Roger Neal Smith, in his Investing Empowerment Podcast, provides an insight to investing that very few, if any, financial professional has done. Most investment programs on the radio and television focus on investing strategies that are supposed to make people money. Although having an investment strategy is important, if one does understand how an investment works, all of the strategy in the world will not help.

Throughout the years, people have been relying on “investment professionals” such as stockbrokers, financial planners and television personalities to tell them how to invest their money. However, most of those professionals know as much about how investments work as a Kentucky Derby jockey knows about piloting the space shuttle. Most of these individuals are mere sales people who happened to pass a test about securities rules and regulations (not strategy) with a score of at least 70%, or who are able to read from a script.

The goal of the Investing Empowerment Podcast is to provide listeners with an understanding of how investments actually work. This will allow them to make more informed decisions about their investment decisions. It will help people who are tired of blindly taking advice from financial “experts” who make money regardless of whether or not their advice actually works.

The program is designed for people who want to invest their hard earned money, but do not know how the various investment vehicles work, and are tired blindly taking the advice from “experts” who will make money regardless of whether there suggestions work or not.

Over the coming weeks and months, the podcast will empower the listener by not only describing all of the major ways in which the average person can invest, but by reporting on issues that can affect their financial health. The podcast serves as an extension of the book “Invest With As Little As $100: A Guide to Investing in Financial Instruments”.

Whether your goal is to create wealth, put away a nest egg for retirement, create a steady source of income or plan for your children’s future, you will a better chance for success if you understand how the game is played.