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		<title>Busting the Bank On Yourself high commission myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Yellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of myths and misconceptions about Bank On Yourself or the specially designed whole life insurance policies used for this safe and proven wealth-building method. One of the most commonly parroted myths is that financial advisors only sell whole life policies because they receive large commissions for doing so. As I&#8217;ve often [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no shortage of myths and misconceptions about <a title="What is Bank On Yourself?" href="/home"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Bank On Yourself</span></a> or the specially designed whole life insurance policies used for this safe and proven wealth-building method.</p>
<div id="attachment_12676" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 373px"><img class="size-full wp-image-12676    " title="Spilling_the_beans" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Spilling_the_beans.jpg" alt="" width="363" height="246" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Spilling the beans on the myth that financial advisors only sell whole life policies because they receive large commissions </p></div>
<p>One of the most commonly parroted myths is that financial advisors only sell whole life policies because they receive large commissions for doing so.</p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve often explained, when a <a title="Learn more about the Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisors..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/certified-advisors">Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisor </a>helps design and implement a Bank On Yourself-type policy for a client, their commission is slashed by 50-70%.  (And, yes, that&#8217;s one reason most financial advisors won&#8217;t tell you about this, or will try to steer you to another more profitable product.)</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;ve been wondering <em>exactly</em> how much commission a Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisor makes on one of these policies, you needn&#8217;t wait any longer!</p>
<p>I just recorded a short Podcast spilling the beans on this.</p>
<p>You can learn the surprising truth by clicking on the play arrow below, or you can <a title="Right click this link and choose &quot;Save Link As&quot; or &quot;Save Target As&quot; to download to your computer or iPod" href="http://bank-on-yourself.s3.amazonaws.com/McIntyre/2011-08-30_Busting_the_High_Commission_Myth_McIntyre_Edited3.mp3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">download the recording as an mp3</span></a> and listen to it on your own player or iPod now at:</p>
<p><span id="more-12666"></span>Often, the accusation that agents and advisors only sell these policies for the high commissions comes from investment advisors and money managers who want you to invest in the stock market, instead.</p>
<p>When you listen to this Podcast, you&#8217;re going to be <em>shocked</em> to discover that the advisor who manages your money in the stock market <strong>is making at least ten times more than the Bank On Yourself advisor</strong>, if the same amount of money is contributed each year!</p>
<p>Maybe <em>that&#8217;s</em> the kind of thing Mark Twain had in mind when he said…</p>
<blockquote><p>A lie can circle the globe in the time it takes truth to put on its shoes&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<h4>In this Podcast, I also touch on:</h4>
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<li>Why the cash value in a Bank On Yourself-designed policy <em>grows up to 40 times faster</em> than the policies Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey and others talk about</li>
<li>Why the death benefit in these policies keeps growing and the company does NOT &#8220;confiscate&#8221; your savings when you die (blasting yet another oft-repeated myth about this)</li>
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<p>So check it out right now by <a title="Right click this link and choose &quot;Save Link As&quot; or &quot;Save Target As&quot; to download to your computer or iPod" href="http://bank-on-yourself.s3.amazonaws.com/McIntyre/2011-08-30_Busting_the_High_Commission_Myth_McIntyre_Edited3.mp3"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">downloading the recording</span></a> or listening to it here:</p>
<h3>Have you had enough of the roller-coaster stock market?</h3>
<p>Today a lot of people were breathing a sigh of relief that the year-to-date loss in the Dow was just erased.</p>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-7674 alignright" style="margin: 5px;" title="stock market rollercoaster" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/stock-market-rollercoaster-are-you-still-riding-300x300.jpg" alt="stock market rollercoaster" width="180" height="180" />But the unpleasant reality is that the S&amp;P 500 is STILL almost 11% BELOW where it was 12 years ago today.  And inflation during those 12 years has taken <em>another</em> 34.5% bite out of your nest-egg!</p>
<p>The housing market continues to worsen, consumer confidence dropped to a two-year low this week, and the Fed is now threatening to do more of the same thing that got us into this mess in the first place.</p>
<p>All of which means stocks are now as vulnerable as toy balloons in a room full of razor blades!</p>
<p>Meanwhile, <a title="Check out these Bank On Yourself success stories!" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/success-stories"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">hundreds of thousands of Americans</span></a> are bypassing banks and Wall Street altogether, and <a title="What's the rate of return on Bank On Yourself?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/whats-the-rate-of-return-on-a-bank-on-yourself-plan.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">growing their nest eggs by a guaranteed and predictable amount</span></a> <em>every</em> single year using the Bank On Yourself method.</p>
<p>They haven&#8217;t lost a penny during the last 12 years.  In fact, they&#8217;ve <strong><em>never</em></strong> <em>had a losing year for the past 160 years!</em></p>
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<h4>Are you ready to do something different?</h4>
<p>And if you&#8217;re ready to find out how <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="What is Bank On Yourself?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com">the Bank On Yourself method</a></span> can give you the financial security and predictability you want and deserve, take the first step right now by <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Have you requested your Analysis yet?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/analysis-request-form">requesting a free Bank On Yourself Analysis</a></span>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll also get a referral to one of only 200 advisors in the country who have met the rigorous requirements to be a <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Learn more about the Authorized Advisors..." href="/certified-advisors">Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisor</a></span>, who can answer your questions and show you how much your financial picture could improve when you add Bank On Yourself to your financial plan.</p>
