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by Smith1776
Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:51 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: My 3x Leveraged Variable Portfolio
Replies: 3
Views: 100

Re: My 3x Leveraged Variable Portfolio

From what I understand, this is pretty similar to Hedgefundie's excellent adventure over on the knuckleheads forums.

Every fund in the portfolio has 3x leverage on it, and the portfolio will follow standard rebalancing practices.

I will keep you guy's posted on my results!
by Smith1776
Fri Mar 06, 2026 10:50 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: My 3x Leveraged Variable Portfolio
Replies: 3
Views: 100

My 3x Leveraged Variable Portfolio

Hey all. The latest episode of the Rational Reminder podcast featured James Choi, an econ professor at Yale. A particularly interesting part of the discussion was in the latter half where he mentioned leveraged ETFs and how they are more prudent of an investment vehicle than most believe. My general...
by Smith1776
Tue Feb 24, 2026 11:27 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bridgewater All Weather ETF
Replies: 46
Views: 43114

Re: Bridgewater All Weather ETF

Did anyone else on the forum end up buying some ALLW and sticking with it thus far?
by Smith1776
Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:09 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1402
Views: 1844704

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

dualstow wrote: Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:32 pm Wow, I don’t remember that.
It must be like all women in the big cities now.
Pretty much. It's even gotten to the point where if you need some kind of contractor or manual labour done there's a huge backlog. Those tend to be jobs that men work, and most of them are gone now.
by Smith1776
Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:01 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1402
Views: 1844704

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Apparently the Ukrainians are reclaiming territory and actually pushing the Russian forces back? It is interesting to see how under-equipped the Russian forces are. We are now in year 4? All for Ukraine! Definitely. I think I mentioned to you guys that my father in law is actually fighting in the w...
by Smith1776
Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:30 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Forum availability
Replies: 26
Views: 14950

Re: Forum availability

Why on earth would anyone bother to attack our forum? Strange.
by Smith1776
Sun Feb 22, 2026 1:30 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
Replies: 1402
Views: 1844704

Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II

Apparently the Ukrainians are reclaiming territory and actually pushing the Russian forces back?

It is interesting to see how under-equipped the Russian forces are.
by Smith1776
Sat Feb 21, 2026 11:58 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: Gold Top
Replies: 7
Views: 1650

Re: Gold Top

dualstow wrote: Fri Feb 20, 2026 5:11 pm
Smith1776 wrote: Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:27 pm I voted for $50,000.
Me, too.

Hey, those fractional coins seem to have a purpose now.
Hehe! ;D
by Smith1776
Thu Feb 19, 2026 8:27 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Gold Top
Replies: 7
Views: 1650

Re: Gold Top

I voted for $50,000.

If there was a $100,000 option, I would have voted for that. ^-^
by Smith1776
Thu Feb 19, 2026 11:52 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Forum availability
Replies: 26
Views: 14950

Re: Forum availability

Hi folks, We seem to be under a distributed denial of service attack. There is no one IP or IP range to block. I've tried to tweak things to allow the service to mostly operate. If you see an error, just refresh and try again. Sorry about the trouble. It might be possible to largely mitigate by (te...
by Smith1776
Tue Feb 17, 2026 3:05 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3391
Views: 3314515

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Great site with lots of cool visuals
by Smith1776
Tue Feb 17, 2026 2:54 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: BTC in the PP
Replies: 521
Views: 982342

Re: BTC in the PP

My cat's name shows up 417 times LOL
by Smith1776
Tue Feb 17, 2026 11:38 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: BTC in the PP
Replies: 521
Views: 982342

Re: BTC in the PP

Looks like more evidence for the Hijacked thesis was released in the Epstein files. https://brownstone.org/articles/the-hijacking-of-bitcoin/ If I'm at a cocktail party and I say that Epstein is responsible for hijacking Bitcoin, I sound like an absolute lunatic. Yes, but you're our lunatic. ^__^
by Smith1776
Sun Feb 15, 2026 7:00 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bitcoin in the VP
Replies: 26
Views: 4658

Re: Bitcoin in the VP

mathjak107 wrote: Sun Feb 15, 2026 1:03 pm there are endless dr frankenstein versions of the pp tried over the years and the end results are that other assets are just to wishy washy and not strongly linked to specific outcomes
I feel called out LOL
by Smith1776
Sat Feb 14, 2026 12:22 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3391
Views: 3314515

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

My brokerage now has a wealth rank function which shows how you compare to other people in your age category! Cool idea.


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by Smith1776
Fri Feb 13, 2026 6:06 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bridgewater All Weather ETF
Replies: 46
Views: 43114

Re: Bridgewater All Weather ETF

ALLW has returned over 20% since its inception last march - not even a year ago. O0
by Smith1776
Fri Feb 13, 2026 10:52 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bitcoin in the VP
Replies: 26
Views: 4658

Re: Bitcoin in the VP

My target allocation is 5%.
by Smith1776
Thu Feb 12, 2026 2:45 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Bitcoin in the VP
Replies: 26
Views: 4658

Re: Bitcoin in the VP

I notice that as the price of his stock and bitcoin has gone down, he's become more unhinged in his interviews.

Interestingly, despite the incredible drop, the stock is still selling at a net asset value multiple of 1.19. It's hard to make the argument it's particularly undervalued.
by Smith1776
Wed Feb 11, 2026 10:07 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: AI
Replies: 11
Views: 3031

Re: AI

Happened to see this on Drudge today: https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening I think it's worth reading. His point is that we're in the same spot we were in February of 2020 with Covid: that everything is about to change. I know you've heard that kind of thing before, but it's worth reading ...
by Smith1776
Wed Feb 11, 2026 2:40 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: AI
Replies: 11
Views: 3031

Re: AI

It's become indispensable at work for us. (software development firm)
by Smith1776
Wed Feb 11, 2026 1:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3391
Views: 3314515

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

dualstow wrote: Wed Feb 11, 2026 11:44 am
Smith1776 wrote: Wed Feb 11, 2026 9:43 am Alan Greenspan turns 100-years old next month. Wow!
But is he still alive?
I imagine when he does pass it will be a huge news story in the business/financial columns.
by Smith1776
Wed Feb 11, 2026 9:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3391
Views: 3314515

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Alan Greenspan turns 100-years old next month. Wow!
by Smith1776
Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:50 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3391
Views: 3314515

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I thought the whole urine in jars thing was just a Vinny quirk. But Google Gemini confirms it's a great way to tend to your plants and garden.
by Smith1776
Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:39 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 3391
Views: 3314515

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

yankees60 wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:53 am PAGING Mountaineer!!!!


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lol!
by Smith1776
Sat Feb 07, 2026 12:33 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: BTC in the PP
Replies: 521
Views: 982342

Re: BTC in the PP

mathjak107 wrote: Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:36 pm interesting as i see it playing on the post in the forum.

let me try a different way

https://photos.smugmug.com/FAMILY/n-cK5 ... 8-1280.mp4
Wow. That's intense. Again, you and your family are okay.