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A Three-Week International Research Trip to Paris via Rome

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Happy Thursday. Your Survival Guy’s been up for hours, having returned yesterday from a three-week international research trip to Paris via Rome. I’ll have plenty to share with you in the weeks ahead. Don’t be a stranger. Beat the Friday email rush by checking in with me daily right here at www.yoursurvivalguy.com OK then, here’s […]

What Does That Have to Do with Your Dividend?

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You know Your Survival Guy loves dividends and values his fiduciary duty to clients. But Richard Vanderford writes in The Wall Street Journal that this year companies will be voting on issues like “abortion, guns and climate change.” What does any of that have to do with your dividend? Vanderford continues: A backlash against companies […]

Gold Prices Surge

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UPDATE 5.24.23: Since writing this post nearly ten years ago, gold prices have climbed from $1,325.71 per ounce to $1,975.12 per ounce. Originally posted September 20, 2013.  Gold prices have surged by over $90/troy oz. following the Fed’s decision not to taper its bond buying program and the likelihood that inflation dove Janet Yellen will […]

How Activists Have Weaponized Corporate Boards

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Your Survival Guy is focused on you, the millionaire next door, who wants to enjoy travel and family in retirement. You may even be the type of saver who doesn’t want to stop working completely because you enjoy the skills you’ve developed over decades of working hard and saving til it hurts. When you invest […]

The Four Most Important Words in Investing

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UPDATE 5.23.23: Economists polled by the National Association for Business Economics believe that prices will remain high, and that the Fed will keep interest rates higher in response. The Hill’s Lauren Sforza reports: The group forecasts inflation to average 4.2 percent this year, which is up from 3.9 percent in the group’s February survey, The Associated […]

When Did You Become Serious about Your Money?

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In my conversations with you, you tell me when you became serious about money. If it didn’t happen when your dad, grandad, or friend showed you Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report, it happened when you yourself became a subscriber. You needed to make good investment decisions for your retirement. Also, when you subscribed to Dick’s […]

“I Came from Nothing,” He Said. “I Mean Nothing.”

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It was a sad end. He sent a thoughtful note. The window had closed. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. The timing wasn’t right anymore. They weren’t going to become clients. Like all relationships, we spent a considerable amount of time getting to know each other. We talked about his savings accumulated over close to eight decades […]