⚠️ The Biggest Investment Risk You Face ⚠️

Bet you didn't see this coming... [Shield] AN OXFORD CLUB PUBLICATION [Liberty Through Wealth]( [View in browser]( SPONSORED [Don't MISS the FREE Breakout Fortunes Summit!]( Featuring Superstar Investor Robert Ross Thursday, October 5, at 2 p.m. ET [Robert Ross]( [CLICK HERE TO RSVP]( EDITOR'S NOTE Regardless of what the market is doing, dividend stocks are a great - and safe - investment for your portfolio. And right now Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld is giving away [his No. 1 way to collect huge income](... completely free of charge. It's an unusual way to become a PARTNER in a $44 billion business... [And collect a massive 7% payout!]( But hurry... your chance to lock in this yield won't last long. [Get the name and ticker symbol - FOR FREE - right here.]( - Nicole Labra, Senior Managing Editor THE SHORTEST WAY TO A RICH LIFE [The Biggest Investment Risk You Face... and the Solution]( [Alexander Green | Chief Investment Strategist | The Oxford Club]( [Alexander Green]( What is the biggest investment risk you face today? Some will say inflation. Others will say higher interest rates. Still others will say a recession. Yet these aren't your biggest risks. Not even close. These are well-recognized possibilities and even - to different degrees - probabilities. The biggest risks, on the other hand, are the ones you can't see coming. Let's consider a few examples from recent history... On October 19, 1987, the Dow gapped down at the open and fell 23% during the session, wiping out nearly $2 trillion of wealth. Who predicted that crash? No one. In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and took over the country. War was coming to the Middle East. Stocks promptly went into a bear market. Who predicted Saddam's invasion of Kuwait? No one. SPONSORED [Top market research firm: "A Gold Storm is Coming"]( Some of the richest men in the world are jumping in right now. One firm says: ["We are in the early stages of a mania - the calm before the storm."]( A few years later, a rapid run-up in technology shares turned into a rout, causing the Nasdaq to lose three-quarters of its value. Who accurately predicted the invention of the internet and the sudden inflation and bursting of the dot-com bubble? No one. A few years later, terrorists entered the U.S. and flew planes full of people into buildings, causing the stock market to close and then sell off sharply when it reopened a week later. Who predicted 9/11? No one. In 2008, the market for mortgage securities collapsed and Bear Stearns and Shearson promptly imploded, leading to the financial crisis and Great Recession. Who predicted that two storied Wall Street titans would collapse in a matter of days? No one. In 2020, COVID-19 spread beyond China and infected the world, leading to a worldwide business shutdown and millions of deaths. Who predicted this global pandemic? No one. The lesson is clear. Sophisticated investors don't spend time worrying about what terrible thing might happen next. They understand that terrible things can happen, about which we don't have the slightest inkling. Yet how do you plan for what you can't foresee? By following battle-tested investment principles: - You asset allocate, spreading your risk among different types of stocks and bonds, as well as cash, real estate investment trusts and precious metals. - You diversify, spreading your risk among a number of different equities, properties and fixed income vehicles. - You stick to quality, since low-quality companies and IOUs won't hold up in a treacherous environment. - You minimize the expenses and taxes on your portfolio, because the most important score is your investment returns after inflation, after costs and after taxes. - You stick to a proven sell discipline, using trailing stops if you're a short-term trader and rebalancing annually if you're a longer-term investor. Some will ask why they should invest in equities at all with so many known and unknown risks that could cause the stock market to tank. I have two answers... - If you have important investment goals - like a comfortable retirement - super-safe investments won't get you where you're trying to go. (Unless, of course, you're already financially independent and willing to forgo higher returns in pursuit of greater safety.) Even money markets - with the highest yields in 16 years - have returned nothing after inflation over the last 18 months. - More importantly, even with all the unsettling developments I outlined above, nothing outperformed a diversified portfolio of stocks over the last 35 years. If you invested $10,000 in the S&P 500 at the beginning of 1987 - just months before the market crashed - you would have more than $360,000 today (with dividends reinvested). That's an inflation-adjusted return of 1,240%. Of course, you might not have invested that $10,000 in 1987 if you knew all the troubles that lay ahead. But if you did, and you stuck with your stocks and - better still - added to them during periods of weakness, as I and many I advised did, you earned generous returns indeed. There's a cautionary tale here for folks who are afraid to buy or even hold equities in our current uncertain environment. They're taking the risk of having to get into the market at much higher levels or - if they're stubborn - staying out of high-returning stocks altogether and potentially outliving their money. That's an entirely predictable risk - and a real one given that people now routinely live into their 90s. In short, you can't possibly know all the developments - both good and bad - that lie ahead of us. But you can see what worked in the past - and let that inform your investment approach today. Good investing, Alex [Leave a Comment]( [IU 2024]( WEALTH OPPORTUNITIES - [The Only Stock That Could Rocket in Today's Market]( - [Alexander Green Reveals the ONE Stock He's Invested $100K in Right Now. Click Here to Find Out.]( - [Invest Like a Girl]( - [The Recession That Isn't Happening]( JOIN THE CONVERSATION [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn logo]( [LinkedIn]( [Email Share](mailto:?subject=A%20great%20piece%20from%20Liberty%20Through%20Wealth...&body=From%20Liberty%20Through%20Wealth:%0D%0A%0DBet%20you%20didn't%20see%20this%20coming...%0A%0D [Email Share](mailto:?subject=A%20great%20piece%20from%20Liberty%20Through%20Wealth...&body=From%20Liberty%20Through%20Wealth:%0D%0A%0DBet%20you%20didn't%20see%20this%20coming...%0A%0D MORE FROM LIBERTY THROUGH WEALTH [Dollar Bill]( [Is the Dollar Doomed?]( [Bonds Trending]( [Is This the Perfect Time to Buy Bonds?]( [Costco Family]( [Why Your Kids Hate Capitalism]( [Cinderellas Castle]( [It Seems True That if You "Go Woke... You Go Broke"]( SPONSORED [Alexander Green]( He owns... Amazon... ↑ 6,300% Netflix... ↑ 20,400% Apple... ↑ 94,000%. Now he's unveiling the... "Next Great American Super Stock." [More Here]( [The Oxford Club]( You are receiving this email because you subscribed to Liberty Through Wealth. Liberty Through Wealth is published by The Oxford Club. Questions? Check out our [FAQs](. Trying to reach us? [Contact us here.]( Please do not reply to this email as it goes to an unmonitored inbox. [Privacy Policy]( | [Whitelist Liberty Through Wealth]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2023 The Oxford Club, LLC All Rights Reserved The Oxford Club | [105 West Monument Street](#) | [Baltimore, MD 21201](#) North America: [877.806.4508](#) | International: [+1.443.353.4610](#) [Oxfordclub.com]( Nothing published by The Oxford Club should be considered personalized investment advice. Although our employees may answer your general customer service questions, they are not licensed under securities laws to address your particular investment situation. No communication by our employees to you should be deemed personalized investment advice. We allow the editors of our publications to recommend securities that they own themselves. However, our policy prohibits editors from exiting a personal trade while the recommendation to subscribers is open. In no circumstance may an editor sell a security before subscribers have a fair opportunity to exit. The length of time an editor must wait after subscribers have been advised to exit a play depends on the type of publication. All other employees and agents must wait 24 hours after publication before trading on a recommendation. Any investments recommended by The Oxford Club should be made only after consulting with your investment advisor and only after reviewing the prospectus or financial statements of the company. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. The information found on this website may only be used pursuant to the membership or subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of The Oxford Club, LLC, 105 West Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.