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Your Survival Guy Is Uneasy about This Market

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Your Survival Guy received a chart package yesterday that leaves a lot to be desired. I’m talking about the desperate state of the yield on Treasuries thanks to three nasty cracks in the stock market so far this century. Note: When stocks fall, Treasury prices usually rise as investors flee to the full faith and […]

My Key West Garden Office

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Originally posted on March 26, 2021. Hard to believe it has been nearly 30 years since I walked away from dealing with investing clients, prospects, or the financial media. I also stopped speaking at capacity-filled investment conferences around the world from New Orleans to Switzerland to Hong Kong. About that same time, Debbie and I […]

Hungarian Hardliner Viktor Orban Shows European Globalists the Way

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Originally posted on February 14, 2019. In an address to the people of Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban reminded its citizens that the success they have had recently has not occurred in a vacuum. His pro-Hungary policies and their hard work have made life in the country better. Despite constant harassment by Europe’s globalists who […]

Insurrection Was the Furthest Thing from Trump’s Mind

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Originally posted on January 15, 2021. At The American Spectator, Dov Fischer details the evidence that there was no incitement of insurrection by the president. He writes (abridged): I have been an attorney for more than 20 years, litigated on the front lines in the biggest of cases, served as a former Chief Articles Editor […]

Joel Salatin and Alfie Oakes, America’s Food Kings

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At LewRockwell.com, Ginny Garner discusses a recent summit on healing that took place at Polyface Farms, home of Joel Salatin. I have been a follower of Joel Salatin for nearly two decades and own all Joel’s indispensable books. I’ve often written about Salatin (see here and here) and his unique perspective of the food industry. […]

America’s Number One Patriot: Naples Florida’s Alfie Oakes

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Originally posted on May 17, 2021. Alfie Oakes is the guiding light at organic food behemoth Seed to Table. Debbie and I stopped by recently and were absolutely astounded. We knew Alfie’s dad Frank, the founder of Food & Thought, the pioneer Oakes family Naples’s organic food market. “Masks” not required at Seed to Table. […]

Timber!

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Your Survival Guy’s on the pulp, I mean pulse. You know about the bubble that’s popped in lumber prices. That’s old news. It’s the same old story that goes like this: Government creates an incentive to grow trees on depleted farms in the south and boom, trees everywhere. The financial crisis hits, demand plummets, sawmills […]

Biden Wants to Gut the Tax Benefit of 401K Plans

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Originally posted on September 22, 2020. Joe Biden wants to gut the tax-benefit of 401K plans. Americans have $6.2 trillion in 401K plans with another $11 trillion in IRAs that are partly from “rolled over” 401K assets. Over 42% of American families participate in 401Ks and plans like them. What is Biden’s beef with the […]