i don’t follow the logic though of the insurance bucket with a 40 plus year duration as a retiree …. first off i wouldn’t say gold has a duration of 40 plus years . you can pick almost any time frame the last 25 years and equities and gold have beaten equities and bonds . so i fail to see the long ...

Out of curiosity, I compared the Weird Portfolio to one I'd played around with for some time (I call it 25s, or Golden Quarters), a hybrid of the GB and PP, but with more stock allocation, it is 25% TSM, 25% SCV, 25% Gold, 25% ITT. Here it is in PV . It has the same performance as the Weird Portfol...

Best thing I've seen on this ridiculous drama, courtesy of Cullen Roche:

https://disciplinefunds.com/2023/05/12/ ... t-ceiling/

OK, so as the OP here's where I ended up after getting a clearer idea of what my spouse's actual comfort level is should she ever have to manage the portfolio. 20% VTI - self-explanatory 20% VBR - a "good enough" SCV choice - admittedly more of a small + mid-cap play vs. AVUV, etc. 20% GLDM (the low...

Yes that’s the link to the book. You can either read it online or try printing it out as a PDF but he doesn’t offer it as a download as far as I know.

In any event, I'm not sure why anyone would/should expect a portfolio with 25, 30, or 33% equities to perform as well over the very long term as one with 60 or 70 or 100% equities; the only way that even stands a chance of happening IIRC is if the "low equity allocation portfolio" puts all of its e...

Holy tracking error, Batman! 🙂 Well yeah but unlike the Larry Portfolio or even (dare one say it?) the PP you at least get some return to go with your tracking error. 😏 True enough....but in all fairness, neither the PP nor the Larry Portfolio (in its various incarnations with or without CCFs and/o...

Dieter wrote: ↑

Tue May 09, 2023 2:05 pm

Holy tracking error, Batman!

Well yeah but unlike the Larry Portfolio or even (dare one say it?) the PP you at least get some return to go with your tracking error.

dualstow wrote: ↑

Tue May 09, 2023 1:53 pm

This does not look computer-generated.

Yeah it’s the exact opposite of “Portfolio Einstein” aka Portfolio Word Salad.

For those who don't follow Portfolio Charts here's a new post that might inspire you to do so: https://portfoliocharts.com/2023/05/08/the-striking-appeal-of-the-weird-portfolio/#more-63571 Now I've only read the first few pages of the 98 page free book linked to in the article but I have to say I fi...

I find the site thoroughly unimpressive. It does indeed read like it was written by a bot. The information provided is minimal and incomplete (who really cares about performance since an arbitrary start year of 1989 - assuming you believe the numbers posted - which I don't). Totally anonymous yet th...

The only thing Roche doesn't address here is the possibility of a default in the next few months due to the debt ceiling circular firing squad antics in Congress. Because of that I'm going to wait to pull the trigger on locking in some high yields with a T Bill ladder until after the clown car has ...

Here's a new post by a guy well worth following, IMHO: https://disciplinefunds.com/2023/04/26/chart-of-the-week-when-does-the-free-lunch-end/ Brokerages certainly count on their customers being oblivious about cash but of course PP'ers tend not to be. But outside of our little echo chamber I'm amaze...

Very smart way to do it Sophie! Thanks for the info and it’s always a treat to see your posts.

Following up on some earlier discussion here with this post from Bogleheads: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=402751&sid=baa854c5f56d7725dae21ef92128cbd8 Vanguard is also mentioned in the thread, with forty-some percent of VUSXX in repos vs. over 90% for FIDO. Clearly worth the small...

By far the best source of information and advice on iBonds and TIPS is the TipsWatch site, which I recommend subscribing to (or at least bookmarking). Here's the most recent post:

https://tipswatch.com/2023/04/14/i-bond ... uy-at-all/

Here's a good post by a smart young guy I've been following for the past few years. Cullen also has an excellent series of videos on YouTube that are worth having a look at and perhaps sharing with younger folks who like to absorb financial stuff in bite-sized bits. He's better than anyone else I've...

Kevin K, you identified one thing that I'm not comfortable with, which is too much active management and corporate bonds in the Rollover IRA. I think this might be a better plan for the IRA: 10% IAUM (paper gold) 45% VBIAX (Vanguard Balanced Index Fund) 45% VWENX (Wellington Fund) With this idea, t...

I've been thinking about how to simplify things for my wife to be able to handle when I'm gone and still keep some of the benefits of the PP/GP philosophy. She's a smart, professional-career woman, but she doesn't have a lot of interest in maintaining financial stuff. I can teach her how to handle ...

Thanks barrett for your thoughtful post! It certainly sounds like every choice you've made has involved a lot of careful thought, so one could argue that the level of complexity involved is pretty much just what's necessary - just like with the lawn care protocols! My wife and I have a simpler tax-d...

I've been running a somewhat modified iteration of the Golden Butterfly for the past few years (having migrated there from a pure PP I held since 2008). Like many other Harry Browne fans I've tried to take his warnings about safety seriously and that has led me to what I fear may be an undue level o...

FWIW I think Cullen Roche's counter-cyclical investing strategy is a more elegant iteration on tactical investing that also entails much less work. Here's a good recent interview with him: https://pictureperfectportfolios.com/strategy-behind-discipline-fund-dscf-etf-cullen-roche/ The basic idea is t...

I would propose that it is the reserve status of the dollar that has allowed the U.S. to maintain its dominance in the international order. The reserve status of the dollar is also the reason why the U.S. has enjoyed its extraordinarily profligate standard of living and the privilege of being able ...

For over a year now, I've been asking the question, "Could Harry have anticipated this?" I'm referring primarily to the extraordinarily reckless manner in which the dollar's reserve status has been abused, to the resulting distortions in the financial markets, and to the chaotic bufoonery by which ...

Great post by Ben Carson on this topic:

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2023/0 ... t-default/