Is Passive Income The Answer?

[@ruffey1748]

Videos mentioned (Maybe Gary can put these in the description, or use the 'i' function so they auto-pop up: *What is wealth* | kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIurlYuFjLJ2nqc *Rent, interest and profits are all the same thing* | kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3O7mX-ohtSIgck

[@robertbrown1338]

Doing gods work

[@walletstoic]

Is that possible to earn passive income $1000 in every month Like that...kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3-xqKSdhb9nY7c

[@cjdfv]

I earn a passive income in that I show up at the office but just watch Garys Economics all day. 😂

[@TheRealBalloonHead]

@@cjdfv they know, every company is spying on their employees.

[@НикитаПетров-б1р4н]

@@TheRealBalloonHead be precise. Not ALL of them, mine don't, but many of them do.

[@Simplyrecovery]

love this comment as its the nearest to the truth for the average guy lol😂

[@carlrhodes3421]

@@cjdfv 🤣🤣🤣

[@ananda_miaoyin]

I had a job like this years ago. They were paying me stupid money to pretty much do nothing....and I basically traded all day! When they fired me - I was like, "What the fuck took you so long? I'da fired my ass months ago!"

[@AnotherEarthling666]

Most people will never grasp how precious channels like this are in terms of financial education, and it is all completely FREE. They can literally change lives. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@ianverite9028]

Knowledge is supposed to be free and available to all who want to learn.

[@blueicer101]

True he had me until he rejected crypto and compared it to gambling. I don't know if it was his idea or someone else's but if you understand it it's not a bad currency, but currently it can't be used as one because we haven't bought into it on a wide enough scale. I think over time it will eventually be used just like real money but I think I'll be a grandad by then, btw I'm 22.

[@Thalanox]

​@@blueicer101 The problem I see is that it doesn't scale down to more casual businesses yet, and the government can effectively make it illegal to use overnight with the stroke of a pen. Consider that they struck down net neutrality, which is the flow of information on the internet, and it looks like existing crypto investment will just be turned off on an ISP and infrastructure level if the powers that be deign it useful to do so.

[@sugarfree1894]

Food, water, shelter - we are held captive for these things.

[@been_a_bean]

I have a tiny amount invested in a stocks and shares ISA. I check the gain/loss everyday. I also check the subscriber numbers on this channel. Today it's 444k. Honestly, out of the two, I think the growth of this channel is more relevant to my financial future! Thanks for all you do Gary

[@JacobMcDonald-wb6wl]

Hi! I’m excited to be here in your channel and I’m interested in learning more about investing and saving up for my retirement but am a little confused about the whole process. Any advice or tips to get me started up would be greatly appreciated.

[@FrankBrook-js9yh]

Retirement is now more difficult than it was in the past. I've been saving for a long time instead of investing, and right now I only have about $400K. considering all the inflation, i'm thinking of investing in stocks, i dont just have idea on market strategies.

[@RebeccaGilpin]

The increasing prices have impacted my plan to retire at 62, work part-time, and save for the future. I'm concerned about whether those who navigated the 2008 financial crisis had an easier time than I am currently experiencing. The combination of stock market volatility and a decrease in income is causing anxiety about whether I'll have sufficient funds for retirement.

[@jamesshaver2247]

This is precisely why I like having a portfolio coach guide my day-to-day market decisions: with their extensive knowledge of going long and short at the same time, using risk for its asymmetrical upside and laying it off as a hedge against the inevitable downward turns, their skillset makes it nearly impossible for them to underperform. I've been utilizing a portfolio coach for more than two years, and I've made over $800k

[@NimaOmaisj]

Mind if I ask you to recommend this particular coach you using their service?

[@jamesshaver2247]

Her name is Patricia Strain. Just research the name. You'd find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

[@MargaretDeakin-d6m]

Yes i worked this out some years ago. The big difference now to the old feudal system, is that this system is more widespread, more stratified. When hundreds of thousands of people are motivated to make passive incomes, the competition for unearned wealth is greater too. Who provides this passive wealth? In this stratified system, wealth gets extracted from the level just below itself. Poverty stress has now been created, innequality is at its greatest, and those at the top of the stratosphere rake in from the levels beneath them because they started with the most wealth in money to invest and assets to borrow on. This stratified economic system in the Uk, is compressing the life out of individuals and communities,affecting health and life quality negatively.I am hoping that we can find a better way going forward.❤

[@stumac869]

We may have greater inequality today but everybody is much wealthier than they were in 1970s, 1980s etc. People have no idea how much better their material life is today than back then.

[@robbie609]

Nonsense if you have a company selling a product or service to the rich, you extract money from them!

[@oc1625]

​@@stumac869I agree with this but it is tantamount to bring enslaved with slightly better conditions. I'd like to see a citizens dividend from something like a sovereign wealth fund

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

@@stumac869 Greater inequality? Yea right. When most peasants lived under hedges and the ennobled lived in castles there was less inequality. Are you alright?

[@eq6710]

@@stumac869isn’t that just material life inflation, technology is improving so everyday life will also improve. It’s all about the disparity to the top, do you think that is getting smaller.

[@DonaldMark-ne7se]

THANKS. Just what I needed to watch. My wife and I are administrators of our farming business and our own properties, as well as small pensions. I am almost 56, my Wife is 52. We have started saving for retirement from the farm and maybe live off rental income, I would really appreciate it if you would do a video on how to earn passive income online and retire comfortably let's say 1 million bucks.

[@kevinmarten]

It's recommended to save at least 15% of your income in a 401k. You can use online calculators to estimate how much you should save based on your age and income. Saving at least 15% of your income in a 401(k) can help ensure that you have enough money to retire comfortably. By saving this much, you can take advantage of compound interest and potentially grow your retirement savings over time.

[@JacquelinePerrira]

Effective personal finance management is more important than the amount of money saved, regardless of whether income is earned through job or investment. Individuals can seek counsel from a certified financial advisor to optimize financial outcomes, who can provide specialized advice and methods to decrease expenses and maximize income.

[@Jamessmith-12]

This is exactly how i wish to get my finances coordinated ahead of retirement. Can you recommend the financial advisor you used to get ahead?

[@JacquelinePerrira]

Carol Vivian Constable is the licensed fiduciary I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment..

[@Jamessmith-12]

She appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran a Google search for her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.

[@Jules-uy3jc]

Bought your book it was excellent! Now my 15 year old son is reading it. Shared your channel with all the family. Thank you

[@meaningfulmakings]

I LOVED the book too. Suggested it as a book for a bookclub I belong to.

[@Bigdogstusks]

You know socialism makes everybody poor don’t you 🤦‍♂️

[@stevenfarrall3942]

Also buy your son 'Economics in One Lesson' by Henry Hazlitt.

[@merfymac]

And everything ever published by Michael Hudson

[@stevenfarrall3942]

@@merfymac And Henry George

[@NoTAP3435]

I'm late to the party, but I love your channel! I majored in math and business to work in actuarial consulting as a safe, high paying career. I came from an accountant mother who wasn't rich but savvy enough to take advantage of government tuition programs that no longer exist so I could graduate debt free, and gave me the down payment to get into a house which has nearly doubled in value over 7 years. Now I'm doing well with a $400k household income, can finally come up for air and take a look around, and like you I've realized it's an incredibly bleak outlook for us all unless we can keep up in the capitalist arms race. There is no protecting my family long term unless the game changes. So I'm also biding time to understand how I can get involved with government.

