Investment Strategy

When You Should Be a Buyer, not a Seller: Part III

Is your Vanguard Wellington fund’s outlook, OK? In a word, yes. But what does that mean for investors in the fund? You know from...

Is the 60/40 Balanced Portfolio Model Broken?

You may have read the recent WSJ article on the perils of the 60/40 portfolio model, where 60% is stocks and 40% is bonds....

That ‘70s Show All Over Again?: Part II

You know from my recent piece on Vanguard, I like the outlook for the Vanguard Wellington fund. You can read about that and why...

Investors: Come Monday, the Lightness of Summer Fades

Oh, the last weeks of August. Thankful to still have some days left before Labor Day weekend, but know that come Monday, the lightness...

Fireside Chat: Dick Young and Your Survival Guy

Your Survival Guy has a couple fireside chat-type stories for you today. Instead of being by the fireside, though, this one occurred in my...

Why Invest With Us?

Why invest with us when you can simply buy an index fund with your savings? Good question. When costs are low, why not buy...

Vanguard’s Mission? Houston We’ve Got a Problem

When there are three times as many mutual and ETF funds than the number of stocks available to invest in, Your Survival Guy thinks,...

Why It’s Hard to Blame You: #10 “Order Up!”

Today, there are three times as many mutual funds and ETFs as there are stocks to invest in. It’s like the investment business has...

When Government Is Pillaging Your Life’s Savings…

When the government spends the savings of Main Street America like a group of drunken sailors and pirates, something is wrong with the system. ...

A Word on Stocks

It’s been quite the week, wouldn’t you say? Speculators (I will not call them investors) are wondering what’s happening to their money, staring at...