Thanks, it’s just the “joys” of home ownership. Never thought I’d have three expensive and urgent house projects in a single month. Home stretch, though. O0 Overall I do enjoy owning a home. Not being held "hostage" to a landlord that may renovict me gives me peace of mind. However, I do empathize ...

dualstow wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:49 pm

So-so. Things should be better soon.

Any way we can help, dualstow?

Mountaineer wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 5:49 pm

Glad you are doing well Smithers! Good to hear from you.

This forum will always be my home.

Lex Fridman is excellent. This is a complete 180 from my previous position about him, which is that I thought he was really boring as an interviewer and monotone. I had grown too acclimated to Joe Rogan's more energetic style of delivery. However, since Rogan's switch to Spotify I've been giving oth...

O0 Awesome, Smith. How are you? You are BACK!!! And, one for you: Hello friends! I'm doing well. Right now I've taken up a remote gig at work so I don't have to deal with those insanely high gas prices out there. I'm also finding big savings not having to dry clean suits or get my wallet sniped by ...

This cutie next to my morning coffee.

Hey guys. I really hope you’re all doing well. It’s been a while and I must say I miss you all. Do please take care of yourselves.



P.s. depression sucks balls. Please send me memes.

356 pages? I'm glad I have a lot of spare time and that I read fast. There's a notable section on silver in the second half that I was very interested to read. I've been thinking of adding some silver along with platinum and palladium to my VP. Smithers, did you? Never got around to it. ;D

Good question. Following.

I saw this was posted on the bogleheads forum. The prescription was simple and obvious. Right at the beginning the video says to buy stocks, gold, and commodities. Yet the knuckleheads all went and said “hOw’s THiS aCtIOnaBle???” Unmmmmmm, like none of you guys own commodities or gold. The actionabl...

Berkshire Hathaway now trades on the Canadian Neo exchange as a CDR (Canadian Depositary Receipt). It's currency hedged. Not sure how I feel about that. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/BRK.NE/ At only $25 bucks a share it's a much more convenient way for Canadians to get BRK exposure. The currenc...

For what it's worth, VVL, which is the value weighted ETF I hold, has been holding steady so far this year. VEQT, which is a global market cap weighted fund, by contrast, has basically tanked.

The heavy tech weighting the OP is referring to is a big culprit.

I wouldn't worry about uneven sector coverage. To the extent to which we worry about that, we are assuming we know more than the market, which we probably don't.

I'd say the best antidote is to add some factor ETFs.

Didn't seem like we had one so i'm starting it.

The Bank of Canada just raised our country's benchmark interest rate to 0.5% today!

Just for fun I hollowed out an old digital watch and stuck a maplegram inside in order to create a poor man's version of that gold embedded watch I posted about earlier.

dualstow wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:35 pm

No hurry on yours, though.
Good son.

Hopefully many many many years away for both of us, my friend!

Also, burial plots here in Vancouver start well into 5 figure territory. The old man was pragmatic.

Cremation will be the way to go for me too!!

Just finished spreading my dad’s ashes at buntzen lake. I can see why he wanted here to be his final resting place. It’s quite a stunning area.

vnatale wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:40 pm

Was it you??!!!

Lol yes!

This part in bold is a big reason why the naysayers, well, nay. They don’t get that currency crises arise from seemingly out of nowhere and transpire extremely quickly. They simply aren’t captured in most traditional return data sets used by the likes of Morningstar etc. 75806B68-B497-4FC6-9BB6-514...

This part in bold is a big reason why the naysayers, well, nay. They don’t get that currency crises arise from seemingly out of nowhere and transpire extremely quickly. They simply aren’t captured in most traditional return data sets used by the likes of Morningstar etc. 75806B68-B497-4FC6-9BB6-514...

This part in bold is a big reason why the naysayers, well, nay. They don’t get that currency crises arise from seemingly out of nowhere and transpire extremely quickly. They simply aren’t captured in most traditional return data sets used by the likes of Morningstar etc. 75806B68-B497-4FC6-9BB6-514D...

I must have this watch.

Speaking of gold, what a portfolio saver lately!!

barrett wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:22 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:48 pm

We're talking pro bono, Jerry. PRO BONO.

While it’s technically true that Sacamano runs the day-to-day dealings, the man behind the scenes is Art Vandalay of Vandalay Industries.

That’s gold, Barrett! Gold!!