It’s been a long time since yields have looked this good. … [Read more...]
Survive and Thrive February 2023: 4 Life Changing Words: “You Should Try This”
Dear Survivor, Life throws you a curveball when you least expect it. Which is where I found myself recently when I came home from work. “I’m doing a liver cleanse,” she said. “You can join me or fend for yourself.” Bam! No warning. No time to grab a snack at the office before heading home for dinner. Just trapped like a rat. Cornered. What was I going to say, “No, you do it alone. Take care of yourself. I’ll be fine.” No. I like sleeping in my bed. We’re in week two. I’ve strayed here and there. Don’t tell anyone. One of the problems with the internet is you have all sorts of … [Read more...]
Tom Brady Retires, Again. Should You?
Tom Brady has announced, again, that he will retire from the NFL. At 45, Brady is much younger than the average American retiree, but also much older than the typical NFL retiree. ESPN reports: Tom Brady says he is retiring "for good" from football, ending a storied 23-year NFL career during which the star quarterback won seven Super Bowls and set numerous records. Brady announced his decision Wednesday on social media, saying he "wouldn't change a thing" about his career. Brady, 45, also announced he was retiring on Feb. 1, 2022, before changing his mind 40 days later and returning to … [Read more...]
America’s Unprecedented Debt Problem
You have probably heard politicians and Nobel-winning economists in certain New York newspapers downplaying the danger that $31 trillion in debt poses to America, but no one is falling for that. Anyone who has had to balance a budget or even pay their credit card debt understands the danger of the American government owing lenders $240,000 per household. Cato Institute’s Romina Boccia and Domink Lett explain the high costs that all that debt places on America, concluding: If policymakers delay action until a fiscal crisis is on their doorstep, they could be forced in‐between a rock and … [Read more...]
What Kind of Life Are You Investing For?
Dear investor, wouldn’t it be nice to forget it all and live without a care in the world? Ah, the good life. Sounds pretty nice, doesn’t it? But is it really that good? Living the good life isn’t necessarily a healthy one. Now let’s contrast “the” good life with “a” good one. Living “a” good life is hard. When you hear “John lived a good life,” you picture a different individual than when you hear “John, he lived the good life.” As an investor, you want to live a good life. Nice and steady. No crazy ups and downs that push you out of positions, forcing a sale. Because that’s what can … [Read more...]
Your Investment Focus Is the Foundation for Success
Are your investments being looked after with the thought and care you deserve? It never ceases to amaze me how pension investments get mixed up in areas I’d never touch in a million years. Return of assets, not return on assets is my focus. Heather Gillers reports in The Wall Street Journal on the all-time high levels of investment that pension funds are putting in private-market loans, writing: North American pension-fund investment in private-market loans reached an eight-year high in 2022, even as banks pulled back on lending and default rates inched upward. The average share of these … [Read more...]
Biden Administration Destroying Retiree Fiduciary Protections
The Biden administration is undermining fiduciary protections created by the Trump administration to protect retirees from money managers who would use their wealth to push the radical progressive agenda rather than to secure the savers' retirements. Now, 25 state attorneys general are suing to stop the Biden administration. Keith Griffith reports for the Daily Mail: The Republican attorneys general from 25 US states have filed a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's plan to allow retirement fund managers to make 'socially conscious' investment decisions. The federal suit filed on … [Read more...]
4 Life Changing Words for Your Survival Guy: “You Should Try This”
Life throws you a curveball when you least expect it. Which is where I found myself recently when I came home from work. “I’m doing a liver cleanse,” she said. “You can join me or fend for yourself.” Bam! No warning. No time to grab a snack at the office before heading home for dinner. Just trapped like a rat. Cornered. What was I going to say, “No, you do it alone. Take care of yourself. I’ll be fine.” No. I like sleeping in my bed. We’re in week two. I’ve strayed here and there. Don’t tell anyone. One of the problems with the internet is you have all sorts of personalities in your … [Read more...]
Anti-Carbon Crusaders in Davos Talk ESG and OPM
Dear valued investor, There was a time when you could buy an index mutual fund, set it, and forget it. That time is gone. When Jack Bogle founded Vanguard, he wasn’t thinking about politics. Hardly. He wasn’t envisioning an 800-pound gorilla like BlackRock using your money to vote your shares for its political agenda. Please. The mutual fund, in Bogle’s mind, was a low-cost, diversified (not exactly the case anymore in a lot of funds), tool for the individual investor. Now funds are acting like Super PAC influencers with a Great Reset agenda. It would be one thing if the S&P 500 made … [Read more...]
What You’re Telling Me Matters
If being a successful long-term investor was easy, everyone would be doing it. Building wealth over time is hard. Saving money is hard. Sacrifice is not fun. But as Your Survival Guy, it’s my job to help you through times like these when uncertainty prevails. Your Survival Guy knows investing can be tough when prices are down. Question: Why is it that everyone loves a sale at the store but can’t stomach one with stocks? I learned a long time ago the pain from lower stock prices far exceeds the joy of higher ones. Your key to surviving in times like these is to keep your focus on your own … [Read more...]
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