OpenAI’s CRO (Chief Revenue Officer) just quit after literally just 8 months. This is their second CRO to quit in less than 9 months. Their COO (Chief Operating Officer) quit yesterday. Something ain’t right at OpenAI…
The “Power of 3” Personal Finance Strategy Part II My personal finance thesis: Real financial security should be measured by sustainable cash flow coverage of core living expenses — not by asset values alone. After 30 years of studying personal finance, managing and operating large businesses, I’ve come to believe many people are using the wrong scorecards. A portfolio can rise. A house can rise. Net worth can rise. Income can rise. And yet real financial security can still be getting weaker. Why? Because we do not live inside our brokerage statements. We live in the real world of: - housing costs - food costs - healthcare costs - utilities - insurance - taxes - transportation - and changing purchasing power Wealth matters. Assets matter. Net worth matters. But if those measures are not connected to actual living and living expense coverage, they can create a FALSE sense of security. A person can have a larger portfolio, a higher home value, and a bigger nominal net worth — while at the same time having less real purchasing power and less durable financial security. That is why I use this measure: Financial Security Coverage The question is simple: How many times does your sustainable cash flow cover your absolute core living expenses? In my view, that is one of the clearest and most important measures of real financial security. --- Why traditional wealth measures can mislead In recent years many people have seen: - stock portfolios rise - home values rise - retirement balances rise - nominal net worth rise Someone may say: - “I hit $1M in my portfolio.” - “My assets doubled in five years.” - “My net worth is up massively.” That may all be true in nominal dollars. But the more important question is: Has your real financial security improved at the same rate? Often, the answer is not nearly as much as they think. Because while asset prices rose: - inflation eroded purchasing power - living costs rose - insurance rose - healthcare rose - taxes rose - replacement costs rose So yes, statement values may be higher. But if the cost of sustaining your life rose sharply too, then the practical meaning of that wealth may be far smaller than the headline number suggests. This is the illusion of nominal wealth without purchasing power awareness. Asset growth matters. But wealth should not be measured only by what it is worth on paper. It should also be measured by the cash flow support and life coverage it can provide in the real world. --- My framework: Financial Security Coverage Financial Security Coverage = Sustainable Cash Flow / Absolute Core Living Expenses My target is 3.0x. If my absolute core living expenses are: - $7,000 per month - $84,000 per year Then my target is: $84,000 x 3 = $252,000 So I target $252,000 in sustainable, after-tax cash flow capability. Not gross income. Not paper gains. Not one-time wins. Not inflated asset values. Not temporary market strength. Sustainable. Durable. Net cash flow. Why 3.0x? Because in my view that is where you have: - essential life coverage - contingency - flexibility - meaningful margin of safety - cash flow left over to save, invest, and compound wealth - near-complete financial durability under stress testing At 1.0x, you are covering life. At 2.0x, you have meaningful breathing room. At 3.0x, you have what I consider durable financial security. Sharp readers will realize that reducing the denominator — expenses — is one of the fastest ways to improve security. --- Reality check In my view, many people are operating between 0.85x and 1.15x core living expense coverage. That means they are: - below full coverage - right at the line - or only slightly above it This is why so many people feel pressure even when income looks decent or assets have risen. A small disruption can destabilize everything: - medical costs - car repairs - rent increases - insurance increases - income loss - tax changes - business slowdowns Any honest personal finance framework has to begin with empathy. Most people are not failing because they are reckless. Many are struggling because they are living with very little margin. That is a STRUCTURAL issue. --- Definitions matter ABSOLUTE CORE LIVING EXPENSES: The essential costs required to maintain life at a durable baseline: - housing - utilities - food - healthcare - insurance - transportation - minimum debt service - essential household expenses - baseline taxes This is not luxury. This is not status spending. This is the number required to keep life functioning. SUSTAINABLE CASH FLOW: This should be after tax, durable, and repeatable. Examples: - reliable salary - durable business income - pension income - recurring rental cash flow - recurring distributions - conservative portfolio income assumptions It should exclude or heavily discount: - one-time gains - temporary spikes - windfalls - irregular bonus dependence - speculative cash flow - unrealized paper gains A lot of people look secure on paper. Far fewer are truly secure in cash flow. --- The second layer: Direct and Indirect Cash Flow I now think the most accurate version of Financial Security Coverage should include both: 1. Direct Cash Flow The sustainable, after-tax cash flow you receive now: - salary - business income - rental cash flow - pension income - recurring distributions This answers: How well is my life covered by the cash flow I currently produce? 