The third habit of highly successful, fairly wealthy people is this: They read Your Survival Guy every day. They make a habit of visiting daily to beat the Friday email rush. They like being in the know. They avoid crowds. Friends, I enjoy our daily visits and conversations. I enjoy the habit of thinking about your success. Your success and your generational wealth didn’t happen by accident. You saved ‘til it hurt. You made it. You respect it. You can’t afford to lose it. Investing is not the same as saving. When we talk, I listen. You tell me you’ve read Richard C. Young’s Intelligence … [Read more...]
Pushback Against ESG Is Working
Your Survival Guy has been talking about the dangers of ESG to investors for years now, and slowly investors and politicians have been catching on. In Florida, Louisiana, Texas, West Virginia, and more, politicians are fighting back against ESG. But it's not only elected officials who are tired of ESG; it's corporate board members too. But the most powerful constituency of all pushing back against ESG are the shareholders themselves. Axios's Emily Peck explains the number of anti-ESG shareholder proposals is rising rapidly. Companies don't want to talk about their environmental, social and … [Read more...]
Kim Kardashian Was Paid a Million to Appear Here
Where can you get independent research from an advisor who is a fiduciary by law? Where your advisor focuses on you, your money, and not every other cause in the world? It’s not as easy as you think. Take a random walk through the big players’ websites, and you might not like what you see. Your Survival Guy got a call from one of the bigger players the other day. It was the first time I’d heard from them in years. It’s as if I suddenly existed. Where’s the personal relationship they all flog? If I wasn’t interested in seeing how they’re doing, I’d be out of there. Anyway. Not cool. And … [Read more...]
May RAGE Gauge: Money Supply Meltdown
My RAGE Gauge is in, and it isn't good. All month Your Survival Guy monitors risk in America, and there's one that far outweighs the others. That's a miscalculation by the Federal Reserve. For years the Fed has jumped from one unprecedented policy to another, reacting to each move of the market like it's putting a candle out with a firehose. Now the Fed is driving up rates and, for the first time in history, creating a sustained decline in the M2 money supply. You've seen what's going on in the banking system. The Fed's moves are uncovering its bad actors. The risk is that there are too … [Read more...]
THE BAD NEWS: People Are Getting Used to Inflation
Your Survival Guy has watched as Bidenflation has eaten up paychecks and retirement savings for Americans. Recent inflation numbers have abated, but they're still high compared to historical averages. In The Wall Street Journal, Greg Ip explains why Americans' acceptance of inflation as normal is so bad. He writes: Last fall, Americans were obsessed with inflation. The issue dominated the midterm elections. One in five respondents called it the nation’s most important problem, according to Gallup. These days, their attention is elsewhere. Just 9% of Gallup respondents now call inflation … [Read more...]
“One Prepares for Old Age While One is Young”
Life comes at you fast. It doesn’t slow down, even in retirement. That’s why it’s nice to have a team working for you. People you can trust. We’re in this together. We’re not that different from each other. Your Survival Guy had another eventful week of conversations with you. This is a message from a client I’ve been working with since the early 90s, when he was in his fifties. Here’s the caption to a picture he sent me: EJ, Not to be outdone. Our 50th anniversary at the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, Mexico. Our son in white, our daughter in black, son-in-law in blue, and our two … [Read more...]
Republicans Sue to Block BlackRock ESG Plans
You know Your Survival Guy is concerned by BlackRock's ESG push. It's not great when you invest, and they win, using the voting power you bought with your money to push their agenda. Now GOP Attorneys General from 17 states are pushing back against BlackRock's ability to influence policies at utility companies. Eric Revell reports on Fox Business: A group of Republican attorneys general filed a motion Wednesday with a federal regulator to block BlackRock from imposing its environmental, social and governmental (ESG) policies on utility companies. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset … [Read more...]
We’d Never Spoken Before, but He Knew Me
“How often do we speak?” he asked. “That depends,” I said. “The firm I’m with now sets up an annual meeting,” he told me. “That doesn’t sound like enough,” I responded. “They’re responsive. If I have a problem or question, they get right back to me,” he said. How Much is Enough? That was just one conversation I had yesterday with a prospective client. He’s a frequent reader. He feels like he knows us. But it doesn’t seem like he knows his current team so well—the one handling his life’s savings. Until yesterday, he and I had never spoken before, but even so, he felt like he … [Read more...]
Your Survival Guy is Hopelessly Devoted to You
Your Survival Guy’s been prepping like any other crazed parent of college-aged children: for the day when school’s out for summer. This, unlike any other summer when the kids were little and lived upstairs full time, is different. A lot different. They’ve been away, living on their own, for eight months or so. During that time, Your Survival Guy and Your Survival Gal did the light lifting of dishes for two, enjoyed quiet evenings streaming what our little hearts desired, walked our dog like the spoiled child he’s become. And it was all rather nice. And then, two cars full of stuff arrived … [Read more...]
BlackRock Is Acting Like Joe Biden’s Bucket Brigade
Joe Biden is facing troubles both abroad and at home. In Europe, the war in Ukraine is extremely expensive, and its outcome remains to be seen. Here in the United States, the banking industry is increasingly volatile. But one similarity in both cases is that the Biden administration is relying on BlackRock to put out the fires like the company is his own personal bucket brigade. In Ukraine, BlackRock is being asked to smooth the way for large-scale business projects that will rebuild the country if the war ever ends. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the world about his meeting … [Read more...]
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