Joining us in the booth this week is Andrew Craig, who is a best-selling finance author of titles such as “How to Own The World: A Plain English Guide to Thinking Globally and Investing Wisely”, he is a financial educator of 12 years and founder of personal finance website: Plain English Finance.

In this episode we discuss

- How financial literacy & investing can make society a better place

- The real reason for the cost of living crisis

- How the cost of living crisis could be solved

- The difference between ‘investing’ and ‘trading’

- The power of time and compounding on your finances

- How ‘real’ wealth is created

- How anyone can become a millionaire through investing

- How to own the world from an investing point of view & how to start investing today

- Lessons from the best investors like Warren Buffett

- Why he thinks biotech will create the next trillion dollar company and much more

Andrew's Books:

Get your copy of Andrew's best-selling book "How to Own The World" here: https://amzn.to/3XSr0Gc

Order his latest highly praised book "Our Future is Biotech" here: https://amzn.to/4eScW5K

Connect with Andrew:

Website: https://plainenglishfinance.co.uk

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/plainenglishfinance

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Preview

01:02 - Intro

01:37 - Meet Best-selling Finance Author Andrew Craig

03:36 - I lived in Kenya, Argentina, Australia for a bit…!

04:10 - Got a job at Swiss bank but knew nothing about capital markets!

06:15 - I interned in Washington D.C

09:51 - If you get 1% better you’ll become a millionaire

18:17 - The biggest missing link for happiness and contempt is…

19:30 - The stock market isn’t only for the rich…!

20:52 - Number 1 investment theme in history is…!

22:25 - The real reason for the cost of living crisis…!

25:28 - This is how to solve the cost of living crisis

26:26 - Start investing with £25 per month

29:24 - Financial literacy is life-changing..!

31:44 - Don’t rely on the state pension

33:27 - What is investing?

36:49 - The next trillion dollar company’s will be biotech companies

37:33 - Investing is having a financial involvement in human progress

40:15 - Why I wrote my book “How to own the world”

41:55 - Key lessons from my book!

45:17 - How to really own the world

47:30 - You can get 80/90% of the outcome you need by doing far fewer things…!

54:00 - Are there any drawbacks to investing?

57:51 - How to stay disciplined as an investor..!

01:03:31 - Should everyone invest?

01:06:52 - 70% of lottery winners go bankrupt

01:08:59 - How someone on an average UK salary can become a millionaire

01:10:25 - The stock market return is 10%, average investor is 5%

01:12:58 - You can enjoy your life and invest

01:17:13 - Lessons from the best investors did this…!

01:20:07 - How to start investing today

01:29:16 - Investing is financial exposure into real wealth

01:31:43 - Andrew’s new book: “Our future is biotech”

01:33:33 - Final words

The information contained on this video is not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as, financial advice. I am not a financial advisor and the information in this video is not a substitute for financial advice from a professional who is aware of the facts and circumstances of your individual situation.

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