2. Indirect Cash Flow The sustainable cash flow your assets could support: - stocks - bonds - retirement accounts - taxable portfolios - other investable assets A simple proxy is a conservative withdrawal rate such as 4%. If someone has $2,000,000 in investable assets: $2,000,000 x 0.04 = $80,000 If core living expenses are $84,000, then: $80,000 / $84,000 = 0.95x This answers: How well could my life be covered by the cash flow capacity of my assets? --- Why this is a better measure of wealth Most people measure wealth by: - portfolio value - home value - net worth - income Useful, yes. Complete, no. A better question is: What level of sustainable life support do my income and assets actually provide? That is why I believe Financial Security Coverage is a more accurate and more important measure of wealth and security than asset values alone. It translates both: - income - assets into the one metric that matters most: Coverage of Real Life And unlike nominal balances, it forces us to think about: - inflation - purchasing power - changing living costs - market volatility - income durability - resilience under stress --- Why tracking it Year over Year matters This framework becomes more powerful when tracked annually. Year-over-Year changes in: - direct cash flow coverage - indirect cash flow coverage - total living expense coverage reveal what is really happening and a far more accurate measure of Wealth and Financial Security If the ratios improve, it may mean: - income is strengthening - assets are becoming more supportive - purchasing power is holding up - expenses are becoming easier to carry If they deteriorate, it may mean: - inflation is outrunning cash flow - expenses are rising too fast - income is less durable than expected - assets are worth more nominally but support less real life - financial security is weakening despite appearances This is the difference between paper progress and real progress. --- How I interpret the ranges Below 1.0x — financially exposed Cash flow does not fully cover core living expenses. 1.0x to 2.0x — functioning but VULNERABLE Essentials are covered, but margin is limited. 2.0x to 3.0x — real RESILIENCE Core life is well covered, contingency improves, and optionality begins. Above 3.0x — robust SECURITY and compounding power This is my target zone: real coverage, real flexibility, real resilience. Moving from 0.95x to 1.15x matters. Moving from 1.15x to 1.50x matters. That is real improvement. --- My conclusion After 30 years of personal finance study, I believe this: Wealth should not be measured only by asset values. Security should be measured by sustainable cash flow coverage of core living expenses. And the most complete version of that measure includes both: - Direct Cash Flow — what your life produces today - Indirect Cash Flow — what your assets can support tomorrow Track both. Measure both. Watch them year over year. Because the real question is not: What are my assets worth on paper? The real question is: How well can my finances sustain my life, now and in the future, in a world of changing costs and changing purchasing power? That is why I use Financial Security Coverage. And my target is 3.0x. That is my thesis. My definition of Financial Security: https://link.blossomsocial.com/7uYa/ir4906pb Expanded post on cash flow: https://link.blossomsocial.com/7uYa/i0eun8py Expanded post on tracking living expenses: https://link.blossomsocial.com/7uYa/qkgdki8p Financial Control Part I — Emergency Cash: https://link.blossomsocial.com/7uYa/k3e80c3w read more
One of the best parts about the Blossom community is how open everyone is sharing knowledge and experiences. To make things easier for anyone just starting their investing journey, here’s a simple glossary to help understand and simplify various terms. Common Terms: Dividend: A share of a company’s profits paid to shareholders, usually quarterly. Ex-Dividend Date: The cutoff date by which you must own a stock to receive its next dividend. ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund): A fund that holds multiple stocks or bonds, traded like a single stock. Covered Call ETF: An ETF that owns stocks and sells call options to generate extra income (higher yield, limited / capped upside). Earnings Report: A company’s quarterly financial performance summary. EPS (Earnings Per Share): A company’s profit divided by its number of shares. Market Cap: A company’s total value (share price × number of shares). ACB: The total amount you’ve paid for an investment, including the purchase price plus any fees or commissions. Book Value: The value of a company according to its financial statements (assets minus liabilities). Yield: Annual dividend as a percentage of the stock/ETF price. Liquidity: How easily an asset can be bought or sold without impacting its price. Volatility: The degree of price fluctuations in a stock or market. Index: A benchmark of stocks (e.g., S&P 500, Nasdaq, TSX). Bull Market: A period of rising stock prices and optimism. Bear Market: A period of declining stock prices and pessimism. False Breakout: When a stock’s price moves above (or below) a key level, making it look like a new trend is starting, but then quickly reverses back. P/E Ratio: Price-to-earnings ratio (stock price ÷ EPS), used to assess valuation. Blue Chip: Well-established, financially strong companies with a track record of stability. Diversification: Spreading investments across assets to reduce risk. Broker: A platform or firm that facilitates buying and selling investments. Limit Order: An order to buy/sell a stock at a specific price or better. Market Order: An order to buy/sell a stock immediately at the current market price. Bid/Ask Spread: The difference between the highest price buyers offer and the lowest price sellers accept. Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA): Investing a fixed amount regularly to reduce the impact of market swings. Capital Gain/Loss: Profit or loss from selling an investment for more/less than its purchase price. IPO: When a company first sells shares to the public. Index Fund: A fund designed to mirror the performance of a market index. Short Selling: Selling borrowed shares, hoping to buy them back cheaper. Margin: Borrowing money from a broker to buy investments, which amplifies gains and losses. Margin Requirement: The minimum amount of your own money (equity) you must maintain in a margin account to open or keep a leveraged investment position. Margin Call: A demand from your broker to deposit more funds or sell assets because your account equity has fallen below the required margin level. Time Horizon: The length of time you plan to hold an investment before needing the money. Short horizons = more risk-sensitive, long horizons = more room to ride out volatility. Stock Split / Reverse Split: A split increases the number of shares (e.g., 2-for-1) while lowering the price per share. A reverse split reduces the number of shares (e.g., 1-for-10) while raising the price per share. Your overall value doesn’t change just the math. Long (Being Long): Buying a stock or asset because you expect the price to go up. Short (Being Short): Selling a stock you don’t own because you expect the price to go down, so you can buy it back cheaper later. TER: The total yearly cost of owning a fund, including the management fee plus other costs like administration, audits, and legal fees. MER: The annual cost that a fund charges for management (includes any leverage costs if used). Management Fee: A portion of the MER that goes directly to the fund managers for running the fund. Withholding Tax: A tax deducted on dividends/distributions from foreign investments (e.g., U.S. dividends to Canadian investors face a 15% withholding in TFSA/Non-Registered accounts). Total Returns: The full picture of an investment’s performance, including both price gains and dividends/distributions. CAGR: The average yearly growth of an investment over time. NAV: The price of one share of a fund (stock or etf) NAV Depreciation: When the fund’s share price goes down over time. Mutual Fund: A pool of money from many investors used to buy a mix of stocks, bonds, or other assets. Bond: A loan you give to a company or government, and they pay you back with interest. Asset: Anything valuable you own that can generate money. Portfolio: Your collection of investments. Option: A contract that gives you the right (but not the obligation) to buy or sell a stock at a set price. Future: A contract to buy or sell something at a set price on a future date. REIT: A company that owns real estate and pays investors income from rent. Alpha: A measure of how much better (or worse) an investment did compared to the market. Beta: A measure of how much an investment moves compared to the market. Sharpe Ratio: A way to see if returns are worth the risk taken. Hedging: Protecting your investments from risk. Rebalancing: Adjusting your portfolio back to your target mix of assets. FCF: Free Cash Flow Understanding these terms makes investing far less intimidating. If anyone feels other terms should be included, please share in the comments. I’ll update this post so we can build a complete beginner-friendly resource together! *Sorry tagged a few etfs for reach 🫣read more
