
No, Porter, That’s Completely Impossible!
Today, Porter compares different ways to build ultra-low volatility portfolios and unveils a new “Lindy” index.
Today, Porter compares different ways to build ultra-low volatility portfolios and unveils a new “Lindy” index.
You’ve been taught that low-risk, equity-like results aren’t possible. You’ve all been taught that to make big returns, you must take big risks. Those rules are framed by finance professionals as if they are the laws of physics: But they aren’t. Porter explains why.
What happens when governments go bankrupt, Porter explains: war, chaos, and terrible strife as competing interest groups fight, savagely, to hold on to the advantages they have under the current, failing system. If you understand what that means, you’ll be a victor.
Today, Porter shares how pretty much anyone can earn 50%-plus annual returns, on average – and without suffering the kind of drawdowns most investors believe are inevitable. In fact, the strategy he demonstrates has volatility that’s much lower than the market’s.
In today’s Daily Journal, Porter writes that there’s a growing likelihood that the entire U.S. financial system will have to be “reset,” because our government cannot afford these debts.
Today, Porter says: If you’ve never shorted a stock before, start small… just sell one share short. It’s a good way to learn how to profit from companies that are definitely going to collapse in a credit-default cycle. Don’t just watch your savings evaporate. Do something. And do it now.
Porter reminds readers of the tariff, enacted more than 100 years ago, that decimated farmers and that set in motion the economic forces that led directly to the Great Depression. Sadly, he says, the current administration seems not to have learned from what history taught us.
In his election-night speech following his resounding victory on November 5, President-elect Donald Trump expressed what would happen after he took office. So what has Trump promised to do, economically? In today’s Daily Journal, Erez Kalir focuses on three key pillars of his policy agenda: tariffs, immigration, and taxes.
Soon, we’ll see the return of the “misery index,” Porter predicts in today’s Daily Journal – with both inflation and unemployment running at around 6%.
The heads are finally starting to roll in commercial real estate. And another $200 billion of office mortgages remain outstanding and will need to be refinanced before the end of 2026. This could turn out much worse than the subprime-lending fiasco from 2007.