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Every Family Should Own at Least One Shotgun: Here Are Three

January 13, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

UPDATE 1.13.21: With Democrats looking for every way possible to impede your ownership of sporting rifles and their ammunition, a home defense shotgun is becoming an even more important piece of your self-defense plan. Here are three options for home defense shotguns you can test for your family. Originally posted November 25, 2020. Every family should own at least one shotgun for home defense. A home defense shotgun should possess specific qualities, including: Easy to use Rugged and reliable Easy-to-find replacement parts/accessories Easy: You want a gun that’s easy to … [Read more...]

H2O, Skiing, Hiding A$$ET$, Bitcoin, Ammo & More

January 8, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

In my conversations with you, you’re telling me the skiing out west is great. The liftlines, not so much. Turns out Covid’s a ski buddy. It’s not unusual to see chair, after chair, after chair, with one skier per chair, each from the same group, to social distance. Insane. At least the skiing’s good. You’re telling me from Park City/Deer Valley up to Big Sky and Whitefish, MT, it’s good to be outside. I hear you. We ventured out to the slopes here on the east coast between Christmas and New Year’s and had to contend with Covid liftlines too. The skiing? A little dicey. One run from the top … [Read more...]

Stocks: Are You Sticking Your Neck Out Too Far?

January 7, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

There’s no doubt some stocks are in a bubble. When the bubble will pop is another matter. But pop it will. It’s why I want you to take inventory of what stocks you own, and why you own them. What are they worth? Are you sticking your neck out too far? Has there ever been a better time to be with an advisor who’s got your back? I’d love to talk with you. Jeremy Grantham of GMO fame wrote in "Waiting for the Last Dance" on Monday: Another more measurable feature of a late-stage bull, from the South Sea bubble to the Tech bubble of 1999, has been an acceleration3 of the final leg, which in … [Read more...]

America 2022: Time to Take Back What’s Ours

January 7, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Game on. The next two years may be the most important of our lifetime. A lot of questions need to be answered. Will The Great Recession, The Great Lockdown, and The Great Reset continue to change the world, especially America, where your vote can be canceled with a flick of the pen? Four years ago this month, when President Trump was inaugurated in front of a sea of supporters, we weren’t spitting in people’s food. We had hope for a brighter future. Today, the opposition labels us like an Amazon box: “White Privilege,” “Trumpian,” or “Populist,” without a clue of what’s inside. It’s … [Read more...]

What Living in Two Americas Looks Like Today

January 6, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Buckle down, America, because finding your freedom is about the get a-whole-lot harder. With Warnock’s likely defeat of Loeffler, it’s clear we live in two Americas. As of this morning, it’s not clear if we live in a Senate controlled by Democrats. What is clear is we live in two Americas: Blue and Red. Whether it’s seated at family gatherings or a bird’s eye view from coast to coast, where blue is seated at each end, and red fills in the middle. There is a divide on all levels: state, county, and local. In my conversations with successful Georgians (anecdotal, of course) they tell me … [Read more...]

Why Buying Bonds Matters in Times Like These

January 6, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

In times like these, you need to be in touch with your money. Literally, overnight, we’re on the cusp of losing the Senate and much, much more. Making sure your financial plan is airtight is front and center like never before. I want you to get out a piece of paper (do it now) and draw a line down the middle. Write down what you own on the left side, and what you owe on the right. Your goal is to make sure that what you owe is not only less than what you own but that it gets down to ZERO. You’re not being helped by the Fed holding rates at zero. When you lose money simply by saving … [Read more...]

Survive and Thrive January 2021: Are You Ready for The Great Reset?

January 5, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

Dear Survivor, In my conversations with you, you’re telling me you want firearms training. And you want to know where to get it. You know about my professional training at Sig Sauer in Epping, NH here, here, here, and here. But not all of you can get there. My advice: Go to your local gun shop and ask around, or visit the NRA’s website. A friend of mine had a great experience training with SureFire, and it’s important to remember these companies offer off location options too. You might want to hurry too. Joe Biden's team is already talking about the gun control measures it wants in … [Read more...]

Be Prepared for Another Great Lockdown, Recession, or Reset

January 5, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

How fast life changes. America's favorite pastime used to be baseball. Now it's trading stocks and betting on sports—real or fantasy. When I walk down Main Street, there's not a whole lot going on. Everyone's trading from home. Real estate prices, an equation of supply or lack thereof, are through the roof. City dwellers have new hobbies (after trading stocks while "working" from home), skiing in Big Sky or sailing in Newport. What's not to like? Prices always go up, right? Remember the Great Recession when the subprime crisis hit? Do you remember the revelry on Main Street USA, when you … [Read more...]

When Dollars are Plentiful YOU Proceed with CAUTION

January 4, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

When dollars are created out of the air, they’re wasted. When dollars are too easy, there’s too much of them. And they’re misallocated. What could possibly go wrong? The virtue of making money year after year after year, and saving a little bit as you go, is that you don’t need to make monumental decisions about what to do with it. You create a plan. You save on a consistent basis and over time you look back and are pretty amazed at what you’ve amassed. (You can teach a grandchild how to do this here). The more government injects itself into the money equation, the more the natural law … [Read more...]

Great Reset, Swiss Way, and Living YOUR WAY

January 4, 2021 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

You’ve read about the Great Reset here, here, here, here, here, and here. And when the world’s elite gather later this month in Davos, they’ll be talking about you. They’ll be talking about how they can change your life and improve their world. Sounds pretty awful to me. Words that rule the Great Reset are: Climate crisis, globalism, inclusivity, equality, green energy, pandemic, and sustainability. Family is another, but not in the way you or I would define the word. If we’ve learned anything from this pandemic, it’s that we miss our family. We miss our old life. And when a child looks … [Read more...]

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