[@karimrezaie]

Gary, you should work with an animator to turn these lessons into easy to digest infographics. This message needs to reach people who wouldn't typically find themselves watching an economics KZbin channel.

[@thePOWERofART-11]

great idea

[@mattbibbings]

Much like the great Robert Reich.

[@mattwest8642]

Very good idea, like Zach Progrobs

[@Liberty_Freedom_Brotherhood]

Bad idea A skinhead that sounds like a road man will reach the sorts of people that most need the help 🙌

[@aluisious]

He’s not a skinhead, he’s balding.

[@ruffey1748]

You cannot personal finance your way out of a rapidly "rent everything, own nothing" economy. The millions who use food banks every week, what personal budgeting and bootstraps is getting them out of the extreme wealth inequality that locks people out of wealth building at all?

[@jamesking5442]

lefties love globalism. then wonder why wages and work conditions are so low and prices for food and housing are so high. dafties.

[@davidmccormack778]

There was an old name for what is happening now … “indentured servitude”. You had to work until your “debt” was paid off. There’s a very troubling trend in the US where increasingly elderly people are having to work mainly because of their high health care costs but also because they rent and don’t own a home. This model needs to be resisted at all costs, very bad for any society.

[@yellowgreen5229]

Boomers stole the assets and put their children into debt peony

[@Markknightexeter]

Haha, one of these few comments, scammers as usual

[@dylanemeraldgrey]

Also, wage slavery. The concept actually dates back to the ancient world, but workers knew what it was and called it wage slavery when capitalists forced them off the land and into cities to toil for a wage.

[@uniteddreamer]

It's a problem with our society which is content to ignore the worst victims of this system of greed, not just in the countries of the West, but also those billions of people living in true poverty around the world.

[@uniteddreamer]

​@Masuiatfres if it was Jesus, you'll be giving it to the poor and needy no doubt...

[@tomato6460]

Interesting way to think about it. A lot of the buy-to-let landlords don't really own anything yet and they are carrying the risk on behalf of the debt owners.

[@InnuendoXP]

Yep, and relying on tenants to pay the debts they can't afford to manage in the hopes that it'll purchase some equity for them. A winning strategy these past 40 years, but maybe not so much lately.

[@paulwhalley6789]

But he also says in previous videos that the people taking on the debt are being rewarded the most, due to the value of money (which is debt) decreasing in value.

[@billB101]

A lot of buy to let landlords ( in the UK ) are in trouble right now with the increase of interest rates, it's being passed on to their tenants who can't fund the increase. I know people who are trying to offload their buy to let properties with not much success.

[@stevecarter8810]

​@@billB101yeah I got into BTL in 2015 and back out again in 2016 seeing how vulnerable I was to clowning by the tax regime. The changes clearly put selective pressure in favour of hmos and corporate landlords, and against those who simply wanted to move house and let their former home. The changes were ostensibly to increase housing supply, but with broken affordability checks in place they have not enabled first time buyers, just allowed well established landlords to pick up a few bargains from bit players whose numbers no longer added up.

[@steviesteveo1]

I think you can see it in how hard people on BTL forums fight about the phrase "the bank owns your house": sure, what actually happened is you borrowed money from a bank to buy a house but that's not going to matter the minute you stop paying that mortgage. Someone in a more secure position wouldn't be bothered but it really touches a nerve to point out how precarious this all is

[@johnbehan1526]

Ok I'm no economist or political scientist, but this is the best articulation of what I've been unable to say about reasons for supporting economic "socialism" in a modern commercial world. Redistribution of wealth, to me, is good for the economy. It's bad for the super rich, but not the economy: WE are the economy. Taxing the rich gets called a "redistribution of wealth", but it's a recirculation of useful money that's sitting doing nothing. If we release that money back into the economy, a great deal of it would end up where it started, with the rich. But it would do a lot of work before it got back there. Money is the lifeblood of an economy and the system is sclerotic: the heart of our economy is clogged and the body, British industries, gets weaker everyday. Anyone with a job can feel it in their workplace. We need a defibrillation.

[@chioma3100]

I feel like this in the states.

[@uniteddreamer]

But "greed is good"...

[@chioma3100]

@@uniteddreamer It really isn't though

[@uniteddreamer]

@@chioma3100 for sure, but this is the morality of capitalism

[@chioma3100]

@@uniteddreamer I'm blind. Didn't notice the quotes. There are so many who wholeheartedly subscribe to this. I see the enemy of good policy within my own family; voting against their own interest. Infuriating. I say now, What middle class.

[@MrHarumakiSensei]

Wealth isn't being "sucked away" from governments, it's being eagerly handed over.

[@blindstagehand]

When the tax payer bailed out the Banks in 2008, every Brit could have been issued with shares in those banks, and then when the Banks returned to profit a passive income would have been provided to every Brit. Universal Basic Income is the answer, of the unconditional and conditional kind.

[@blindstagehand]

It's worth thinking about democracy from a money based point of view rather than a ballot based point of view, money as votes. Conditional Basic Income means you have money to spend altruistically, say provided in the form of a 'Congressional Crowd Fund', and every quarter everybody gets an equal cut of the tax revenue to spend in the Crowd Fund. This creates a flat economic society which is by definition democratic, ie everyone has the same vote, votes aren't ballots, they're money. Plotting wealth against population demonstrates a parabolic economic society whose curve indicates different states of equality. Unconditional Basic Income balances inequality by making this curve flat at the bottom, recognising The Economy is The Congress, democratic freedom is the ability to express your demands through those things you want to buy. This is how you achieve equality with diversity. Ballot based democracy leads to strong leadership, where as money based democracy leads to representative decision making, they are both important in modern economic societies. Conditional Basic Income or Flat Economic Democracy or Voting with Money, is an idea you most probably haven't heard about, I've not heard anyone talk about it, it doesn't seem to interest anyone? Can you explain that?

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

The Government (taxpayer) only bailed out 2 UK Banks, Lloyds and RBS (Nat West), the rest didn't need government funds. The Government/ taxpayer became a stakeholder in those banks.

[@blindstagehand]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 And when the banks came back into profit again, what happened to all the money,.. it didn't come back to the tax payer did it? Why can the public receive a 'passive income' as dividends from the bank? That's what you do to shareholders isn't it?

[@weird-guy]

My country banks that got bailed only became profitable from the hole they were in when rates increased 😂

[@McNeish]

@@blindstagehand didn’t the government get money back from the banks? (Real question, I should probably just google)

[@conorpmccarthy]

You should include some graphs which illustrate how much of the wealth/capital is owned by different percentiles of society.

[@Gumitto]

You're the boss. Greetings from Poland where housing prices skyrocketed so high that I, a software engineer, cannot afford even 2 room flat

[@carolmaz8675]

Really why is this ?

[@Lagr3n]

Indeed, it's ridiculous. I am also in a relatively well-paid profession. The irony is that when I started working around ~6 years ago, I could afford quite the same flat (as % of my income) as today, and I got promoted 4 times since... So basically, my standard of living as a senior manager today is the same as it was 6 years back as a senior analyst. Think then about all people who i) are not in high-paying jobs (so its not about rent growing from 20 to 35% of income, but maybe from 35% to 60%), ii) and/ or did not have the same luck to get promoted at least few times (so their purchasing power does no stay annoying flat despite promotions, but actually shrunk by 50% or more in few years)...