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<p>Nobody is going to twist your arm, and you won&#8217;t even be asked to buy anything at your first meeting with your Authorized Advisor.</p>
<p>But at least you&#8217;ll know whether Bank On Yourself makes sense for you and your family.  So please <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Request your Analysis today..." href="/analysis-request-form">request your free Analysis <em>today</em></a></span>.</p>
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		<title>Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey discuss Bank On Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Yellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like every week now, someone writes us to let us know they forwarded one of my blog posts to Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey, or urged them to take me up on my standing offer to debate them about Bank On Yourself. As I&#8217;ve said numerous times, I know Suze and Dave have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It seems like every week now, someone writes us to let us know they forwarded one of my blog posts to Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey, or urged them to take me up on <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Suze &amp; Dave: Let's debate..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-lets-debate.html">my standing offer to debate them</a></span> about Bank On Yourself.<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5901" title="fly on the wall" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/fly-on-the-wall-300x199.jpg" alt="fly on the wall" width="210" height="139" /></p>
<p>As I&#8217;ve said numerous times, I know Suze and Dave have helped many people get out of debt and get their financial act together.   However, there are two critical areas we <em>strongly</em> disagree on.</p>
<p>Neither of them has taken me up on the offer to debate me &#8211; yet.  But I can&#8217;t help but <em>wonder</em> if they&#8217;ve ever actually checked into <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="What is Bank On Yourself?" href="../../../../../">Bank On Yourself.</a></span></p>
<p>What would it be like to be a fly on the wall as Suze and Dave discuss Bank On Yourself? No need to wonder any longer, as our hidden video camera captured it all. Click the play button below&#8230;</p>
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<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering, the statements made by Suze and Dave in the video about why you should invest in mutual funds and why you should avoid whole life insurance are direct quotes from their books.</p>
<p>And <a title="Questions for Suze Orman" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25wwlnq4.t.html?_r=3" target="_blank">Suze really did tell the New York Times</a> she doesn’t follow her own advice about investing in the market.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span id="more-5867"></span>And yes, John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard – the largest mutual fund company in the country – really <em>has</em> written a stunning exposé about the smoke and mirrors mutual fund companies use to pull the wool over your eyes regarding the <em>real</em> returns you&#8217;re getting&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">The conventional rates of return (we rely on) to measure performance reflect performance that is higher, and in many cases <strong>much higher</strong>, than returns earned by shareholders.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: left; padding-left: 420px;">- John Bogle<sup>1</sup></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p>
<h2>So why don&#8217;t Suze, Dave and <em>most</em> other financial gurus know about Bank On Yourself-type policies?</h2>
<p>The three main reasons for this are:</p>
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<li>Very few insurance companies even offer the kind of policy that maximizes the power of the Bank On Yourself concept</li>
<li>Insurance agents and financial advisors who help their clients implement this strategy take a 50-70% cut in commissions to do so</li>
<li>Probably because of reasons #1 and #2, this kind of policy is not even covered in most (and maybe all) of the training programs insurance agents take to get their licenses.  It&#8217;s also not covered in the training they take to receive advanced designations, like CLU, ChFC, etc.</li>
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">In fact, advisors who pride themselves on their 30+ years of experience and the &#8220;alphabet soup&#8221; behind their names often admit they&#8217;ve never heard of these kinds of policies!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s a big part of the reason why <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Learn more about the Authorized Advisors..." href="../../../../../certified-advisors">the Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisor Training Program</a></span> was created.</p>
<p>To receive a <em>free </em>Analysis and get a referral to one of only 200 advisors throughout the U.S. who have met the rigorous qualifications, simply <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a title="Request your Analysis..." href="../../../../../analysis-request-form">request it here</a></span>.  There&#8217;s <em>no obligation</em> to find out what <em>your</em> bottom-line numbers and results could be if you added Bank On Yourself to your financial plan.</p>
<div class="button alignright"><a class="button request-analysis" title="Request a FREE Bank on Yourself Analysis" href="/analysis-request-form"></a></div>
<p>Many people have been willing to keep an open mind and look into the <em>facts</em> about Bank On Yourself, and people have been flocking to it, in order to have peace of mind and financial security.</p>
<p>But if you&#8217;re reading this, and you still have a few questions holding you back, you can find the answers here:</p>
<ul>
<li><a title="What's the rate of return on Bank On Yourself?" href="../../../../../whats-the-rate-of-return-on-a-bank-on-yourself-plan.html">What’s the rate of return of a Bank On Yourself-type policy?</a></li>
<li><a title="How will the debt crisis affect Bank On Yourself?" href="../../../../../how-will-the-debt-crisis-affect-bank-on-yourself.html">What do the companies used for Bank On Yourself invest in?</a></li>
<li><a title="How is Bank On Yourself different?" href="../../../../../suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-lets-debate.html">How are these policies different from the ones the financial “gurus” talk about?</a></li>
<li><a title="Learn eight ways to find money to Bank On Yourself..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/funding-your-plan">Where do I find the money to fund a plan?</a></li>
<li><a title="Bank On Yourself under the microscope..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/bank-on-yourself-under-the-microscope.html">I have good savings habits and little debt – how will Bank On Yourself help?</a></li>
<li><a title="Request your Analysis to get started..." href="../../../../../analysis-request-form">How do I get started?</a></li>
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<p><sup>1</sup><em>Common Sense on Mutual Funds,</em> by John C. Bogle – 2010 (updated 10th Anniversary Edition)</p>
