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by rutabaga
Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:26 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Smart People Defy Usual Correlations When it Comes to Happiness
Replies: 6
Views: 3947

Re: Smart People Defy Usual Correlations When it Comes to Happiness

It reminds me of a George Carlin quip: " If a man speaks in the forest and there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
by rutabaga
Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:17 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Is everybody bored?
Replies: 52
Views: 14913

Re: Is everybody bored?

"Abortions are the same as births"!
by rutabaga
Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: unanswered question link thread
Replies: 4
Views: 2964

stop loss orders

Are stop loss orders part of the PP? If so what are the the specifics?
by rutabaga
Wed Dec 31, 2014 6:22 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Poll: HBPP Component Predictions for 2015
Replies: 37
Views: 21935

Party Like Its 1999!

Stocks + 15% Bonds  + 15% Cash    + 2% Gold      -15% The economy will remain approximately as strong as it is now. Perhaps you remember my prediction (above) for 2014. I think it was not too bad.  Based on it I was 40/30/10/20 this year which worked out well. This weighting also has good historica...
by rutabaga
Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:11 am
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Protection against a sharp drop
Replies: 18
Views: 13271

Re: Protection against a sharp drop

If your Put expires worthless, will you buy another one? And after that?
by rutabaga
Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:38 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Article: Is the Permanent Portfolio Broken?
Replies: 56
Views: 31674

Re: Article: Is the Permanent Portfolio Broken?

Stocks + 15%
Bonds  + 15%
Cash    + 2%
Gold      -15%

The economy will remain approximately as strong as it is now.