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by robg
Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:28 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Role of Cash in the PP
Replies: 38
Views: 23098

Re: Role of Cash in the PP

Thanks Tyler.

I'm a bit confused though-- is that chart showing returns after the 3.5% inflation adjusted withdraw each year? Or before?
by robg
Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:07 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Role of Cash in the PP
Replies: 38
Views: 23098

Re: Role of Cash in the PP

Just came across this thread while doing some reasearch. That withdraw rate chart with the sharp dip on the 3.5% wr in Tyler's chart is a bit spooky.  Makes me think there's a sequence-of-returns like risk to when you hit the rebalancing bands. Didn't think it would show up so dramatically (figured ...
by robg
Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:56 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Do most people tend to accumlate money in their cash portion?
Replies: 5
Views: 3706

Do most people tend to accumlate money in their cash portion?

Seems like the "classic" PP way is to accumulate cash from savings or dividends and then wait till you hit a rebalancing band to "redistribute".  Does anyone employ "dollar cost averaging" and buy PP buckets on a regular basis. For example, suppose you save $1000 from y...
by robg
Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: So how should the PP behave if the U.S....
Replies: 49
Views: 16085

Re: So how should the PP behave if the U.S....

I thought one of the priinciples with the PP is that you buy the bond/cash portions in your local currency. So people in other countries are running PPs using their countries bonds (or as close as they can get). If the dollar loses its reserve status that principle shouldn't change.  If you live in ...
by robg
Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:24 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP investors--stay the course
Replies: 282
Views: 144407

Re: PP investors--stay the course

For a significant drawdown to occur with the PP, it almost certainly means that there is more than 1 asset class involved. And that means almost every "conventional" portfolio would be affected even more.  This year certainly tests my patience with owning Gold (which is the part I was leas...
by robg
Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:19 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Buying some call options instead of rebalancing
Replies: 2
Views: 2268

Buying some call options instead of rebalancing

At this point Gold (in the form of IAU) is about 18.5% of my portfolio. I like the 15/35 rebalancing bands, but can't help noticing how gold keeps bouncing off a bottom. Instead of going "all in" and truly rebalancing, what about buying next month ATM call options for the amount of shares ...