🎉 $100,000 Portfolio Milestone! 🎉 I finally reached $100K in my investment portfolio! 🥹📈 My journey started in April 2022, when I was still studying. I didn’t have a huge income or a perfect investment strategy. I simply started by saving money, cutting unnecessary expenses, and investing whatever I could. I still remember my first-ever monthly dividend: $19.52. At the time, it felt like such a small amount, but it was the beginning of something much bigger. Fast forward to today… my portfolio generates around $1,100/month in dividends. 💰 My goal isn’t just to build wealth for the sake of having a big number. I’m building this portfolio with a purpose — financial freedom and eventually helping fund a future home purchase. 🏡 I’ve definitely made a few mistakes along the way. Some investments worked out, some didn’t, and I’ve changed my strategy many times as I learned more. But I’m actually grateful for those mistakes because they taught me lessons that no book could. Looking back at where I started in 2022, I’m really happy with the progress. ❤️ $19.52/month → ~$1,100/month $0 → $100,000 portfolio The next goal? $250K. Then $500K. Then $1M. 🚀 Still a long way to go, but I’m enjoying the journey. One dollar, one dividend, and one investment at a time. Here’s to the next chapter! 🥂📈 #Investing #DividendInvesting #100KPortfolio #FinancialFreedom #PersonalFinance #WealthBuilding #InvestingJourneyread more
Hey everyone that follows me or interacts with me here in Blossom. Today I decided to make a branding name change on both my YOUTUBE and BLOSSOM identity. And I wanted you all to be aware in case some of you think after I change it - that someone is trying to copycat my account. THEY ARE NOT - THIS TIME. It's LEGIT! So... over the past year, my youtube has grown substantially and the ecosystem of everything i create in my YouTube channel and even my persona here in Blossom has become bigger than just ME - PERRY. my "PIIVERSE" brand has become the identity of my entire INCOME INVESTING STRATEGY videos, posts, and talks. As such, I have already made the change in my YouTube (from the old PERRYPII) and now here in Blossom (from the old PERRYF) an aligned handle of PIIVERSE. My YouTube channel now looks like https://www.youtube.com/@PIIverse and my Blossom handle is now @piiverse Transition is never easy but making this name change to PIIVERSE and aligning it across channels is strategically important. SO..... WELCOME TO THE PIIVERSE :)
EVERYTHING IS PERFECT EXCEPT THE ONE THING THAT TRIGGERS ME Two days ago I showed you Apple: great risk-reward, no strength. Today Nvidia is the mirror image, maximum strength, coiled right at its highs, but missing the one thing that actually triggers me: volume. Everything is perfect except the confirmation. I broke down what "coiling near a high" really means, and the two paths from here, in today's full piece on my Substack. Link in bio. 🐝 $NVDA$AAPL$SMH$MSFT$AVGO
If a stock (or a whole sector, like memory) that has been surging dips, and there is no change in the overall fundamentals/thesis, that's the time to buy. Everyone was saying "memory is dead" just because of a sell off that was largely caused by margin calls and leveraged trades in Korea. I'm really glad I didn't listen to them and bought the dip. Block out the noise and do your research, people. $DRAM$SKHY$STX$MU$SNDK
I know this concept gets brought up as a joke sometimes, but I just had a serious conversation with a beginner about it, so I’m inspired to offer some clarity. When people say covered calls have “capped upside,” I think two different ideas sometimes get mixed together. First, capped upside does not mean your entire portfolio return is capped. It refers to the upside of the underlying above the strike price during the life of the option. If you own something at $100, sell a call with a $110 strike and collect a premium, you can still benefit from the underlying rising from $100 to $110. Your return can be a combination of: Capital appreciation + option premium If the market moves sideways, the premium can help. If it falls modestly, the premium can soften the loss. If it rises but stays below the strike, you can participate in that rise while also keeping the premium. It’s only once the underlying rises substantially beyond the strike that you start seeing the opportunity cost of the covered call relative to simply holding the underlying. I think this matters because otherwise “capped upside” can accidentally turn into a strawman where people hear it as: “Covered call investors can’t benefit when stocks go up.” That isn’t true. The second point is why many people still favour simply owning the underlying for long-term investing. If you own an asset because you believe it has substantial long-term appreciation potential, repeatedly selling calls against it means repeatedly creating periods where some of that upside can be surrendered in exchange for premium. Sometimes that trade works very well. Sometimes the premium more than compensates you for the upside you gave away. But over a long investing horizon, an asset that experiences large upward moves gives you more opportunities to run into that cap. That is the actual trade-off. “Capped upside” doesn’t mean no upside. It means you are getting paid a premium in exchange for agreeing to give up some upside beyond a defined point.read more
What is the most recent stock you added to your portfolio? Let me know in the comments! 👇 Personally speaking, mine was Rollins ($ROL). I started buying it about a couple months ago and have been DCAing into it every week since then. So far, it’s still a relatively small position, but we’re coming up on 100 shares. I’ll probably try to double that before I consider it a “full” position, at least based on my portfolio size as it currently stands.
