Hi Marc, Thank you for all the advice and tips you've provided here on Gyroscopic Investing and on your blogs (NL and EN), which I've been following for years now. I hope your offer is still available. I've been wanting to post here for days now but couldn't decide on where to create a wallet (Bloc...

Hi Marc, Thank you for all the advice and tips you've provided here on Gyroscopic Investing and on your blogs (NL and EN), which I've been following for years now. I hope your offer is still available. I've been wanting to post here for days now but couldn't decide on where to create a wallet (Block...

In what country do you reside? Germany What funds did you choose for stocks? - iShares DAX (50%) - iShares DJ EURO STOXX (50%) What bonds did you use? 30-year German Federal Bonds (Bundesanleihe) What cash options did you use? German Day Bonds (Tagesanleihe) What do you recommend for gold? I bought ...

Another option: iShares EURO STOXX (DE) https://wertpapiere.ing-diba.de/DE/Showpage.aspx?pageID=30&ISIN=DE000A0D8Q07 http://de.ishares.com/en/rc/stream/pdf/false/publish/repository/documents/dffs_comit/de/CURRENT/PDF/FFS_EQ_EXSI_DE000A0D8Q07_DE_en.pdf I went with that and iShares DAX (I live in ...

Hi Danny, I haven't looked into alternative European long-term bonds so I can't give any suggestions. Just thought I'd share my experience with German bonds. I bought them via ING DiBa. And then I had them transfer the bonds to the Finanzagentur by filling in a form, which I requested from ING DiBa'...

Thanks a lot for the very informative and helpful responses, craigr and Clive! Will write a longer post in a few days, also taking into account other responses to my questions at: http://www.marcdemesel.be/2009/01/mijn-achtergrond.html (in Dutch) And: http://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...

Hello, After listening to a few of Harry Browne's radio shows and reading Fail-Safe Investing, as well as various posts at bogleheads.org, at crawlingroad.com and marcdemesel.be (THANK YOU for all the info), my husband and I have decided to set up a permanent portfolio. Unfortunately, we can't use H...