I wanna be a whole coinnnneeerrrrrrr. Are there any special benefits, comparable to trading an ounce of gold vs fractional or is it, as I suspect, just a fun social club (in-group)? No benefits whatsoever, other than being able to say you’re a whole coiner. And I say that as someone who’d love to b...

Thanks! I ended up doing what @coasting suggested and am buying TSM, SCV, and STT in my new 401k. I figure I can rebalance periodically to keep the allocations appropriate.

I recently changed jobs and used the opportunity to roll some older 401ks into an IRA and implement Golden Butterfly portfolio. Now I'm thinking about what to do with my new employer's 401k plan. Like most 401k plans, the bond choices are very very limited. I initially created a 50/50 portfolio usin...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a "Find My" feature embedded with AirPods?

There is. It works so long as the AirPods are *not* in a closed case and have some battery left.

I know this is not a forum about Austrian Economics specifically, but I get the sense that a lot of folks on here have at least some interest, given how much of Harry Browne's writing was inspired by the Austrian School. So here's my question. What are some good websites, blogs, or forums about Aust...

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 12:40 pm That’s not the lion & tiger guy, is it?

Sure is

I ended up going with AVUV. Probably doesn't matter as much as I think it does, but looks like a solid fund overall.

Xan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2024 10:45 am It's too late for the Republicans to pull a switcheroo too, right?

Hell, even if both candidates just swapped places with their respective VP's, we'd better in a better spot.

For those of you who invest in a small cap value fund or etf, what are the best ones in your opinion? Right now I'm using VBR because it's got a very low ER, but there is a fairly heavy allocation to midcaps in that one. I've seen online that a lot of people like AVUV. What other small cap value fun...

Burley: But you don’t feel that stocks are in a bubble? I’m always seeing bubbles everywhere. :) Smith: I agree. Once a person has some critical mass of gold, just set it aside and run a stocks/bonds/cash investment plan. I Shrugged: I 100% feel like stocks are in a bubble. But if I go too heavy in...

Some excellent discussion here folks. I'll chime in and add another perspective. Since the original HBPP thread on the Knuckleheads forum, people have occasionally brought up the issue of gold being rebalanced into oblivion during a currency crisis or hyperinflation. I've been cognizant of this as ...

@welderwannabe - Gold is the asset in the PP/GB that I have by far the least understanding of and confidence in. What makes you feel like it's not overvalued? One of the things that always makes me scratch my head with gold is that I have no idea how to interpret the current valuation at any given ...

The historical results that probably convinced you to go with the GB were generated with individual assets that were overvalued or undervalued at any given time. If you want the benefits of a “lazy portfolio” and you accept that you can’t predict the future, you need to treat it like a black box as...

Yup, thats pretty much the design. Gold has done well lately, but it also went sideways for a few recent years while other assets were appreciating from the inflation. Comparing gold to other assets right now and their appreciation, i dont feel its over valued. @welderwannabe - Gold is the asset in...

I recently rolled over an old employee-sponsored 401k into an individual IRA. I allocated it to a Golden Butterfly (GB) portfolio. Now I'm getting cold feet about the gold portion. Given the record highs lately, it *feels* like it has nowhere to go but down. I've read Fail-Safe investing and I know ...

Hi Everyone, A few job changes over the last couple of years allowed me to roll over some employer-sponsored 401k's into a personal IRA that gives me a whole lot more freedom in terms of what I can invest in. As a result I jumped into the Golden Butterfly portfolio after reading about it here and on...

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2024 12:53 pm I want to buy a share of intel just so i can say that i joined in on the fun.. at least a little bit.

I did that for those congressional insider trading etfs, NANC and KRUZ. I put $500 in each the other day just get in on the action that our members of congress are enjoying.