A few days ago I did receive my $5,000 in iBonds purchased from my tax return e-filed on April 14, 2024. This time it was only one $5,000 bond. In the past there have been several to many bonds in different denominations to compose the $5,000. It was dated April 29, 2024. That means I got it under t...

depends on the bond funds held and their duration as far as how bad they would get hit. a leveraged risk parity portfolio performed very differently in the 2022 down turn as well .. it had better returns , lower risk , less draw down then the pp did. i posted the carolina reaper results above which...

I submitted my tax return on Sunday with a $5,000 purchase for iBonds. So far it's only worked half the times. 2 times they have been bought. The other two times they've refunded my $5,000. With this year's return I tried a new tactic. In addition to having $5,000 of my refund being allocated to bu...

ArthurPooh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:36 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:54 am

ArthurPooh wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:42 am Yes, exactly. Medieval peasants couldn't just frugal themselves into becoming knights,

But squires could “feudal” themselves into becoming knights

But I assume a passive squire would not get very far.

You are saying that type of squire would maintain a permanent status?

Need assistance from one or more of you Apple users! I actually own Apple everything (but old) except for their computers. I have been using an iPad 1 to keep score of my softball games since at least around 2015. Have many seasons / many teams in the app. I have iCloud Backup turned on. A short whi...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:37 am Compensation for risk and compensation for deferral of current consumption equals increased future consumption.

I will amend it to "increased potential future consumption".

Happy to see Craig pop in. One important point is that both Craig and Harry Browne generated wealth from their businesses and then (IMHO) used the PP to preserve it, grow it at a reasonable amount above inflation, limit drawdowns while keeping things simple. Personally, I do not see the PP generati...

The missus and I are going to an amusement park tonight for roller coasters, cotton candy, and the usual fare. It's been years since I've been on a roller coaster... my mind will probably be making all kinds of analogies about the market being a roller coaster. Last time I was on a roller coaster i...

An outage here from last night until just a short while ago? A bot has been hammering the site. The web server spun up so many instances that the machine ran out of RAM, and the kernel killed the database in response. Without the database nothing works. I've established sensible limits on the numbe...

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People in China are so spooked about the economy that even the weak yuan isn't stopping them from buying more gold
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An outage here from last night until just a short while ago? A bot has been hammering the site. The web server spun up so many instances that the machine ran out of RAM, and the kernel killed the database in response. Without the database nothing works. I've established sensible limits on the numbe...

An outage here from last night until just a short while ago?

P.S. I probably mentioned it before: I feel antsy when I read in the policy that they don't cover 'mysterious disappearance.' However, I understand that they have to do this: what if one spouse empties a box without the other's knowledge? What does not constitute "mysterious disappearance"...

ppnewbie wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:54 am I have tried many times but no gold bars available at costco

That's how popular a sales item that they are there!

dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:01 am I added ounces to the safe deposit box recently.
I sleep better at night ever since I bought insurance. It’s cheap.

2 separate items? You bought some form of insurance for the contents of the safe deposit box?

ppnewbie wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:38 am Vanguard Small Cap Value ETF.

I've yet to invest in my first ETF so it is still only mutual fund symbols that I see and am familiar with.

Hey I didn't know about AVUV, thanks for mentioning! It looks like FISVX (Fidelity's small cap value mutual fund) is lagging it quite significantly, and it gets worse and worse over time. What is everyone's favorite small cap value investment??? After lots of research it seems to be the new consens...

The caption to the picture made reference to a mouse but I'm convinced it was one of my beloved gerbils.

My cats were wary of my rats but are always fascinated / after the gerbils.

dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:29 am Where has Mountaineer gone?

We have not heard from him in 16 days.

How unusual is that?

March 16 - April 5 - 9 days

January 16 - February 19 - a LOT of days

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Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:15 pm https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine ... ial-media/

Watch the video or you will be missing out.

Good one. Thanks!