“Take Cover! Get Out of the Market!”
In my conversations and emails with you, you tell me about the many predictions being made for next year. As I wrote to you...
Risk and Reward: An Efficient Frontier
Originally posted July 26, 2018.
The Efficient Frontier, created by Harry Markowitz in 1952, measures the efficient diversification of investments that delivers the highest level...
A Word or Two about Your Survival Guy’s Money
Your Survival Guy wants to share a word or two about my money. For one, I eat my own cooking. I don’t hope for...
Are You Looking for Investment Counsel? 2 Questions
Are you looking for investment counsel? If you are, then Your Survival Guy recommends asking these two questions first: "Are you a fiduciary?" and...
If You’re Overexposed to Stocks, Then Look Here
If you’re overexposed to the stock market, it’s been a long time since risk-free Treasury bills offered yields like these. Yields you can sink...
Life: When Others Resent You for Your Success
Let’s not beat around the bush. I’m Your Survival Guy, not Your Get Rich Quick Guy. I’m interested in helping the highly successful, fairly...
Investing Habits of the Fairly Wealthy: #8 “Safety”
“History repeats.”
“It’s different this time.”
“Real estate always goes up.”
“I’m a long-term investor.”
“I’m a contrarian.”
I remember “It’s different this time,” back in the late 90s...
“Then One Day the Grandfather was Gone”
Your Survival Guy has a client whose grandfather left him some money. That was nice. But the real gift was how his grandfather would...
You’re Ready to “Make It a Good Month”
You miss Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report, especially the Monster Master List and the monthly introductions you couldn’t wait to read. I know this...
I Meant to Tell You My Recent “Survival Guy” Story
You know from here, here, here, and here that bad stuff happens. More times than I care to admit, I'm involved. Dear reader, is...