[@Priest92]

My wife is from Poland and I am shocked at the prices of property in Poland

[@philipnorthfield]

Rentier economy.... Isn't really a sensible structure on which to base a society yet thst is very much what we have become, rather than rewarding industrious and creative behaviours, essentially we reward those who currently have stuff for having stuff.

[@MandNsvideos665]

Thats basically how all societies have been structured since the dawn of civilisation. Rewarding those who have stuff for having stuff is feature, not a bug.

[@philipnorthfield]

@@MandNsvideos665 basically is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that statement. Although let's give that position credulity just because something has been done doesn't necessarily make it sensible or optimal. Societies have been built on slavery historically, one may have considered that a feature rather than a bug until it was altered. Put the proposition a different way, why should structuring a society around rewarding people who have stuff for having stuff more highly than rewarding the industry or creativeness of citizens remain preferential?

[@MandNsvideos665]

@@philipnorthfield because that's how power works. Slavery wasn't abolished because the wealthy and powerful became "nice" all of sudden. It was abolished because it was less economical for other wealthy people. A slave has to be housed, fed, clothed and looked after medically, which is all overhead for the masters. All while being illiterate and doing basic farm work. Do you not think its an odd coincidence that slavery was abolished during the same time as the industrial revolution and public education? Capitalists understood that a more flexible and independent workforce was more profitable than a more costly, rigid and more vulnerable direct ownership of people.

[@philipnorthfield]

@@MandNsvideos665 That isn't an answer to why paying people for having stuff more highly than paying the industry and creativeness of others is a sensible idea or an optimal solution. Slavery was abolished primarily because merchants weren't happy with the monopolistic nature of the British market held by the Caribbean colonies and concerns about uprisings, but that isn't the point it was how society had been organised and it was made illegal it changed for the better. Other analogies may be democratic change, civil rights, universal healthcare or gender discrimination because it is doesn't mean it has to be. The interest of the powerful to reward industry and innovation more than just wealth is what drove the industrial revolution arguably to the betterment of all, it certainly has been the case that innovation and production or industry were better rewarded than merely ownership for a significant amount of the twentieth century why should returning to a more feudalistic system be beneficial for society as a whole?

[@maria8809ttt]

The robber barons of the industrial era have been replaced, in the era of financial capital, by the large investment banksters. Wall Street institutions. The question that arises is how a progressive state should deal with this destructive influence. It is clear that speculative behaviour in international financhel trading of the derivatives markets have damaged the prospects of workers. It is more obvious to us now, when the system comes unstuck through the complexity of these transactions and risk, real economies across the globe suffer. The consequences have been devastating in terms of lost employment, income and wealth of the majority. While it is also clear that they have made a small number of people fabulously wealthy. 2008 was a global consequence of these financial flows of wealth shuffling speculative transactions which have nothing to do the facilitation of trade in real goods and services. Engineered speculative bubbles burst. Why should everyday people put up with this behaviour.

[@arisdavid8193]

When my son was 9 months old, CTFs were being phased out, so we opened a JISA account. We started investing £25 a month initially into a low-cost global index fund. As our salary grows, we increase that contribution. 13 years later, the power of compounding took over, and the JISA can pay for three years' worth of university education. A lesson to my children: Spend less than you earn. Invest shrewdly. Avoid toxic people and activities. Aim to keep learning throughout your life and practice deferred gratification. Earn. Spend within your means. Save and invest. Time in the market is far more important than timing the market.

[@sandworm9528]

This might have been true four years ago, but not anymore. You can't imagine how much wealth inequality increased during covid, we are all serfs now

[@kellywalker4494]

Buffet himself couldn’t have said it better. Avoid any get rich quick scheme. Avoid financial advisors as they are disgraceful parasites. Use tax efficient vehicles like an ISA and dollar cost average into a whole market index with low fees, like SPY. The rest is just down to time and patience.

[@dt6719]

@@sandworm9528you’ve been watching this doomer channel for too long. Get financially literate and invest your money

[@matthewturnock8725]

@@kellywalker4494 only issue with this is we don't have the resources that the likes of buffet has for teams of lawyers to jump through tax loopholes, or lobbying to make sure we get bailed out by gov when the economy inevitably shits itself. The game is rigged so the game has to change

[@James_36]

Ironic considering this grifter thinks he can day trade and make a fortune 😂

[@luismartins8598]

An economics video I actually understood? Need to binge this channel. Cheers from Portugal.

[@moneyAllPowerful]

One of your best videos Gary. It really hammers home to the aspiring middle class where their position is in society and where it may be in the near future depending on policies

[@mr_civil]

we're going to look back one day and say 'Gary Stephenson predicted all of this, if only we listened'. Keep going my man, you're class.

[@johngriffin2872]

This chap is so down to Earth and believes in fairness, top man. I wish we had more like him. The very best of British

[@philipjamesparsons]

He’s not down to earth. He is an academically clever person who has no grounding in the real world. Being a “trader,” getting paid ridiculous amounts because he guessed the market right for a few years is not a proper career. His working life in CitiBank was very short and he burnt out. Now millionaire trader, Gary, writes books and has a KZbin channel spouting his brand of socialism.

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

@@philipjamesparsons so you dislike him?

[@ihshaikh]

It’s interesting that Gary still does well in the markets today trading on systems and platforms built by the “rich” that he despises…..

[@ln5747]

It's not fair to steal money by the use of force and give it to someone else.

[@weird-guy]

The same type of guys benefiting from the system, it always ironic imo, internet do the contrary they sell a dream while getting rich, the rich try to kick the ladder same phenomenon happens within the migrant community, the older,stabilized,rich migrants voting against more migrants 😂

[@MrGavinBoyd]

The problem with Thatcherism is that you eventually run out of assets to sell to overseas investors so that they can rip off British consumers.

[@Frankboothknowsyou]

The other problem with Thatcherism is that it never accounted for lazy entitled millennials who think manual Labour is a Spanish gardener

[@Frankboothknowsyou]

@omumbeejumbee the national debt is owed to whoever they borrow money from.

[@stevecarter8810]

The national debt is literally the amount of money in circulation, it's not something anyone intends to pay off anyone.

[@Frankboothknowsyou]

@@stevecarter8810 it’s literally not that. It’s debt.

[@Patrick-jj5nh]

when the overseas colonial system collapsed, the ruling classes turned to exploiting their subjects at home

[@lawLess-fs1qx]

I walk up a tree lined street where the houses are 800k - 1.2m. 90% of the cars are at least 5 year old Golfs ,fiestas,corolla's. When I get to the new apartments that are 300k-400k, every car is less than 3 years old and prestige marques like BMW, Merc,Tesla. My father pointed this out to me 30 years ago. Wealthy people do not buy depreciating assets. Poor people with notions buy depreciating assets. I got a 15k "car loan" at 6% in 2014 that I put in american index funds. Loan paid off and 38k in isa. Ill have over 100k in 2034 because I didn't buy that car in 2014. Thank you pop.

[@RightDenied]

This is more than likely because sitting inside that 1.2m home is 74 year old Doris and Dave that bought that home in 1981 for 30K, they can barely keep up with the council tax and bills to keep the house running now but refuse to give up their home to downsize. In the apartments the young couple making 100k a year can only afford those flats as mortgage rates have exploded and so has housing cost relative to income.

[@TheDickPuller]

I agree, most young people today live their lives on a Hamster Wheel. They’re a Salesman’s wet dream, up to their necks in Credit on compound interest & a huge mortgage also!! I work on new build housing estates & every house has two newish cars sitting on the drive & two young Gen Y or Z indoors, struggling to pays their debts every month. We baby boomers didn’t have a pot to piss in & worked hard to build ‘wealth’ & you learn at a young age, the lesson of working hard to stay poor.

