You have read about the dangers of a central bank digital currency on YourSurvivalGuy.com: Do You Know the Worst Part about a CBDC? The Subtle Push to Control Your Money Do You Want “New Forms of Money?” Is the Fed about to Launch a Financial “Death Star?” How Your Survival Guy Feels About Digital Dollars Now, President Donald Trump has promised he will oppose CBDC's if reelected. Watch: President Trump: "Tonight, I am also making another promise to protect Americans from government tyranny. As your president, I will never allow the creation of a Central Bank Digital … [Read more...]
RAGE Gauge February: When to Buy or Sell?
Your Survival Guy’s February RAGE Gauge is in, and it’s not terrible. Finally, we have some yields we can sink our teeth into, and dividend-paying stocks are getting more respect. That’s good. Plus, it’s an election year, and the Fed, a political beast, is aiming to please. But there’s plenty of reasons for concern, too. My RAGE Gauge is a tick lower, which leads me to another question to ask your potential advisor: How do you manage money in bad markets? Your Survival Guy’s weathered some tough ones, mostly created by the bad behavior of others: the demise of the hedge fund Long Term … [Read more...]
Ad Copy: Your Survival Guy’s Mt. Rushmore of Investing Legends
For The American Conservative Magazine: If you were in shop class back in high school (remember that?) and you were instructed to build your own Mount Rushmore out of wood, I would have one piece of advice: leave room for expansion. Because when I think of my visit to the site back in the mid-80s as a kid, I remember the magnificence of the late presidents but also how more names were still being considered. Note to self: There will always be someone to add down the road. Which leads me to this: who would be on your "Investment Mt. Rushmore?" Take your time. This isn't a quiz, but allow … [Read more...]
What We Learned from the Iowa Republican Caucuses
What we learned from the Iowa Republican caucuses yesterday is that voters are tired of the establishment GOP. They look at their current situation and can’t believe where they are, where their kids are, and where their grandkids are. They see how much they’ve lost in the 19 years of Obama/Biden. Trump was a break in the action in 2016. He put a temporary stop to the Obama trend of taking away what Americans were working towards. Outside of the tech sector, not enough lives got easier. It took more work for less inflation-adjusted pay. Iowans voted for what they consider the heart and … [Read more...]
Dick Young to Your Survival Guy: “Diversification Is Discipline”
One of the more common trends Your Survival Guy sees in investment portfolios is a lack of diversification. Through the years, investors add more money to the winners while the losers are shoved to the side like misfit toys. Over time, portfolios look less like a toy box and more like a mantle of six or seven trophy stocks. That’s dangerous. If you look at the S&P 500 today, it reminds me of that mantle or trophy case. It looks nice. Who doesn’t like a shiny trophy? But will the winning continue? Yesterday, in a conversation with my father-in-law Dick Young we talked about … [Read more...]
Your Survival Guy’s Not a Psychologist, But…
Your Survival Guy’s not a psychologist, but I do know a thing or two about the emotions of investing. You hear plenty about not drawing more than a certain percentage of your money each year. You hear plenty about getting to a certain number where you’ll feel comfortable calling it quits from your job. You also hear about getting the right amount of sleep. Is it eight hours, or can some get by with less? It’s all pretty stressful. You all know that life’s bad events are stressful. But you also know that even life’s so-called “good” events can be hard (having just rounded the … [Read more...]
Is Your Cash Flow Prepped for 2024 and Beyond?
Just when you feel like you can take a break after the busy holidays, now is when you realize how much you still need to do. Things you need to do for you. Is your portfolio in the right mix, balance, or allocation? How about cash flow? When it comes to your investment income and requirements, this is a busy time, if not the busiest time of year. Many of you, because we work together, have already satisfied this year’s RMD or have adjusted your income stream. Simple stuff, yet a matter of survival, so you can take that trip with your family to the beach this summer or a European river … [Read more...]
Still Have Some Lazy Cash After the Holidays?
Do you still have some lazy cash sitting around after the holidays? It’s time to get it up and moving, especially with interest rates and dividend yields you can sink your teeth into. And this has nothing to do with predictions for 2024. I’m simply looking at the lay of the land and like what I see in both bonds and stocks. Your key to retirement success is coming up with a plan you can live with. Remember all those years ago when you purchased your first home and wondered how you’d make the payments? I know you don’t want to have to do that again. But what you did then was develop a plan … [Read more...]
Your Survival Guy Talking Money with His Daughter
Your Survival Guy was talking about money with his daughter over the holidays. And it wasn’t exactly the conversation I was expecting to have. You see when I logged into my accounts, I didn’t see what I was expecting to see. Usually, I have access to both of my kids’ UGMA accounts. I’ve been managing them for years. When I attempted to pull hers up, a caption box appeared instructing me to contact my representative. “That’s not good,” I thought to myself. “Have we been hacked?” thinking the worst. Your Survival Guy called, and then it hit me. “Sir, your daughter is of age. She’s … [Read more...]
Your Investing Success in 2024 May Rely on This
Your success as an investor has much to do with your temperament. It’s more art than science. That’s not coming from me. That’s from years of reading my father-in-law’s newsletter, Richard C. Young’s Intelligence Report. He’s pulled me aside many a time to remind me: “Survival Guy, listen to me, investing is more about art than science. Yes, you’ve got to have the chops, but it’s the art that makes the music.” And here we are at the national anthem stage of 2024. And yes, it’s been a wild couple of years for the S&P 500. Sort of reminds me of the Daytona 500, with investors circling … [Read more...]
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