I’ve never heard BND referred to as playing with fire before

Good timing indeed. Well done, guys.
It’s also higher than I ever dreamed or expected, even after this 5-6% hit.

Behold, some miners that I was required to buy for Dad per his newsletter. (They’re all still up overall, though).

Previously many saw bitcoin as a alternative to gold, sold gold to buy bitcoin, nowadays that seems to be reversing. Of course the intangibility is generally seen as a plus. Divisible: isn’t it the ultimate divisible instrument? There are +ve and -ve sides. Tangible in-hand assets have distinct adv...

and now it’s every website, thanks to the Amazon Web Services glitch.

frugal wrote: ↑Sun Oct 19, 2025 3:27 pm Over the last months, we’ve seen a steady appreciation across its core components.
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Current global monetary policy remains uncertain, which could impact bonds and gold simultaneously.

Lots of things could impact bonds, but have they rallied recently along with the other assets?

seajay wrote: ↑Sat Oct 18, 2025 10:42 am Previously many saw bitcoin as a alternative to gold, sold gold to buy bitcoin, nowadays that seems to be reversing.

Of course the intangibility is generally seen as a plus.
Divisible: isn’t it the ultimate divisible instrument?

Interesting that as some investors panic, gold is going up while bitcoin is going down. That doesn’t mean bitcoin won’t “win” eventually of course, but you can see that people still trust gold. I hate when people call Bitcoin "digital gold". … Current situation shows it is not. Yep, it’s ...

Interesting that as some investors panic, gold is going up while bitcoin is going down. That doesn’t mean bitcoin won’t “win” eventually of course, but you can see that people still trust gold. I guess bogleheads doesn’t mind links to zerohedge because leaving the links is easier than allowing discu...

I have no predictions but I remember that soon after I joined here, craigr posted that he had rebalanced out of gold more than once. Three times, I think. In a relatively short span of time.

ochotona wrote: ↑Wed Oct 15, 2025 1:45 pm My Mom had a bi-metallic position

So did mine, but she assures me it was just a phase she went through in college.

On a serious note: living to 96 and counting: priceless.

I only know XAU

About $4200, wow

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:08 pm Was the forum inaccessible for a while for anyone else?

viewtopic.php?p=259155#p259155

Yay, the forum is accessible again.

Egyptian officials reveal sad end in case of 3,000-year-old golden pharaoh's bracelet stolen from museum

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-3000 ... m-arrests/

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

I loved ‘Anthem’ as a kid. (And apparently so did Neil Peart).
That was a short read.

Hooray for peace in the middle east

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...

Average duration is 14 years. Darn. I was thinking about buying some VGLT as a bit of market timing before the next big stock crash (which I always get wrong). Average “effective maturity” is 22 years, but the duration is no good. (EDV’s is 24 years). I will look no further. https://investor.vangua...

How about VGLT?

Bump. I know I should bump it on a weekday, but…Bump.

You’ve probably already seen Grinch’s thread.
viewtopic.php?t=12867&hilit=Grinch

I just leave my phone in a drawer at home so I don’t worry too much about that.
But I guess it occasionlly tracks me going to the library and the beer store when I take it along.

Brax phones look pretty cool.
I haven’t done a very good job of degoogling, since I own a Pixel. It just works.

Zero. But there’s always the Variable Portfolio.

Bread has moved to Coinbase, and Coinbase is now Base.
I can still get in with my 12 magic words, thank zod (Marc’s gift is worth $9,999 this weekend)
but I no longer see a way to log out. This app makes me nervous.