Is Wise Investing A MORAL IMPERATIVE? - a podcast by Bryan Ellis - SelfDirected.org

Hello, my friends… Happy Sunday!

This is a special edition of Self Directed Investor Radio.  Let’s call it the “thought of the day”.  No fancy intro and outro.  But there is something I’d like to share with you very quickly.

I have a question for you:  Is the wise investment of your capital simply a wise thing to do, or is it a moral imperative?

I’d like to share a parable with you, recorded thousands of years ago.  It goes like this:

14 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 

15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. 

16 The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. 

17 So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. 

18 But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. 

19 "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. 

20 The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' 

21 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' 

22 "The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.' 

23 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' 

24 "Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. 

25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' 

26 "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? 

27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. 

28 " 'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 

29 For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

What does this mean to you?  To me, it means that it is a good, honorable and noble thing to invest wisely.  Similarly, it’s a deplorable and maybe even EVIL thing to waste the capital with which you’ve been entrusted, and to protect it to the exclusion of growing it.

 

That’s my quick thought of the day today.  I’m so grateful to you for being a listener to this show.  Have a great day!

---

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Further episodes of Self Directed Investor Talk: Alternative Asset Investing through Self-Directed IRA's & Solo 401k's

Further podcasts by Bryan Ellis - SelfDirected.org

Website of Bryan Ellis - SelfDirected.org