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- Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:02 am
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: Treasury Direct account security discussion at Bogleheads
- Replies: 13
- Views: 475
Re: Treasury Direct account security discussion at Bogleheads
Nobody has lost anything as of yet, they are just looking at the policies that TD has if it were to get hacked. It's a very poor policy that basically holds them with no accountability for reimbursement if the account was compromised by using the username and password (and usernames and passwords ge...
- Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:57 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Good Podcast On Gold
- Replies: 3
- Views: 234
Re: Good Podcast On Gold
Yeah, it's very cheap. Honestly, it might even be cheaper than holding physical gold, all things considered. Currently, since I'm doing DCA accumulations, I'm going into IAU since it has no commissions. But once a year I'm planning on either liquidating some IAU for physical or pay a commission to d...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:35 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Good Podcast On Gold
- Replies: 3
- Views: 234
Good Podcast On Gold
Came across this podcast episode this week which focused on gold. Interviewed a few people discussing gold, it's recent performance, expected future performance, it's role in a portfolio, central banks recent gold binge, and why Bitcoin is not the new gold. Enjoy: https://etfstore.com/?powerpress_pi...
- Sat Feb 09, 2019 8:24 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Today I call on the PP for a service
- Replies: 8
- Views: 427
Re: Today I call on the PP for a service
Yeah if there is no closing costs I see no reason to drain your cash position to nothing. Cash has actually been a valuable asset over the last year with rising interest rates and all the volatility in the markets. So if you were to drain your cash, I would say that you should rebalance, which would...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 2:17 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Gyroscopic Portfolios Is Now Under Construction
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4212
Re: Gyroscopic Portfolios Is Now Under Construction
Yes well the common advise on bogleheads also tends to vary based on the weather. The recency bias runs very strong in the bogleheads hive mind. I mean half the people there these days recommend going 100% equities. If a relatively conservative investing group like the bogleheads starts getting that...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 2:53 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1379
Re: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
There has been a fairly significant debate on this very issue academically. I think it a no-brainer to go with the S6 over the R2K as having a "crap filter" clearly helps. How the two indexes are managed also helps, but the S6 is active/quantish as all S&P indexes are. It's debatable SCV provides a...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:58 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1379
Re: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
Haha, thanks Sophie!
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:53 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1379
Re: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
Looks like I got some nice unintentional market timing. I decided to pull the trigger on my modified GB. I just sold stock over the last 2 days to reallocate into my gold, bond, and cash holdings. I also rebalanced my 401k 2 days ago from 100% equities into 60/40. Today the market is down 1.5% so fa...
- Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:48 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: The Bond Dream Room
- Replies: 350
- Views: 69028
Re: The Bond Dream Room
Yeah there are a lot of people betting on a cut right now, which is why yields have fallen so sharply over the last few weeks. We will see. Powell was against being so aggressive on both quantitative easing and low interest rates a few years back, it would be very surprising to see him be the one to...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:43 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Fidelity Bond and Bill Direct Purchase ?'s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 236
Re: Fidelity Bond and Bill Direct Purchase ?'s
For 30y, I personally prefer to spread my contributions in no more than 2-3k$ each when they go on action, so I feel I have more flexibility when it comes to tax loss harvesting. I guess it's purely psychological... since I think you could sell any an integral portion of each bond holding (i.e. if ...
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:36 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Fidelity Bond and Bill Direct Purchase ?'s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 236
Re: Fidelity Bond and Bill Direct Purchase ?'s
Regarding question 1, the bond price on Fidelity is updated just once per day, at around 8 pm eastern. You don't get the real-time prices during the day as you do for stocks. As anato noted, the auto-roll feature can't be turned off on the website, but you can make a call and they'll do it for you....
- Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:03 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Fidelity Bond and Bill Direct Purchase ?'s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 236
Re: Fidelity Bond and Bill Direct Purchase ?'s
Excellent! Well that seems like a pretty good deal then, and not anymore hassle than an ETF. I just wanted to make sure that this was as good as it sounds, and that there isn't any hidden gotchas. I think I'm gonna give it a go! It's kind of fun trying out new things like this. I've never actually p...