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Good to See Paris Is Open for Business

June 8, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

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Your Survival Guy’s Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget

June 7, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

What’s Your Survival Guy’s solution to satisfy my Champagne taste on a beer budget? One word: Prosecco. Go for the orange labeled Mionetto for $13.99 or any other comparable bottle. Prosecco costs a fraction of what you’ll pay for some Dom—about the same as a twelve-pack of Bud Light bottles. But you’ll look and feel like a high roller popping this Italian bubbly for friends and family. Cheers! Action Line: Keep some in the fridge to make an ordinary night extraordinary. Click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter. … [Read more...]

Four Year Old Spends Two Cold Days Alone in Montana’s Wilderness

June 7, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

You know there's no more difficult situation to imagine than your child in danger somewhere you can't help them. That's where one family found itself late last week in Montana, as their son, 4-year-old Ryker, went missing for two days in the woods. The NY Post reports: A missing 4-year-old boy was found safe after surviving two days on his own in the Montana wilderness in cold temperatures over the weekend. Ryker Webb was found Sunday unharmed but “hungry, thirsty and cold” after a two-day search involving ground responders, ATV teams, canine teams, drones, helicopters and a boat unit from … [Read more...]

WARNING: Private Equity Investing Coming to a Retailer Near You

June 6, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Don’t look now, but private equity is looking to tap into the retail investor market. Looks like they ran out of money on the institutional side—you know, the pensions for firemen, teachers, and police officers. This is all about the sales pitch. But where do you think they’re investing this “alternative” money? What’s clear as day is the lack of transparency. They lock up your money so you can’t get it, and you basically pay them to make sure you’re a long-term investor. I don’t like it. The best things in life are free. Your Survival Guy is here for you. Stick with me. The WSJ PRO’s Chris … [Read more...]

Top Hedge Funds Punished by Growth Stock Selloff

June 3, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Hedge funds that put investor money in what they must have thought were "never-ending" growth stocks are hurting. The Wall Street Journal's Juliet Chung reports on the pain being felt by funds like Tiger Global Management and Melvin Capital Management, writing: Tiger Global Management’s brutal year is getting even tougher, with losses at the firm’s high-profile hedge fund ballooning to 52% through May. Tiger reported the drop, which extends a 44% loss recorded through April, in a note to its investors Thursday. The firm’s long-only fund lost 20.6% in May, bringing its losses for the year … [Read more...]

Will the Fed Tighten at Its Next Meeting?

June 2, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Will the Fed tighten at its next meeting? Listen, I’m Your Survival Guy, not some gambling website. We’ll see what happens, but I’m not betting the ranch on Charlie Brown threading the needle and kicking the field goal. What I do know is the Fed’s talking its book, and the market bid rates higher. What could possibly go wrong? READ: The Dangers of a Federal Reserve Digital Currency When there’s chaos in the markets, you need to be ready to strike as opportunities present themselves to you. When stocks and bonds were tumbling, bond yields all of a sudden looked more attractive. And that’s why … [Read more...]

EXPOSED: ESG’s Biggest Con Explained

June 2, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

You've been told that ESG is in the best interests of investors. And you've probably heard that ESG managers are just doing their fiduciary duty to investors. At Real Clear Markets, Scott Shepard exposes the lie in both those theories. He writes: Stakeholder capitalism is not about politics. It is not a social or ideological agenda. It is not “woke.” It is capitalism, driven by mutually beneficial relationships between you and the employees, customers, suppliers, and communities your company relies on to prosper. This is the power of capitalism. As has been discussed before in this space, … [Read more...]

Some Lessons You Just Can’t Get from a Textbook

May 31, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Is office work dead? For those who just graduated from high school or college, some of the best work experiences you can get are from being in the office, or restaurant—face to face with your coworkers and customers. You get lessons you can’t learn from a textbook. What I learned at Fidelity Investments in Boston, MA was how the back office worked. That’s an essential understanding for me today as we use Fidelity as our custodian for clients. But what I also learned was how to live on my own, get to work on time, see how a large team works (not always together), get my car fixed, … [Read more...]

Your Survival Guy: “Life on Main Street Hasn’t Been This Hard in a While”

May 27, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Are you up to speed with Your Survival Guy? Do you check in daily at www.yoursurvivalguy.com? I’m E.J. Smith, Your Survival Guy. I created www.yoursurvivalguy.com to give Main Street Americans a boots-on-the-ground look at how to protect their most valued assets from natural and manmade disasters. My focus at www.yoursurvivalguy.com is: Retirement investing and planning Fixed income/bond strategies Your Survival Guy’s Super States Living a Liberty Retirement Constitutional Carry States and Freedom Generational wealth strategies for families Disaster prep and … [Read more...]

If You Have a Plan, I Believe You’ll Get to Where You Want to Go

May 26, 2022 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

When Your Survival Guy was 12-years old, my family traveled across the country in a 21-foot Winnebago Brave. Winnebago was on to something with the name because we saw the country all right, including the major national and state parks. But we also saw a lot of gas stations and even a few friends for an unexpected, extended stay in Cincinnati, OH. But that’s what’s great about RVing. You remember stuff you never planned on seeing. When we were “stuck” in Cincinnati, we went on a riverboat, played Wiffle ball, went to the club pool, and to the Kings Island amusement park where we rode “The … [Read more...]

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