How to Invest Like U.S. Giants (and Surpass Them Too!) Pt. 1/3

Whether you are in Lagos, London, or New York, the walls surrounding "elite" wealth are often built with the same bricks: exclusive access and complex jargon. After a decade of auditing some of the largest entities on the planet, I’ve realized that the only thing separating the average person from a global giant isn't the lack of intelligence—it's the lack of access.

I spent years at Fortune 500 companies and multi-national accounting firms, gaining insight into confidential investment portfolios of former U.S. Presidents, celebrities and world-renowned families. I saw how the rich invest, and more importantly, I learned how anyone (actually works better if you reside outside the U.S.) can replicate their strategy and make money in their sleep.

The "Boring" Path to a Million Dollars

Most people think becoming a millionaire requires a hustler's mindset, a stroke of genius, or a lucky break. In reality, this clear and easy way is remarkably boring. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, 94% of millionaires in the U.S. use online investment brokerages to build their wealth. And to let you in on an open secret - so do U.S. giants.

Here's the simple math:

• The Goal: $1,000,000?

• The Strategy: Invest $200 a month in a fund like an S&P 500 Index.

• The Timeline: Over 40 years, with an average 10% annual return, every compound interest calculator will say you will be a millionaire.

If you can increase your contribution to $600 a month, your timeline drops to 30 years. And if you identify a treasure averaging over 10% returns, your timeline drops significantly further. Want to hit it even quicker? Live outside the West to avoid capital gains tax, and you will be a millionaire before your US/UK-peer doing the exact same thing.

Yawn.

Now that you know the theory, let's get into the practical.

The 7-Step Strategy of the Fortune 500

To invest like a global giant, you must move with the same deliberation and approach as a multibillion-dollar corporation.

1. Establish Your Risk Appetite and Timeline

Fortune 500 companies never invest for "immediate" gratification. They operate on timelines of at least 12 months or more. Before spending a cent, decide how long you can leave your money untouched. The longer your timeline, the better you can survive the market's "roller coaster".

2. Research Compatible Investments

Match your investments to your timeline:

• Short-term/Low-risk: Money Market Funds.

• Medium-term/Medium-risk: S&P 500 Index Funds

• Long-term/High-risk: Innovative single stocks like Apple, Microsoft, or Amazon.

3. Choose Your Brokerage

Your "middleman" is your gateway to the world's borrowers (bonds) and businesses (stocks).

• Global Options: Vanguard, Interactive Brokers, or Fidelity.

• Regional Options: XTB (Nigeria), Trading 212 (UK).

4. Gather Your Documents

Don't let bureaucracy slow you down. Have your ID, tax identification numbers (NIN, SSN, etc.), and proof of residency ready so you can sign up in minutes.

5. Fund the Account

Stop "watching the clouds" waiting for the perfect moment. Budget an amount that won't hurt your daily life and move it into your brokerage account.

6. Buy the Investment

Once your money is in your "settlement account," you must actually purchase the assets. Don't leave your cash sitting on the sidelines. Practice Dollar Cost Averaging—consistently putting money in on a schedule regardless of whether the market is up or down.

7. Watch and Learn

Investing is most akin to farming. Just as a farmer watches and learns what their plants like and hate, you should too with your investment. Go from checking every few days, to a few weeks, to few months, etc., while conducting your own research of what's affecting it.

The 2,000 Year Old Secret

"Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap." — King Solomon

There is a common misconception that involvement in the stock market is a "sinful" game of chance. My experience auditing billions alongside The Gateway CPA has taught me that investing promotes the opposite: the highest form of stewardship.

Copying this wealth strategy repositions you for success in what you were first made to be:

Fruitful!

Like farming, it’s about planting "seeds", ignoring the daily noise, periodically checking the health of your crops, and moving resources to what is growing. Read Luke 19:12-27. Apparently U.S. giants have, because they're not doing anything new. They are only implementing insights Jesus broadcasted +2,000 years ago.

Here is a step-by-step process summarizing how you can make money in your sleep like global powerhouses. This is also what no MBA program dare attribute to the ways of the noble heir in Christ's parable:

1. Invest.

2. Forget.

3. Assess.

4. Reallocate.

Yet, as religiously as secular institutions apply The Gateway's CPA's investing principle, there is perhaps an even more important key that most people miss. And this is the secret, and introduction to how anyone can outperform U.S. giants (averaging growth of "merely" 10.51% annually) by a multiple of 50.

Today's rich invest with depreciating increments of naira, dollars, and pounds, but both the nobleman and Christ leveraged superior forms of money.

You see, though the rich can imitate how The Gateway CPA invests, they neglect what He actually taught investing with (Don't get me started on the differences in where they placed their money - more on that later in the series).

To obtain the greater currency, you must first be called. And to be called, you must first be serving (Luke 19:13).

Sorry if this comes off as cryptic, but there is some groundwork I need to lay for it all to be self-explained.

The better "what" to invest, and "where" to invest, we will discuss further in Parts 2 and 3 of this series. Part 1 is just a building block. Hopefully, now that you've seen how easy it is to become a millionaire, you could more easily digest my boldest claim yet.

If we apply these "secrets" that The Gateway CPA's now unfolding, we can become millionaires, billionaires, then trillionaires, in our fragile lifetimes.

P.S. Your involvement's not required for me to win like some multi-level marketing thing. I just say "we" because I want you to know I haven't arrived. I'm on this journey with you!

One million's just way too easy.

+1,000 millionaires are made daily just through online investment brokerages.

Open and fund an account today.