[@weird-guy]

Doctors also suck at it😂

[@TheBurdenOfHope]

Would love to see Gary Collaborating with Grace Blakeley on inequality and what needs to change . I believe Gary has the lived experience and the mind to have understood how wrong that is for society. But I really believe Grace has a political understanding that translates what we need to change into actionable leadership. That would make a great conversation ❤

[@lucahartbrich3112]

Most underrated comment I read today.

[@dotsekundo2996]

Quite new to your channel. I first listened to your interview on BBC, searched your name for the first time, and, in fact I'm really excited to have found this generous teachings. I so much identify with where you started from. I hope to shake off this down state sooner as I do what's taught here. God bless you Gary.

[@BerryRyan-gl3sm]

Currently I'm just being smart and frugal with my money, I'm in the green 47% over the last 23 months and l've accumulated over $70K in pure profits from DCA’ing into stocks, ETFs, dividends and futures. However I’ve been in the red for a month now. I work hard for my money, so investing is making me a nervous sad wreck. I don’t know if I should sell everything, sit and just wait.

[@lucaswilliams9992]

Stocks are pretty unstable at the moment, but if you do the right math, you should be just fine. Bloomberg and other finance media have been recording cases of folks gaining over 250k just in a matter of weeks/couple months, so I think there are a lot of wealth transfer in this downtime if you know where to look.

[@yeslahykcim]

Completely agree. I have been consistent with my profit regardless of the market conditions. I got into the market early in 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me, so I sold off. I got back in December 2020 and this time with guidance from an investment adviser who was recommended by a colleague

[@Jadechurch-ql3do]

Please can you leave the info of your lnvestment advsor here? I’m in dire need for one

[@yeslahykcim]

Laila artine kassardjian' is the licensed coach I use. Just research the name. You'd find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

[@brianwhitehawker1756]

Thank you for this Pointer. It was easy to find your handler, She seems very proficient and flexible. I booked a call session with her.

[@thevalleygate625]

You are a bloody hero mate! It appears to me you have truly found your God given purpose in life sharing this information with the people. You are a modern day version of a prophet with what your are forecasting with regards to global economics. With all of the information I have gathered throughout the years and what I have recently been hearing you say I can say with almost guaranteed certainty you are spot on with your predictions of the future. We are feeling the economic squeeze and I am watching my community here in rural New Zealand around me being crushed. You have a very unique and interesting perspective that most in finance don’t have, I think that gives you the ability to be able to speak out for the people. You truly are a voice of the common person, please don’t take that as a burden as that can be a heavy weight but as a source of strength to know the ones who are awake enough to head your warning are listening to you and you are truly helping them. May God bless your steps my friend.

[@GillCraneJournal]

Thank you Gary. I have told my 20 year old son about you, I hope he listens to you. 🤞

[@lightcardsatlisas3932]

Me too 😁 and he does

[@mjpm2409]

Cool. But don't let that be at the cost of understanding the principles of economics in the textbooks. Everything Gary says is in the context of a much broader set of economic models. Your kids getting only one very narrow view (as much as you may agree with that view) is not going to be good for them. Always consider the universal knowledge we have on something before deciding where you stand. Your kids should be trained to have that balance and critical mind too.

[@GillCraneJournal]

@@mjpm2409 I agree, he is studying economics at uni so I think Gary’s real world counterbalance will be good for him.

[@lightcardsatlisas3932]

@@mjpm2409 don't under estimate the kids

[@maria8809ttt]

Another great book is titled: Reclaiming the State by Mitchell and Fazi. William Mitchell is one of the world's leading heterodox macro economists. It's in story form and covers how our monatery system works. It covers lots of events that have shaped our morden economies globally. No mathematical skill is required, so win, win. It is also written from a socialist perspective of what can be achieved to produce growth for the public good. The book will give a full economic perspective. 🙂

[@sydneylivecamera]

“Tell your friends, tell your mum.” is definitely the best KZbin sign off out there - might borrow that at some point.

[@johnboucher8226]

My mum is dead.

[@Roog1111]

Gary, this is a very powerful message. Showing people what could be theirs to have is so compelling. It is only fair, especially for hard working tax payers. Raising a family is really difficult in the current economic system. We need to stop the money draining to the super wealthy. This video really woke me up! 👍

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

People should build wealth before having kids

[@TheBurdenOfHope]

Yanis Varoufakis has titled our current world situation as Techno Feudalism. I believe his analysis is spot on.

[@jaioxung]

I appreciate your perspective here. Especially the idea of everyone in society having some ownership but not in a "seize the means of production" way. I do have a leftist bend to my economics but I have come to realize that we have split ourselves into factions of thought that believe everything has to be done their way; all-or-nothing capitalism, all-or-nothing socialism. It should be obvious to anyone who takes three second to think about it that we likely need a healthy mix of both. Some things shouldn't have a profit motive, like healthcare, housing, food, water, electricity, internet access. Other, non-essential things don't make sense without a profit motive; yachts, luxury cars, watches, etc.

[@JanineJ.Cromwell]

i’ve been in NVDA for four years, anytime it drops 15% my coach advised I buy more. Buy when others panic to sell. I’m cashing up some blue chip stock at a cheaper price.

[@WyattSmith-v]

There’s much uncertainty now, my question is what stocks can be the next wave in terms of growth for the next decade?

[@Erickruiz562]

in as much as my knowledge of the business is limited, it seems that this is the ideal time to enter the market based on my understanding of supply and demand in the economy. The consistent price variations, which shouldn't be an issue, are the only thing stopping me. But I really need a counselor; could you please assist me?

[@JimmyA.Alvarez]

Thank you for this tip. it was easy to find your coach. Did my due diligence on her before scheduling a phone call with her. She seems proficient considering her résumé.

[@DeannaMurray-zv]

I have made more than 90K God bless Jennifer Lea. God bless American

[@DeannaMurray-zv]

I just withdrew my profits an hour ago.

[@111dddcca]

I feel strongly that it is the answer. People are very reluctant to invest for many reasons, e.g. not knowing the track record, not knowing it is safer than cash in the long term. Overall they are very emotional. Some believe they are massively intelligent and loose money trying to beat the market. Would be great if a few viewers opened an ISA because of this video

[@juliamountain1846]

Well said, Gary. I've just finished your book The Trading Game. You're right - man's got words! Keep going, your explanations are very helpful.

[@markoliver7402]

As usual, I’m very much in agreement with Gary. I was taught to try to build passive income over the course of my working life as a way to be able to actually have a retirement at some point. (Passive income paying for Energy and water bills for example). So far I have been able to create a small portfolio (there is more to do), but I can 100% see that this is only going to get harder for younger people who will spend more of their income on housing costs. This is why Gary’s message is so important. Everyone should have a chance to create their own financial security. We should not have to work until we die!

[@goych]

And not work for a small group of people who are mega rich, as Gary says it’s the return of feudalism!

