what’s funny is i bought the black rock one thru chase 2 days ago .

chase pays near nothing on cash sweep accounts so i. put any cash in the black rock etf money market from some stuff i sold

bitcoin hadn’t proven itself to be a hedge to anything .
if anything it’s traded like a tech stock following them up and down .

gold is a far better hedge and has proven itself over and over to be better at the last two decades than bonds have been

can’t read it behind the pay wall. i tried archive today and saw only a piece . but i have been saying here for years , the long treasury bonds and rate spikes are the achilles heel of the pp. even once again , those who thought it was safe to go back in the water with them got hammered just now . t...

the pp has been acting worse than a 60/40 as the various other assets get hit along with stocks . so far no protection at all. all that happens is the hole it has to climb out of if things shift gets deeper. it really has been no better and is actually been worse then 25% equities and some 1-3 year ...

i think after it got hammered with everything else in 2022 many realized there is no free lunch . there are very real risks today at what are still historically low rates for a rise in rates to be kryptonite to the pp . there are so many new funds that can likely outperform the pp with less risk to...

i think after it got hammered with everything else in 2022 many realized there is no free lunch . there are very real risks today at what are still historically low rates for a rise in rates to be kryptonite to the pp . there are so many new funds that can likely outperform the pp with less risk to...

the original pp used cash instruments not short term bonds

i think after it got hammered with everything else in 2022 many realized there is no free lunch . there are very real risks today at what are still historically low rates for a rise in rates to be kryptonite to the pp . there are so many new funds that can likely outperform the pp with less risk tod...

prpix minus 5.39 for the week

bridgewater all weather minus 3.91 for the week

total market fund down 9.13 for the week

tlt up 3.37

gld. down 1.53

bil zero

yeah , because it certainly didn’t perform the last two days as expected . swan also did terrible which is weird becuse it’s bonds mostly. from what i see these so called SAFER portfolios just don’t seem to be much safer when you buy it . the carolina reaper , the risk parity portfolio also did poorly

all weather down 4.2% today so not exactly all weather either. ha ha

now down almost 1%

i would never ever , use the pp for someone in the accumulation stage

still trying to figure out what makes this go up .

so far big stock days don’t

i bought in yesterday Status Filled at $25.1099 Symbol ALLW Symbol description SSGA ACTIVE TR SPDR BRIDGEWATER ALL WEATHER ETF Action Buy Quantity 50,000.00 Dollars Order type Market Time in force Day Conditions None Trade type Cash Market session Standard Order date Mar-21-2025 09:43:47 AM ET Order...

if i remember correctly, i think the treasury bonds were the biggest issue with him and rightfully so.. i know it was my biggest issue with the pp , which i stated for years when rates were so low and had no where to go but up. returns on tlt are still negative for ten years now at a minus .86% cagr...

that’s buds pocket change

thinking of it but haven’t done it yet

looks interesting

it was a big nothing .

the bitcoin in the reserve was forfeited bitcoins already held by the gov .

there was no intention of adding any more at this time .

MEH

then a big dump ….

back in the lower 80k range this morning.

which is why i won’t put more than a percent or so in it .

a 1% position in it can be more like a 5% -7% position in gold as far as volatility.

for me it’s purely a fun position and no more than that

the real benefit is tax gain harvesting. that is when you are able to take advantage of the zero capital gain bracket . tax loss harvesting is a mixed bag and is simply delaying paying those taxes. as your cost basis on the next investment is much higher . delaying capital gains can be a double edge...

paul merriman has some value oriented ETF portfolios of all types .

very nice diversification , he is a big believer in small cap value adding alpha

https://www.paulmerriman.com/best-in-cl ... #gsc.tab=0

well these portfolios i mentioned are not tactically allocated . they stay fixed , some are not even rebalanced unless the fed lowers orraises rates and even then its only rebalanced that once as an example here is the accelerated pp . there is nothing tactically changed 25% leveraged stock funds (U...