I wonder what people debate in Switzerland?

Probably pronouns.

Crazy

What Smith said.

Harry Browne was a pretty smart guy, and if I recall correctly, he had decided that charting is of little value. I've always been skeptical of technical analysis, but I do see the attraction. I'm inclined to side with Harry on this one. You could say that I'm basing that on the chart of my investmen...

it’s only a problem if it goes down I can survive it going to zero. I don't know what that would mean for the world, but whatever. I for one would welcome our new insect overlords. I don't view it as a rebalancing item. When it comes to gold, I'm a hodler. (For Vinnie, that means hold on for dear l...

I try to remember that as "storage", it's cheaper than most or all of the vaulting arrangements. Of course, it's still paper gold.

what i find is when you have big positions to sell the spreads on gld are smaller than the cheaper etfs . it can actually cost more in spread difference than expense difference. gld is a more liquid for big positions. many times i had only a portion go in gldm and the rest went at lower prices I ne...

When I used to buy sector funds, such as oil and gas, emerging markets, REIT, etc., I always wanted to buy whatever had been beaten down. It worked pretty well. That logic would have me picking LT bonds. But these aren't sectors in the PP, these are broad categories that seem to have long term momen...

My stock-heavy PP did 21.6%. Allocation: Cash 18.4% LT Bonds 12.1% Stocks 43.4% Gold 26.1% I've mentioned before, I have essentially never rebalanced other than by addition, and not for a long time. I should start buying some LT bonds. This was the first year in a LONG time that my non-US stock fund...

I was introduced to the Permanent Portfolio years ago (not long after the Great Recession) after listening to some old Harry Browne podcasts. For the gold portion, I went with GLD due to its simplicity and invested in it for my Roth IRA and Brokerage accounts, not being aware of the tax implication...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 22, 2025 1:52 pm I can’t sell gold, and I wish there was some group like AA that I could go to for this problem.

I can’t either. It’s all good.

What's driving silver now?

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2025 11:00 pm ChromeOS is probably my favourite Linux distro at this point

Being Canadian, you’re more used to having Big Brother watching over you.

Harry had thoughts on it, and as usual he turned out to be right. What does BND give you that you can’t get from a treasury fund with the duration of your choice? A little yield I guess. But the safety margin is not as good with BND.

BND is an all-bond index. I would say you are playing with fire, compared to a treasuries fund. Please look at what happened to corporate bonds in 08-09. Treasuries were the right answer then, and will be in the foreseeable future. I'm speaking from painful experience. When the time comes that treas...

Good timing for you two. I've never been able to sell at the top.
I think it has higher tops ahead. Probably not in the short term though. I wonder if this drop is due to profit-taking by Wall St.

I’m always bearish. If I followed my instincts, I’d have sold everything a long time ago. That’s why I like the PP so much.

Congrats Bird!

Everyone: Predictions?

A month ago $5000 would have sounded goofy. Now it seems like it will happen by the end of this month.

52.60 intra-day at the moment.

What quote symbols are out there for spot gold or a facsimile thereof? On the iOS Stocks app, which looks like it uses Yahoo Finance, I have to use GC=F. I think it's the expiring gold futures contract price. On some quote sites, there is XAU= , which is actually a spot quote. I think I read that GC...

Mountaineer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:24 pm

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:10 pm I would add Atlas Shrugged. Not exactly a quick read though.

Agreed. And perhaps Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

That one really applies. Phones today deliver the soma (drug from the book).

It crossed $50 today.

I would add Atlas Shrugged. Not exactly a quick read though.

I recently engaged with a lefty ex-co-worker I'm friends with on a similar topic. I don't think they are interested in prosperity, only in equality. They would rather live in a shithole where everyone is poor than tolerate the billionaires who create the stuff they use on a daily basis. I’m finally...

Dieter wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 4:58 pm I'm an investment genius -- silver zagged in the appropriate (up) direction when gold zigged (down)

I've got a track record of close to 24 hours

Worship me!



(Just, ignore my IBIT purchase yesterday )

It’s always great when a plan works out.