[@simonstones1918]

Unfortunately open borders have put pay for many young to own homes now my friend…

[@goych]

@@simonstones1918 yeah that’s not Gary’s message fella, we ain’t here blaming immigrants, perhaps you ought to look at yourself a bit more

[@mellowmarkable]

​@@simonstones1918 What open borders? I have lived in the UK for 35 years, yet when I go on holiday for 2 weeks and come back here, I am asked multiple questions at the border (airport) about where I have been and why, am usually asked when I first came to the UK (even though they obviously have this data on their computer), have to provide my fingerprint on a scanner, etc. When I had my wallet stolen on holiday abroad once, which had my UK biometric residence permit in it (BRP), I was then stuck abroad for nearly 2 months and had to apply for a temporary UK entry visa costing several hundred euros to come back home to the UK, despite having lived here all my adult life. If a family member just wants to visit me in the UK they have to go through a lengthy visa process with the British Embassy, including providing proof of employment and home ownership in their home country, provide certified bank statements, etc and pay visa fees. Even then, there is no guarantee their visa request will be accepted. People like you (UK citizens) who can just decide to hop on a cheap flight to Spain tomorrow morning, no visa or anything else required, really have no idea how lucky you are and that you have a freedom to travel and move around the world easily that billions of people do not have, especially if they happen to have been born in a developing country.

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

This is why we need more intelligent people and less thick people

[@js3k661]

I’m here because I saw you on lads bible, and it’s good to hear from someone relatable. About to buy your book and binge through your videos.

[@mikeball7606]

I teach revenue law - when it comes to passive income on my course, we refer to it as unearned income - 'money you make in your sleep'. Says it all!

[@TearTheRoof0ff]

'Here, have some money for... Having money.'

[@palmtree-e2l]

Unless you were given it the initial investment was earned I presume. And by investing it you are taking a risk that you could lose it and the reward for that is the increase in price/passive income.

[@JmsAlds]

Whilst agreeing with your message of increasing equality, I am not sure that simply taxing the rich will succeed until those to whom the wealth is given understand how to manage it. It will just end up with those who are financially literate and are willing to make hard decisions to keep it. Thank you for your videos.

[@cvzphotography]

This is an underrated point. I agree. If the people don't own the means of production we'll be back in the same boat soon.

[@weird-guy]

It’s trowing dirty into your eyes because he is rich so we can afford to lose a few quids while continue to benefit from the system without criticism

[@michaltakac673]

I see you point but they wont be given any wealth, neither will they ever have so much wealth they would have big problems managing. For most fair redistribution of wealth would mean be able to buy a house and pay it down, go to restaurant every week for a date and do not have to worry daily about money. Not more. Who would feel it more is the government who effectively needs to get a big chunk of that money back again and use them wisely to ensure education is affordable and quality, healthcare is available to everyone etc. The regular people wont have soo much money they would have troubles managing it ( apart from the individuals overmotivated by fraudsters like Grant Cardone whose financial education is coming out of anecdotes rather than reality ). Most people will simply have a quality life where they dont struggle financially, but not much more. And thats okay, thats actually what we all need.

[@jutsie]

That is a very privileged point of view. However isnt the most economic literate thing to do is letting nornal people be able to have a decent life, buying houses, buying stuff around the house and raising kids. Because thats not the future we are headed for.

[@CloudhoundCoUk]

If wealth is not shared more equitably then social unrest becomes a serious possibility.

[@robbie609]

large format hunger games! Perhaps we need to bring back slums and allow the lazy and feckless a place to live rather than allways trying to support them at the normal standard of living

[@oc1625]

This will happen. We don't need more division but it's being accentuated by wealth inequality and I would say there is already unrest. The Brits don't like rising up but look at the French farmers, they do it well

[@markysgeeklab8783]

Don't worry, the vast surveillance network and automation of law enforcement + a CBDC used in the same way it is used in China will ensure the wealthy are kept safe.

[@goych]

@penderyn8794 well that could work both ways, since the whole idea of an afterlife is designed to control your decisions now

[@TomNoles007]

@penderyn8794 Hmm interesting comment, I haven't thought of that perspective before. Very interesting idea.

[@kiranbarrow4648]

I did a degree in economics 37 years ago...this is a fresher course with more realism and insight into our difficulties

[@citramate3633]

When I found out about investing and the whole FIRE movement i saw a solution to the problem, but also that the solution to the problem was largely the cause of the problem. I understand why you need to incentive people to invest capital but I still find it insane that I get taxed more on my labour than I do on my capital. Especially when it's capital that doesn't actually produce anything.

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

Money dont make money but great knowledge does

[@komfyrion]

I think FIRE is kind of a silly life hack, not a serious force for social change. FIRE works well for those tho achieve it, but it doesn't bring us towards a more just economy. They're just gaming the current system. We should all get a share of the surplus we are able to produce as a society (e.g. own a share of the wealth), not merely try to speedrun working life and retire as soon as possible. FIRE is too individualistic and too focused on retirement, basically. I think it's more healthy for an economy to have healthy and happy workforce with a good work life balance. Having an economy where healthy middle aged people retire while the young work even harder to compensate is a bit lopsided, I think. Sure, the total volume of work can go down, but early retirement will still cause a potentially risky generational split, and it's not obviosu to me that retirement is objectively better for the individual than working life, either, so working to push the retirement age downwards isn't inherently good. It's good to work in many ways.

[@florian-andreicsolsim652]

I really wish this was taught in schools, alongside basic algebra. If every school mandated each pupil to have an investment account like a JISA and invest whatever their family could afford each month (£10-50 per month), then by the time young people leave schools they would have a bit of money saved for uni / house deposit and understand how passive income and compounding works. It also baffles me that the UK does not have a sovereign fund like Norway, Singapore despite politicians wanting to emulate those economies. Finally I think people should be encouraged to think about things they purchase in terms of assets (generates money) and liabilities (loses money). The more awareness of how finance and money works the better. So thanks Gary for teaching us about this.

[@mawkernewek]

then when they were 18 young people with rich parents would buy each buy 2 houses, and rent one out to those with poor parents.

[@billB101]

Absolutely, I'm getting on a bit and have just really started looking at investing and realising it's something I should have done years ago. Even a few grand compounding in a 4-5% savings account for a few decades could make a huge difference. Saying that, it's a lot easier now that we have apps and access to the markets. They really should teach this in schools.

[@christinavuyk2026]

Ffs talk about grinding the poor further into poverty, you’re just perpetuating the problem yi fannys 😳🤦‍♀️

[@billB101]

@@christinavuyk2026 How is educating schoolchildren on finance perpetuating the problem?

[@elizabethteixeira2089]

@@billB101 The value of investments can go up or down. Most high risk investments i.e. startups go to zero. So the little that poor people have can be lost if they get overconfident or if they aren't careful.

[@user-mu7vv7gb9f]

Thanks Gary. Hope you give a talk in the US sometime. I think people should consider how wealth compounds over time as well. So far I buy Dividend Growth stocks and Real Estate Investment Trust with some of every pay check. I'm essentially creating my own pension for when I retire to live off the passive income.

[@kayleethegreat111]

I think this is brilliant, I can't wrap my head around keeping capital locked up till you're 65+ in a pension fund

[@9967sss]

Wealth comes down to ownership of assets and passive income which comes from the ownership. Reducing inequality in the ownership of such assets (be those private or public owned assets) will allow more people to have much more passive income. This will in result give the public more purchasing power above the fundamental living costs, to either buy goods, services or assets which may increase the wealth flows. Ideas like this will solve many of the countless crises we are seeing affecting the general populations of societies, but not the rich super elites.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

Wealth is produced by work. Having land lie fallow doesn't produce a single potatoe. You want potatoes? Plant them. This requires work. You can't have wealth from assets merely existing, someone has to do the work. Anything else is either a lie or a result of inequality. In the latter case, it is a zero-sum game. It literally cannot apply to everyone, otherwise it wouldn't be zero-sum.

