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THE ESSENCE OF THE MILLIONAIRE FASTLANE BY MJ DEMARCO

 

The Millionaire Fastlane


In this book, the author, MJ Demarco debunks the myth of slowlance and explain the  fastlane track to become millionaire in short time. He describes and compares three financial pathways: Sidewalk, Slowlane and Fastlane. 

Sidewalkers are salaried persons who are one paycheck away from going broke. They are living a lifestyle beyond their means and piling-up debt to sustain their luxurious lifestyle.  They sacrifice their future to live present luxurious lifestyle. How would that debt be repaid? Of course, by working harder and much longer, often exceeding 8 hours a day. For example, a home mortgage is often for 30 years. How would that be repaid? By continuously working for 30 years. Usually salary is meager for majority of people so they will continue to work harder and for longer hours in their entire lifetime in a hope to obtain a dream house. They will continue to chase money because they are relying on it. Sidewalkers are paving a path of poorness.

Slowlaners are salaried persons who live frugal lives, save money and invest in financial market, mostly stock market. The saved money is invested in accounts like 401(k), IRA or directly in stock markets (mutual funds, index funds etc.). They rely on their jobs to maintain constant cash flows and market to increase their wealth.They are neither in  control of their source of income (could be fired anytime) nor the markets. The author also does not like this financial pathway. He is of the view that people following this path are sacrificing their present to achieve a wealthy future. The author is of the opinion that people are following a delusion because they are relying on historical data that the market returns 8% annually on average. What if the market does not return 8% annually from hereafter? What if the job is suddenly lost? They are not in control of these actions so they are buying a delusion because it has been advocated by many financial advisers. He emphasis to study the people who are advocating this lifestyle with the focus on how did they got rich. Whether they got rich by following their own teachings (investing in mutual funds) or other means. The financial meltdown of 2008 and 2020 have greatly exposed the myth of market returns. 50% fall in portfolio is disastrous. Just imagine if someone is retiring in 2020 and suffers 50% fall in one's retirement investment. 30 to 40 years of effort by putting money in market gone in a few years. They will have to continue working. 

Fastlaners includes entrepreneurs, CEOs, etc.  It is the fastest method to become wealthy in short amount of time. In this path, persons do not have to sacrifice either their present or future to live a wealthy life.  

What is the purpose of money? Financial Freedom.. And what is the purpose of  achieving Financial freedom? Freedom to do what you want to do, spend time with family and friends, etc. Are Sidewalkers and Slowlaners achieving financial freedom. No. But Entrepreneurs, CEOs, Self-Employed Individuals are. So why not put hard work on establishing business rather than working for somebody else and fulfilling their dreams instead of your own. 

Following points are highlighted by the author in the book pertaining to the fastlane track:

  • Exponential annual growth is possible like 300%, 1000%.
  • Law of Effection: Effect millions to become millionaire. Effect billions to become billionaire. 
  • Become producers rather than consumers. Instead of buying shoes, start making shoes.
  • "Get Rich Quick" is possible. Do not confuse it with "Get Rich Easy".
  •  There are opportunities wherever there are complaints. Solve them and there lies your business. Improve the customer service. Improve the already existing technology. It does not always have to out of the reality invention like Electricity, Airplanes. Cars etc. 
  • Difference between risk factors of slowlane and fastlane pathways is in single percentage digits. Slowlane is a risky path. So do the fastlane. But the risk factor is nearly same.
  • Fastlane business should fulfill the NECST. N-Need of the society. E-Entry barriers (high).C- Control (price, marketing, product etc.). S-Scale (in magnitude(unit profit) or quantity (unit sold)). T-Time (do not always require owner's presence)
  • Focus on one business at a time.
  • Keep learning and keep improving. Fastlane requires a lot of hard work. 
  • Execution is more important than idea.
  • Et cetra
My Intake of this book

The millionaire fastlane is a fantastic book. Prior reading this book, I was of the view that slowlane is the path to riches. Business is risky and should be avoided as far as possible. This book changed my perspective on money. It is often advocated that money is all about mindset. Keep the right mindset and achieve financial success.  

