Your Survival Guy received an email yesterday from National Grid, my natural gas and electricity provider. The email explained that “you may have heard on local and national news reports, natural gas prices have risen worldwide in recent months due to increased global demand and lagging natural gas production.” Really? And to boot, “Since natural […]
Investing
Timeless Investment Advice and Venison for the Winter
In my conversations with you, you’re telling me about your bow hunting expeditions this season. Yesterday I spoke with two of you about your recent hunts, and you told me you’re good to go for the winter. The freezer’s packed with meat. I guess it should be no surprise the large number of hunters in […]
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 […]
Surviving to Climb New Hampshire’s 4,000 Footers and More
In my conversations with you, you’re telling me how life throws you curveballs. Who would have thought you’d be navigating pre-retirement as a cancer survivor with one lung? But, you tell me, “that’s life.” What’s been on your mind is what you can do with it. Can you, for example, still hike like you used […]
My Key West Garden Office
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 […]
Your Investment Program Keyed to the Fed
Former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, discusses his expectations for the Federal Reserve’s coming actions, and what investors may expect from the central bank. He writes at LewRockwell.com (abridged): What do the Federal Reserve and neoconservatives have in common? They both refuse to admit that their policies — the neocons’ promotion of perpetual […]
DECEMBER RAGE Gauge: How Will You Protect Your Assets?
OK, my December RAGE Gauge is in, and risk continues to run high. Before we get into the reading, let’s go over a few items that are on my mind. The days of drawing down 4% of your portfolio per year have sailed on, especially while interest rates are nailed to the floor. Instead, a […]
Concentrate on Dividend Record and Compounding
Originally posted March 11, 2020. There are few histories as crucial to the course of my life as my awakening to the power of compound interest and the importance of dividends. Since my decision to climb on the dividend bandwagon, I have been an evangelist to hundreds of thousands of paid subscribers, and many more […]
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 […]
Work to Make Money/Invest to Save Money
The U.S. government must finally wise up and put an immediate end to the insane double taxation of dividends. The government, facilitated by the Fed, is in an ongoing war to destroy the value of the dollar by printing money beyond any reasonable rate of expansion. Simply take a look at real estate prices to […]
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