include BRICS alliances and the euro, while Bitcoin offers decentralization as an alternative.

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The financial landscape is shifting, with rumblings of a global currency reset threatening to take down the US dollar. What does this mean for limited partners (LPs), syndicators, and other passive investors? How “safe” are your investments in the event of a collapse? We’ll discuss all of this and more in today’s episode.

Financial strategist, investor, and founder of The Raising Capitalists Foundation Russell Gray returns to the show to talk about the future of fiat currency and what investors need to know amidst a potential reset. For decades, the US dollar has been the world’s primary reserve currency. Now that it’s under siege and could be dethroned, what are the implications for American investors?

In this episode, Russell will give you a macro view of the US financial system and share why investors should expect turbulence as we undergo a financial “detox.” We’ll also discuss the best practices for investing in uncertain times, the “sleeping” real estate markets that could see enormous growth in 2025, and the major advantage Main Street has over Wall Street.

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In This Episode We Cover

How to identify passive real estate investing opportunities in uncertain times

The “sleeping” real estate markets that could wake up in 2025

Why limited partners (LPs) should target areas where capital is flowing

Main Street’s advantage over Wall Street amidst a major financial shift

What happened to the US financial system when money and currency decoupled

The potential fallout of the Fed creating a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

And So Much More!

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PassivePockets 160 - Syndication Secrets: Empowering Investors with Russell Gray from The Real Estate Guys

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