I looked at TLT to see the performance in 2008, to get an idea of what to expect.

I expect a snapback as bonds appear massively overbought, by historic measures.

I suspect QE infinity is correct. I have heard at least one financial commentator predict the same. It makes perfect sense, considering our form of government. Politicians prefer to keep their jobs.

I hope others on the forum will weigh in.

I am also giving a little more thought to the portfolio recently. allow me to offer a devil's advocate perspective on your post. If in fact the bonds are not going to react to the upside sufficiently as rates fall, it seems that you would require a greater percentage of US Treasury bonds, not fewer,...

Also, you might be interested in hans Hermann hoppe,s book " democracy The God that failed"

https://mises.org/library/democracy-god-failed-1

Or search for his YouTube lectures on the same subject

https://antoniusaquinas.com/2016/05/01/ ... it-so-bad/

Feudalism, was it so bad?

I expect this post may ruffle some feathers.

What are your thoughts on losing the proxy vote for all the shares you hold of your index fund companies?

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Good comments. Storage cost / expense ratio seems to be one of the reasons switching to Silver is not a simple decision. looking at these ratio charts...they dont agree in the early 90s? From both charts, however I see that the ratio can remain elevated for several years. That silver expense ratio c...

Silver is never been cheaper relative to gold as it is at the moment. Very tempted to trade gold for silver. https://www.bullionbypost.co.uk/price-r ... r/alltime/

For the retail investor implementing the traditional permanent portfolio, it seems like VLGSX is the way to go? avoid the need to sell a 20-year Bond and purchase a 30-year Bond? Along with Associated capital gain. In terms of holding this in a taxable account, seems there is no particular concern l...

Pslv at greater than 4% discount to nav.

"play a round of gold"
sounds like a fun game

looking back on this thread, I can now see I was a year early from the optimal time to get into mining shares.