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May 17 • 3 min read

Your raise couldn't keep up


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Hey Reader,

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👀 What I'm Watching

Something flipped this week and it's not good…

For the past 2 years, paychecks technically grew faster than inflation (even if it didn't feel like it).

But this week, April's CPI (Consumer Price Index) came out and said, "hold up, not anymore" and reported:

  • Inflation rate: 3.8%
  • Wage growth: 3.6%

In other words, for the first time since 2023, things are getting more expensive FASTER than you can get a raise.

What's happening?

Digging deeper into the CPI report, there are a couple of factors at play here:

  1. The Iran war: Been blocking oil supplies since late February. Gas is the most obvious place you're feeling it (about $1.50 more per gallon than this time last year).
  2. A frozen housing market: Mortgage rates stuck above 6% means fewer people are buying homes. Everyone who can't buy ends up renting and rent keeps creeping up.
  3. Grocery gouging: Beef is $$$ cause of the drought in the Western US. Tomato prices spiked after a tariff on Mexican imports. Every delivery truck stocking your local supermarket is charging more cause gas is more expensive.

All of that adds up to a 3.8% inflation rate against your 3.6% wage growth.

But there is something you can do about it.

📝 The Breakdown

Here's how this impacts your money and wallet:

Inflation impacts your cash in 2 places but most people only know about 1 of them.

The 1st place, you already know the deal: gas, groceries, rent etc.

The 2nd place that's easy to miss: your lazy cash and savings.

Every day your lazy cash sits in the wrong places, costs you money because of inflation.

Inflation LOVES "lazy cash." It eats away what that money can actually buy, whether you notice it or not.

You need to put your "lazy cash" to work so it BEATS inflation. And I'm NOT talking about investing in the stock market or just a High Yield Savings Account.

So what should you do?

✍️ Your Next Move

Here's what you need to do today:

If you've ever wanted to make your lazy cash work for you without touching the stock market, this is for you.

Over the last few months, I've been getting a lot of questions about what I do with my cash and savings that I'm NOT investing with.

That's why I decided to create a Free 4-Day Make Your Cash Workshop, and I want to invite you to join us!

The goal of the workshop is to help you put ALL your lazy cash and savings to work in just 4 days, even if you're a complete beginner.

We start on Monday, June 1st @ 8:00AM ET.

In just 4 days, you'll learn:

  • The multiple-account cash system to optimize your cash and savings, and how to set up your cash strategy without the guesswork or confusion.
  • Easy and simple ways to make your cash work for you so you can build wealth and passive income, instead of watching inflation quietly eat away at it.
  • The simple cash strategy Warren Buffett and the rich use to maximize the earnings on their lazy cash savings (it works for complete beginners).

>> Click this link to save your spot in our first-ever 4-Day Make Your Cash Work Workshop.

Best of all?

I'll show you how to do all of this in just 15 minutes each day! So don't worry if you're short on time…

The 4-Day Make Your Cash Work Workshop will help you make the most of your cash and savings.

So, if you're tired of losing money to inflation and you want to optimize your cash and savings, build wealth and generate passive income…

Come and join me for 4 days for free, and I'll show you how simple and straightforward this is.

→ Join The 4-Day Make Your Cash Work Workshop to discover how to make your lazy cash work for you, earning hundreds, (or even thousands) more a year.

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