I see many beginners posting that they’re new to investing and don’t know where to start. 🤔 As someone who was in a similar situation just a few months ago and learned, here are the 4 ETF types (& ETFs) that are popular among long term investors 😃 : 1) S&P 500: US: $VOO / $SPY / $SPLG Canadian: $VFV / $ZSP / $TPU 2) GROWTH / TECH: US: $QQQ / $VUG / $VGT / $SCHG Canadian: $QQC / $HXQ / $TEC / $ZUQ 3) DIVIDENDS: US: $SCHD / $VYM / $DGRO Canadian: $VDY / $XEI 4) ALL IN ONE / BASKET / Global Exposure: US: $VT / $AVGE Canadian: $ZEQT / $XEQT / $TGRO / $VEQT / $ZGQ I noticed many people following this type of a basic / uncomplicated portfolio and are doing really well for themselves 🔥 For % allocation, you can divide evenly among the ETF categories or allocate a higher % based on your preferences. Just DCA regularly and you should be good. 😎 Some people even just put it all into an all in one etf like $XEQT. This is also a good approach - it is much simpler and it works. Ultimately, it comes to whatever you prefer 🙂 Oh and yea, there are overlaps, but I don’t think there is anything wrong in that though - it would just count as doubling down on good things. 💯 I’m sharing with you all what helped me, but don’t forget to do your own research too! 🙏🏼 read more
If you aren't making at least a 5 figure investment, then you likely would be better off just buying the index. if you aren't in a position to make that size decision, then your account is likely still in its phase where the nominal value of your deposits will likely outpace your nominal returns. Just focus on contributions until you have the capital to make meaningful bets. if a 10k position grows 10% in a year, that's only $1,000. Could you find a way in your life to make an extra $1,000 in a shorter amount of time? Likely.