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		<title>Lessons from a lost decade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pamela Yellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve lost a bet.  I&#8217;ve lost my keys.  But I&#8217;ve never lost a decade – until now.&#8221; - Sam Stovall, S&#38;P&#8217;s chief strategist The S&#38;P 500 ended the past decade down almost 25 percent below where it was ten years earlier.  And that doesn&#8217;t even factor in the 29% inflation we experienced during the decade. [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><em>I&#8217;ve lost a bet.  I&#8217;ve lost my keys.  But I&#8217;ve never lost a decade – until now.&#8221;<a href="http://jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3440" title="Peptol Bismo2l" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Peptol-Bismo2l.jpg" alt="Peptol Bismo2l" width="255" height="382" /></a></em></p>
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<p style="padding-left: 90px; text-align: left;">- Sam Stovall, S&amp;P&#8217;s chief strategist</p>
<p>The S&amp;P 500 ended the past decade down almost 25 percent <em>below</em> where it was <strong>ten years earlier</strong>.  And that doesn&#8217;t even factor in the 29% inflation we experienced during the decade.</p>
<p>In fact, <strong><em>since the end of 1999, the S&amp;P 500 stock index</em></strong> <strong><em>has lost an average of 3.3% a year</em></strong>, on an inflation-adjusted basis, even after including dividends, according to the data compiled by Charles Jones, finance professor at North Carolina State University.<sup>1</sup></p>
<h4>Hmmm… so what does that mean to the typical family in dollars and cents?</h4>
<p>You may want to grab a bottle of Pepto-Bismol, because it isn&#8217;t very pretty&#8230;<br />
Here&#8217;s what inflation and negative returns have done to <a title="Compare Bank On Yourself to the Stock Market..." href="/stock-market-timeline">a nest egg invested in an S&amp;P 500 index fund</a> (the way <em>most</em> Americans&#8217; retirement savings are), over the past decade…<br />
<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/purchasing-power-of-your-money-today-graphic-.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3553" title="purchasing power of your money" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/purchasing-power-of-your-money-for-graphic-for-website-020410-300x187.jpg" alt="purchasing power of your money" width="300" height="187" /></a></p>
<h4>You now need a 39.9% increase just to get back to where you were ten years ago!</h4>
<p>Given that the stock market has just experienced its fastest climb since 1933, <em>how likely do you think it is that we&#8217;ll have another 39.9% rise this year?</em> Especially given soaring government spending, stubbornly high unemployment, and looming tax hikes.<br />
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<p>Even if we <em>do</em> see that kind of increase, it would only take you back to dollars worth what they were ten years ago, so you&#8217;d need <em>another</em> 29% increase just to break even!<br />
And here&#8217;s something else that really sucks:  45 percent of Americans say they hate their jobs, according to a just-released survey.</p>
<p>Can you imagine what it would feel like if you&#8217;ve been sweating away at a job you can&#8217;t stand so you could put money away for your financial future… only to see your hard-earned dollars vanish?!?</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Investors would have been better off investing in pretty much anything else (during the past decade) or even just stuffing money under a mattress.&#8221;</em> <sup>1</sup><em><a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000007710027XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3404" style="margin: 5px;" title="Mattress Money" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000007710027XSmall.jpg" alt="Mattress Money" width="170" height="254" /></a></em></p></blockquote>
<h3>Meanwhile, what lessons <em>have</em> we learned from a lost decade?</h3>
<p>Wall Street and the financial &#8220;gurus&#8221; are still pitching <a title="Compare traditional investments to Bank On Yourself..." href="/compare-your-plan">the same saving and investing strategies</a> that got us where we are.</p>
<p>The number one best-selling book on personal finance recently was about how to get back to even – from the <em>same</em> guy whose advice put you in the hole in the first place.</p>
<p>This may surprise you…</p>
<p>For hundreds of thousands of families who use <a title="How does Bank On Yourself grow and protect your financial future?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">the Bank On Yourself method</span></a>, their nest-eggs remained intact – and have continued growing.  Safely, consistently, and predictably.</p>
<p>Oh what a difference it makes when <em>both</em> your principal <em>and</em> gains are <strong><em>locked in…</em></strong> and you&#8217;re getting compounded growth on a <em>bigger </em>number <em>every single year!</em></p>
<p>But don&#8217;t take <em>my</em> word for it.  Here&#8217;s an example of <a title="How Bank On Yourself policies grew over the past decade..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/bank-on-yourself-a-financial-plan-you-can-count-on.html">how one of my own Bank On Yourself policies grew over the past decade</a>.  It&#8217;s a real eye-opener, so I urge you to check it out.</p>
<p>There <em>are</em> a few cracks appearing in the investment industry&#8217;s armor recently, though.  Last week, an article in <em>Investment News</em> noted:</p>
<blockquote><p>Sales of immediate annuities and whole-life insurance will increase this year as boomers nearing retirement seek reliable income streams that aren&#8217;t subject to the whims of the market.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>The article also described whole-life insurance as a &#8220;fixed-income alternative… that can fare well despite a low interest-rate environment.&#8221;<sup>2 </sup></p>
<p>And keep in mind they&#8217;re talking about a <em>traditional</em> whole life policy – <a title="Learn how Bank On Yourself policies differ from traditional whole life..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-lets-debate.html">the kind Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey and most other financial experts and advisors talk about</a>.  But a Bank On Yourself-type <a title="What is dividend-paying whole life insurance?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-is-dividend-paying-whole-life-insurance">dividend-paying whole life policy</a> has features that <em>super-charge the growth of your cash value</em>, so you&#8217;re going to have a <em>lot</em> more cash available to use any way you want – <em>especially</em> in the early years of the policy.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Holding-back-hands-of-time.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3423" style="margin: 5px;" title="Holding back hands of time" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Holding-back-hands-of-time-300x198.jpg" alt="Holding back hands of time" width="270" height="178" /></a>If you knew there were a way to grow your nest-egg safely and predictably, while getting <strong><em>all</em></strong> the other advantages we just talked about – <a title="Take the $100,000 Challenge..." href="/challenge">and <em>then</em> some</a> – and that your plan would only get better and better <strong><em>every</em></strong> single year, when would be the best time to get started?</p>
