Thinking Differently about the Economy Past Present and

Thinking Differently about the Economy Past, Present, and Future Perspectives John Moriarty, Ch. FC President, e 3 Consultants. GROUP Securities and Advisory services are offered through National Planning Corp (NPC), Member FINRA/SIPC, and a Registered Investment Advisor. e 3 Consultants Group, LLC and NPC are separate and unrelated companies.

Who is e 3 Consultants. GROUP? e 3 Wealth – We manage over $500+ million in assets and provide a family office model to individuals, families, and business owners at all levels of net worth. We have resources available to our clients in almost any area that deals with money: investment management, insurance solutions, tax strategies, estate planning, banking solutions, cash flow strategies, Social Security benefit planning, Medicare planning, and Long Term Care solutions as examples. e 3 Tax – Our very own in-house tax department that serves individuals, families and business owners in the areas of income tax preparation, accounting, bookkeeping, auditing, consulting, and cash flow management. e 3 Tax boasts a staff of 20 highly qualified professionals including six Certified Public Accountants (CPA) and three Enrolled Agents. In 2015, we served ~2, 500 individual and corporate clients during this tax season. e 3 Marketing – This is our “Research & Development” arm where ideas on better ways to educate the public become a reality. We accomplish this through our radio show, books that we have written, and workshops/seminars we host. Also, a critical piece to our business model is our cutting-edge learning environment due to our understanding of NLP (neuro-linguistic-programming) techniques.

Money and Finance Decisions in the PAST • “Three Legged Stool” Mentality: Pensions, Social Security, and your own Personal Savings • Employment Longevity creates Security and Stability for your family: Working somewhere for 30+ years allows a family to plan for retirement – A lot of families only needed one income to raise a family – Families were not burdened with debt because they waited to buy things and pay cash for them (Delayed Gratification) – Healthcare benefits were part of many people’s retirement packages • Traditional Asset Allocation: Stocks, Bonds, and Cash – CASH gave you Safety, Liquidity, and actual Growth (4 -5 -6%) – BONDS were a “shock absorber” for market volatility and they actually outperformed Stocks for the period 1981 -2011 • http: //www. bloomberg. com/news/articles/2011 -10 -31/bonds-beating-u-s-stocks-over-30 -years-for -first-time-since-19 th-century – STOCKS were a great tool to ACCUMULATE wealth with financial vehicles like individual stocks, mutual funds, 401 K, and now ETF’s • PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO INDICIATION OF FUTURE RESULTS – What used to be a “disclaimer” is now our reality! – Ask yourself “What can you expect from these asset classes in the future? ” – E 3’s focus is to MANAGE YOUR EXPECTATIONS as to how decisions impact your PERSONAL ECONOMY

Money and Finance Decisions in the PRESENT • People with GOOD MONEY HABITS are being punished by the current economic environment – How confident are you with today’s economy? • Negative interest rates, $19+ Trillion in US Debt, Slowest economic recovery in US History, Healthcare expenses on the rise, etc… – What is today’s reality with Cash, Bonds, and Stocks? • What are the major risks to your Personal Economy? – Market Volatility, Inflation, Income Taxes, Longevity – Minimizing those risks with Alternative Asset Classes, Pro-Active Tax Strategies, and financial strategies that help you create your own “private pension” with certain financial institutions – Our focus is now on creating “Growth Through Income” from financial vehicles – No such thing as a “good or bad” financial vehicle. e 3 is focused on what is APPROPRIATE in your Financial Picture • Becoming Your Own “Private Bank” – Cash Flow Awareness (See Separate Handout) – Wrote a Book on this subject • Understanding Specially Designed Life Insurance Contracts (SDLIC) • Integrated Resource Network (IRN) to Simplify your Financial Life

Money and Finance Decisions in the FUTURE • Generational Planning – It is important to get families to communicate with one another about money and finance related decisions in order to protect future generations • How often are we as Americans educated about certain money and finance decisions that relate to our specific financial picture – At school? At home? At your job? In conversations with people you trust? • Good Habits with money can be passed down through generations • This goes beyond estate planning conversations – Family Bank Concept • Build wealth over generations and Protect wealth for future generations! • Dynasties have been built using this concept (Rothschild, Morgan, Rockefeller) so this is not something “new” but you need to “think differently” about controlling the FLOW of your money – Reality Check • It took us 40 years as a country to get into this mess (i. e. US economy), so it will probably take another 40 years to solve our country’s problems. • Remember, your family doesn’t have to wait for the US Government, The Federal Reserve, or Financial Institutions to figure it out!

“Thinking Differently” through your own Private Banking Strategy • Through extensive research and a broad knowledge base on different financial institutions, we believe there are specific types of life insurance companies that offer specific types of life insurance contracts with certain beneficial features to a conservative saver • A highly trained financial professional can use these contracts to offer a conservative saver a tremendous alternative to traditional banking methods • Please understand that we are not actually creating a real bank for our clients or communicating that life insurance companies are the same as a bank • Rather we are attempting to design a financial vehicle that can mimic certain banking functions in one’s personal/business economy – like financing big ticket purchases and controlling where your cash flow is stored

Cash Flow Awareness • One of the main things our firm has learned from studying behavioral is that most people with good money habits make financial decisions in certain ways. To understand this decision-making paradigm, you first need to understand what certain words mean to people with good money habits. Here are the subjective definitions we have given certain words based on tens of thousands of conversations with clients on the topics of money and finance • Saving: To accumulate money in places where there is little to no risk of one’s principal. By saving, the person is not concerned about the return ON their money but rather the focus is on the return OF their money. Saving is normally a conscious act by someone with good money habits and for decades it has resulted in people building up balances in various bank accounts (checking, savings, money market, and certificate of deposits) • Investing: To put money to work in specific assets or financial vehicles that have the potential to generate a return on the principal. Your principal becomes your initial investment and you become an investor. If successful, you will receive a return on investment (ROI) or what we called in the last chapter an internal return. Note: the process of investing involves the risk of losing your principal and there are many different types of risk that investors face. Determining the appropriate amount of risk for each investment is a subjective process and needs to be measured based on an individual’s personal/business economy

Cash Flow Awareness (continued) • Spending: When someone plans to spend their money in the context of good money habits, it means they are paying for either normal variable monthly expenses to maintain their lifestyle or they are purchasing big ticket items to improve their lifestyle. Note: these items are not the normal, reoccurring expenses that people associate with the act of paying their bills • Here are some examples of different types of planned spending: – Maintaining Your Lifestyle: Pay your income taxes, cover unforeseen emergencies, assist a family member, household upkeep, healthcare, etc. – Improve Your Lifestyle: Home improvements, new autos, travel, children’s education, gifts, additional real estate, buying a business, etc. • When a person with good money habits spends their money, that principal is viewed as being gone forever. There is an opportunity cost present when this happens as their principal is no longer able to generate any type of return in the future. We call this an external return because the money is no longer in your control. Our intention is to help someone choose to spend their money while reducing or eliminating certain opportunity costs over their lifetime. It’s important to understand the dynamic between these three words – SAVE, INVEST, and SPEND – and why some people confuse their meaning

Cash Flow Awareness Model GOOD MONEY HABITS SAVE $$$ (Where Do You STORE Your Savings? ) < Utilization Strategies > INVEST SPEND (Risk) (Opportunity Cost) Internal Return External Return

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