[@kimberleyaxxxx934]

Keep up the tempo Gary.. put yourself about even more my lad! ....🌻

[@shambhangal438]

The trouble with passive income via a loan is that there are two values to money when you invest; the face value and the risk associated with the loan. If you are borrowing to buy assets, the risk will hit you every 10-15 years or so. To be foolproof on passive income you also need wealth of your own. Without it, you will not survive some of the dips along the way. Better to start small when you are young and build up. A stock ISA started early in life builds both the wealth and passive income over time.

[@teddyb4957]

@04.00...they are 'Hustlers'; this isn't meant to sound disrespectful, who take risks [sometimes cost-benefit weighted if they are intelligent, some times risky if they are not], and 'reap the rewards' for their creativity rather than 'following the herd'.

[@RiverseaYT]

If you expect to be rich just by working then you are wrong.

[@icilio]

Sent to me friends, sent to me mom. Thanks Gary keep it up for all of us

[@dansceats8840]

One question that this raises for me is, if everyone has a passive income, and works less because of it, then who does all the work that is no longer being done?

[@khaartoumsings]

Same as usual. Chinese factories.

[@marcelofurtado3048]

Hey Gary, haven't watched the video yet, but finished your book. Just wanted to say thanks, it was an awesome and somewhat addictive read. Gave me lots to think about regarding my life choices. Inequality here in Brazil is insane and interest rates have been kept (really) high for ages, I'd love to get your perspective on our future and what we can do to change it. Cheers, mate!

[@EastWind785]

Thanks Gary. I'm just learning about money and economics at 50. Just on the bottom rung of the housing ladder, after years saving a deposit. Barely able to pay a mortgage and keep us clothed and food on the table.... Two degrees and many courses and certificates and apprenticeships under my belt, and exhausted everyday from my gardening job of the past , many, years. I'm doing my best to share what I'm learning with my teen son, and your vids are helping.

[@carolmaz8675]

Invest in Bitcoin

[@DestroyYourSkills]

Thanks for sharing your wisdom and clarity, Gary - it's so good to have a humble, knowledgeable and grounded voice in this kind of space, a man of the people who's escaped the rat race (to whatever extent any of us really can). Much gratitude 🙏 Peace and love to you and yours ✌️💖

[@deetee7321]

Another excellent video, and another lesson I am teaching my daughter. Passive income is like the magic of compound interest. They are useful for surviving recessions and building real wealth. Not the "red Italian car driving" wealth, but the real stuff that everyday people used to afford. Keep doing what you are doing with bite sized info, as once the genie is out, more will understand why the wealthy will just get wealthier with the current political structures in the UK

[@RedEyedJedi]

Gary, you are an absolute legend. Thank you so much for having the heart to help people and seeing the world the way you see it. I love your story and coming from a poor working class family myself, I'm very proud of you. Keep on killing it mate.

[@Nicho2020]

Another clear explanation of our current dire situation! So many young professionals these days are little more than wage slaves, saddled with debt and renting from rich institutions and people.

[@tonymcfeisty2478]

the best slave would be one that believes they are free.

[@rafalrocks]

What else would you have them do? You gotta live and pay for stuff somehow

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

Because they lack ambition

[@TheDickPuller]

‘Young Professionals’, that’s a main problem with younger generations. Now, around 50% of kids leaving Skool go to University, why??!!........I & any Tradesman I work with, left Skool & did our Apprenticeship - we got paid from day one of working. No Student Loans, no University Fees....etc etc. We were in the money from day 1. And, we got on the property ladder very young, we bought cheap houses in our late Teens & turned them into huge assets. We could, we had the skill & energy. But mostly, we helped each other, my mates were Joiners, Brickies, Sparks etc etc. We had a £500-£1million Homes, with no mortgage, before the Uni pricks had their first job!! I’m not a Professional, I’m a Plumber. Every home in the UK has a Plumbing & Heating system, who’s the smart ones, the educated poor or the wealthy dumb Plumbers??

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

@@TheDickPuller how big is your pension though? Who do you rely on when you get very sick or need surgery or have to go to court?

[@viedecombattant]

Thank you for all the content, Gary! I love your tone too, super nice to listen to someone as cool as he’s highly legit in his field! Greetings from France 🙏 Chris

[@sarahcrowe4602]

What a great financial education they do not teach us in school 👍

[@TheGreatTomDix]

I am working to do exactly what you are listening for your goals sir! Here to study. Love the vision you’re talking about and this content in general!

[@sammybeasley9599]

Mate these vids should have more views, everyone in the uk could use a watch

[@adityamaru9052]

I think on the internet trends - passive income also includes things like becoming a content creator and trying to find other ways of making money through social media. So not just about ownership of assets, but finding new ways to monetize any skills or knowledge that one may have.

[@Jenks1]

Your analysis is fast becoming the highlight of my Sundays.

[@John-wf5if]

I'm sorry to hear that. Sad that it would be a highlight for you. Especially considering Gary's message is hardly groundbreaking nor intelligent.

[@windfalldmn]

Good on you using your time now to speak on these things.

[@nikkiwordsmith]

Listening to your book. You are such a great story-teller. You do all the voices too! Fantastico!

[@RickProcterLane]

Great video Gary. Three words for you. Universal Basic Ownership. Everyone’s heard of UBI, there’s a bit of momentum behind it these days - so now how about selling and branding another related idea, Universal Basic Ownership? Taxing extreme wealth harder may well be the first step, but legislating somehow such that everyone in society has some kind of entitlement to ownership, that’s a whole other project. From the USA at least, I’ve heard of employee stock options, but how about that principle being taken much further? And that’s just one way of potentially enabling more widely spread ownership. I bet there are others.

[@2025izSh-t]

Go implement your idea, then come back to us with a success story.

[@RickProcterLane]

I’ll take that as encouragement, thanks! 🙂 Since I’m not an actual legislator I can’t implement it as such, but I bet there’s data out there somewhere on ownership models such as The Co-operative and John Lewis Partnership (I think Nationwide too) who do operate along the lines of the all-staff ownership model I’m describing. Whatever such data might indicate, I’d be genuinely interested in it.

[@ArkadiuszPiotr]

I will be forever grateful to you, you changed my entire life and I will continue to preach on your behalf for the whole world to hear you saved me from huge financial debt with just a small investment, thank you Carla Koren🌎.

[@HustonNueler]

I'm surprised that you just mentioned Carla Koren here. I met her at a conference in 2018 and we have been working together ever since.

[@FranciszekSzymon-rb1dk]

I'm new at this, please how can I reach her?

[@DoubravkaIrina]

You trade with Carla Koren too? Wow that woman has been a blessing to me and my family.

[@KylianMasuori]

Initially I was skeptical, until I decided to try. It’s huge returns is awesome! I can’t say much.

[@ArkadiuszPiotr]

she's mostly on Telegrams, using the user name

[@robwerner5559]

there is one thing that politicians will never say, if everybody was rich inflation would go crazy, a lot of people need to be a little bit poor to keep inflation under control, sad to say😒 got your book Gary great read

[@N-vk5sm]

The economy in the UK has shifted from an industrial one to a financialised economy. People want to earn unearned income through ownership of assets as this has greater returns than traditional labour. Unfortunately we have to take on greater amounts of debt than the previous generation in order to participate in the asset class. Mortgages unlikely to go down as this is less money for the banks to earn on interest payments. Passive income from wealth is sustained by extracting money from the real economy.

