Storms Ahead: Why an Anti-Fragile Portfolio Matters Now More Than Ever
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All right, guys, again, we do a reality here on the program storms ahead. See, I wrote a column back in September of 2020. And it’s up in our archives on our site, basically calling everything that was going to happen in regards to financial calamities, problems within the markets, meme stocks. Again, we totally ripped in to the Fed and Jay Powell with the whole
I see nothing, I know nothing when it comes to inflation. It was like Hogan’s Heroes for crying out loud. We’re being told, we’re being told, it’s like there was a great U2 song way back, way back, it on the album War. And it was actually, the song was actually about the Polish solidarity movement. It’s called New Year’s Day. And lyrics, there’s lyrics in that. And so we are told, this is the golden age.
being told. And gold is the reason for the wars we wage. Anyway, it’s good to I’m looking at the numbers here, guys. Subprime auto delinquencies worst in over 30 years. Foreclosures have surged 20 % as Americans struggle to pay mortgages.
The jobs market for college grads in 2026, they’re predicting it to be one of the worst ever. Latest mass layoffs happen today. I was first told Verizon is gonna lay off 15,000 of their 100,000 workers. I’m now hearing that it’s going to be 20 % of their workforce.
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A lot of things out there. Storms ahead. Does this mean? Does this mean that, no, we got a sell now. Sell Mortimer, sell, get out. Now, one of the things that we try to explain to people, it’s a personal CFO program. And I’ve talked about it in terms of having an anti-fragile portfolio. Storms, while they can be stressful.
when going through them, if you’re prepared properly and you have an anti-fragile portfolio, you come out on the other side stronger than going in. And that’s what it’s about. Not just managing risk, being resilient to risk, but thriving off it. In the same way you take a beating at the gym and you beat yourself up and you work out hard, okay? Guess what? After you beat yourself up, you come out stronger.
on the other side and that’s how we manage money. Watchdog on wallstreet.com.
