Wow, $3500 spot

He’s fun

Ah, thank you Xan

Looks like Fred On Everything is coming to a close.
Used to be cited on this forum 10 years ago.
https://fredoneverything.org/

Actually, while the Farewell article is from 2025, the comments below it are from 2024 which is confusing.

What’s GFC? I’m sure it will be totally obvious once I see it, but right now I can’t think of it.

I don’t see a question here.

I’ll ask one: those Now and Then columns at the top— do they represent what % each asset is of the total? VTSAX was 13% of the total but it now makes up 21% of it, right?

This is the one I like
https://wordsmith.org/anagram/

That would be an example of an oxymoron in the dictionary? ... and onyx room is a anagram of oxymoron :) seajay, are you a fan of the internet anagram server? I wrote to the guy once, asking him to make the search term persistent instead of resetting each time. He did it, and it’s been persistent e...

Self-deletion. I asked some reality-check questions about the above, which seemed too obvious.
Then I experienced self-doubt.
Then I decided to reserve my questions for now.

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The permanent portfolio:
It’s for short-term money

Yeah, the longer I live, the more I’m convinced that most if not all couch potato portfolios* are fine if one sticks with them. Also, pretty much everything on Tyler’s portfoliocharts.com site.

*I’m typing this from a couch

Mathjak makes a valid point. ... So in that context, if your own comfort level stands in conflict with the returns you need for the retirement goals you have, it may not be a bad idea to look internally at your personal comfort level and work on it. Not to say you should try and go from ultra conse...

These are thoughtful answers.
Thanks, guys.

Ah yes, I should have mentioned Nvidia, too.

I do hate the idea of the US govt taking a 10% stake in Intel Corp.

Does anyone like it?

Do you own any presently?

I have seen Japanese robots being developed to lift the elderly in and out of bed.

When you say “taking care of….”
Sorry to hear it, flyingpylon

How about an anonymous note with cut & pasted letters like kidnappers used to use.

Write it on your check in the Memo section

Speaking of finance, I bumped into Ochotona while researching debit cards online ... Debit cards? I have one. But I have never made a debit card transaction in my life and I will probably die that way. Yes, debit cards. You’re like most reasonable people. I only used debit cards until I graduated t...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 24, 2025 1:10 pm Anyone else taking care of aging/elderly parents?

Helloooo Smithers!
My wife is visiting her father in the hospital daily. He’s not merely a 藥煲*He’s got multiple issues and I’m sorry to say his days are probably numbered.

*Literally “medicine pot.” Figurately, someone who’s always sick.