I developed the Dynamic Maximizers® portfolio as a short-term interest rate proxy. It is intended as a guide to investing for maximum safety of principal and income for ultra-conservative investors. This century has, so far, already witnessed two massive stock market crashes. A third, thanks to total incompetence in Washington is already baked into the […]
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One Word Explains the Worth of Your Neighbors’ House
In my conversations with you, you’re telling me home prices are crazy. It really doesn’t matter where you live. Take, for example, a realtor and prospective client I was talking with yesterday. He operates in the mountain west and said he has tons of buyers, just no homes to sell. No supply. And that’s residential […]
Your Survival Guy Stock: Witness This Dividend Miracle
Sometimes it’s hard to talk politics. So let’s talk about religion. Because when it comes to kneeling down in front of the stock altar, IBM has got some religion. I’m talking about DIVIDEND RELIGION—paying one since 1916. Can I get an AMEN! Look at the chart for my Survival Guy Stock above and consider life […]
Ron Paul: “Freedom and Central Banking Are Not Compatible”
Originally posted August 3, 2020. In my 1987 book The Financial Armadillo Strategy, I focused on my long-term fear of (1) inflation, (2) printing money to balance the books, and (3) the highly leveraged position of the US Banking system. I offered a multi-layered platform for investing during the expected financial blow-off I feared was […]
You’re Telling Me Friends Ask You This Question
You’re telling me what friends are asking you the most. But first, let’s take a step back. You’ve been through a lot over the last year. Most of you stuck with me as we watched the world turn upside down. We lived to fight another day. Hey, I’m Your Survival Guy, not your “hope we […]
The Four Most Important Words in Investing
COMPOUNDING INTEREST DIVIDENDS DURATION While no one can predict the future direction of interest rates, examining the “duration” of each bond, bond fund, or bond ETF you own provides a good estimate of how sensitive your fixed income holdings are to a potential change in interest rates. Investment professionals rely on duration because it rolls […]
My Biggest Investing Quarter Ever
Originally posted February 24, 2021. Due to a convergence in timing, I was able to make by far the biggest commitment to the stock market in my life during late March and into the second quarter of 2020. On 31 March 2020, I posted My Three Week-Long Investing Program. It led off, “I am ramping […]
My Key West Garden Office
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 bought two Harley-Davidson motorcycles along with […]
A Liberty Retirement in Alabama
Once you finally make the decision to retire, and you shut off the flow of new income into your portfolio, your expenses quickly become the center of your attention. Your cost of living means a lot in retirement. One place where you can get more for your money is in Alabama. Birmingham and Montgomery are […]
Richard Young Reports: The Great Money Explosion and Disasters
You and I know disasters happen. Just because they haven’t happened yet doesn’t mean they won’t. But disasters aren’t accidents. People do dangerous stuff—beginning with getting out of bed. It’s the start of your chaotic day. The world is filled with Chaos. As my father-in-law Dick Young reminds me from time to time, “There’s no […]
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