steve, thanks, just filled it with my info, that works nice. Here is another new and stupid question.  I have an automatic investment set up every week going towards our IRA, should I just continue this and divide it among each asset class in my PP and then rebalance once or twice a year? Is that wh...

Im interested in this too. Also, Tyler, does setting up the LT bond ladder through fidelity make it so I wouldnt have to fool with it very often also other than adding money to it? I may try that for long term and stick with SHY or a plain old savings accnt if the 1-3 yr thing takes constant monitor...

Gosso wrote: The title of this thread always makes me laugh, good job bjt. 

honesty is the best policy my friend!

thanks steve, GTU going in on monday along with VTI, SHY, and probably TLT to start!  Loading up our Roths with the PP 5,000 for each of us from here on out. Checking it twice a year to rebalance.  Any special concerns, tax or otherwise with any of these in my IRA?  Im assuming shouldnt be a problem...

minus the physical gold, what would you recommend for gold, do GTU in the IRA?  I cant decide which to do for the gold.

so Im going in this week, my wife and I have about 14,000 each in our IRA accounts. Do you guys recommend doing each asset class 7,000 each and splitting them between us or 3,500 x 4 for each of our accounts individually? Im still unsure of my gold and LTT etf/fund to chose, but Im going VTI and SHY...

thanks guys!

so ive only had mutual funds through vanguard in my ira, now that I want to buy etfs I of course have to use my brokerage account, but I want the etfs to be sheltered in my IRA until I can go beyond maxing it out.  Is there an easy way to do this online, because I cant figure it out yet with Vanguar...

wow great, thank you very much for your input and advice! if I read the OP correctly, 100% of the "pie" is in IRAs, at Vanguard as the custodian? in this case, afaict you cannot hold a physical gold coin in a IRA, at least not at Vanguard. Afaict you can not hold a gold coin in your own po...

adama,
he-man is my favorite show of all time, fyi, and thanks!

so with gold should I shoot for 50/50 physical gold/etf gold in order to help with rebalancing when needed? 
Im probably going to start with "paper" gold.

I have been reading about the PP for a few months now and have decided to use it as our (wife and I) long term investment tool. With limited resources and intelligence (haha) we have put about 28,000 total into both of our IRAS over the last 4 years. We are 32 and 31 respectively. We are currently w...