The more I’ve learned about investing over the years, the more I’ve come to think that “different goals, different strategies” is kind of BS when used too strictly. Again, when used too strictly. The problem is that it tries to put every investment choice into a box. We often hear that younger investors should take more risk because they have a longer time horizon, while older investors who have already accumulated a lot should become more conservative. But age, time horizon and financial position are circumstances, not goals. Even two people with the same circumstances, time horizon and goal can choose completely different investment strategies. I still consider myself young, LMAO. Someone with the same time horizon as me could take more or less risk. That difference does not have to come from having a different goal. Maybe we simply have different evaluations of future expected returns. Maybe we understand the same trade-offs but prefer different investing styles. The classic yield versus non-yield discourse in retirement is another example. A lower-yielding total-return strategy is sometimes characterized as being for someone who wants to maximize total return or die with a lot of money, as if that must be their goal. At the same time, selling shares is criticized because you could eventually deplete the portfolio to zero. So which is it? Am I dying with too much money or depleting it to zero? Two retirees can have the same spending needs, the same desire for security and the same intention for whatever money remains. One prefers receiving distributions while the other is comfortable selling shares. The goal does not necessarily differ. Sometimes the withdrawal style is different. That’s it. Of course, a preference for yield can also lead someone to own completely different assets with different risks, diversification and expected returns. At that point, it is more than just a different withdrawal method. But even then, it still does not mean the underlying goal must be different. Sometimes people have the same goal and simply disagree about the best way to reach it. TL;DR: “Different goals, different strategies” is useful as a starting point, but it becomes a lazy catch-all when treated as the sole explanation for every difference in portfolio construction or withdrawal method.read more
FUNDAMENTALS! Sandisk has 372% revenue growth Y/Y with only a PE ratio of 9. Micron has 346% revenue growth Y/Y with only a PE ratio of 9.5. This is insanity. The average S&P 500 stock has a PE ratio of 27 with low to no revenue growth. Even if there was no growth ahead for Micron and SanDisk, there is easy agreement to be made that they should 4x to reach average no growth S&P 500 valuations. However, there is potential enormous growth ahead for these companies if you listen to their guidance! Revenues could very possible double or more over the next year, with even higher growth in the GAAP EPS. I still think investing in Micron and Sandisk are two of the best moves in the entire stock market today, in my opinion. http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx3U3TMk2JGmSGPmmTguLI1GKMX1ammuiY?si=ENQooadEklDjQfmZread more
Two days ago my portfolio hit $950K invested. Started 2026 at 806k imvested.. I don’t really celebrate every $50K milestone, but this one feels pretty cool. I’m now 95% of the way to $1 million invested. It’s taken me about 10 years to get here. I see people like @nettspend who contributes regularly at such a young age and know all those regular contributions, staying invested, and honestly, just letting time do its thing will fosure make younger folks on here millionares one day. I remember when having $100K invested seemed like such a huge number. Now I’m sitting at $950K and getting pretty close to that $1M mark. Gonna have to celebeate some how..feel free to throw me ideas of how we should celebrate? haha $50K to go. 👀 read more
Long-Term Investing Advice I’m 18 and just starting to build a portfolio for the long term (10–20+ years). I’m looking for stocks that would make sense for someone my age who can handle some volatility and wants to focus on long-term growth. What stocks/ETFs do you think are worth researching right now, and why? I’m especially interested in: * Strong companies with long-term growth potential * Stocks that aren’t just based on hype * Companies you would personally hold for 10+ years If you’re recommending something, please explain why you think it’s a good long-term investment rather than just giving me a ticker. I’d like to do my own research before buying anything.read more
This is ridiculous. Yeah, I think $APP is on sale and quite appealing here. Again, nothing fundamentally wrong with the company! Some are comparing to $TTD - that couldn’t be more wrong… You don't have declining spending cohorts with $APP. The miss was due to machine-learning model training issues (of which were rectified) - and now are showing meaning gains in Q3 as per management. We've seen this happen before with $APP so I'm not surprised. Roadmap ahead is quite appealing too... Surface expansion onto: - Apps other than gaming - Openweb (eg, Shopify stores) - Connected TV via their Wurl acquisition - Lastly, Gist - which is their own Pinterest competitor to be released. All of these provide more supply surfaces to offer more conversation optionality. $TTD on the flip side, has seen declining spend and wallet-share within core automotive and consumer sections while the competition has seen ZERO decline nor macro headwinds. I'm bullish. $APPSread more
I’ve been contemplating adding more $GOOGL. I like the company, I like the current setup, and it’s one of the individual stocks I view as a long-term foundational holding. The dilemma: I’m already up about 106% and it’s grown to roughly 5% of my portfolio (not including its value in my ETFs). Part of me thinks 5% is enough for one individual stock. The other part thinks if it’s one of my highest-conviction companies, why not let it be a little bigger? Still deciding but leaning towards adding. Anyone else hesitate to add to a stock you have strong conviction in once it’s already a decent-sized part of your portfolio?
