Great post, Peace. I'm always very interested in seeing what a non-US Permanent Portfolio would look like.

Gold is really going just going to float up in price if your local currency dives just as any commodity would. The commodity isn't changing, it's the purchasing power of the paper money that is. As an extreme, in Iceland in 2008 they had a severe currency problem. Marc DeMesel looked at how a Perma...

Thanks everyone for all the great info. Well, in my research I've found the following: Cash There aren't any Canadian t-bill ETF's that I can find. I did find two T-bill Mutual Funds. They are the CIBC Canadian T-Bill Fund (MER of 0.48% last year) and the TD Canadian T-Bill Fund (MER of 0.37%). Tick...

Thanks KevinW. I'm starting to understand how simplicity (i.e., holding: physical gold, treasuries directly, and cash through term deposits) reduces the amount of instances where things can go wrong.

If possible, it would also be better to purchase physical gold rather than an ETF - one less piece of paper between you and the asset, as Harry Browne would say.  A bit in an ETF would be ok, but I would prefer to have most in physical form. But your question, or least the one that comes to my mind...

Welcome to the forum! I can't answer your Canadian specific questions, but I will say that if you can buy the bonds directly and bypass a fund that is the best choice. As for gold and currency risk. 75% of the portfolio is mostly in the currency where you live (stocks, bonds and cash). The 25% gold...

Hello there. Just wanted to say what a great resource this blog is. Also, most of what I know about the permanent portfolio is what I've read of it on the boglehead forum (that famous 60 page plus thread!), but I have now just started reading the e-book version of Harry Browne's "Failsafe Inves...