Be Wealthy & Smart

Learn what options are and why trade them, strategies that are conservative and Kirk's real experience with the real estate tax cycle increasing.

Learn about Fixed Indexed Annuities and the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council with Crystal Cooper.

Learn from James Turk, co-author of The Money Bubble: What to do before it pops and The Coming Collapse of the Dollar. How government debt got out of control, why what is happening in Greece will eventually happen in the US and many other countries around the world, why the crisis that happened in 2008 will happen again, what "real wealth" is and what "financial wealth" is, how Goldmoney.com was devised in 1979 before the technology for it existed, future forms of currency and e-commerce, what Goldmoney.com is, what BitGold is, how currency evolves over time, the next global online commerce, and James' predictions for gold prices and mining stocks.

How to analyze if real estate is a good investment right now, how to recognize the peak of a bubble and how to understand investment cycles. One of the investing secrets of billionaires is that they don't look in the rear view mirror, they look forward to the future to make investment decisions.

The #1 Rule for Building (and Keeping) Wealth - if you understand it and master it, you're on your way to creating millions. Violate this rule and it will be very difficult to maintain wealth.

Learn 5 things to do before purchasing a home, why the debt snowball is not the method to use to improve credit quickly, and how to find a loan officer.

Learn why 5 star rated mutual funds are not all they are cracked up to be, the dirty little secret Wall Street doesn't want you to know, and what mutual funds will actually perform best. According to a study done by Vanguard, in a three year period, the lowest rated funds actually generated the greatest excess returns, while the highest rated funds generated the least! 5-star funds performed the worst over the next 3 years and 1, 2, or 3 star rated funds performed the best! Vanguard's study also demonstrated that, "an investor had less than a 50–50 shot of picking a fund that would outperform regardless of its rating at the time of the selection." In 1966, the economist William Sharpe (the well-resected researcher that the Sharpe Ratio is named after) stated, "all other things being equal, the smaller a fund's expense ratio, the better results obtained by its stock holders."

Learn about investing in sports cars and watches. I answer a listener's question and tell you my personal story about how I bought a collector car.

Learn who the Federal Reserve is, how they control interest rates, what are the consequences of interest rate hikes and action steps for you to consider.

Learn from 3 BRAVO TV reality stars who are making big money and big mistakes, one listener's success story and how he saved thousands of dollars, and I reveal my new wealth building community is coming soon!