After reaching the critical level of 10,000 followers (KTS #21 😉), we decided it was TIME to share the knowledge and our daily actions with incredible detail and insight on an adaptive platform that could handle stocks and options while sharing the specific tools that we use to monitor. A platform that would allow us more proximity with our community in a fun, interactive learning environment that can simplify the complex - all while allowing us to share even more content with more depth and latitude. Since launching this website in February, our most dedicated and invested followers have had the chance to enjoy: 📖 Weekly, relevant KTS posts - so 24 new KTS posts (without length restriction! 😂) 📝All of our trades & rationale (which have been transitioning in new areas and asset classes 😉) 🧙 Our views on this high period of volatility to be expected in the final stage of the meltup phase of the Real Estate/Banking crisis cycle ⚒️Access to our full tool suite (see our pinned post) These members have formed the first tranche of subscribers and have enjoyed incredible insights on the current state of the real estate/banking crisis cycle while observing the major accumulation in secular trend hidden gems 💎. These members have also been privy to how we are investing in a crosscurrent market where some equities are buys and some are sells. As we continue to transition the portfolio as inflection point peaks are set, we also share how to embrace the bear by demonstrating how to profit when markets head in the opposite direction. Ask yourself, why should the Wall Street Wolves be the only ones that earn outsized returns over a short period of TIME when markets fall? 😂 Our members have also been incredibly patient and resourceful with us while we were improving and fixing the usability of our website. And we are extremely grateful and thankful for their input. 🙏 Now we have a website loaded with content so it’s TIME for us to come back here, on Blossom - where this amazing journey started - as a genuine offer to further your financial acumen along the learning curve faster in this critical TIME. This was supposed to be the year of the most volatility, remember? 😉 So I intend to start posting content on Blossom again. 🤑🌊🏄 And I heard I won a Blossom award while away? So thank you to Max and for whomever is behind that! 🏆🙏 Our goal is, and will always be, to help you all learn and apply strategies to realize absolutely amazing, double-digit annualized returns. I want you to WIN 🏆 I will resume giving insights on our current view of the markets with our brand of proven unconventionalism (please tell me you finally discovered commodities by now? See our first post from March 9, 2024: “They are telling us so what are you waiting for?” post! Natural selection is alive and well! 😂🤣 Speaking of which, I see the conventionalists are still preaching their gospel in full force mode, right here on Blossom! 🤢🤣 As a gesture of the good TIMES of the past, I am sharing one of the KTS posts from the website - and in true Beskar fashion….. a true gem 💎 It’s also the very first KTS posted on the opening of our website. I find it particularly…..TIMEly! 😂 And it will give my conscience resolve. 😎👍 So here you go! https://www.beskarcapitalkts.com/featuredktspost The conventionalist script is everywhere - now more than ever as the institutions line up the retail bagholders. Regurgitated by the masses everywhere… investors are indoctrinated to think that the best investment strategy is to buy and hold a dilutive aggregate index fund to generate a meager average annualized real return of 9% - without any respect for the real estate/banking crisis cycle. We’ve proved it to ourselves countless TIMES over. With over 35+ years of investing experience, we know that an active investment approach can outperform with the right tool for the right market. Adapting is critical especially when markets are in a process of setting inflection points. 😉🏆😎 We have now reopened the membership window again: https://www.beskarcapitalkts.com/ I always give you my best! This is the way! 🌊🏄 Beskar read more
I am currently 47 years old. Unfortunately in that time frame I have lost a lot of family members. Some (most) were accidents, some to age, some to cancer, and one to suicide. That’s 11 deaths total. Only 1 person out of 11 had a will. When you are grieving the last thing you want to do is close an estate up. It’s even harder if nothing has been prepared in advance. After the initial shock of the death settles (the phase where everyone is usually nice), greed comes through in a most alarming manner. I’ve watched people turn into monsters. Make sure you have a will!!!! or people will fight.  I know most people hate thinking about their death or their spouses death but honestly it’s just a fact of life. I’ve personally been the executor of 2 estates now. This is my advice: 1. If your young get life insurance. If you’re retired it’s not worth it. 2. Make sure you have a will. 3. Make sure you have a personal directive. 