Wow that was fast. Thank you. I …. think I hold my own keys. I hold something. The same passphrase I had set up with Breadwallet. I’ll have to do some reading.

And that’s very creative. There are also scary stories about safe deposit boxes being emptied. However, there is a much greater chance that valuables would be taken from my home. You have to pick your battles.

bitcoininthevp wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 28, 2022 12:37 pm

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where’s that bat signal that kriegs created for bitcoininthevp?

I had to migrate from BreadWallet to Coinbase. Tim Draper says they’re not going to go bankrupt. Still…if they do, our wallets may be emptied. I wonder what I should do with my 0.08 BTC

Nordic nations ever closer to joining NATO. … Henry Kissinger has been hitting the rounds lately and he's worth listening to on this stuff. It's kinda painful because he is really old, forms his thoughts and speaks slowly but mentally he's definitely still there and is one of the few remaining state...

FYI, Hal’s initial link worked for me. Maybe it was a temporary glitch. Bogle Says Count SS/Pension in Allocation Splitter 01-01-2007, 11:25 AM | Post #190913 | 0 The "Is my Social Security/Pension a bond equivalent" question has gotten much debate on this board. But until now I hadn't seen Jack Bog...

Well we had at least 4 over the weekend. Definitely got my attention.
The Buffalo shooter wasn’t far from my hometown.

Last meal in Russian McDonalds
https://youtu.be/ktX8SR55siM

Russia likely to have lost third of its Ukraine invasion force, says UK https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/russia-likely-to-have-lost-third-of-its-ukraine-invasion-force-says-uk How long can Russia keep this up? How long before they’ve stretched themselves too thin between Ukraine and Syr...

. On the other hand, I spoke to an elite financial advisor the other day who has been managing money for high net-worth investors and foundations for over 30 years using mostly DFA funds and he said, almost as an aside, that he has all of HIS family's money in half short-term TBills, half gold. I a...

Craig Rowland and J.K. Larson

Just a tiny correction: I think it’s J.M. Lawson

I haven’t checked the value on my proof Buffalo in ages. I should.

The only proof coin I bought was pre-pp.
if I recall correctly from Harry Browne’s books, Rowland and Lawson’s (Craigr and Medium Tex) book, etc. you’re supposed to buy bullion. Proof coins are more like collectibles, no?

ppnewbie wrote: ↑

Fri May 13, 2022 12:45 pm

The fractional stuff I got from my local coin shop. I got the fraction by buying these from the local shop
https://www.jmbullion.com/4-coin-proof- ... le-set-vy/
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The bullion version not the proof version, right?

You may enjoy it, but every time a banker remarks that my box is “heavy”, I get nervous! :D You’ve given me an idea. I think Budd should buy bars and have them melted into hand weights! 💥 I find the weight of a one-ounce coin pleasant. At this moment I see an 1809 spot price and would love to buy mo...

I would assume the same, Vil. The only thing I knew for sure was that ppnewbie was not using Apmex.
Inconsequential: the 1/4 oz eagle I bought using bitcoin from this forum did feel good. Should have spent more.

“Tiny portion of a portfolio of material size” How do you define a portion of material size? Over what investing horizon? I’d like to know, too. Material size = what [vinny] Is there any other investment wherein you are limited to how much you can invest in it per year? [/vinny] My wife put a cap o...

mathjak107 wrote: ↑

Fri May 13, 2022 7:42 am

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I said to the teacher , there is proof going to the movies causes inflation.

ppnewbie wrote: ↑

Thu May 12, 2022 10:58 pm

Personally, if I can get fractional coins for the same premium as 1 oz I go for those.

I might, too, but i buy from Apmex and the premium is way higher for fractional there.

Bitcoin is just too young and Harry was wise. Even though he would probably have been fascinated by it, I can’t imagine that he would have recommended crypto to investors depending on his sage advice, let alone telling people to put in in a portfolio of “money you can’t afford to lose.”

I’ve seen positive posts about gold on Bogleheads lately. You know things are bad when that happens.

Looks like I’ll have a chance to do some more serious buying, perhaps at 1800. p.s. I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason for it, perhaps just the speed at which things can change, but CNBC’s headlines about gold are always the direct opposite of what their numbers show and it’s effing annoying. ...

I love it when folks assert that gold is great due to lack of government control. That's an idea that started in the 1970s and is a shill point made by purveyors of gold. Could you clarify? Didn’t Harry Browne call bullshit on charges of gold manipulation and regulation? Not just once but on a regu...

Right, I’m not saying that the local reporting survives, but rather why it doesn’t. Here’s part of it: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/study-private-equity-firms-buying-newspapers-cut-local-news/ As they acquired hundreds of newspapers in recent years, private-equity firms cut reporting staff a...

one more comment...most news that actually impacts our lives is local and there's not much of that around anymore which is unfortunate. The little guy keeps getting absorbed by the bigger one that can survive. I had to drop a USA Today subscription that was essentially free, it was so bad. I agree ...

^ Thank you for this post. I haven’t visited Portfolio Charts for a while. Always useful ^