I returned to Notre Dame’s campus on January 13, 1991 for the second semester of freshman year. On Thursday of that week, “Operation Desert Storm” officially began. The U.S. started an intensive bombing campaign after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, supposedly because Kuwait over-produced oil. Iraq was deeply in debt and wanted Kuwait’s oil. The US feared that the move into Kuwait and a further move into Saudi Arabia would give Iraq control of 40% of the world’s oil.

This is an overview of safe investments for this frothy market. We start with a super cool product that’s part of the “Innovator ETF” family of investments. We also touch on Treasuries, CD’s and covered calls, all tools in our arsenal for safety.