UPDATE 9.11.23: I wrote this to you about ten years ago, and it still applies today as much as it did then. Originally posted September 24, 2013. This year the tax on dividend paying stocks for the highest wage earners, thanks to Obamacare, is 23.8%. One way to avoid this tax altogether is to invest […]
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RAGE Gauge September: “We’re Moving On,” They Say
Your Survival Guy’s September RAGE Gauge is in, and it’s not pretty. What did you expect me to say? The reality is what it is. It’s the world we’re living in right now. Americans are feeling unsure about the direction of the country. The presidential debate did provide a bit of optimism, but not much. […]
Do You Know What Stagflation, Deflation, and Inflation Are?
Have you been out to lunch or dinner lately and looked at the astronomical prices on the right side of the menu? Did you think, “With these prices, you’d think someone, anyone, would like to take my order?” Then, you get your cheeseburger, in no paradise of yours, and it’s missing one of the fixings […]
Why You Miss Richard C. Young’s Monster Master List
You can learn a lot by asking questions. Here’s some I wrote to you about back in April. Is your advisor a bank? If so, is it lending out your money for a song and paying you peanuts? Fidelity is not a bank. Fidelity is not a publicly traded company. In comparison, Charles Schwab has […]
Should You Take the Dividend Blood Oath?
Originally posted on June 11, 2021. I have always been passionate about dividends, and if you learn to understand their power, you will be too. I even told readers in 2002 to take a blood oath to buy only dividend payers. Alarmed? While I was joking about the blood oath, I was very serious about […]
Black Swan Ripping the Roof Off
“Slow and Steady” is a wonderful way to think about investing. But thinking isn’t acting. It’s thinking. And that type of thinking can get investors into trouble. In other words, investors believe stocks average around X% per year and expect X% to be in their account by year’s end. Which makes investing in the moment, […]
75 Years Later, LPs Still Selling
UPDATE 9.5.23: In 2023, the first company in nearly 90 years will be pressing vinyl albums in Wisconsin. Barry Adams reports for the Wisconsin State Journal, writing: CROSS PLAINS — Nostalgic sound has become a business model for Dave Eck. Since around 2008, the Madison native has owned two identical, high-tech German lathes to cut […]
Just a Few Problems I See with AI Portfolios: Part II
As I wrote to you yesterday, “How much Artificial Intelligence do you want in your portfolio? Your Survival Guy doesn’t want it anywhere near mine. But AI is already in the sports pages with a recent Ohio high school football recap written with the heart of a Tin Man. How much longer until we have […]
Just a Few Problems I See with AI Portfolios: Part I
How much Artificial Intelligence do you want in your portfolio? Your Survival Guy doesn’t want it anywhere near mine. But AI is already in the sports pages with a recent Ohio high school football recap written with the heart of a Tin Man. How much longer until we have ivory tower dwellers and woke politicians […]
“It Cost What?” Here’s the Problem with Inflation
The problem with inflation is everyone’s fighting it, which can be costly in the form of high fees, high risk, and lost opportunities. But the answer isn’t so complicated. It’s in the reflection on that shiny piece of precious metal: you. If you want to fight inflation, you can do it. Save more. Spend less. […]
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