Originally posted on September 28, 2023. Your Survival Guy has a client whose grandfather left him some money. That was nice. But the real gift was how his grandfather would teach him about money when they were together. How to roll pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters sitting on the floor and talking. Adding up the […]
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Congratulations Brad Marchand on Your 1,000th NHL Game
Brad Marchand of the Bruins chalked up his 1,000th game for the team on Tuesday night, as Your Survival Guy had previewed earlier that day. In The Boston Globe, Kevin Paul DuPont describes Marchand’s career in Boston, writing: Brad Marchand’s Tuesday night found him lined up at his customary spot on left wing, awaiting puck […]
Make Sure You Get Paid to Invest in Stocks
Your Survival Guy wants you to be paid to invest in stocks. Think of investing as collecting cash, much like a landlord collects the rent. Too much weight is given to prices. Prices are a qualitative event. They’re opinions. Show me the money. That’s quantitative. In The Wall Street Journal, Jon Sindreu discusses the future […]
The Four Most Important Words in Investing
UPDATE 2.12.24: As they were in June, stocks are rallying, and Wall St. is betting on Federal Reserve rate cuts this year to boost the market. But today, Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman became the latest in a series of Fed personnel to tamp down on the idea of imminent cuts. She told a […]
March RAGE Gauge: Patience, Turn Off the Noise
Patience, dear reader. Easy to write. Harder to do. With so much going on this week: the Super Bowl, Tucker’s interview with Putin, China’s deflationary death spiral, the border, Trump/Biden, three-hour podcasts, AI, and Iran, to name a few—How is one to focus on their future? Let’s talk about podcasts for a moment. Your Survival […]
Are You Guided by the Prudent Man?
In the September 2015 issue of Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report, Dick Young wrote: The Prudent Man Rule is based on common law stemming from the 1830 Massachusetts court formulation Harvard College v. Amory. The Prudent Man Rule directs trustees “to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in […]
You and I Have Had Some Good Conversations
In my conversations with you, we talk about some of the mutual funds you own that you oversee. One common refrain when we dig into the top holdings is the amount of overlap you have across your portfolio. Even with the different names and symbols, too many funds out there mimic each other. When times […]
Dip a Toe into Gold
In June of 1993, Bloomberg’s Pam Black asked me how to stay ahead of the inflation curve. I told her to “dip a toe” in gold. I continued: “Buy it with the idea that you won’t make any money. Hopefully, your other assets will do well, but if they don’t, you’ll be damn happy you […]
Retirees: The Black Swan Can Be So Cruel
Retired and soon-to-be-retired investors are in a tough spot. The idea of living off a fixed income is downright scary. Will the economy plunge into a recession? Will inflation continue to eat away at one’s purchasing power? You know how Your Survival Guy feels about predictions. If there’s one observation that’s true yesterday, today, and […]
What We Learned from the Federal Reserve Yesterday
What we learned from the Federal Reserve yesterday was just how tightly the market holds on to every word from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. No sooner did he alter his language on potential rate cuts and markets sold off, especially the speculative Nasdaq. Look at the long-term path of interest rates above and the DJIA, […]
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