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- Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:08 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Seth Klarman's Margin of Safety
- Replies: 15
- Views: 33659
Re: Seth Klarman's Margin of Safety
Thanks for the PDF!
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: This is the best time in 45 years to invest in the Permanent Portfolio
- Replies: 63
- Views: 57853
Re: This is the best time in 45 years to invest in the Permanent Portfolio
It's always a great time to invest in the HBPP!
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 5:20 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3940
- Views: 2485855
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: New I-bond rate: 3.54%
- Replies: 84
- Views: 37267
Re: New I-bond rate: 3.54%
If only they would let us order paper I-bonds from the bank...
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: I've come home!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2649
Re: I've come home!
Welcome back. Glad to hear you did well with your "VP" and you're thinking ahead about why the HBPP is such a brilliant investment strategy.
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 11:16 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: It's quiet... TOO quiet...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6450
Re: It's quiet... TOO quiet...
Nice, innit?
- Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:14 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: I was wrong. It might be possible to securely store your PMs at home
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11579
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:48 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Tesla Motors
- Replies: 135
- Views: 110038
Re: Tesla Motors
You have good instincts. Something weird has been going on with him since summer.
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:46 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Question for original forum members
- Replies: 42
- Views: 37793
Re: Question for original forum members
I remember Clive. He used to post colorful charts and tables, and argue about all kinds of stuff--especially his nonPP portfolio. He's probably still lurking, too.
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:36 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Question for original forum members
- Replies: 42
- Views: 37793
Re: Question for original forum members
I have about 50% of financial assets in a 4 by 25 Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio. It had been about 75%, but as I played around with individual stocks, that part of my Variable Portfolio took off. That said, I feel blessed that I started a PP. It gives a real sense of peace when it comes to what t...
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 1:35 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: What is your view on Hedge Funds?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7407
Re: What is your view on Hedge Funds?
So far on this forum the answer is that they're generally a rip off. I guess they would be okay if their experts had a proprietary strategy that brought in more than 50% annually so that paying 2 & 20 would still leave something on the table for the investor. I suspect that many wealthy indivi...
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:05 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
- Replies: 378
- Views: 193908
Re: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
I guess MediumTex' s barber and taxi driver had that chat after all:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/busin ... .html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/busin ... .html?_r=0
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:08 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Left Fidelity
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15361
Re: Left Fidelity
If you have a meeting with a financial advisor and they bring in someone else to participate, ask who that person is and why they're present at your meeting. If you don't want them there, ask them to leave. My banker asks for permission before bringing any other employee to meetings. You are entit...
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:55 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
- Replies: 378
- Views: 193908
Re: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
A couple of days ago the security guard in my building asked me if I had heard about Bitcoin. He seemed really excited about its potential. After the security guard, you only need two more to yield a warning of something big and terrible about to happen with Bitcoin. It goes according to the Law o...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:34 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
- Replies: 378
- Views: 193908
Re: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
Bitcoin is in a bubble. It reminds me of the dot-com days, late 1990s. My only question is when will the bubble pop, and what will bring it (the pop) about. There. I said it. Now that I've said it, being in a bubble does not mean bitcoin will not survive. It could be like Amazon.com--it crashed a...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17238
Re: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
I believe the term is 'countermeasures'. Just guessing, but I think it's probably some kind of Federal offense to shoot down FAA-approved aircraft/drone. And I doubt people would try that very often in the urban areas they claim to be getting these ready for. But, I agree with Benko and I admit tha...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:53 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - new Mike Maloney video
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8569
Re: The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - new Mike Maloney video
I think all gold bugs eventually sound like Peter Schiff.
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:05 am
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: New I Bond rates have increased!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 26189
Re: New I Bond rates have increased!
Rates are not allowed to go negative with savings bonds, like E- and I-bonds.
The rates can go negative with some treasury securities, but I've forgotten which ones.
The rates can go negative with some treasury securities, but I've forgotten which ones.
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Account Executive for PP
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10744
Re: Account Executive for PP
Good luck (best wishes) with getting the license.
The more professionals out there who are familiar with the PP concept, the better off investors will be.
The more professionals out there who are familiar with the PP concept, the better off investors will be.
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Nelson Mandela-A Mixed Bag
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8796
Re: Nelson Mandela-A Mixed Bag
All of what you wrote, MedTex, makes me think of Mandela being more like George Washington than like Ghandi. Fighting over oppression is not pretty, no matter which side you're fighting on. One of the things about Mandela was his ability to get the oppressed and the oppressors to sit at the same t...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:45 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17238
Re: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
They might even have their own defenses onboard in case they encounter someone about to use them for target practice. Imagine skeet shooting where the skeets shot back! Even if someone managed to shoot them down, there would be actual images of who the shooter was and where to find them. By the ti...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:29 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Variable Annuity as part of PP
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4825
Re: Variable Annuity as part of PP
HB said it could be appropriate in some cases to allocate a portion of your portfolio in an annuity for some guaranteed income. I bought one back in 2009 for a third of my money. It grows 7% a year compounded off the top line (not what you cash it in for but the amount that is used for computation ...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:06 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoins
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10915
Re: Bitcoins
I'm ready to celebrate with some weed, myself. 

- Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:43 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17238
Re: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
There have been a couple of drone crashes in NYC in the past few months, mostly into skyscrapers while being operated by amateurs. I remember pieces rained onto the street, just missing pedestrians on the street in one case. So leave it to the droners; they'll destroy their own equipment and indust...
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:05 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Account Executive for PP
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10744
Re: Account Executive for PP
If I can do the PP myself anybody can, and save a lot of money on fees in the process. If you follow HB's advice you just check it once a year so what are those people you are paying going to be doing for the other 364 days? Sometimes there is a lot of money, scattered among various personal, corpo...