It is a good book. If you are following slowlane track, you should read it to expand your horizon about financial literacy. 


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What is the Difference between Investors and Traders?

Investment and Trading


Newbies seem to confuse the terms Investment and Trading. They use them synonymous to each other. Though, They are quite different to each other.

In simple terms, Investors buy value while traders buy price of different assets like stocks, real estate, currencies et cetera. They may be trading the same asset class at the same time while setting different goals. 

Investment


Let's say a stock X is currently trading at $90. Investors estimate its value (or worth) to be $100. For Investors, share X is trading at a bargain. They are buying  $100 stock at a price of $ 90. At this time, let's not talk about how stock valued to be $ 100.  Investors have a long-term prospective of an asset. They are not concerned about daily, weekly or monthly stock's prices. They invest in asset with a view to generate long-term cash flows. They usually do not short sell. You may be thinking that an investor would sell the stocks at $100. Maybe. As said earlier, they are concerned about cash flows more than capital gains generated from selling the stock. Though, they may employ strategies to generate capital gains with longer-term perspective taking advantage of the price mismatch generated due to circumstances like political instability, financial meltdown et cetera. Their main strategy is buy and hold relying on the fundamental analysis.

Trading


Traders would buy (or sell) assets with a view of selling (or buying) at profit in the future date. The duration of the trades is short. Their main aim is to generate capital gains rather than cash flows. They may buy (sell) an overvalued (undervalued) asset and sell (buy) at profit. They are not primarily concerned about price mismatch initiated by political instability, financial meltdown et cetera. Though, these events may create trading opportunities for traders by initiating volatility in asset prices. Their strategies rely on technical analysis.

Now-a-days, trading styles, like day trading and swing trading, are attaining lots of traction. 
    

 

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The Budget Server Processor For Gaming [Review]

 Intel Xeon Processor E5450

I know that all the big teckie people always says that don’t buy server processor for gaming purposes but I find these processor giving a huge performance for their price. The processor I’m talking about is Intel Xeon Processor E5450 .It is a Quad Core processor that is clocked at 3.0 Ghz, has a bus speed of 1333 Mhz FSB and the thermal design power is 80 W. This Processor was originally made to work with the LGA 771 Type Socket but the processor which are available in the market are made to work with LGA 775 Socket. The LGA 775 Type Socket are commonly available in the market and are also inexpensive. The Price of this processor is around $20-25 and gives amazing value for money.
We’ll be pairing this processor with NVidia GTX 750ti because there won’t be any bottlenecking between the two components. Nvidia Gtx 750ti is also one of my favorite budget graphics card because it gives awesome performance in such a reasonable price.

Pc Specs:


• Intel Xeon Processor E5450
• NVidia Gtx 750ti 2gb OC Edition
• Msi Socket 775 Motherboard
• 4 Gb of DDR2 Ram
• 300 Watt Psu
• Windows 10 pro
This PC was upgraded from a stock dell Optiplex Pc.

Benchmarks


Counter Strike Global Offensive:

This game was tested on this PC at 1080p resolution with Maxed Out Settings. This Game is playable on almost every pc but for multiplayer we need better framerates. This game gives respectable average of 80 FPS and Minimum of 67 FPS.

Fallout 4:
This Game was tested on this PC at 900p resolution and medium setting. This game gives the respectable 60 FPS and minimum of 40 FPS.

Grand Theft Auto V:

This Game was tested on this PC with 720p resolution and High Settings (Equivalent to Medium/Normal In Other Games ). This game gives the respectable average of 45FPS and minimum of 40 FPS.

Far Cry Primal:

This Game was tested on this PC with 1080p resolution with a combination of Medium High Setting. This Game Gives the respectable Average of 40FPS and minimum of 30Fps.

Battlefield 1:

This Game was tested on this Pc with 720p resolution and Low Settings. This Game Gives average of 40 Fps and Minimum of 30 Fps.

Conclusion:


Most of the people say that don’t buy server processors but in my opinion it is an awesome processor in this price range. It handles all the games as well as the other tasks. I would definitely recommend on buying this one.

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