Ben Hockema

Husband, Father, Christian. Founder of Illuminate Wealth Management LLC, Host of This Is The Story Of Podcast

[Ben Hockema @bhockema]

@premedlex @WrenneFinancial

[Justin | Road To Wealth Podcast @roadtowealthpod]

🚨NEW PODCAST OUT 🚨

I interview Ben from @IlluminateWM on why he FIREd me and my wife as our CFP. 😀

https://t.co/8FzU3OVMCt

[Purdue Mens Golf 🚂⛳️ @PurdueMensGolf]

AND… @WeilerJoe shot a course-record, 10-under par 61 to win the Dakotas Tour Okoboji Open today.

[Madi Hilly @MadiHilly]

MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem"

REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment!

Here's what you need to know:

[Ben Hunt @EpsilonTheory]

Writing a new ET note on the financialization of the US economy. Here's the skinny.

Alan Greenspan believed that an activist Fed could grow our wealth faster than we could grow our economy. Bernanke, Yellen and Powell each doubled down on that core idea.

Now the bill is due.

[Ben Hockema @bhockema]

Great look at Interest Rate Hikes vs Inflation Rates by country from @VisualCap

[James Eagle @JamesEagle17]

Is everything expensive, or I'm I just poor? That's #inflation! Let's break it down with this piece from Interactive Investor: https://t.co/l986PNZVHO
(Follow them! @ii_couk)

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

25 years ago my father made me a deal.

I only had to do one thing.

I failed.

A true story about fathers, sons, and life meeting you halfway.

[Marsden Kline @marsdenkline]

75% of those who purchased a home in the last 2 years wish they hadn't.

Let's unpack buyer's remorse so you can beat the odds:

[Peter Zeihan @PeterZeihan]

Great graphic on #wheat from #Russia and #Ukraine from ⁦@TheEconomist⁩

[Jawad Mian @jsmian]

1) I have found it useful to study the Nifty Fifty period and the 1973-1974 bear market, in particular, as it appears to have considerable overlap to the so-called FAANG stocks of today. 🧵

[Ben Carlson @awealthofcs]

Every bear market in history:

Obvious buying opportunity

Every bear market you’re living thru:

This one may never end

[Ben Hockema @bhockema]

@moizali There are a lot of really solid financial planners that work on a variety of fee schedules for these clients at @XYPlanning

[Ben Hockema @bhockema]

★ Just published a new episode of This Is The Story Of Podcast: REBROADCAST: This is the Story of Gary Bowyer. Listen: https://t.co/01rFC3kKze

[Ben Hockema @bhockema]

★ Just published a new episode of This Is The Story Of Podcast: This is the Story of Patrick Ross. Listen: https://t.co/q5Y2bnEJV0

[Sofia Horta e Costa @SofiaHCBBG]

All of this happened in Chinese markets this week. Your weekly thread. 1/10

[Ben Hockema @bhockema]

★ Just published a new episode of This Is The Story Of Podcast: REBROADCAST: This is the Story of Renner Winston. Listen: https://t.co/jO51N8ly4H

[Jack Raines @Jack_Raines]

1) 🚨WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN NO ONE CAN PAY THEIR CAPITAL GAINS TAXES 🚨

As tax season quickly approaches, countless "traders" are going to have their first run in with the tax man.

The problem: many of them reinvested everything and are down bad.

Let's dive in.

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

No one:

Midwesterners: it’s like everyone forgets how to drive as soon as there’s a little bit of snow

[Zain Kahn @heykahn]

Yale's most popular class in it's 320 year history:

Psychology and the Good Life.

Here are 7 lessons from the course to help you live a happier life: