The VAST majority of whole life policies being promoted today favour the agent's financial success over the client. They max financial compensation to the agent.
That's why Dave Ramsey and other financial commentators bash them.
With all the risks in life and business, portfolio stability/ reducing volatility is too often overlooked by the financial system.
During times of change, avoiding losses can be 10x more important than earning high returns.
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Current Shiller CAPE Ratio is approx 30.
Historical mean is approx 17.
The market is still tremendously over-valued.
(logic that most weren't prepared for)
Adding alternatives (real estate, private equity, hedge funds, commodities, crypto) to a traditional 60/40 portfolio boosts returns, reduces volatility, and protects against market downturns long-term. Illiquidity requires care but rewards patient investors. #Investing
If you are a passive index investor today, remember that your philosophy is also to buy a business at any price the seller asks for, no matter how high.
Passive indexing today is the polar opposite of value investing.
As of March 21, 2025, with gold priced at $3,052 per ounce, the average annual compounded return since August 15, 1971โwhen President Richard Nixon suspended the dollar's convertibility into gold at $35 per ounceโis approximately 8.80%.
With zero taxable distributions.