Carolina Fernandez, one of the Opportunity Community’s resident financial gurus, will be a guest on Martha Stewart Radio Monday morning (August 15) on Sirius radio 110 at 8:00 a.m. She will be speaking on capital markets and what individual investors can do right now admist market volatility. Tune in to support her and learn some valuable information in the process.

Follow the current geographic flow of dollars into China, to reveal specific business opportunties and the global impact of that money. Thomas Friedman’s op-ed piece in The New York Times last Thursday about China Inc.’s huge bet on electric cars brings these two ideas together. If you think China has a powerful global reach now, just wait until they are truly mobile both in and outside their country.

Understand where money goes and why, and you will be able to see opportunity everywhere. Follow the thought leaders who influence the companies or trends you are interested in. If you understand how money goes in and out of these companies, what they are investing in and selling or not selling, you can learn where jobs are moving, where communities are growing, where businesses are starting and more.

Mark Monchek looks at ways to take the chaos of the Fourth Quarter and turn it into a period of self-reflection and growth.