4. Make sure you have a power of attorney set up. 5. If your married make your spouse the beneficiary of your TFSA and RRSP(has to be done through the account not the will), they will roll into the spouses account without taxation. 6. If you’re married, and you own a house, make sure both names are on the title, joint tenant, NOT tenant in common. This activates right of survivorship on property and doesn’t have to go through the estate. 7. If you’re married, both people should have their name on all the vehicles, joint, otherwise it’s a headache after death. 8. Buy a file folding system. I have a plastic one that has a clasp and handle. 9. Put EVERYTHING in this file folder that would be needed if you died tomorrow. a) all land titles B) information on house insurance so it can either be eventually canceled or name changed over. C) your will (or the location of your will),  power of attorney, and personal directive D) the information for your car, car insurance, and registration on vehicles. E) information on life insurance. F) all current year papers needed for filing your taxes. Because the survivor will have to do it and will need that information. G) where your household bills are. ALL OF THEM, electricity, gas, Netflix, magazine, subscriptions everything you can think of that is in their name. Because you are going to have to cancel them. H) their credit card information where to contact to cancel the cards I) birth certificate, SIN numbers, marriage, license, etc. J) information on all your investments accounts, bank accounts, etc. K) anything else you can think of for your situation If you’re married, I’d have one box per person. When you die, the funeral home will issue many death certificates. And your lawyer will give you copies of the will. These will be needed to change over any accounts. Everything else goes through the estate which is taxed and the lawyers take their fees so I’d avoid this as much as possible especially if you’re married. This is why having property in both people‘s names is so important because it doesn’t have to go through probate. I am widowed now and I have my black file folder and my two remaining children know if something happens to me, all they have to do is grab the folder. Everything they need to take care of my estate will be located in this folder. At the beginning of every year, I open this file up and go through everything to make sure it’s up-to-date. If you are young and do not own much or can’t afford a will, you can draft one up but it must be handwritten to be classified as a legal document. You cannot type it out!! If you’re not worth much, everything will most likely be sold to pay your bills and cover your funeral expenses. But you can state who your executor will be in your handwritten will.  Disclaimer I’m not a lawyer or an accountant and this is not legal advice. Talk to a lawyer and talk to an accountant. Make sure everything is set up for you and your situation. These are situations that I personally ran into. Good luck Also I’ll add in. IF you have a lot of assets make an appointment with your accountant first. They will tell you how to properly set things up. Then take that information to your lawyer. read more
$MU 1000 coming.. it got through that 930 level I've been mentioning all week. $SNDK to 1500 next $QQQ got through that 728 breakout level as well.. all time highs inbound. $SPX to 8000 in play.
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Oftentimes the conversation of finance comes up when I'm just chatting with people cause I'm passionate about finance...however most of the time when I talk to people and talk about investing more often than not the people I talk to dont invest or are scared of the stock market or have "a guy" at the bank. I had a friend flat out told me he doesnt believe in the stock market...The stock market has probably created more millionaires than any other investment vehicle in history. Yet 38% of Americans/ 37% of Canaidans own zero stocks...ZERO I honestly find that crazy. You don’t have to be an expert. You don’t have to pick the next big stock. You don’t even need a lot of money to start. Just consistently invest and give it time. But the reality is, a lot of people just don’t care about investing. And that’s okay. However those are the same people that are surprised when they look back 20 years from now and wish you had started. read more
TIME! 😄 Are you still a $LULU lunatic? 🤣 ...or a buy-the-dip $META$ZETA beta? 😂 I no longer have TIME to update my portfolio on Blossom and I'm not linking my life savings to a 3rd party app that isn't federally insured. So I add today's portfolio return here as an image. 🏆😎 If interested, you can find the portfolio and returns at the Beskar Capital KTS website or here: https://www.blossomsocial.com/posts/The-Beskar-Capital-Comeback__POST-1786198266000-Yno9TsB4_qoQV3QbaHcPIAvML This is the Way! 🏄♀️🌊🏄♂️🌊🏄🌊read more
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