OK, “Stop the Steal” didn’t work outside the base, but it’s rich when Dems campaign on this stuff: In my conversations with you, you tell me how you’re fed up with Trump’s antics (including his support for LIV Golf). He has a knack. But I’ll take Trump’s personality gaffs if that means getting his policies […]
“The Heat Isn’t Working Upstairs”
Your Survival Guy returned home from work yesterday (yes, going to the office is still a thing) to: “The heat isn’t working upstairs.” I’ll let you guess who said it, considering we’re now empty nesters. If our dog could talk, his eyes were saying, “You might want to go back to work.” On the coldest […]
Trump Can Make America Great Again
Let’s take a step back for a second and remember all the great things President Trump did for America. First off, he carried the Tea Party torch to victory—something the Republican establishment never did for Main Street. Election 2022 was decided by the golden rule (he who has the gold makes the rules). The establishment […]
Your Survival Guy in Paris: A Sunday Lunch to Love
OK, where is Your Survival Guy’s favorite lunch in Paris? Glad you asked. Answer: the next one. But, seriously, what makes a great lunch, great? One measure is when you’re back home, you want to replicate some of those flavors and memories that made it special. La Fontaine de Mars is where we eat Sunday […]
Your Survival Guy’s Way to Wealth
Your Survival Guy’s way to wealth is about winning the slow and steady race. It’s about showing up. It’s about doing your job. It’s about saving ’til it hurts and working as long as you can. And then—after a lifetime of work, saving, and investing (not speculating)—you can stop and think for a second and […]
November RAGE Gauge: Live a Life of Balance, Especially in Your Investments
A balanced portfolio is far from dead. It keeps you in the game, so you don’t have to time the market. Yesterday was the biggest one-day percentage gain for stocks since the depths of Covid and the biggest one-day plunge in 2 and 10-year treasury bond yields in over a decade (remember, when rates fall, […]
Follow Your Survival Guy Down This Road to Wealth
There’s nothing wrong with incremental growth. It keeps you focused day in and day out so you don’t lose sight of the prize. With that said, let’s focus on what you can do today. Look, I’m Your Survival Guy, not Robert Frost—I don’t need to take the road less traveled when the one before me […]
DeSantis Da’ Man: Last Night’s Biggest Winner
The big red wave that crested last night hit mostly along the shores of Florida, missing most of New England and New York. Why? For one, if you’re successful, you saw the writing on the wall over the last couple of years and voted with your feet, with many of you landing in Your Survival […]
You Realized This Long Ago About Your Work
In my conversation with you, you prove to me that a life built upon incremental growth is one worth living. Let’s see, in just the last year you’ve finished your barn, tucked away your vintage Jag you’ll be rebuilding, got your brother’s island house in Maine off the grid, fixed some islanders’ tractors and trucks, […]
Time For Americans to Turn the Ship Around
I remember how involved my parents were in politics when I was a kid. And they still are, working the polls and holding up signs for hours a day. They’re always fighting for Main Street. But they’re also fighting for their family. Growing up in Massachusetts, I remember the Wednesday after an off-year election where […]
