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Learn where to invest and find high rates. It's listener question Friday! Dear Linda,   I love your podcasts! They are simply fabulous! I am wondering where can I get some financial products with a high rate of compounding? Let's say 8 to 10%. I need your great help for that, Linda. Thank you very much. Best regards, Marie I wish 8 to 10% was so easy! Be careful when reaching for yield. A friend of mine was pitched 5.5% junk bonds that weren't diversified and were 30 year bonds! He was actually considering them because a "friend" recommended them. High yields equal high risk. Bank yields are paying maybe 1% to 2%. Ten year bonds are 1.5%. How can you get 5.5? Lower the quality - but you don't want to do that. Consider alternative investments - but they can be complex. Dividends on stocks - but it entails risk to principal. There's no easy answer for a "guaranteed" rate. But here's the question: should you be investing for growth instead of income anyway? Growth does involve risk, but over the long-term risk i

Learn why spending to save money can be a trap. Shopping - have you ever still had tags on clothes you've never worn in the closet? How does that happen? Something happened that I wasn't conscious of until now. I bought 2 velour sweatsuits. Looked at other pieces but didn't like them. Next they were on sale. I picked out 5 to try on, even though I didn't like them the week before. Suddenly I was convincing myself that they were such a good deal I should just get all 5! Then I caught myself. Wait a minute. I don't even like them! The "savings" idea had taken over my logical brain! This is how we get clutter, clothes we don't wear, etc. It has to be based on price because if we liked it, we would wear them! Our closets get full of shoes and clothes that we "collect", but we can only wear one at a time. If you wore one pair of shoes or one top without repeating, how many days until it took you to wear them all? Are you not going to wear something, in order to wear this? Closets are becoming poverty traps! Money

Learn what to do so that you can become a millionaire, whether you are a Millennial or not. Wealth building tips are not just for young people. Learn what to do to grow your money into millions, no matter what your age is. Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!

Learn what and where the top performing ETFs are. There are ETFs with better performance than the S & P 500 on a YTD, 3 year and 5 year basis. In this podcast, I share where the best performing ETFs are and why asset allocation is important. The performance chart is available on my website at http://lindapjones.com/podcasts, then go to podcast 437. Please subscribe and leave a review!

Learn what topics are important to high net worth clients. This is from an article in Investor's Business Daily. I encourage you, no matter how much or how little money you have, to start modeling the wealthy. As your wealth mentor, I keep you updated on the most important topics for you to know. Today, we are discovering the topics that are most important for your wealth building.    Please subscribe and leave a review!      

Learn how 2 investors started with $30k and now control over $55 million in real estate. Jake and Gino host the Wheelbarrow Profits podcast and are authors of the book by the same name.  They talk with me about 3 reasons for success: 1. Buy right 2. Manage right 3. Finance right Learn how to make multi-family 'green', how to determine what buildings to make an offer on, how to get financing, and more. Get more information on their website at http://jakeandgino.com.   Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!

Learn the 5 components to your FICO credit score and how to improve your score. Get my other recent podcasts about credit, podcast #432, 430, 251, 367. All podcasts are available at http://lindapjones.com/podcasts. Please subscribe and leave a review!

Learn what international stock markets are performing the best and worst. Returns are year-to-date thru July 9, 2018. The graphic is on my website at http://lindapjones.com/podcasts Please subscribe and leave a review!

Learn how to get a free credit report and why it is so important to improving your credit. I received a listener letter. In response the the episode about making one phone call to make good credit great, Brian said: Linda you are THE BEST...I have been wondering how to boost my credit score now that it's gotten a lot higher since I met you! Thanks Brian! Good credit is a matter of doing a few things right consistently. It's not hard to do if you pay attention to your credit.   Thank you to people who have left reviews for the show! Please subscribe and leave me a review on iTunes or Stitcher Radio. All of my podcasts can be found at http://lindapjones.com.

Learn my responses to listener questions about the Robin Hood and Fundrise apps and investing for cash flow. All of my podcasts are available at http://lindapjones.com/podcasts. Please subscribe and leave a review for the podcast!

The Debt Diamond™ is the most valuable method to dump your debt. (Diamond like the gemstone, an upside down triangle or funnel shape). It pays your most expensive debt off first, saving you thousands in interest. It allows your credit score to be repaired and rise the fastest. Recently I saw an article that 42 million Americans believe that carrying a balance will improve their credit score. That is not correct! The article is here: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/07/02/credit-rating-mistake-carry-balance-improve-fico-credit-score/745406002/ In this podcast, I share with you the 5 parts to a credit score, what each one means and how to improve your credit score. I also share why the Debt Diamond method is the best way to pay off your debt and fastest way to improve your credit score. All 430 Be Wealthy & Smart podcasts can be found at http://lindapjones.com/podcasts Please review and subscribe to the podcast.

Learn the 7 ways to keep all of the sudden wealth you encounter. Seventy (70%) of people who inherit money have $0 left within 5 years. There's one reason why that happens! Learn what to do so that your money is replenished and never runs out. See all 400 podcasts at http://lindapjones.com/podcasts. Please leave a review!

Learn ways to avoid paying ATM fees to access your own money. Banks earn $1 billion annually on ATM fees. I have eliminated ATM fees completely and suggest you do too. Here are 6 ways to easily avoid paying ATM fees.

Learn 8 things that rich people believe and how it can help your wealth building. The article is here: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/11/8-ways-rich-people-view-the-world-differently-than-the-average-person.html  

Learn why it's important to have more cash available and what to do with it. Step 2 of the "6 Steps to Wealth" is Save a Nestegg. I'm talking about having cash available. You should become a good saver because: 1. It is a good financial habit. You are less likely to have financial trouble if you are good at saving. 2. You have an emergency fund available. Should anything happen that was unexpected, you have cash available to pay for it and won't have to use credit cards with high interest rates. 3. It gives you options. If you save a lot of money you can choose to invest and grow it such as in an IRA or pay cash for a car or put a healthy downpayment on a home. You need capital to invest. (Almost 40% of people put less than 10% down on a home purchase. That means you have PMI payments until you reach a 20% down payment). 4. There is an opportunity cost to your money. Warren Buffett has said he doesn't want a mansion because he realizes how much more his money will grow (compound) to when it is invested instea

Learn if you are pre-disposed to wealth or if it is a matter of habits and choices. Do you know that wealth is a choice? Learn the 6 Steps to Wealth and how to go from $0 to wealthy. It's not about how much you make or how much you don't spend. For example: Person A: Makes $40,000 per year. Over their working lifetime of 30 years, they will earn $1.2 million. How much of that money will they keep? The average savings rate in America is currently 2.8%... ...And 2.8% of a $40,000 annual income is $1120 per year saved; a total of $33,600 saved over 30 years. Person B: Makes $40,000 per year. Invests $5500 per year (maximum under age 50) in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and averages 10% in the stock market for 30 years. They retire in 30 years with $1,091,160. In 30 years, Person A will have $33,600 and Person B will have $1,091,160. Which one are you? Connect with me on Instagram.com/LindaPJones for a daily wealth tip. 

Learn what characterizes the late stage of an economic cycle, how it can indicate what's coming in the stock market, and where to invest. Please subscribe and review the podcast!

Learn answers to questions from listeners. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!

Learn what sector funds are performing the best year-to-date. See performance chart posted on my website at www.lindapjones.com. Subscribe to Be Wealthy & Smart and leave a review!

Learn why "money is like a newborn baby. You have to prepare for it and learn about it BEFORE it arrives.