Your investment success or failure may come from how you invest, not necessarily what you invest in. As you know, the pangs of pain from losing money far outweigh the euphoria of making it. We are human. We like to win. We hate to lose. Why, then, do we tend to invest in areas that […]
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Index Investing: Losing Your Vote in America’s Business
Are you losing your sense of place in America? Specifically, are you in touch with how you’re investing and not simply on autopilot? Because what we’re seeing with firms like BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard (collectively managing $23 trillion), is their views are being voted with other people’s money. You, the investor, are the one […]
Holiday Gatherings Are Tough on The Prudent Man
Holiday gatherings are tough on The Prudent Man. Because while everyone is happy to tell you how well they’re doing in the stock market, it’s The Prudent Man who knows how fleeting temporary gains can be. The Prudent Man knows his course, his path. He’s not quiet about it. Hardly. He locks eyes with the […]
Survive and Thrive March 2024: How You Livin’? Crossing on the Queen Mary 2
Dear Survivor, As my nephew asked me the other day, home from college and all the stuff one learns: “Uncle E, how you livin’?” “How I’m livin’?” I thought to myself. I haven’t thought about it. But it gets right to the point, doesn’t it? Which brings me to my conversations with you. I know […]
Happy Easter: A Family Hunt for Dow 80,000
As you prepare for the quarter’s end, let’s reflect on where we’ve been. As the Dow Jones Industrial Average temporarily crossed 40,000 were you reminded of how far we’ve come? Because in my conversations with you, you tell me you remember when it was Dow 10,000, 6,000, or lower. The older we get, the higher […]
Investors Are Fat, Dumb, and Stupid
Let’s imagine it’s 1999. You’re about to retire. You had a good career. And like anyone else invested in stocks, you’ve had a good run. Then, some time goes by, you’re on a European riverboat cruise, and boom, the tech bust hits. That was the exact moment many investors realized their risk tolerance was, in […]
How Your Survival Guy Invests in AI and Cryptocurrencies
There will be winners and losers in AI and cryptocurrencies, which is why Your Survival Guy likes utilities. Utilities have been steady dividend payers for years. Why not invest in areas that AI and crypto will depend upon? Katherine Blunt and Jennifer Hiller report in The Wall Street Journal that the main focus of the […]
YOUR RETIREMENT: Time Isn’t Necessarily on Your Side
In my conversations with you, you tell me how you made your money. You saved ‘til it hurt, had the kitchen table talks, put water in your Cheerios, in some cases lost it all, then made it back and then some. Each story is different, yet as the saying goes, happy families are the same. […]
How You Livin’? Crossing on the Queen Mary 2
Happy Friday. As my nephew asked me the other day, home from college and all the stuff one learns: “Uncle E, how you livin’?” “How I’m livin’?” I thought to myself. I haven’t thought about it. But it gets right to the point, doesn’t it? Which brings me to my conversations with you. I know […]
“Hmmm, Stocks Have Been Doing Well,” They Think
You’ve seen the debt load we’re gifting the grandkids. As I noted yesterday, one way to tackle it is by making cuts and buckling down, chipping away at it like one manages the family budget. The government? Since it can create its own money out of thin air, it chooses to inflate the debt away. […]
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