Duct Tape Always Works

Doc Eifrig's tips for surviving nuclear war and high food prices... A simple plan that could save you... Putin will meet with Rocket Man... A discount grocery store that's growing... The end of the worst for bonds?... [Stansberry Research Logo] Delivering World-Class Financial Research Since 1999 [Stansberry Digest] Doc Eifrig's tips for surviving nuclear war and high food prices... A simple plan that could save you... Putin will meet with Rocket Man... A discount grocery store that's growing... The end of the worst for bonds?... --------------------------------------------------------------- We've said it before... Stansberry Research partner Dr. David "Doc" Eifrig is a Renaissance man, unlike anyone we've met in our industry. He's a rare breed who worked as a Wall Street trader, gave it up, then went to medical school and became a board-eligible eye surgeon... Eventually, Doc started sharing his financial and health knowledge with thousands of subscribers to newsletters like Retirement Millionaire, which he has written for more than 15 years. Today, Doc also owns a wine business, Eifrig Cellars, based in California. If only we could all be like Doc... Well, in a way we can, thanks to the advice he constantly shares. I (Corey McLaughlin) couldn't help but notice over the past few days, Doc wrote a pair of disparate yet practical "survival" articles in his free Health & Wealth Bulletin... One was on [surviving nuclear war](... And the other was on [surviving high food prices](. Maybe it's the recent reports that North Korea's "Rocket Man" Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin are talking about a weapons deal, but these frightening/depressing topics – nuclear conflict and dealing with inflation – are unfortunately relevant today... How you'll survive nuclear war... Now, nuclear survival is a little different from our normal fare. And I'm not saying we know or necessarily expect a nuclear attack to happen near us anytime soon. But I would be lying if I said I haven't thought about it more than ever in recent years. So, Doc's report got our attention, and he shared practical tips we had not seen before, so I want to pass them along... In the event you need them, they will be more important than any market insight or outlook I could give. As Doc began his August 31 edition of the Health & Wealth Bulletin... You'd think we were in the middle of another Cold War. Recent headlines are full of doom... - A new nuclear arms race looms - North Korea: Kim [Jong Un] warns western drills risk nuclear war - U.S. could again hold nuclear weapons on British soil, documents suggest - Even a limited nuclear war could cause billions to die of starvation - Russia's Medvedev makes new nuclear threat over Ukraine war For folks who didn't live through the Cold War, it was, at times, scary. The threat of nuclear annihilation was terrifying. But we found ways to soldier through. Life went on. The important thing was preparedness... School kids would have regular "duck and cover" drills in their classrooms. Sometimes we'd even practice evacuating to fallout shelters in the basement of a nearby church or library. And some families prepared their own fallout shelters at home where they'd plan to hunker down during a nuclear attack. I'm old enough to remember practicing our family's escape plans into the basement of our Boston home as Russian missiles turned up in Cuba. Thankfully, the Cold War ended with no nuclear bombs dropping. The era was also a time of incredible economic growth in the U.S. In the 1950s, income rose, inflation was low, and more folks than ever before were accomplishing the classic "American dream." Today, people are again worried about the threat of nuclear war, Doc acknowledges. He's not one of them – as he put it, "It's very unlikely that we will be face-to-face with one anytime soon"– but given the interest, he put together a brief, perhaps live-saving list of what to do in the event of one... First things first, get inside and stay inside... As Doc wrote... Within minutes, a nuclear bomb's radioactive particles can pollute your lungs, skin, and clothing. That means if you want to even have a chance at survival, you need to get inside immediately. And you should expect to stay inside for at least 24 hours, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency... and possibly for 16 days or longer. The best place to take shelter is below ground. But if you can't get underground or don't have the luxury of choosing among multiple basements, look for a concrete or brick building, and stay as far away from outside-opening doors and windows as you can. This will reduce the radioactive material you're exposed to. Now, if you're too close to where a nuclear bomb detonates, you probably won't get a chance to benefit from our tips. But the fallout from a nuclear bomb can spread dozens of miles, so you might be at grave risk even if you think you're too far from a blast to worry yourself about it. Beyond that, Doc shared what he'd put in a basic nuclear-survival pack... In addition to having enough packaged food and bottled water available inside your home to last your household at least 16 days, Doc said... [It] should actually include three simple items: - A roll of duct tape – If crisis strikes, tape over any gaps in the windows and doors of your home to minimize the ingestion of airborne radiation (the most concerning of which is called iodine-131) from the outside air. The half-life of iodine-131 is eight days, so the threat it poses declines quickly for about a month after a nuclear event. - Several surgical masks – These reduce the amount of radioactive particles (iodine) inhaled. - A small bottle of iodine pills – If you take iodine pills (potassium iodide) when there's radioactive iodine in the air, they block your thyroid gland (a critical organ in your body) from absorbing the radioactive iodine, thereby reducing potential damage to the body. The key is for adults to take about 130 milligrams right away and daily for several days or until authorities give an all clear. Children should get about half of this amount. But do NOT take these during normal times, unless advised by a doctor. As Doc said, you don't want to misuse iodine pills, and don't confuse them with liquid iodine either (that's a disinfectant). The important point is that some simple things set up in a basement will "immediately maximize your survival odds in the rare event something happens." Doc shared more details in his full issue of the Health & Wealth Bulletin. [Read it here](. Then, yesterday, Doc shared his survival guide for high food prices... As we've written lately, times are getting tougher for folks on Main Street despite the story the stock market or government talkers might be telling. Let's not forget the pace of inflation is still at 40-year highs... and oil prices have again been on the rise the past few months... Food inflation is still persistent, too. As Doc [wrote yesterday](... That has lots of folks wondering about the best ways to save on food, minus spending time clipping coupons. So, as he is in the business of educating and informing readers, Doc shared a side-by-side comparison of the prices of popular grocery items at various stores. He compared the prices of items at places like Costco (a longtime favorite of his), BJ's and Sam's Club warehouse stores, a standard supermarket (represented by Giant Food, a Maryland staple), and Aldi, a discount supermarket chain. Here's how they looked... (Note: The stores don't all sell the same brand/size of products, so we standardized the weights/amounts for a more direct price comparison.) While Costco, BJ's, and Sam's Club were cheaper than Giant for most products we checked, it wasn't always by much. And Aldi was the cheapest place to shop, by far... It would cost nearly 60% more to buy the same basket of goods at Giant than Aldi, and even the warehouse stores were 30% to 40% more expensive. How is Aldi able to sell products at these prices? That's a story for another day – a privately owned German grocer that's related to the parent company of Trader Joe's – but I can tell you from experience the chain sells high-quality items for simply cheaper prices. On a related note, if you live in the U.S. South, you might notice Aldi signs in your town that weren't there before. Last month, Aldi acquired approximately 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarket stores in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Doc still loves Costco – it helps him save in other ways besides the sticker price of food – but says he'll be heading to Aldi soon. [Read his full report here](. And if you're interested in more tips like these from Doc – about preparing for disasters like major weather events, blackouts, health scares, and financial crises – be sure to check out his The Doctor's Protocol Field Manual with much more. Doc's existing Retirement Millionaire subscribers can find it [here](. And if you don't subscribe, a digital copy can be yours for just $1.99 today. [Click here for more information on how to get it now](. Lastly, something a little more positive to think about... If we don't succumb to nuclear annihilation or the cost of food... we might have a setup for long-term investors who have ready cash on hand. [Yesterday]( I introduced the idea that we could be starting what one day could be labeled an "official" recession. I ended by saying this scenario would have consequences, but may also provide buying opportunities... Here's one example... I mentioned the prospect of the Federal Reserve getting to the point of cutting interest rates should the unemployment rate continue to rise, as it showed in August. It may or may not happen in the next few months – the Fed hasn't even "paused" beyond a month yet – but I'm considering that the economy will slow to a point that the Fed will cut rates eventually. This may be good news for "sleepy" U.S. government bond prices, which have had a tortuous past several years. Stansberry Research senior analyst Matt McCall discussed this on [a recent episode of his Making Money podcast](. Matt pointed out the 10-year Treasury bond was down nearly 18% last year (the worst year for the U.S. bond market since the pen-and-quill days). That comes after being down more than 4% in 2021, and it's down about another 1% this year... Remember, bond prices trade inversely to yields – because an older, lower-yielding bond is worth less than a newer one that pays better. And yields throughout the economy have risen as the Fed had raised its benchmark lending rate from near 0% to closer to 6% in about 18 months. But the Fed could be nearing the end of its hiking spree. As Matt said on his podcast, he thinks yields are topping out and "will start coming down. The inverse to this would be bond prices going up. I think there is an opportunity here." He acknowledged this is a "contentious" trade idea in the market today – there are folks who think bond prices keep going lower. Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman, for instance, is shorting the 30-year Treasury right now. Indeed, there are reasons to think the Fed's inflation "fight" is not close to finished yet – like rebounding energy prices – and lending rates will keep going higher rather than plateauing, much less reversing and heading lower. But Matt's on the side of yields coming down in the market soon. Again, you can check out his entire episode for [free on YouTube here](. He's not making a formal recommendation on buying bonds today, and nor are we. But after a really bad several years including the worst in hundreds of years for Treasurys, it's something to keep in mind... especially should a recession be in the making. In the short term, we'll see how yields and prices behave over the next few weeks. The Fed's next policy meeting is coming up on September 19 and 20, and we'll keep watching the course of the jobs market and inflation, too. --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Links: [Surprising Twist Coming for U.S. Stocks]( If you missed the AI rally earlier this year, you can't overlook this new prediction about what will happen NEXT to U.S. stocks, which two top analysts are preparing to show you on Tuesday, September 12. [Click here to learn more](. --------------------------------------------------------------- [His System Isolated Nvidia – Here's His NEXT Buy]( Marc Chaikin's stock-picking system isolated Nvidia before its massive bull run this year. Now, it just flashed "BUY" on a new AI company that no one is talking about yet. It's not a household name... but Marc predicts it could quickly double or triple from here. [Click here for the name and ticker](. --------------------------------------------------------------- New 52-week highs (as of 9/5/23): Adobe (ADBE), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Intuit (INTU), Eli Lilly (LLY), VanEck Oil Services Fund (OIH), Pure Storage (PSTG), SLB (SLB), Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (U-U.TO), Global X Uranium Fund (URA), and Sprott Uranium Miners Fund (URNM). In today's mail, feedback on [yesterday's Digest]( in which we talked about real-world risks to the U.S. economy... Do you have a comment or question? As always, e-mail us at feedback@stansberryresearch.com. "I find it amazing that few are concerned about a likely protracted [United Auto Workers ('UAW')] labor strike against the auto manufacturers. The union's demands are outrageous and will not end well for the economy. "If a strike does occur, which seems assured, it will affect not only the auto manufacturers but the entire automotive ecosystem of parts suppliers, transportation, auto dealerships, and all the suppliers of raw materials that depend on automotive production and supply demand. "A prolonged strike will put hundreds of thousands out of work and create havoc through the entire economy as demand for products and goods slows. We won't have a soft landing but more of a crash landing, just before the holidays. "If push comes to shove, the automakers may consider moving a large portion of their manufacturing and the associated jobs to Mexico where labor is inexpensive and there are no unrealistic UAW demands. The longer-term implications of that possibility will place a further strain on the economy and U.S. jobs." – Subscriber J.P. "After reading Corey McLaughlin's post today about the D.C. sentiment that the worst is behind us, it cemented my thoughts about the chances of a recession. If Washington is sure it's unlikely, count on a recession in the next 6-12 months." – Subscriber Jim V. All the best, Corey McLaughlin Baltimore, Maryland September 6, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------- Stansberry Research Top 10 Open Recommendations Top 10 highest-returning open positions across all Stansberry Research portfolios Stock Buy Date Return Publication Analyst MSFT Microsoft 11/11/10 1,206.7% Retirement Millionaire Doc MSFT Microsoft 02/10/12 1,048.6% Stansberry's Investment Advisory Porter ADP Automatic Data Processing 10/09/08 901.9% Extreme Value Ferris wstETH Wrapped Staked Ethereum 02/21/20 683.4% Stansberry Innovations Report Wade WRB W.R. Berkley 03/16/12 545.1% Stansberry's Investment Advisory Porter BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway 04/01/09 539.1% Retirement Millionaire Doc HSY Hershey 12/07/07 514.5% Stansberry's Investment Advisory Porter AFG American Financial 10/12/12 393.8% Stansberry's Investment Advisory Porter TTD The Trade Desk 10/17/19 334.2% Stansberry Innovations Report Engel ALS-T Altius Minerals 02/16/09 312.1% Extreme Value Ferris Please note: Securities appearing in the Top 10 are not necessarily recommended buys at current prices. The list reflects the best-performing positions currently in the model portfolio of any Stansberry Research publication. The buy date reflects when the editor recommended the investment in the listed publication, and the return shows its performance since that date. 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The list reflects the best-performing positions currently in the Crypto Capital model portfolio. The buy date reflects when the recommendation was made, and the return shows its performance since that date. To learn if it's still a recommended buy today, you must be a subscriber and refer to the most recent portfolio. --------------------------------------------------------------- Stansberry Research Hall of Fame Top 10 all-time, highest-returning closed positions across all Stansberry portfolios Investment Symbol Duration Gain Publication Analyst Nvidia^* NVDA 5.96 years 1,466% Venture Tech. Lashmet Microsoft^ MSFT 12.74 years 1,185% Retirement Millionaire Doc Band Protocol crypto 0.32 years 1,169% Crypto Capital Wade Terra crypto 0.41 years 1,164% Crypto Capital Wade Inovio Pharma.^ INO 1.01 years 1,139% Venture Tech. Lashmet Seabridge Gold^ SA 4.20 years 995% Sjug Conf. 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