<p>If you answered something along the lines of &#8220;yesterday,&#8221; I have good news for you.  There&#8217;s actually a way to &#8220;turn back the clock&#8221; for up to six months, when you start a Bank On Yourself policy, so you can help make up for some of that lost time.</p>
<p>The best way to get started is to <a title="Request a free, no-obligation Analysis..." href="/analysis-request-form">request your free Bank On Yourself Analysis</a>.  You&#8217;ll get a referral to a knowledgeable Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisor, who can help you turn back the clock.</p>
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<p>And if you&#8217;ve already started to Bank On Yourself,  congratulations!  Please take this as a reminder of the many benefits you&#8217;re getting.  And please pass the word on to others you care about.</p>
<p>We <em>want</em> to hear from you!  What&#8217;s the biggest lesson <em>you&#8217;ve</em> learned from the lost decade?  Share your comments below…</p>
<h6>1. &#8220;Investors Hope the &#8217;10s Beat the &#8217;00s,&#8221; Tom Lauricella, <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, 12/20/09<br />
2. &#8220;Immediate annuities and whole life are likely to gain favor,&#8221; Darla Mercado, <em>Investment News</em>, 1/10/10</h6>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Yellen</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought you might find it helpful to have the answers to the six questions about Bank On Yourself <a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000007523481XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3121" title="FAQ" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000007523481XSmall-300x179.jpg" alt="FAQ" width="300" height="179" /></a>we&#8217;re most often asked – right at your fingertips.</p>
<p>How many of these questions have <em>you</em> been wondering about?</p>
<p><strong>FAQ #1:</strong> <a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3122" style="margin: 5px;" title="FAQ?" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall-230x300.jpg" alt="FAQ?" width="35" height="39" /></a> How does Bank On Yourself compare with traditional investing and savings strategies?</p>
<p>You can <a title="Compare the Bank On Yourself method to traditional investments..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/compare-your-plan">compare the Bank On Yourself method to traditional investments here</a>, including stocks and mutual funds, a 401(k), a ROTH plan, real estate, gold, commodities and several other investments.</p>
<p>If there&#8217;s a different financial product or strategy that you think can match or beat the Bank On Yourself method, I encourage you to <a title="Take the $100,000 Challenge..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/challenge">take the $100,000 Challenge</a>.   If you&#8217;re right, you could pick up an easy $100K!</p>
<p><strong>FAQ #2</strong>: <a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="FAQ?" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall-230x300.jpg" alt="FAQ?" width="30" height="39" /></a> How does Bank On Yourself let you recapture every penny you pay for major purchases like cars, vacations, business equipment or a college education?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve summarized this in a <a title="Bank On Yourself in a nutshell..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/video-overview-bank-on-yourself-in-a-nutshell.html">short video overview of how Bank On Yourself works</a>.</p>
<p>However, for a more detailed explanation, you&#8217;ll want to review Chapters 2, 6, and pages 52-54 of <a title="Get your copy of the best-selling book, Bank On Yourself..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/products">my best-selling book, Bank On Yourself</a>. If you don&#8217;t have the book, we offer a 35% discount on it<a title="Get your copy of the best-selling book..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/products"></a>.</p>
<p><strong>FAQ #3</strong>:<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="FAQ?" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall-230x300.jpg" alt="FAQ?" width="30" height="39" /></a> I&#8217;ve heard people like Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman say whole life insurance is a lousy place to put your money.  Is a Bank On Yourself-type policy different from the kind they&#8217;re talking about?<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/review.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3144 alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="Let's review the facts" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/review.jpg" alt="Let's review the facts" width="288" height="112" /></a></p>
<p><span id="more-3119"></span>This is one of my favorite questions!  Why?  Because it&#8217;s <em>so</em> <em>darn</em> <em>easy</em> to PROVE that this type of dividend-paying whole life policy is a totally different &#8220;animal,&#8221; and that most financial advisors and &#8220;gurus&#8221; don&#8217;t even know the first thing about it!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t take <em>my</em> word for it!  You can <a title="See actual Bank On Yourself statements..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-lets-debate.html">see proof of how a Bank On Yourself policy is different here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>FAQ #4</strong>: <a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="FAQ?" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall-230x300.jpg" alt="FAQ?" width="30" height="39" /></a> How much does it cost to start a Bank On Yourself policy?  Is there a minimum amount I have to start with?  Is there a maximum amount I can put in?</p>
<p>There is no cost for a Bank On Yourself Analysis that will show you all the bottom-line results you could get with Bank On Yourself.</p>
<p>Should you then choose to start a Bank On Yourself policy, the Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisors do not charge fees to design and implement your plan.  They receive a commission from the insurance company, which has already been taken into account in the bottom-line numbers you&#8217;ll see.</p>
<p>Much like buying a TV or a couch, the costs of manufacturing and sales are already included in the price, or in the premium, in the case of a Bank On Yourself policy.</p>
<p>These Advisors also take a 50-70% pay cut when they design your policy this way.  You can <a title="Learn more about the Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisors..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/certified-advisors">learn more about the specialized training the Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisors receive</a>, and why they take such a big pay cut.</p>
<p>However, Bank On Yourself is <strong><em>not</em></strong> a one-size-fits-all plan.  There&#8217;s <em>no pre-set amount</em> a person would put into a plan, because the policy would be customized to YOUR unique situation, goals and dreams.</p>
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<p>If you&#8217;d like to see how a custom-tailored program could improve your financial picture, it&#8217;s easy to find out when you <a title="Request a FREE Analysis now..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/analysis-request-form">take advantage of a <strong>free</strong>, no-obligation Bank On Yourself Analysis here</a>.</p>
<p>You can start at whatever level is comfortable for you.  The upper limit is determined by your income and assets.</p>
