What is Ratchet Growth?

If you’ve ever used a ratchet, you’ll understand this analogy. For those of you who haven't used one, when you're using a ratchet you set it so that it only moves in one direction - forward in whichever direction you decide, never backward. Each turn of the ratchet is a step forward, securing progress with every twist.

Now, picture one of your financial accounts doing the same. Just like a ratchet, the growth in your account only moves in one direction – up, never down!

Here's how it works:

• Upward Momentum: Your growth is linked to a market index, but with a twist. Your gains are captured annually, but if the market dips, your value doesn't go down. It's like when a ratchet's teeth lock in place, ensuring every gain is yours to keep.
  
  
• No Backsliding: Just as a ratchet secures each advance, your account secures your gains. This means you enjoy growth in good market years, and in down years your account’s value doesn't decrease. It's principal protection at its finest because it locks in your grown principal amount each year!
  
  
• Flexibility and Control: With a ratchet, you control the pace and direction. Similarly, you have the flexibility to adjust how much you add to it, which indexes you desire and other factors, tailoring your account to your life's journey all with the help of a professional like myself who isn't going to charge you "management fees." 😉
  
  
• Building Tax-Free Wealth Over Time: Each ratchet turn builds on the last, compounding your work. Your money grows tax-deferred, and you can even use it without interrupting the compound growth in your account.
  
  
• Peace of Mind: Knowing your financial progress is moving only one way - upward - provides a sense of security. It's the peace of mind that comes from knowing your financial ratchet is working tirelessly for you.
  
  

Unlock Your Financial Future:

Don't let market volatility ratchet down your dreams. Utilize an alternative solution where your financial growth is as secure as a ratchet's grip. If you want to learn more on how you can leverage this powerful tool for your financial strategy, contact us today!

You can also watch this brief video below highlighting the benefits of this strategy.

You may have heard about what happens if you double a penny every day for a month. Usually someone will give you a choice between taking a million dollars today or a penny that doubles every day for a month. A lot of people will instinctively choose the million dollars because it seems nearly impossible that doubling a penny every day for a month would be more than a million dollars, but IT IS!

You would actually have $10,737,418 at the end of the month!!!

With that in mind, we want to take it a step further to highlight the importance of letting that penny grow uninterrupted by comparing it to four big wealth destroyers (Fees, Volatility, Taxes, & Interrupting Compounding). This is what happens when you inject the wealth destroyers into the equation:

1. FEES: If you double your penny every day, but pay just a little 2% fee — you’ll have $5,857,093 at end of month.

2. VOLATILITY: If you double your penny every day, but have only three days of volatility (a negative 40% return on days 10, 20, and 30) — you’ll only have $289,910 at end of month.
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3. TAXES: If you double your penny every day, but you pay a 25% tax on the growth of your penny — at end of month you'll have $1,918.

4. INTERRUPTING COMPOUNDING: If you double your penny every day, but on day 21 you use the cash to buy a car and reset the compounding back to a penny — you'll have just $2.56 at end of month.

Between those four wealth destroyers, we are talking about a difference of MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 🤯 ($4,880,325 to $10,726,930)!

So, you can see how important it is to avoid these four wealth destroyers as best as possible. Our clients can use three distinct tools to avoid or severely reduce all four of the wealth destroyers to allow their money to compound uninterrupted EVEN if they use their money!

If you want to learn how to protect yourself from these threats to your money, let's setup a time to talk.

Here's the math on these four wealth destroyers so you can see it with your own eyes: