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record inflation and
the cost of living are just the
tip of the iceberg when it comesto paying for basic necessities
americans are more pessimisticon the stock market than at any
time since 2023
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okay so what would
you do what would rob luna
invest in right now
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rob luna joins us
now rob good to see you rob luna
rob luna rob luna rob luna thankyou for joining the program
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i used to say i grew
up poor like regular poor Now
that I've got a son and adaughter and I look back at it
as an adult, I realize it wasactually a lot worse than that.
I was born in New Jersey in1974.
My dad left when I was aboutthree or four years old.
My mom was super strung out ondrugs.
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Right before my 10th birthday,my mom moved me out to Los
Angeles.
She located my dad.
She disappeared after a fewmonths.
I never talked to her again forabout another eight years.
My dad at the time, though, hadmental issues, significant
financial issues.
He was living in a city calledEnglewood, California.
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There was heavy gang violence,drive-by shootings.
I saw friends get killed,stabbed.
This was kind of the day-to-dayliving at that time.
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In the state of
California, the largest number
of gangs that we have areHispanic gangs.
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I got caught up in a
lot of that to try to survive.
There was one time where I wasactually driving and a bullet
went through my back window andthen feeling heat go past my ear
and out the front window.
Shortly after I turned 17, I wasarrested and charged with
attempted murder.
I had nothing to do with it, butat the time, you don't rat.
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You don't tell who did it,because if you do, you're going
to get killed.
So you'd rather just take theconsequences.
And I was quite honestlyprepared to spend the rest of my
life in jail.
Thankfully, I had a publicdefender who was able to look at
the case.
There was no evidence, and hewas able to get me out on a
misdemeanor.
I
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doubt
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if any of them I
think we should dismiss him.
When I was released, I got backinto high school, and I had a
high school wrestling coach.
He was able to arrange in mysenior year a scholarship
opportunity to go out to Arizonato a junior college and wrestle.
That opened the door for me toeducation, which literally saved
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my life.
So I got out of the streets,went to the Ivy League.
I got three different degreesfrom two different countries.
I started my own business when Iwas 27.
I had to wash cars on theweekend just to be able to pay
my bills, but eventually I gotit.
The business built to almost abillion dollars.
I sold that company to apublicly traded company that I
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helped list on the New YorkStock Exchange.
I was then able to build twoadditional businesses valued at
over eight figures.
I became one of the top privatewealth and business advisors in
the world.
Looking back, I really shouldn'tbe here, but by the grace of
God, I am.
This show is about giving youthe blueprint.
It's about faith, education,discipline.
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It's about turning your traumainto tools, your struggle into
strength.
I'll be sitting down with thebest in the world, athletes,
celebrities, investors, to peelback the layers of who they were
before all that success, becausethat's what it's really going to
take.
If you came from nothing, ifyou've been counted out, if you
made some mistakes, if you'retrying to change the game for
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you and your family, this showis for you.
So let's get to work.
This is The American Capitalist.