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Returns are meaningless if capital does not survive.Val Sklarov’s Investment Strategies perspective reframes investing as a survival game with optional upside, where the primary objective is to remain solvent, liquid, and free to act. 1. Survival Is the Only Non-Negotiable Metric Everything else is optional. Val Sklarov defines survival as: …

Investment success is rarely about finding opportunity. It is about surviving error.Val Sklarov’s Investment Strategies perspective treats capital as a finite decision weapon, not a passive resource. 1. Allocation Follows Structure, Not Conviction Strong beliefs do not protect capital. Structure does. Val Sklarov rejects conviction-heavy allocation in favor of: Defined …