A much appreciated "thank you" to everyone that responded. I quite like the idea of allocating all my future contributions into PRPFX and then using that to rebalance as needed. Of course this opens me up to the possibility of rebalancing while PRPFX is in the red, but at least I'll be giv...

This is for all the 401(k)ers out there. How do you allocate your biweekly or monthly contributions into your respective PPs? To maintain balance do you contribute evenly to all assets held in your 401(k) accounts? Or do you treat your contributions akin to dividends and place them in the cash porti...

I and others have posted on this before. Not sure that any of us in the evenly divided 4x25 camp have convinced others of its advantage. I suspect that this is because so many of us are relatively new to this and have not yet felt the headaches. Here are some discussions: http://gyroscopicinvesting...

25% of each pay period's contribution goes straight into stocks automatically, and the remaining 75% sweeps into a MM fund in the brokerage part. At that point, I contribute to whichever of the three remaining assets is lagging. I do this rather than splitting it evenly because the gold and bond fu...

I recommend filling up your tax-advantaged accounts will the bond allocation, then stock allocation, and finally gold. JimboJones, thanks for chiming in. While I understand the theory surrounding the taxable vs. non-taxable allocation pecking order, what I'm trying to come to grips with is how one ...

Thank you for that.  It gave me a little endorphin pop. One of our goals was to write a book that would be informative as well as worth reading.  It sounds like you are enjoying it.  I'm happy to hear that. I'm sure you will get some good responses to your questions. You're welcome, MediumTex. Keep...

I decided it would be better for my sanity to maintain separate PPs. Doing so has also given me institutional diversification across the brokerages and the fund providers. That's good to know, and that's a good point about institutional diversification. I may consider that! Mine does too, and it al...

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum as a member, but I've read through many of the topics and I'm impressed with how knowledgeable many of you really are. I first encountered the Permanent Portfolio about a year ago. I have read Harry Browne's "Fail Safe Investing" book and I'm currently ge...