{"id":2254,"date":"2020-03-11T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2020-03-13T08:34:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T15:34:02","slug":"invegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/","title":{"rendered":"This one time, in Vegas&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.1&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||-53px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;2457px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|-1080px|auto||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.9&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">I&#8217;m a terrible gambler. It must be a control (or lack thereof) thing. That&#8217;s why I can count on one hand the number of times I&#8217;ve played any form of casino game but the experience I want to share this week seems super relevant what&#8217;s been going on in markets these past weeks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Many years ago, the company I worked for sponsored a trip to Las Vegas for all the managers and our families. This was my first visit to Vegas and my first exposure to casino gambling. Of course, me being me, I went right out and bought a book, \u201c<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 16px;\">How to Win at Blackjack<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I studied it religiously for weeks and forced my family to endure hour after hour of blackjack \u201cpractice\u201d around our kitchen table. I knew when to hit, stay, double-down and split and I had a general idea about how to keep track of how many face cards had been played. When the day finally came for the big trip, I could hardly contain my excitement. I was ready!<\/p>\n<p>That first night in Vegas, after the kids were tucked into their beds upstairs, I walked the casino floor feeling more than a little intimidated. Finally, I found a five-dollar minimum blackjack table (yeah, definitely no \u201chigh-rollers\u201d here), laid a hundred-dollar bill on the table and began to play.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it was the brilliant lessons from the book or the hours of practice or more likely it was just pure Vegas style beginner\u2019s luck, but for whatever reason I started winning \u2013 and winning and winning. My winning streak went on for hours and the chips just kept piling up in front of me. Somewhere around 2 AM I realized I had turned my $100 into over $1200. I was elated!<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly a thought occurred to me. I reached up to the table, took two one-hundred-dollar chips and slipped them discretely into the little coin pocket in my jeans.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere around 4 AM my luck began to turn, and I called it quits and headed for the hotel room with almost $900 of chips in my pockets! I drifted off to sleep with a big smile as sweet dreams of my new career as a high-stakes gambler danced in my head.<\/p>\n<p>I was antsy during our business meeting the next day and even antsier during the \u201cformal\u201d dinner afterward. I couldn\u2019t wait to get back to those tables to rake some more easy money! Finally, by 10 PM, I was seated once again back at the same table I played the night before. Here we go, show me the money!<\/p>\n<p>By mid-night, it was over. I was broke. Head hung low; I made my way back to my hotel room. Well, hey, at least I had a lot fun going broke!<\/p>\n<p>The next morning as I packed my suitcase preparing to check out and head to the airport, I heard a soft thump as I folded up the jeans I\u2019d been wearing two nights ago. Then I remembered.<\/p>\n<p>I dropped down to my knees looking around where the sound had come from and sure enough, there they were. The 2 one-hundred-dollar chips I\u2019d slipped into my coin pocket that first night. \u201cHa!\u201d I shouted, a triumphant grin on my face as I raised the two chips between my fingers into the air. My wife just rolled her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>At the cashier window a few minutes later, I took possession of two, crisp, one-hundred-dollar bills in exchange for the chips. I had to smile a bit as I put them in my pocket. After all the studying and learning. After the emotional roller-coaster ride of pure elation when winning and humiliation when losing, I was on top of the world.<\/p>\n<p>You see, I didn\u2019t really even think about the hundreds of dollars I lost the night before; after all it was just house money. Thanks to those two chips I had the instinct to set aside and protect, I doubled my money in Vegas!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moral of the story: After this historic 11 year+ bull market, chances are you\u2019re up quite a bit in your retirement and investment accounts (even with the recent extreme volatility). Is it time to reach out and take a couple of chips off the table for safe keeping?<\/p>\n<p>You do know that\u2019s totally possible, right? It\u2019s even quite easy (and painless) to do. At the end of the day, it might just be the best move you\u2019ve ever made!<\/p>\n<p>The two files below landed in my inbox today. Quite compelling! Give me a call or send me a text at 360-281-6495 or an email to john@wordpress-994628-3496946.cloudwaysapps.com. I\u2019m always happy to discuss and review your options\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AE-3-Bears.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2257\">AE 3 Bears<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AE-Protect-Assets.pdf\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2258\">AE Protect Assets<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>Asset management and investment Advisory Services offered through Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management LLC., a SEC Registered Investment Advisor Firm. Headquartered at 1024 E. Grand River Ave Brighton, Michigan 48116 \/ Toll Free 844-944-1044.\u00a0 John Ensley is an Investment Advisor Representative of Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management LLC. J-Ensley Financial LLC and Guardian Pointe Private Wealth Management LLC. are separate entities and are not affiliated.