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2019 March BankNotes

A Closer Look At Businesses Part I: By L. Carlos Lara
[Reprinted from the November 2018 edition of the Lara-Murphy-Report, LMR]
According To The Kauffman Index of Startup Activity1 the share of new entrepreneurs who started businesses to pursue opportunity rather than from necessity is now up more than 12 percentage points higher than in 2009 at the height of the Great Recession. This of course is a very encouraging nationwide trend and I extend my admiration to all those individuals who have ventured out into an endeavor where only about half survives the first five years in operation. Obviously, by any measure, these are certainly not great odds so I also applaud their courage and their desire to start their very own enterprise.

2019 February BankNotes

George Washington’s State of the Union Address Holds Lessons for the 21st Century: by Lawrence W.Reed
It was a time when government knew its limits and its proper place, and the people did too.
A few million people will be watching when President Trump delivers his State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress on January 29. I doubt I’ll be one of them. The last State of the Union I watched from start to finish was literally 30 years ago, and I don’t feel the least bit deprived— intellectually, spiritually, or otherwise.

2019 January Lara-Murphy Report

Dr. Robert Murphy builds on last month’s article to make the analysis closer to real-world policies, showing the effect of age and different funding approaches on policy behavior.

2019 January BankNotes

The Myth of Intelligent (Government) Design
Why would we think that moving decisions to government will result in more intelligent arrangements? by Gary M. Galles

2018 December Lara-Murphy Report

DOES IBC WORK FOR OLDER PEOPLE? by Robert P. Murphy

Blog 50 – Use The Same Money For Both College Education And Retirement

After many years of designing Infinite Banking policies, the number one concern of most of our clients is how they can assist their children with their college education without affecting the retirement plans for themselves. As you already know, the advantage of Infinite Banking policies is the fact that you can reuse the cash value … Read more

2018 December BankNotes

Notes from the Cutting Edge of Finance: by Ryan GriggsFirst published in Feb, 2018 on Medium.com.

I’ve just returned from the Nelson Nash Institute’s (NNI) annual Think Tank conference for practitioners of the Infinite Banking Concept (IBC) in Birmingham, AL. It seems appropriate to say a few words about the experience.

For context, the IBC is a cash-flow management strategy that allows individuals to opt-out of the federally-enforced cartel that you might know as “the commercial banking system.” Nelson Nash is the creator of the IBC and author of the book Becoming Your Own Banker —

2018 November Lara-Murphy Report

THE FED HAS PAINTED ITSELF INTO A CORNER: BY Robert P. Murphy
With official unemployment low and CPI inflation on the rise, the Fed is under pressure to keep hiking rates, even though we predict this will crash the economy.

Blog #49 – Questions to Ask AFTER You Apply For Life Insurance

Now we continue the conversation to discuss the questions and decisions that come into play during the application process. These questions are relevant to whole life insurance and may not apply to other types of life insurance, especially types with little or no cash value, or life insurance that does not guarantee the death benefit permanently. How will you know? Ask the questions!

October 2018 Lara-Murphy Report

THE WEALTH EFFECT: BY L. Carlos Lara
The height of the stock market and even the strength of the dollar itself ultimately rest on public confidence in our financial system. And right now there’s not much to be confident about.