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Wes Bridel

We’re continuing a series of economic updates which we started yesterday, today’s will focus on the possibility of an imminent stock market crash.  Several economic indicators point towards a stock market crash. Things like extremely low volatility and a very high percentage of financial newsletter writer and mutual fund managers being bullish. Signs like these are usually [...]

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Economic Update on Recent Bank Failures

by Wes Bridel on March 18, 2010

in Economic Updates

It’s been a while since our last Economic Update Video and today’s will focus on bank failures.  I’ve been sick (or had allergies) for a couple weeks and so we have alot of economic news to cover because there’s been a tremendous amount going on in the world.  We’ll be showing several videos in a [...]

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Scriptures Pertaining to the Kingdom of God

by Wes Bridel on March 17, 2010

in Calling

Here are some scripture we felt were strongly relevant to this topic, the Kingdom of God. We put them here for your reflection.
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the [...]

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More on Inflation, Deflation & Hyperinflation

by Wes Bridel on March 16, 2010

in Stewardship

We’ve been discussing inflation and deflation and today we’ll dig more into hyperinflation.  If the world has figured out that buying our debt is a pyramid scheme and that they will be left holding nothing, they will no longer finance our massive deficit each year.  This could happen in the blink of an eye and [...]

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How can Inflation be worse than Deflation?  We described deflation Friday which you can read here, and that seems pretty awful!  What’s worse?  Hyperinflation!  Let’s look at what inflation is, how it can affect you, its two causes, and what can push inflation into hyperinflation.
The usual reason for inflation is an increase in the money [...]

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Deflation or Inflation?  We mentioned we’re holding an event on Tuesday to prepare you for either.   Let’s begin with Deflation.  What is a deflationary depression?  What does it feel like?  How will it affect you?  Unless you’re around 90, you and I have never suffered through really difficult times.  But our country has seen a [...]

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We said in the Coming Storm presentation that a new season was upon us and we talked about the fact that Jesus told us to be aware of the signs of the times.  We said that the changes that were coming were not just financial and economical, but that these signs would be of every [...]

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Jesus Brings the Kingdom

by Wes Bridel on March 10, 2010

in Calling

When Jesus came, He entered a highly religious society.  This was not a time like the one where people half thought about God’s Law and spent most of their time visiting temples to other gods.  This was a society who knew their theology better than anyone.  They knew God’s ways better than He did!
They had [...]

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Next Event: “How to be a Steady Investor in Turbulent Times”
Tuesday, March 16th at 7:30pm (one week from today!)
700 E. 11th St, Austin, TX 78701
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Most economists today see us entering a protracted deflationary depression similar to the Great Depression.  Others (including many of the most spectacularly successful investors of all time) see [...]

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The Importance of Value Creation

by Wes Bridel on March 8, 2010

in Stewardship

The other day, we began looking at value propositions within investment choices.  Today, we’ll continue that with a few more examples.
1)      Let’s say that you live in a hot real estate market and values have been driving up.  You’re considering buying one of three properties.

The first is a single family home in a market that [...]

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