Your Survival Guy’s been watching lumber prices. I reported here and here that much of the increase was due to a bottleneck at sawmills. (There’s plenty of trees, just no excess capacity at the mills creating finished lumber.) Lumber futures reached a high of $1,711.20 per thousand board feet in May. On Tuesday, July futures […]
An Entire Atlanta Suburb Wants to Escape the City
You know I want you to escape the city. You’re taxed too much and left to fend for yourself in America’s big cities today. Perhaps nowhere is this more apparent than Buckhead, an Atlanta suburb that pays one-fifth of the city’s budget but has been left to face rampant violence alone. Residents of Buckhead want […]
Escape From the City: You’re Going to Like What You See
Originally posted June 10, 2020. It’s time for you to take back your country. Get out. Move around. Have a little courage. Rub your eyes and move. Enough of this stay at home nonsense. Get out there. Just stay away from the cities for now, because the great migration is yesterday’s news. Anyone with a […]
Americans Fleeing High Tax States for Growth Corridors
You already know that America’s growth corridors are where the action is for businesses who want to keep their own money and thrive. The Census has confirmed as much, and the economic numbers do too. Now the IRS is coming in with another analysis to put the final nail in the coffin for high tax […]
Profit and Power Drive Environmentalism on Wall St. and in Washington
It used to be rare that regulators in Washington D.C., and money men on Wall St. would find common cause, but that has changed in an era when the government is so big, its subsidies alone drive the profits of many businesses. Big Wall St. firms like BlackRock have found a way to turn Washington […]
EGO: BlackRock CEO Goes Woke with Investor Money
You have read about Larry Fink using your money for everything but profit. His use of ESG investing, i.e. using investor funds like a piggy bank to push his environmental and social agenda, hurts Fink’s trustworthiness. It’s not about investors, it’s about Fink’s ego. At Real Clear Markets, Peter Flaherty has written a brutal takedown […]
You Invest, They Win: America’s Woke Money Men
While Joe Biden wants to raise your taxes, even when you’re dead, the woke hedge fund and endowment managers are reaping the rewards of their special treatment. They’re using your money for everything but what you need, profit. In a lengthy piece at The American Mind, J.D. Vance, (author of Hillbilly Elegy, and probable candidate […]
SECOND AMENDMENT: Judge Overturns California Assault Weapons Ban
For 32 years Californians have had their Second Amendment right infringed upon by the state’s draconian “assault weapons ban.” The ban has prevented Golden Staters from owning most standard versions of America’s most popular firearm, the AR-15. In his ruling, Judge Roger Benitez struck a blow to the heart of the central argument of most […]
California Losing Most Residents to Texas and Arizona
New data from the IRS adds some detail to what America already knew from the Census–people don’t want to live in California anymore. On net, California lost more taxpayers and dependents than any other state between 2018 and 2019. Eight million people left the state during that time, with 165,355 fewer moving in, making for […]
Your Emails and Comments on Med School Talk
In my conversations with you, you’re telling me you liked Your Survival Guy Presents to Prestigious Med School. I turned it into a Special Report: How To Invest After Graduating College so you can give it to someone you care about who’s just starting out with their career. If you haven’t read the piece, you […]
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