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a terrible gambler. It must be a control (or lack thereof) thing. That&#8217;s why I can count on one hand the number of times I&#8217;ve played any form of casino game but the experience I want to share this week seems super relevant what&#8217;s been going on in markets these past weeks. Many years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,19,20],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This one time, in Vegas... - J Ensley Financial<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This one time, in Vegas... - J Ensley Financial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#039;m a terrible gambler. It must be a control (or lack thereof) thing. That&#039;s why I can count on one hand the number of times I&#039;ve played any form of casino game but the experience I want to share this week seems super relevant what&#039;s been going on in markets these past weeks. Many years [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"J Ensley Financial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WealthRebellion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-11T21:18:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-13T15:34:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Ensley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@johnensley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Ensley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Ensley\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/person\/473ee8deaf626f5de29e36eabcc4bb8c\"},\"headline\":\"This one time, in Vegas&#8230;\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-11T21:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-13T15:34:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\"},\"wordCount\":918,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Annuity\",\"Safe investments\",\"Wealth\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\",\"name\":\"This one time, in Vegas... - J Ensley Financial\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-11T21:18:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-13T15:34:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"This one time, in Vegas&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/\",\"name\":\"J Ensley Financial\",\"description\":\"Bank On Yourself, a smarter path to financial security...\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BoatDollars.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logomakr_3KPSo3-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logomakr_3KPSo3-2.png\",\"width\":414,\"height\":240,\"caption\":\"BoatDollars.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/person\/473ee8deaf626f5de29e36eabcc4bb8c\",\"name\":\"John Ensley\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/333b40aff508504e731953b33033dcbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/333b40aff508504e731953b33033dcbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John Ensley\"},\"description\":\"John Ensley is a financial professional who is dedicated to empowering his clients to pursue their retirement and financial goals without taking unnecessary risks. Please reach out any time: john@wordpress-994628-3496946.cloudwaysapps.com\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/jensley.biz\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WealthRebellion\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnensley\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/jensley.com\/author\/john-ensley\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"This one time, in Vegas... - J Ensley Financial","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"This one time, in Vegas... - J Ensley Financial","og_description":"I'm a terrible gambler. It must be a control (or lack thereof) thing. That's why I can count on one hand the number of times I've played any form of casino game but the experience I want to share this week seems super relevant what's been going on in markets these past weeks. Many years [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/","og_site_name":"J Ensley Financial","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WealthRebellion\/","article_published_time":"2020-03-11T21:18:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-13T15:34:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"John Ensley","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@johnensley","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Ensley","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/"},"author":{"name":"John Ensley","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/person\/473ee8deaf626f5de29e36eabcc4bb8c"},"headline":"This one time, in Vegas&#8230;","datePublished":"2020-03-11T21:18:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-13T15:34:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/"},"wordCount":918,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg","keywords":["Annuity","Safe investments","Wealth"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/","url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/","name":"This one time, in Vegas... - J Ensley Financial","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-11T21:18:21+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-13T15:34:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Casino-e1584030805856.jpg","width":640,"height":427},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/invegas\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"This one time, in Vegas&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/","name":"J Ensley Financial","description":"Bank On Yourself, a smarter path to financial security...","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#organization","name":"BoatDollars.com","url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logomakr_3KPSo3-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Logomakr_3KPSo3-2.png","width":414,"height":240,"caption":"BoatDollars.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/person\/473ee8deaf626f5de29e36eabcc4bb8c","name":"John Ensley","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/333b40aff508504e731953b33033dcbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/333b40aff508504e731953b33033dcbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John Ensley"},"description":"John Ensley is a financial professional who is dedicated to empowering his clients to pursue their retirement and financial goals without taking unnecessary risks. Please reach out any time: john@wordpress-994628-3496946.cloudwaysapps.com","sameAs":["http:\/\/jensley.biz","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WealthRebellion\/","https:\/\/x.com\/johnensley"],"url":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/author\/john-ensley\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2280,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/2280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jensley.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}