$100M Investor Explains: How to Invest in 2026

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2. Investing became much clearer for me once I stopped chasing quick, unrealistic returns. Now I focus more on understanding what I’m investing in, managing downside risk, and thinking about the bigger financial picture. That’s why this topic caught my attention. The market is constantly changing, but the fundamentals of making thoughtful investment decisions still matter, understanding the opportunity, evaluating the risks, considering your time horizon, and having a clear reason for putting money into an asset.

3. Investing became much clearer for me once I stopped chasing quick, unrealistic returns. Now I focus more on understanding what I’m investing in, managing downside risk, and thinking about the bigger financial picture. That’s why this topic caught my attention. The market is constantly changing, but the fundamentals of making thoughtful investment decisions still matter, understanding the opportunity, evaluating the risks, considering your time horizon, and having a clear reason for putting money into an asset.

4. I'm a beginner, how can I build really decent profits without needing massive amounts

5. Video compressed is

   Increase your earning power → don't waste your valuable time doing cheap work → build something that produces surplus cash → invest that surplus sensibly → repeat.

6. I really do have a question. For someone with less than $30,000 to invest, how would you recommend we enter the market? I am looking at studying some traders and copying their strategy rather than investing myself and losing money emotionally. What’s your take on this approach?

7. Omitted some key facts about business ownership:

   1 Year: About 20% to 22% fail.
   5 Years: Nearly 45% to 49% close.
   10 Years: About 65% are no longer operating.
   Dangerous advice without discussing risk. It’s not that easy.

8. The stocks vs. business ownership distinction is really just a risk trade-off. A public stockholder still owns equity, they’re just choosing diversification, liquidity, and limited control. Owning your own business can offer much greater upside, but your income, net worth, time, and reputation may all be tied to the same asset. It's not really a higher stage of wealth; more of a concentrated bet with deeper risks/returns. Coming at it from the risk perspective, you could say the betting on yourself and running your own business is the greatest way to lose wealth compared to the safer bet of going blue chip US equities.

9. Always worth a listen. I hear it differently depending on my situation or perspective at the time.

10. You don't get WHAT YOU WANT. You get WHO YOU ARE.

11. I needed to hear that owning is something that can never be countered or replaced to generate an actual lazy income and compounding

12. Man, good for you, you are smart and I bet you are successful. But you surely sound very arrogant, and money cannot buy modesty.

13. Solid breakdown. The stat that always hits people: the average American who starts investing at 25 vs 35 ends up with nearly 3x the money at retirement — even investing the same total amount. Time is everything.

14. I’ve tried just about every strategy out there, read the books, bought the courses, sat through the webinars, and I’m still getting smoked by this market. I’m not chasing some get rich quick dream, I just want to stop losing and learn how to properly hold coins or stocks without panic selling every dip or getting shaken out too early.

15. You have created such a welcoming space here. May everything you pour into others return to you a hundredfold. Thanks for sharing 🎉

16. Great to see a focus on the human side of business. Much needed.

17. About 68% of my portfolio is in passive index funds and ETFs. I make use of a fa It’s pleasant for me this way, We’ll see how it does over time I feel like even if 20% of my portfolió underperforms, I’ll still generate income from having a diverse portfolio lol

18. You recommended the 3 fund portfolio in this video, but then a week ago you released a new video updating it to a four fund portfolio. SCHG (or a large cap growth), VYM, XMMO and AVUV look very nice together and contains little overlap, and exposure to different caps with the three big ones: growth, broad market exposure, and dividend investing. Thanks for all your videos…

19. This show explained things in a way that actually connects. It reminds me how people who understand uncertainty focus more on patterns and decision making, not just outcomes. That same mindset applies to trading too seeing the bigger picture instead of reacting to every move.

20. Says the man who has other people doing all the things for him. A regular person with a job and two kids don't have time if they are going to Parent correctly, be a good Spouse and good at their job. So, I am calling this BS and just a sales scheme.

21. I came into trading with high expectations, only to realize how misleading simplicity can be. Volatile markets and inconsistent advice led to confusion, and despite testing different approaches, results haven't followed.
    ›Instead of staying frustrated by others progress, I'm seeking solid, practical guidance to rebuild my approach the right way

22. When it comes to building wealth, do you think it’s smarter to focus on increasing your income first or begin investing as early as possible? A lot of people have different opinions on this. Some believe financial stability should come before investing, while others say starting early is the most important part because time allows investments to compound.

23. Great video this help me lot

24. good video

25. Invest in myself

26. Really enjoying AI — starting to implement AI into my business and starting new ones thanks Dan- Nice one.

27. that first stage of trading time for skills before outsourcing really hits home for me. kinda the same way ive set things up lately with era wallet for my stuff

28. Great advice in this video. Team is crushing 💪

29. the problem is wasting money on businesses that may not work out u just spent time and money for a coin flip—95% people in here wont do anything and the other half will try fail and 3% would prob make it but wont be rich ever-then 1% mite make it-big chances in failing

30. Warren Buffett did not have the internet so your full of it on this one but you had the internet

31. He said billionairs make there money not in stock um ok cough cough can you say BS Warren Buffet or ELOn MUSK

32. Done sir

33. Wait a minute – wern't we meant to learn this in school?🤣

34. The biggest investment isn’t stocks or crypto. It’s building skills nobody can take from you.

35. The most important thing is stick with a plan that you know that will give results in a long term, giving up with 10 strategies per month will give you frustration only.

36. What I needed to hear is that nobody will take the ownership of my life and god will bless me and provide me with wealth once I m ready and learn how to keep it.

37. Save half, don't F* touch it. Then, invest in yourself, first.