<p><strong>FAQ #5</strong>: <a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="FAQ?" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall-230x300.jpg" alt="FAQ?" width="30" height="39" /></a>I don&#8217;t have a single dime left over at the end of the month.  Where do I find the funds to start a Bank On Yourself plan?<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000010647279XSmall.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3138 alignright" style="margin: 5px;" title="Seed Money" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000010647279XSmall-300x199.jpg" alt="Seed Money" width="266" height="177" /></a></p>
<p>Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisors are masters at helping people restructure their finances to free up seed money to fund a plan designed to help you reach as many of your short-term and long-term goals as possible – and as quickly as possible.  <em>Sometimes this can be done without impacting your lifestyle at all. </em>Here are eight of <a title="Where can you find the money to get started?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/funding-your-plan">the most common ways to find the money to Bank On Yourself</a>.</p>
<p><strong>FAQ #6</strong>:<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall.jpg"><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 5px;" title="FAQ?" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/iStock_000004116458XSmall-230x300.jpg" alt="FAQ?" width="30" height="39" /></a> How do I know if Bank On Yourself will work for me?  And how do I get started?</p>
<p>Bank On Yourself is not a magic pill.  It takes a little patience and discipline.  But if you have those traits, it pays a lifetime of benefits.</p>
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<p>To find out what your <strong>bottom-line numbers and results</strong> could be (free and without obligation), just click this button:</p>
<p>You can also <a title="Learn more about the Bank On Yourself method..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/process">learn more about the step-by-step process involved</a> once you&#8217;ve requested your free Analysis.<a href="/process"></a></p>
<p>If you take the first step <strong><em>now</em></strong>, you could start to Bank On Yourself in as little as 60 days!</p>
<p>I hope this helps!  If you still have a question or concern that hasn&#8217;t been answered, let us know below.</p>
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		<title>Think you have to risk your money to get big returns?  Hogwash!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Yellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent comment on this blog, I&#8217;m full of it. Apparently, the author thinks I pulled the following statement out of my butt&#8230; The reality is that the typical mutual fund investor has actually been losing 1 percent per year over the last 20 years, after adjusting for inflation.&#8221; The statistic comes from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to a <a title="What the experts don't know..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-financial-gurus-think-they-know-about-bank-on-yourself-that-just-aint-so.html/comment-page-1#comment-24" target="_self"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">recent comment on this blog</span></a>, I&#8217;m full of it.  Apparently, the author thinks I pulled the following statement out of my butt&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>The reality is that the typical mutual fund investor has actually been losing 1 percent per year over the last 20 years, after adjusting for inflation.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><img class="size-medium wp-image-2416   alignleft" title="Inflation" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/istock_000005038974medium-300x209.jpg" alt="Inflation" width="210" height="146" />The statistic comes from the respected research firm, Dalbar, Inc., in its 15th annual study of mutual fund investor behavior.  The study measures the returns investors <em>actually</em> get, not the returns they <em>wished</em> they got.</p>
<p>According to Lou Harvey, the president of Dalbar, the study once again revealed that</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;investor returns lag what performance reports and prospectuses would lead one to believe is achievable.  <em>While those returns are theoretically achievable, the reality is that investors are not rational, and make buy and sell decisions at the worst possible moments.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Let me paint a picture of how this happens:  Lets say you do what the author (who calls himself &#8220;David K.&#8221;) of the rather nasty blog comment suggests and buy &#8220;simple index funds&#8221; and hold them for twenty years.</p>
<p><span id="more-2387"></span>Now, it should be noted that &#8220;David K.&#8221; did not suggest he had actually managed to follow his own recommendation, nor did he offer any brokerage account statements that show he had the wisdom and patience to hold onto an index fund for 20 years.  (I, on the other hand, <em>do</em> <a title="See actual Bank On Yourself statements..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-lets-debate.html">show my own Bank On Yourself policy statements as proof</a>.)</p>
<p>That&#8217;s not the point, but let&#8217;s say you did buy an index fund 20 years ago.  When the dotcom stocks were flying high a decade ago, most investors jumped on that bandwagon.  Index funds that tracked the overall market were no longer in fashion.  Investors loaded up on tech stocks and mutual funds, ultimately suffering deep losses when the internet bubble burst.</p>
<p>Afraid of losing even more, many investors sold off their internet stocks.  This is in spite of their &#8220;resolve&#8221; not to try to time the market.  Many were also too scared to get back into the market, until they had already missed the big upswing, which wasn&#8217;t even in tech stocks.</p>
<div id="attachment_2389" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 255px"><a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/tulip-craze-pamphlet.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2389" title="tulip-craze-pamphlet" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/tulip-craze-pamphlet-245x300.jpg" alt="Pamphlet from the Dutch tulipomania, printed in 1637" width="245" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pamphlet from the Dutch tulipomania, printed in 1637</p></div>
<h4><em>This is the kind of pattern human beings have followed for all of eternity</em></h4>
<p>A few years ago, it was real estate.  In the 1600&#8242;s in Europe, it was tulip bulbs, of all things.</p>
<p>Since the current bear market started, most of the otherwise intelligent people I know sold off their stocks and mutual funds.  It has nothing to do with intelligence.  We humans are motivated by fear and greed, which is why you will find very few people who actually did hold on for two decades to an index fund that tracks the overall market.</p>
<h3><strong>So, is it just us &#8220;regular&#8221; folks who do this?</strong></h3>
<p>Nope!  80% of all mutual funds underperform the overall market (source:  The Motley Fool), and 80% of all investment advisory services underperform the overall market (source:  The Hulbert Financial Digest).</p>
<p>So the scenario that David K. paints that could have given investors a 6% return over the last 20 years happened for only a small percentage of people.</p>
<h4><strong>If even most experts can&#8217;t do it successfully consistently, it&#8217;s <em>not </em>a science &#8211; it&#8217;s a <em>crapshoot</em>.<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/the-gamble1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2691" title="the gamble" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/the-gamble-300x225.jpg" alt="the gamble" width="300" height="225" /></a></strong></h4>
<p>David K. also conveniently ignores the fees charged by mutual funds and the wealth-killing management fees you get charged in <a title="Compare Bank On Yourself to a 401(k) plan..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/401k-withdrawal-rules">401(k) plans</a>, etc.  (60 Minutes recently did an expose on this.)</p>
<p>The reality is that if you&#8217;re in a higher tax bracket, <strong>you&#8217;d need to get a 7-8% return <em>before</em> taxes to equal the net return you could get in a Bank On Yourself policy.</strong> (Under current tax law, you can take retirement income from a Bank On Yourself policy with little or no taxes due.)</p>
<p>And when you Bank On Yourself, <strong><em>you can do that with no luck, skill or guesswork required</em></strong>, and you can do it without the stress and the nail-biting ups and downs of <a title="Compare traditional investments to Bank On Yourself..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/compare-your-plan">stocks, real estate and other investments</a>.</p>
<p>David K. insists &#8220;you simply are not going to get big returns without considerable risk.&#8221;  Like most Americans, David has been brainwashed (especially by Wall Street) into believing we must accept risk and volatility to grow a sizable nest-egg.</p>
<h3>It&#8217;s a lie!</h3>
<p>To respond to David&#8217;s comment that if he were in Suze Orman&#8217;s shoes and had 25 million dollars, he &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t mess around with the stock market either&#8221; &#8211; this was in response to an <a title="What the financial gurus think they know about Bank On Yourself that just ain't so..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-financial-gurus-think-they-know-about-bank-on-yourself-that-just-aint-so.html#more-2229">earlier blog post</a> where there was a link to the New York Times interview where Suze said she only invests 4% of her liquid assets in the stock market because &#8220;if I lose a million dollars, I don&#8217;t personally care.&#8221;</p>
<h4>I will say again that I believe financial gurus like Suze, Dave Ramsey and others have some very good advice and have helped many people turn around their financial lives.</h4>
<p>But I&#8217;ve got news for David K. &#8211;  Suze Orman did <em>not</em> make her fortune by taking the risks in the stock market she urges the rest of us to take.  She made her money through endorsements, TV appearances and book and other product sales.</p>
<h3><strong>Would you eat in a restaurant where the chef eats their own cooking and then throws it up? </strong></h3>
<p><em>If not, maybe you should think twice about following advice that the advice-giver can&#8217;t stomach themselves.</em></p>
<p>Stay tuned, because I will soon be revealing the details of a shocking new report on the long-term results people have been getting when they invest in the stock market.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Yellen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my most influential mentors (Dan Kennedy) says, If you don&#8217;t offend somebody by noon each day, you&#8217;re not doing much.&#8221; So I want to thank Danny Snyder, whose post to this blog you&#8217;ll find below (exactly as he submitted it), for confirming that I am indeed doing something: First of all using the [...]]]></description>
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<p>One of my most influential mentors (Dan Kennedy) says,</p>
<blockquote><p>If you don&#8217;t offend somebody by noon each day, you&#8217;re not doing much.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>So I want to thank Danny Snyder, whose post to this blog you&#8217;ll find below (exactly as he submitted it), for confirming that I am indeed doing <em>some</em>thing:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>First of all using the words &#8220;money on steroids&#8221; immediatly puts you in the liar and non-trustworthy catagory. If you put in $5314.44 and your cash value is $2937.18 you need some ritilin, you are A.D.D. Dave Ramsey (who is in a catagory way above the likes of you and Suze Boreman) knows of what he speaks. Millions of people have changed their lives due to Dave&#8217;s advice. You need to tread very lighlty, if you want to succeed and prove yourself. Think&#8230; before you tear down people you do not know. I do actually Bank on Myself.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Your a scam!</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Danny Snyder</em></p>
<p>On this website, I have stated that I agree with many of the basic principles taught by the financial &#8220;gurus&#8221; like Dave Ramsey and Suze Orman.  And I know they have helped turn around the financial lives of many.</p>
<h3>However, there are two critical areas we differ on&#8230;<br />
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<p style="padding-left: 30px;">1.  That you must<em> risk</em> your money in the stock market to grow a substantial nest-egg</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2.  That <em>any</em> kind of whole life insurance should be avoided</p>
<p>Dave and Suze (and many others) insist that investing in mutual funds is the road to wealth.  Suze insists in her latest book that &#8220;only stocks offer the potential for inflation-beating gains over the long term.&#8221;  However, research shows that&#8217;s actually the road to financial <em>in</em>security.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>The reality is that the typical equity mutual fund investor managed a 3.83% annual return for the past 20 years, outpacing inflation by only about 1% per year!&#8221;<sup> 1</sup></strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Suze <em>neglects</em> to mention that investing this way also has the potential to <em>dash</em> your dreams of retirement and financial security, as so many Americans have discovered.  Suze wants you to do what she says, not what she herself does.  <a title="Suze Orman doesn't follow her own advice" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/magazine/25wwlnq4.t.html?_r=2" target="_blank">She has admitted to the New York Times</a> (and elsewhere), that she only has 4 percent of her $25 million of liquid assets in the stock market, because, &#8220;If I lose a million dollars in the stock market, I don&#8217;t personally care.&#8221;<a rel="attachment wp-att-2350" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-financial-gurus-think-they-know-about-bank-on-yourself-that-just-aint-so.html/orma_denied"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2350" style="margin: 10px;" title="orma_denied" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/orma_denied.jpg" alt="orma_denied" width="240" height="180" /></a></p>
<p>Dave and Suze &#8211; and most other &#8220;experts&#8221; &#8211; insist whole life is a horrible product.  But what fries me is that, when asked about Bank On Yourself-type policies, most of them typically dismiss it with some variation of, &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s just another way for life insurance agents to try to put a sexy wrapper around something that&#8217;s a waste of your money,&#8221; <strong><em>without even taking the time to learn the facts</em>.</strong></p>
<p>Anyone who takes two minutes to look at the policy statement examples on <a title="Does buy term and invest the difference work?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-lets-debate.html" target="_self">my post challenging Dave and Suze to a debate</a> will realize that <strong>Bank On Yourself policies are a <em>totally</em> different animal from the kind they know about.</strong></p>
<p>I supposed it&#8217;s not really their fault that they don&#8217;t know how a Bank On Yourself policy works or how it&#8217;s different from the ones they know about.  Out of more than 1,500 life insurance companies, only a handful even offer a product that meets all the requirements and has all the features needed to maximize the power of the Bank On Yourself concept.</p>
<p>As a result, this type of specially-designed type of <a title="What is dividend-paying whole life insurance?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-is-dividend-paying-whole-life-insurance">dividend-paying whole life</a> policy isn&#8217;t even covered in the training programs advisors are required to take to get licensed.</p>
<p>Also, advisors who design and implement Bank On Yourself-type policies have their commission slashed by 50-70% to do so.  Many aren&#8217;t willing to do that.  Which is another reason most financial advisors won&#8217;t tell you about this, or will try to steer you to another more profitable product.</p>
<h2>But don&#8217;t you think these experts should get the facts <em>before</em> pronouncing judgment?</h2>
<p>Regarding Danny&#8217;s comment above that I need some &#8220;ritilin&#8221; if I <a title="What the experts don't know..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-experts-dont-know-about-bank-on-yourself-policies-part-1.html">paid $5,314 into one policy</a> in the first year and only had $2,937 of cash value at the end of the year:  <em>You missed the point</em>.</p>
<p>I showed that statement to demonstrate that Dave, Suze, et al., <em>are talking about a totally different policy from a Bank On Yourself plan</em>.  They talk about whole life policies that have no cash value at all in the first few years.  But due to little-known riders that are added onto the policy, a Bank On Yourself policy has cash value in the first year (and even in the first <em>month</em>), and can have up to <em>40 times</em> more cash value you can use, <em>especially</em> in the early years of the plan.</p>
<p>And, as I noted, no &#8211; you don&#8217;t get back every penny of premium in the first year, because<em> there are no magic pills, folks</em>.  There&#8217;s a cost for all the benefits, advantages and guarantees you get with a Bank On Yourself plan (including the fact that the company will pay out the full death benefit of the policy, even if the policy owner dies after making only one premium payment).</p>
<p>Think of it as a start-up phase.  <em>It&#8217;s a one-time requirement that pays a lifetime of benefits</em>.<a href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/retirement.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2398" style="margin: 10px;" title="Road to Retirement" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/retirement-199x300.jpg" alt="Road to Retirement" width="199" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>And I wonder why Danny ignored the <a title="Read what the financial experts think they know..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-experts-dont-know-about-bank-on-yourself-policies-part-2.html">other (older) policy statement</a> that <em>shows how much one of my policies went up during the same period that the S&amp;P 500 plunged by 40%?</em></p>
<h3>All my principal and all my previous gains were locked in!</h3>
<p>The plan grew by a guaranteed amount <strong><em>plus</em></strong> I received a dividend.  Just as has happened every year for more than 160 years.  More than <a title="Clients who are thrilled with Bank On Yourself..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/success-stories">400,000 Americans already use Bank On Yourself</a> for true financial peace of mind. And <a title="Find out who else used Bank On Yourself to finance their business..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/famous-people-who-use-the-bank-on-yourself-method.html">famous people including Walt Disney and J.C. Penney</a> have used this method, too.</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that if it weren&#8217;t for Bank On Yourself, we&#8217;d be in he same boat as most Americans, wondering <em>if </em>we&#8217;d <em>ever</em> be able to retire, and what we&#8217;d have to give up in order to do that.</p>
<p>As the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer noted,</p>
<blockquote><p>All truth goes through three stages:  It is ridiculed; then it is radically opposed; and only much later will it be accepted as self-evident.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>To find out how adding Bank On Yourself to your financial plan can help you reach your goals and dreams, and for a referral to a Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisor <a title="Learn about the Bank On Yourself Authorized Advisors..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/certified-advisors">(a life insurance agent with advanced training in this concept)</a> who knows how to structure your policy correctly and can show you how to use it to become your <em>own</em> source of financing for <em>all</em> your major purchases, while growing a nest-egg you can predict <em>and </em>count on, <a title="Request A Free Analysis..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/analysis-request-form">request your free Analysis today</a>.</p>
<h6>1. DALBAR&#8217;s 2011 Quantitative Analysis of Investor&#8217;s Behavior</h6>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED January 13, 2012:  It&#8217;s been more than 3 years since I challenged Suze and Dave to a debate, but they haven&#8217;t taken me up on it yet.  This post sparked some very lively debate and insightful comments, so be sure to read those, too. If Bank On Yourself is so good, why isn&#8217;t everyone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>UPDATED January 13, 2012:  It&#8217;s been more than 3 years since I challenged Suze and Dave to a debate, but they haven&#8217;t taken me up on it yet.  This post sparked some <em>very</em> lively debate and insightful comments, so be sure to read those, too.</p>
<h2>If Bank On Yourself is so good, why isn&#8217;t everyone already doing it?</h2>
<p>Here&#8217;s why&#8230;</p>
<p>If you browse the personal finance section of any bookstore, turn on the TV or open a magazine on finance, you&#8217;ll discover that 99 out of 100 financial &#8220;gurus&#8221; will insist that whole life insurance is a lousy place to put your money.  Most will recommend you buy term life insurance instead and invest the difference in mutual funds.</p>
<p>That’s in spite of the fact that, had you invested in an S&amp;P 500 index fund for the past 12 years, <strong><em>your nest-egg wouldn&#8217;t have grown at all</em></strong>.  <em>And that doesn’t even factor in 35% inflation during this period!</em></p>
<div id="attachment_16082" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 204px"><img class="size-full wp-image-16082" title="Suze Orman &amp; Dave Ramsey" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/1-16-2012-11-11-08-AM.png" alt="Suze Orman &amp; Dave Ramsey" width="194" height="173" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Suze Orman &amp; Dave Ramsey</p></div>
