The Quiet, Unstoppable Power Of Compounding

Inside today’s Daily Journal

  • Essay: No Reason To Panic

  • Loading up on leverage

  • Venture Global finds its groove

  • No surprise… inflation is back

  • Chart Of The Day… British American Tobacco (BTI)

  • Today’s Mailbag

Editor’s note: Last month Porter & Co. partnered with Emmet Savage and his team at MyWallSt – providing access to Emmet’s two main services, Prophet and Nova… And the results have been remarkable – the three most recent stocks recommended in Prophet, for example, have delivered an average return of 35% over three weeks.

Today, Porter turns the Journal over to Emmet one last time to reflect on his investment philosophy.

Here is Emmet Savage from MyWallSt…

My investing strategy has been forged over 30 years, in which I’ve seen one lost decade, two bubbles, three major stock market crashes, countless corrections, and incessant warnings, naysayers, doubters, and talking heads calling for the end of days.

Despite all that, the second half of my investing career has included one of the most enduring bull runs we’ve been lucky enough to experience. Year after year, I have been buying companies I believe in – rain or shine, red days or green – and am now at a point where I am proud to say I have created generational wealth for myself and my family… and my readers.

Throughout that time, the one constant I have been able to rely on is my temperament. When you sit at a screen during a period of intense market volatility, the urge to “do something” is overpowering. The financial media feeds you a non-stop loop of panic. During these times, a voice in your head whispers… pull your money out, sit on the sidelines, and wait for the dust to settle.

It sounds logical. It sounds safe. But history tells a completely different story: timing the market is not only impossible, it is one of the most costly mistakes an investor can make.

Decades of experience through all market cycles have made me realize that doing nothing is a superpower. And the data backs it up. If you look back over the past 30 years, missing just the 10 best days of the market would have cut your total returns in half. If you missed the 30 best days, your returns would have been slashed by an incredible 84%.

In practice, avoiding the market’s bad days almost always means missing out on its greatest highs. According to historical data compiled by Hartford Funds, an astonishing 76% of the stock market’s best days have occurred during a bear market or during the first two months of a bull market.

Think about what that means. The very moments when the market feels the most terrifying, unpredictable, and volatile are exactly when it stages its most explosive recoveries. If you panic and retreat to cash, you aren’t protecting your wealth – you’re locking in your losses and locking yourself out of the rebound.

True investing is about giving your money the time it needs to grow. When you remain fully invested through all market cycles, your returns begin to generate their own returns. That is the real magic – that is the quiet, unstoppable power of compounding. But compounding demands an uninterrupted timeline. Every time you jump in and out of the market, you reset the clock and destroy that momentum.

The market will always give you a reason to be afraid. There will always be a new geopolitical crisis, an economic downturn, or a terrifying headline. Our partnership with Porter & Co launched in the middle of war in Iran and one of history’s greatest energy shocks. There was a very real temptation to postpone until we hit calmer waters, but that would have gone against everything that got me to this point. Forging ahead rewarded subscribers with incredible returns out of the gate, with our three latest additions to Prophet delivering an average return of 35% in less than three weeks.

Our top three performers in Nova surpass that with an incredible 49% average return since April 1.

I’m acutely aware that these aren’t normal market conditions, but I’m just as aware that hesitation and market timing could have led to our subscribers missing out on these gains. The secret to creating generational wealth isn’t a flawless economic forecast; it’s the discipline to be patient.

Stop trying to time the market. Maximize your time in the market. Stay the course, ride out the volatility, and let compounding do the heavy lifting. Thirty years from now, you and your family will be profoundly glad you did.

Just take it from those who have already made the plunge:

I am so pleased with Prophet. Thank you for helping me gain access to this dynamic investment opportunity. I am up 12% in two weeks, and have covered my lifetime subscription fee by time and a half. – Charles G.

With three closed winners and 10 open winners, I am currently up $5,908.19, so at the moment I’ve covered my $4,000 lifetime subscription and I didn’t invest all that much money… Since it was Porter recommending these guys, I chose the lifetime subscription – a great choice. – Keith M.

I’m up 15% since 4/16 with the Prophet portfolio. – Lee B.

I have recouped my subscription fee in the first weeks of following the recommendations of Prophet. I am very curious to see the results moving forward. Thank you for bringing this very interesting research to us. – Lori C.

Emmet Savage

MyWallSt

Editor’s note: The partnership with MyWallSt officially closed last week. But because of its tremendous popularity with readers – as shown by the testimonials above – we have reopened access to Prophet and Nova for a limited time. Click here to get the details.

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