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by dualstow
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Smith1776 wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:22 pm
One thing I like about "The Forrest Portfolio" is that forests have lots of diversity... get it? ;D
And unlike gardens, they need far less management (tinkering) than people think.
by dualstow
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Descaling the coffeemaker and trying not to inhale those nasty chemicals. It’s the most excitement I’m going to have all morning. You gotta do instant coffee! :D I like the name change! I do enjoy instant coffee when not at home and I’m not a total coffee snob but.. freshly ground beans, Smithers. ...
by dualstow
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Smith1776 wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:42 am
What's everyone up to today? 8)
Descaling the coffeemaker and trying not to inhale those nasty chemicals. It’s the most excitement I’m going to have all morning.
by dualstow
Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:07 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

There are some ugly cats out there, too.
by dualstow
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Occupied Land acknowledgements
Replies: 7
Views: 186

Re: Occupied Land acknowledgements

When did acknowledging that your institution is on “Located on Occupied and Unceeded XYZ Ancestral Homelands” become a thing? Is it anything other than empty virtue signaling? I’m reading ‘The Identity Trap’ book which details how various concepts made their way from fringe to academia to instituti...
by dualstow
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

… I did hire an FA (Jon Luskin, who these days hosts the Bogleheads podcasts) for a one-time review. The value of it, for me, was pretty much entirely for non-portfolio stuff: things like making better use of HSA's for health insurance savings, re-thinking our Social Security claiming strategy, etc...
by dualstow
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

Wouldn't just a small cap (without any value tilt) allocation accomplish the same thing? I share the sentiment of wanting to tilt away from megacap growth stocks, but not the belief in value premium. Well, some see small cap growth as something to avoid, as it has the greatest share of companies mo...
by dualstow
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1227
Views: 582773

Re: YouTube Junkie

Got another one for you, Vin
https://x.com/yswaters/status/1769044897120583908?s=20
Sound on
by dualstow
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:32 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: New interview with Craig Rowland
Replies: 34
Views: 1518

Re: New interview with Craig Rowland

Always great to see you check in, Vil!
by dualstow
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:29 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

I understand. Thank you! If I recall, you had a portfolio checkup with Allan Roth or a similar professional which I’m sure helps one stick to the plan.
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:49 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

ADDING to the above so that I don’t keep editing: What I mean is, if you individually bought and held the Magnificent 7, you would of course get dinged when one of them invariably slides. If you buy the total market, some unknown that you never would have thought to buy is going to grow to become p...
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:10 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

Do you tilt to value, Kevin? I guess you adopted the Golden Butterfly. Did you tilt to small cap value or just value before Tyler invented that portfolio? TSM or Total Stock Market is just a mirror of the market, is it not? If Apple is a large part of VTSAX it’s because it’s a large part of the mark...
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

… From what I could remember, all of the historical out performance is based on indexes that were not actual funds during the out performance times. … Hah! That’s a very very interesting find, if true, whatcha. I think I remember an article saying something along the same lines about funds in gener...
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Re: Why Value?

At some point, the number of surly bogleheads grew too great in number for me to bear. And, if you respond to them the moderators treat you like you’re part of the problem.
Just ignore them, Smithers. Surf for info and never post there.
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Why Value?
Replies: 24
Views: 454

Why Value?

Harry Browne eventually moved from a collection of Growth stock funds to the S&P 500. A lot of pp’ers seem to like value stocks. I am still partial to value stocks. ^-^ Every once in a while, I look at the performance of growth stock funds and value stock funds versus VTSAX, Vanguard’s total domesti...
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Smith1776 wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:07 am
What do you guys like to do for fun dates when you take your spouse out? Dinner and movie is nice, but it's overdone. Anything off the beaten path you guys like?
It’s not off the beaten path but my favorite thing to do is to take walks together.
by dualstow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: What am I missing here?
Replies: 15
Views: 355

Re: What am I missing here?

I still look at annual reports, but I don’t kid myself. Index funds for the core, for the bulk of stocks.
by dualstow
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: What's the actual rationale for investing in long term bonds?
Replies: 15
Views: 468

Re: What's the actual rationale for investing in long term bonds?

Good Morning ArthurPooh, Maybe look at the issue from a different perspective. This is how I explained the PP to my late mother. 1. We put your money into 1/2 savings and 1/2 investments. 2. The savings are in 50% Gold, 50% Cash, just in case the AUD loses value 3. The investments are in 50% Shares...
by dualstow
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:20 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: What am I missing here?
Replies: 15
Views: 355

Re: What am I missing here?

Barrett: and the one-eyed man in the country of the blind is king!
Smithers: do you follow Value Stock Geek, featured in another thread?
by dualstow
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Vinny VS email backdaters
Replies: 19
Views: 507

Re: Vinny VS email backdaters

That would be awesome if he responded but with a backdated email.
by dualstow
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1227
Views: 582773

Re: YouTube Junkie

Thanks for this! I love the gibberish he throws in there. Perfect. I have got through listening to the first two hours of Robert Hur testifying at the House. All of a sudden it hit me that the Biden defenders / supporters main message is: "Your honor! Yes, my client is a murderer. But he's NOT a Se...
by dualstow
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

That is definitely Vinny’s house. What were you using Python for? Tinkering with AI? :) Just playing with programming for the sake of programming. I used to enjoy it as a teenager, solving problems step by step. I never got good enough to cut it as a professional code monkey. Not even close. Suddenl...
by dualstow
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2201
Views: 1112677

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Smith1776 wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:33 am
JavaScript still sucks. >:D
Do you like Python? I’ve played with it a little bit. Just an amateur interest.
by dualstow
Wed Mar 13, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: YouTube Junkie
Replies: 1227
Views: 582773

Re: YouTube Junkie

Dana Carvey on Biden and the border O0
https://youtu.be/uOQYQ6ptIyE