Cut right through the noise: The headline stability everyone is celebrating is a dangerous Stability Illusion masking three compounding crises that demand immediate defensive action. We unpack how the combination of a delayed fiscal cliff, proposals for $2,000 stimulus checks, and rising Geopolitical Risk replacing lowest cost in supply chains is guaranteeing painful Structural Inflation in the 2025-2027 period. Discover essential steps to protect your portfolio, including why you must favor inflation-resistant hard assets over cash, and the crucial warnings from CISA and NOAA about unreliable networks and GPS systems. You will learn how to prepare for infrastructure failures by adopting offline backups—like physical maps and backup power sources—and how to spot the difference between political signal versus noise.