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Defensive Investing

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• Crisis investing: what to invest in during a recession — and when

  The hard part of investing in a recession is not what to own but when. A recession is a sequence of phases, and the right move in the wrong phase still loses. Here is the order of operations — preserve, then deploy — and the asset classes that do each job.

  June 1, 2026 · 12 min read

• How to invest during a recession without trying to time the bottom

  Investing through a recession is a behavior problem before it is a selection problem. Here is how to stage capital in as liquidity returns before confidence does, why dollar-cost discipline beats bottom-calling, and how to keep liquidity as optionality.

  June 1, 2026 · 10 min read

• How to recession-proof your portfolio without selling everything

  You don't have to dump your portfolio to defend against a recession. Here is a rebalance framework that can help reduce downside without giving up the recovery.

  April 24, 2026 · 11 min read