Freddie Rick, BetterTrades Founder

From his formative years as a child in Kentwood, a small Louisiana town that's most famous for being the birthplace of singer Britney Spears, everyone knew that Freddie Rick wasn't an average boy. Most of the town's children could be found spending their down time at the local swimming pool, but Freddie Rick spent his spare time - which wasn't much since he worked a lot in his father's metal building business - and developed the spirit that eventually led to the development of the BetterTrades stock market education series.

When he was five, Freddie won a transistor radio in a Rotary Club contest. That was enough encouragement to keep him pressing on to find other ways to make money. He went on to build a cart and sold boiled peanuts by the roadside, an endeavor that ended when a tree fell on the business. Next was a snow cone stand, followed by the invention of a machine to slice potatoes.

After graduating from high school, Freddie Rick entered the U.S. Marine Corp. He ascended to the rank of sergeant and had been accepted into an elite military leadership school, but decided at the last minute to accept his honorable discharge and enter private business.

Freddie settled in the San Diego area and became involved with network marketing. His ability to communicate on stage, along with his gregarious nature, enabled Freddie to rise to the top of every organization for whom he worked. It was common for Freddie to become the No. 1 producer of income for each company he worked. It wasn't long until Freddie had accumulated a personal fortune.

After a series of personal setbacks, Freddie found himself broke and had to begin his career anew. Before long Freddie and his soon-to-be-wife Mitzi began the task of regaining his wealth, this time through the stock market. By trial-and-error, Freddie began to recoup his money. It wasn't long before he had recovered his fortune.

The experience taught Freddie Rick that people can use the stock market to accumulate wealth. He put his personal stock market material together in order to help other people and formed BetterTrades in 2001. His stock market product has helped thousands of people achieve financial freedom by making better trades.