Smith1776 wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 10:03 pm

I just finished giving it a listen.

Over a decade ago, Tex said he nominated Craig as “the most level-headed person on the Internet”.

I think we now need to pass that torch onto Tyler.

I think that I could give a vote to your candidate!

dualstow wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 7:15 pm

Did you eat

I had 100% confidence you'd get that!

I just picked it semi-randomly. I was going to say New England, but I didn’t mean a Cliff Claven Boston accent or a Fred Gwynne in a Stephen King movie in Maine accent. So I went with one that most people probably aren’t familiar with. When I grew up in Rhode Island there was a heavy Italian presen...

I just listened from beginning to end. What a pleasure to hear. I feel like the interviewer knows your material well and did his homework before the session, i.e. there were no lazy questions. The Shannon’s Demon thing made me think of something I always want to ask: There are a lot of people who s...

Tyler wrote: ↑

Wed May 31, 2023 11:58 am

For anyone interested, the interview is now free for everyone.

https://www.securityanalysis.org/p/tyle ... ng#details

Highly recommended for many reasons that you listen to it at least once!

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Mountaineer wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2023 8:34 am

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You have that one correct!

And, I thought I HAD left enough food in their food dish last night about midnight. But one of them reminded by claws to my face to wake me up at 3:30 AM that I had not left enough food in their dish!

Cash investors should consider taxation as well as inflation. I-bonds have superior tax treatment compared to TIPS: I-bonds come with 30 years tax deferral, interest compounded semi-annually. TIPS do not. I-bonds create extra tax deferred space. TIPS in tax-advantage accounts take up that space. I-...

dualstow wrote: ↑

Mon May 29, 2023 7:19 am

You can get a sitter. Just hide the jars first.

They'd also have to take on watering the 200+ vegetable garden plants for 45 minutes each morning.

Thanks for posting that conversation, Hal. Very interesting as it deals with reality and not drama. And, to channel my inner Vinny, I may watch it again at some point. Thanks for the homage. However, to do it correctly you have to start listening to it again as soon as you finished listening to it ...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑

Sun May 28, 2023 2:10 pm

One more for good measure (just because it's been a while).


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One content (and well-fed) Lily!

Maddy, Vinny, Mountaineer, et al have a nice holiday weekend It's a music festival weekend for me. Tonight was ended by nearly three hours by "The Machine". A band that does all Pink Floyd extremely well. There will be lots of festivals this summer in Edmonton. I will be taking the girlfriend to go...

dualstow wrote: ↑

Fri May 26, 2023 10:24 am

Maddy, Vinny, Mountaineer, et al
have a nice holiday weekend

It's a music festival weekend for me.

Tonight was ended by nearly three hours by "The Machine". A band that does all Pink Floyd extremely well.

Dieter wrote: ↑

Fri May 26, 2023 12:52 am

I own some of the Vanguard short-term TIPS fund, but, not increasing my allocation

Isn't that a totally different investment from actually holding the TIPS and holding them to maturity?

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The latest from this web site on the topic:

https://tipswatch.com/2023/05/25/lookin ... a-problem/

Looking to invest in longer-term TIPS? There’s a problem.

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Tipswatch
By David Enna, Tipswatch.com

More on indexing / equal weighting: https://www.etf.com/sections/features/heavy-lift-sp-500s-biggest-stocks-carrying-rest?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5252023%20-%20ESG%20in%20Crosshairs%20as%20Proxy%20Voting%20Expands&utm_content=5252023%20-%20ESG%20in%20Crosshairs%20as%20Proxy%20Voting%20Expands+...

The cap weighted index reflect yesterdays best/worst. Buy the index and you weight more into yesterdays winners. Bogle suggested the ultimate being to buy initially in equal weights and hold that forever, let it find its own cap weighting. but that wasn't something that Vanguard could market. John ...

I looked at all the ones that Mountaineer and Dualstow recommended. I also reviewed several that had been profiled in Kiplinger's. Had issues with all of them. But did not want to make this a prolonged exercise or, even worse, not get it done tonight. Finally decided on Dualstow's first recommendati...

My question is, for the purposes of financial planning, how do you estimate your future investment returns? The whole thing just seems like a crapshoot, which I guess it is at some level. Personally, I just take the Baseline Return as detailed here => https://portfoliocharts.com/portfolio/long-term...

I know TIPS are not really part of the PP but I have been buying some in my tax-deferred account as a sort of liability matching/planned withdrawal strategy between now and when I start taking SS at age 70 in 2028. I am curious if anyone else here has been buying them with the real yields currently...

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Mountaineer wrote: ↑

Wed May 24, 2023 9:53 am

https://www.ogt.org/

Read about it at the link. Very effective and efficient use of donations.

Thanks for this. Just did a quick look at their 990. Will further investigate later today.

Here is your chance to get more money to your favorite charity! I have a Donor Advised Fund with Vanguard. I need to make a donation to some charity by June 1, 2023. So as to not wait until the last minute I'm hoping to make the decision by tonight. From having worked with various charities I've acq...

Who is Ben Felix? Not someone I recognize from this forum. I do seem to recall reading a few times that that was Xan's philosophy. Or, I may be mixing that up with another fixed philosophy that Xan has. Ben Felix has what I think is by far and away the best finance podcast on the internet. Period. ...