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  Episode 34 — Applied Stock Basics: Cash/Bond Buffers & Bear-Market Protocol Your Account’s “Airbag” That Prevents Panic Selling (Buffer Range + Drawdown Action Table + Emergency Routine) 3-Line Summary In deep drawdowns, most plans fail not because of the asset choice, but because without a buffer the account loses options —and “sell” becomes the only option you can feel. This episode turns buffers into rules (range, floor, priorities) and installs a simple drawdown action table (-10/-20/-30) that reduces improvisation. The core message is simple: buffers are not return engines; they are survival devices —and survival is what enables compounding. Table of Contents The goal of Episode 34: why rules break in crashes when buffers are missing What a buffer really is: not “dry powder,” but an anti-forced-selling device Buffer building blocks (concept only): cash / short-term bonds / intermediate bonds Five questions that decide your buffer range (mentality, cashflow, time) Three...

  Episode 31 — Applied Stock Basics: Build an “Account Constitution” (Goal–Risk–Rules–Execution Framework) 3-Line Summary  When an account breaks, it is often not from lack of knowledge, but from a structure that allows too many exceptions —that can be seen as the real enemy. This episode builds an Account Constitution : a one-page rule-set skeleton that decides what to do (and what not to do) before emotions take over. If Goal–Risk–Rules–Execution are fixed in advance, bull markets, bear markets, and sideways markets become operational problems , not psychological battles. Table of Contents What Episode 31 does in the 30–35 arc Why a Constitution is needed: the market is loud, but “exceptions” are louder The 4-layer model: Goal–Risk–Rules–Execution Step 0: Split the account into three zones (Core / Buffer / Sandbox) Step 1: Lock the Goal in three sentences (Money–Time–Behavior) Step 2: Lock Risk using five numbers (Risk Budget) Step 3: Lock Rules into 12 lines (Buy / Add / Re...