[@keithparker1346]

We've moved from manufacturing to consuming

[@DavidImpatief]

Yup. At the end of the day someone, somewhere has to actually "do" something that is of value. They miss that bit out. Regards

[@Antiques-ud7yp]

Knowledge is power

[@pppp67567]

Thanks Gary! Just got your book, looking forward to getting stuck into it.

[@CryptoBoon]

Excellent, talking a lot of sense mate.. you have a new sub 👍🏻

[@JayBrockFilm]

Barf. Passive income almost always means active work for someone else. The answer to income inequality isn't more inequality. Gary's message and life are literally in opposition to each other. "The rich are exploiting you! Exploit others!"

[@CaersethVarax]

I've never thought about it as "Passive Income" but UBI is essentially that.

[@mawkernewek]

Actually I had a thought when I was reading Grace Blakeley Vulture Capitalism and she mentioned FTSE tracker passive funds run by the likes of BlackRock who always vote with management in the AGM and I thought "This is UBI but for capitalists!"

[@keithparker1346]

Interesting

[@Patrick-jj5nh]

of course, its passive income from collectively owned state assets, which would only work if there was a gigantic redistribution of wealth (ownership of assets) from the very richest of the 1% to the general public and society (distributed via the state)

[@jacobmakob1]

Yeah I mean I appreciate Gary has to say he's not a communist or people will demonise him, but this video was pretty much Marx's communist manifesto. If this video resonated with you, I'd recommend giving it a read.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

I rent a room in my house, that's also a form of passive income.The nice thing is income is generated from an asset I already own tax free.

[@teeranit]

Hey Gary i really like your content I remembered your story when I met you as a traveller i was already fascinated ...so glad that you now made it accessible to anyone.

[@Hambo04]

Loved reading your book on Audible, an eye opener and actually made me laugh quite a bit in parts.

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

'Reading your book on Audible'. Can you actually read?

[@Hambo04]

@@Humanity101-zp4sq well listen lol

[@casparash5370]

@@Humanity101-zp4sq Can you?! Its right there in black and white they said they "Loved READING your book"

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

@@casparash5370 Do you even know what 'Audible' is? Not sure your reading skills are up to scratch either.... What a joker!

[@rockweaver]

Your clarity is so refreshing 🙌🥰

[@thelightinallofus4649]

This is so motivational makes me want to work hard to become an elite asset owner.

[@lynnhickinbotham3784]

One of your best videos. Gary Book was brilliant passing around trying and educate all my family and friends Keep exposing the truth Thank you so much .

[@BeccaAl]

When I got my first house, I was low income (school cook) so I had some friends as lodgers who helped pay the mortgage and bills. A sort of passive income whilst I was trying to establish my catering company. Now my sons are here we don’t have lodgers bc we don’t have space. I would again though, I like the company. I’m good at looking after people- But there’s no money in it! Not a lot of money in traditional ‘women’s’ jobs really bc we are so undervalued. I know a lot about housing maintenance, keeping a home, caring and providing secure, safe and clean environment for others to thrive. Housing is a big interest of mine, I’d love to put my knowledge and experience to better use, make an income from it but ppl don’t value or listen to those who can’t afford the ear of the most wealthy and powerful.

[@stevecarter8810]

Now, affordability checks will deny you qualifying for the mortgage

[@BeccaAl]

@@stevecarter8810 yeah I had to have a guarantor mortgage bc of my income. They wouldn’t consider the lodgers contributions at all. And this was 15 years ago so really, now I wouldn’t be able to buy that house even if the asking price were still £78,000! Which it wunt be bc even in that city Victorian terrace area the prices are well over £100,000 now.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

See if you can set up a housing co-op with the co-operative owning the houses and the members renting from the co-op. If you set it up with a horizontal organisational structure, then it can't become parasitic without destroying itsself. We need alternatives to both human and corporate landlords.

[@gtoddun]

If the question is ‘what’s the best way to live a parasitic existence?’ Then yes, it’s a very positive answer to that question.

[@leondonald]

I'm a 52yrs Director in a Tech company and I consider myself a high income earner at $350,000 per annum, I have a retirement account account but i still want to explore opportunities for short term gains before i start working less in few years.

[@donna_martins]

In my opinion, IRA is a valuable strategy for retirement planning, providing growth and tax advantages. While the market is promising, expert guidance is essential for portfolio management.

[@Robert_Seaman]

I learnt this when I got disabled from an accident, I had to reach out to a financial planner who devised a plan for me to live off dividends from my investments. Other than Disability Cheque, I earn enough from home and live comfortably with her help.

[@Trevor_Morrow_LTD]

It appears that your investment advisor is highly skilled. Could you please let me know if you are still in contact with this advisor and, if so, how?

[@Robert_Seaman]

Finding financial advisors like ‘vivian jean wilhelm’ who can assist you shape your portfolio would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.

[@Trevor_Morrow_LTD]

interesting! just copied and pasted her full name on my browser, found her site at once, and skimmed through her credentials, very much appreciate it.

[@SEANPOL203]

Good afternoon Gary, thanks for the education 🙏

[@Waltman-jb9qs]

I think the rent to rent business model is a prime example of the poor working for the rich via asset management. The rent to rent business (usually one or two individuals) will pay the btl landlord a years rent up front so they can rent out each room individually for a profit and cashflow. The landlord then pays more interest back to the bank or uses the 1 years rent for another deposit on another property. Either way the banks get richer and the renters are faced with extortionate rents.

[@assezzen194]

The next step is the renter subletting the room to someone, FOR A PROFIT, by adding bunk beds...

[@MrMoreFee]

A breadth of fresh air. Love your work sir, keep on being you

[@Dariol990]

If you wanna be successful, you most take responsibility for your emotions, not place the blame on others. In addition to make you feel more guilty about your faults, pointing the finger at others will only serve to increase your sense of personal accountability. There's always a risk in every investment, yet people still invest and succeed. You must look outward if you wanna be successful in life.

[@LindaBb-wu2zb]

I'm interested in investing, but I'm not sure where to start. Do you have any advice or contacts who can help me out?

[@OliverLopez-n3v]

Investing can be complex, so it's smart to get professional guidance when building your financial portfolio.

[@faithuni2086]

It's a great idea to have a conversation with financial advisors like Amanda Martin to reshape your portfolio.

[@JameJohn-m5s]

I spread out my $25k portfolio across various markets to diversify my investments.

[@LilianShevin]

That's awesome! I ended up making a net profit of about $115k by investing in high dividend yield stocks, ETFs, and equity.

[@faroukhashim3862]

I liked the idea of your proximity to the wealth determining your chances of putting a foot in the door.

[@emilydonna1]

In trading, possessing technical analysis skills is not sufficient on its own; discipline and emotional maturity play crucial roles in achieving success. Embracing the mindset of "time in the market vs. timing the market" proves valuable, especially during market fluctuations. I attribute my growing daily earnings to Walter James's valuable insights and daily trade signals, coupled with my commitment to continuous learning, managed to grow a nest egg of around 127k to a decent 532k. Kudos to the journey ahead!

[@emilydonna1]

He's mostly on Telegrams, using the user name

[@emilydonna1]

@Gainwithwalter7

[@Janipherlawsonkt8xi]

Over the years, I've been a part of numerous trading programs, sifting through a barrage of information. Yet, nothing has come close to the sheer clarity, depth, and precision of Walter James Henry insights. It's akin to finding a diamond in a coal mine.