<p>But I&#8217;m getting a little ahead of myself. Part of the problem is these financial experts know <em>nothing</em> about the <em>specially designed</em> type of dividend-paying whole life policy used for the <a title="What is Bank On Yourself?" href="/home">Bank On Yourself method</a>&#8230;<span id="more-1676"></span></p>
<p>It&#8217;s not really their fault.  Out of 1,500 major life insurance companies <em>only a handful offer a policy that has all the features required to maximize the power of this concept</em>. That&#8217;s one reason it&#8217;s not even mentioned in most industry training programs.</p>
<p>And the fact that <a title="Learn more about the Authorized Advisors..." href="/certified-advisors">an advisor who helps a client implement a Bank On Yourself-designed policy</a> takes a 50-70% cut in commission could be another reason why you haven&#8217;t heard of this before now.</p>
<h3>So how is a Bank On Yourself<em>-</em>policy <em>different</em> from the kind of whole life policies Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey, David Bach, and others talk about?</h3>
<h4><strong>Here are three key differences:</strong></h4>
<p><strong> </strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12780" title="Key difference image" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Key-difference-image.jpg" alt="Key difference image" width="32" height="58" /><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Key Difference #1: </strong></span> These experts say the money you can have access to in the plan (your &#8220;cash value&#8221;) grows too slowly in a whole life policy, and say you typically won&#8217;t have any cash value at all in the first few years.</p>
<p>A Bank On Yourself-type policy, however, incorporates a special rider or option that turbo-charges the growth of your money in the policy <strong>so you have up to 40 times more cash value<em>, </em></strong><strong><em>especially</em> in the early years of the policy</strong><em>.</em> This allows you to use it as a financial management tool from Day One.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t take our word for it &#8211; here&#8217;s a statement from a <a title="What the experts don't know..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-experts-dont-know-about-bank-on-yourself-policies-part-1.html">Bank On Yourself-designed dividend-paying whole life policy</a>, at the end of just one year.</p>
<p>And here&#8217;s an <a title="What is the rate of return on Bank On Yourself?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/whats-the-rate-of-return-on-a-bank-on-yourself-plan.html">article that reveals the rate of return of a properly designed Bank On Yourself type policy</a>. It puts traditional investments to shame, and it does that with<em>out</em> the risk or volatility of stocks, real estate, gold, commodities and other investments.</p>
<p>Each plan is different, so to find out how much cash value you&#8217;ll have each year &#8211; guaranteed &#8211; <a title="Request Your Analysis today..." href="/analysis-request-form">request your FREE Analysis here.</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12780" title="Key difference image" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Key-difference-image.jpg" alt="Key difference image" width="32" height="58" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Key Difference #2: </strong></span>Most financial experts, including Suze and Dave, write about policies where your death benefit stays level for the life of the policy.</p>
<p>However, in a <em><a title="What is dividend-paying whole life insurance?" href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-is-dividend-paying-whole-life-insurance">dividend-paying whole life policy</a></em>, dividends can be left in the policy to purchase additional coverage, while at the same time growing your cash value in the most efficient way possible.  <a title="What the experts don't know about dividend-paying whole life..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-experts-dont-know-about-bank-on-yourself-policies-part-2.html">This policy statement shows you how the death benefit keeps growing,</a> and <em>proves</em> these policies are different from the ones Suze and Dave talk about.</p>
<p>Please note that this statement is from a policy I started <em>before</em> I learned about Bank On Yourself<em>,</em> and it has grown <em>much</em> more slowly than a policy designed to maximize the power of the Bank On Yourself concept.</p>
<p>Even so, <a title="Compare traditional investments to Bank On Yourself..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/compare-your-plan">this policy has left my mutual funds and real estate investments in the dust.</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-12780" title="Key difference image" src="http://www.bankonyourself.com/wp-content/uploads/Key-difference-image.jpg" alt="Key difference image" width="32" height="58" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Key Difference #3: </strong></span> The financial experts often rant about how, when the policy owner dies, the insurance company &#8220;only&#8221; pays you the death benefit and keeps your cash value.</p>
<p>But with a Bank On Yourself policy it&#8217;s <em>very</em> different, as you can see on <a title="What the experts don't know..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/what-the-experts-dont-know-about-bank-on-yourself-policies-part-2.html">this policy statement</a>.   It shows you how, had I died on the date this statement was issued, my family would have received a check for <em>more</em> than the original death benefit AND the cash value in the policy <strong>combined!</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>So I am throwing out the gauntlet to Suze, Dave or <em>any</em> expert who wants to challenge me.  Just name the time and place!&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m so confident that they&#8217;ll come around once they get the facts about Bank On Yourself, that I&#8217;ve reserved a special place for their endorsements along with the <a title="See who endorses Bank on Yourself!" href="/endorsements/">trusted experts who have already endorsed Bank On Yourself</a>.</p>
<p>And remember, Bank On Yourself will beat anyone&#8217;s best financial strategy or <a title="Take the $100,000 Challenge..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/challenge/">we&#8217;ll pay you $100,000</a>!</p>
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<p>No two policies are alike, because each one is tailored to the clients unique situation.  So <em>your </em>results will be different. To find out what your bottom-line numbers could be, and how much your financial picture could improve if you added Bank On Yourself to your financial plan, <a title="Request your free Analysis here..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/analysis-request-form">request a <strong>free</strong> Bank On Yourself Analysis</a>.  There&#8217;s no obligation.</p>
<p>Be a fly on the wall and watch as our hidden video camera captured <a title="Suze &amp; Dave discuss Bank On Yourself..." href="http://www.bankonyourself.com/suze-orman-and-dave-ramsey-discuss-bank-on-yourself.html">Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey discussing Bank On Yourself</a>!</p>
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