[@Justinfred11]

best signal provider in the market. Knowledgeable, level headed (no loss like some other traders who recently jumped on the bandwagon)

[@manfromdnorthdc1895]

World needs more people like Gary!

[@brittagavnholt5638]

Passive income from the stock market and the property market keeps me and my children going. I am helping the kids - and whoever else wants to listen to me - with opening a portfolio of index funds that will eventually become their nest egg. Love your message Gary and I absolutely believe that personal finance and wealth building should be taught in school! 🔥❤️

[@GetGwapThisYear]

People treating homes as an investment instrument will never not leave a bad taste. Understandable though, and I wish you and your family the best.

[@brittagavnholt5638]

@@GetGwapThisYear No speculation involved - I simply received some capital gains after selling my house and my summer house! I now live in a relatively small flat.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

Guess what happens if everybody does earn enough passive income to live off of. Who will produce the goods you need to buy to live?

[@GetGwapThisYear]

@@bramvanduijn8086 guess how you avoid that? Pay suitable wages for the value workers create. Radical, I know.

[@GetGwapThisYear]

@@bramvanduijn8086 guess how you put a stop to the pursuit of passive income? Demand a suitable wage for value created. Radical, I know.

[@KristopherNoronha]

To me, the most surefire path to passive income is buy to let properties. But given horror stories of how tenants can trash a place, refuse to leave, and cause all sorts of headaches for landlords, unless the landlord happens to be a massive corporation who can hire a legal team, etc, I'm beginning to wonder what's a better route to passive income. My goal is to have a passive income to retire on, as I'm worried my pension isn't going to be enough.

[@jencarter6785]

@@KristopherNoronha 20 years ago by two that was a great idea, but with the government changing the regulations, only the rich can afford to own buy to lets. Many of our bought a but to let, as part of our pension, but if that’s essential income, and you can’t get the tenant out if they don’t pay, it no longer makes sense as an investment

[@llyrthomas8580]

Thank you for this perspective. It makes so much sense the way you explain it! Please could you do a deep dive into other countries? I live in Sweden and just bought a house and am in discussions with my wife whether we have a fixed or flexible mortage rate

[@zerog4261]

I own a few properties and I do receive a decent extra income from them. But even if all my friends eventually get a property to rent out and make an extra shilling, what happens to the tenants? These people can't afford deposits to buy a house and end up paying rent more than a mortgage would be and end up in a never ending loop. So while im benefiting from it, its at the expense of someone elses future. To my tenants, im the rich.

[@gwynsea8162]

I'm glad you see the problem and that you are benefiting at a cost to someone else. But I don't harbour any Ill feeling towards people who've taken advantage of what's on offer to improve their lot. I just don't think it should be permitted. We need to close down the majority of btl and Airbnb to improve things for society

[@zerog4261]

@@gwynsea8162 I agree 100% but until house prices become affordable, nothing will change much. Two people on twenty five grand a year are not going to get enough for a deposit, ever. Depending on where you live, you can double that. Is there any government going to actually put concrete plans in place over the next twenty years to build enough affordable housing? If they dont, demand is always going to outstrip supply.

[@gwynsea8162]

@@zerog4261 part of the reason houses are unaffordable is because they are being bought for btl / Airbnb. If it was not possible to own rental properties it would just be competition between people who were able to buy to live in and that would drive prices down due to affordability requirements.

[@zerog4261]

@@gwynsea8162 its definitely part of the problem, though not the entirety of it. You can stop both tomorrow and it may help down the line but house prices are where they are. They are used as tools as investments, a safe bet and everyone who owns a house is in on the game. I think there has to be a switch in mindset to what a house is, for the whole of society. Its place to live. And lets face it, housing is only one aspect. The laws favour the rich and the poor dream of becoming rich and forgetting the poor. Maybe Thatcher was right, there is no such thing as society. Just a bunch of humans out for themselves

[@cassohanlon9834]

Hi Gary..love your vlogs and no-nonsense financial musings! It has confirmed so much I’ve thought about the 1%. I worked in a private school for a bit and I physically witnessed the shift in parental ‘types’…a healthy mix of doctors, local businesses men and more on free places in 2002..by 2010, virtually all the dads were brokers, hedgies or wealthy property magnates. I smelt the coffee and paid the mortgage off at double rate while I could and thank goodness I did. Another issue is that historically, a lot of middle class types had an odd attitude to debt and took on a lot to emulate a lifestyle they couldn’t really afford so maybe this is gonna be the era of the wised up working or lower middle class background person made good? 😊❤😊

[@billB101]

Considering the ability to manage your own time is ( to me ) the most valuable commodity out there then yeah, generating a passive income would be great to be honest.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

It's a very nice feeling to get up each day, knowingly that how I spend my day is entirely up to me. Let's not forget that such luxuries usually take a lot of hard work to get yourself in this fortunate position.

[@eod1675]

@@jjefferyworboys8138I think you missedthe point, in that most people in such a position didn’t get there through “hard work”, but pure circumstance. Inheritance for example. The many people who work their whole lives, often in multiple low wage jobs to make ends meet because their circumstance was less favourable works a whole lot harder. Gary is an exception as he has often explained, and no one can expect to have the same sequence of events happen to them as in Gary’s life.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

Except the math doesn't add up. Let's say you are the fridge guy and I am the baker. We both get a small amount of passive income, so we work 10% less. Now everybody has less fridges and less bread. Everybody is effectively poorer, no matter what the number on their bank account says. So where did the passive income money come from?

[@Roberta80]

@@bramvanduijn8086 But you have better fridges that last, say, 50 years, instead of the modern crap that lasts 2-3 years. So you need less production, less waste, less landfill. You have better bread instead of the mass-produced stuff we have now. You buy fewer, but better, things. That, too, is happiness.

[@godot-whatyouvebeenwaitingfor]

I did some selling for a UK company providing five services that people use all the time. I stopped some years ago but I get residual income every month from my work. Its great!

[@alexpodell662]

Start teaching your kids early on about debt and equity. Many kids today don't understand what bonds / gilts are. Bonds / gilts are one of the best forms of passive income vs the headache and risk or renting out property.

[@martinbutler1075]

But it isn’t going to be solved by teaching kids stuff. We can’t all become investment gurus simply because most jobs just don’t paid enough to amass capital to buy significant assets. You might say ‘get a better job’ but someone is going to have to be doing those less well paid jobs, and if even more people acquire capital to enable them to buy assets, the price of those assets simply goes up further. So you have to save even more capital (as with house prices). So the only solution is to tax those with very high net worth. That will mean their passive income is restricted which will limit their buying power so asset prices don’t continue to spiral upwards.

[@mellowmarkable]

The long term gilt index is down 42% over the past 5 years and currently pays a yield of 3.9%, far below the yield on most BTL and far below interest on cash or money market funds, currently around 5.2% Yes, you can buy newly issued gilts directly and get 5% or so, but that offers the prospect of capital loss unless held to maturity and no growth in income or capital. Whereas shares provide the potential of both capital growth and income growth as dividends are increased, likewise property provides the potential of capital growth as house prices increase and income growth as rents increase. Of course this is potential reward for potential risk (risk of a house price crash or stock market crash, plus risk of voids, problem tenants, property damage etc with BTL, but the longer the investment period the lower the risk).

[@weird-guy]

My bank is giving me 3% but interest here is taxed at 28% 😂