A relative recently lost a loved one who left her a tax free life insurance benefit.  The relative would like to invest that money in permanent portfolio in an account that itself would be tax free or at least deferred to ultimately leave to her heirs.  Has anyone in this forum had a similar experie...

I guess the peaks of the graph are like the spikes that impale your portfolio when it steps on the trap.

I timed it just right--not.  I started my portfolio in November 2011 near the peak of GLD and VTI.  Needless to say, I'm getting pummeled.  Perhaps it won't be too long before my GLD quadrant will hit its 15% rebalance signal.  If it does and these trends continue, I might feel like I'll be throwing...

Yes, me too.  My portfolio is down a bit.

I started a thread on the product I used when I was making choices for my perm port.

http://ezbacktest.blogspot.com/

While putting together my permanent portfolio, I used the following backtesting tool. http://ezbacktest.blogspot.com/ It uses the adjusted prices from yahoo historical quotes.  It computes and graphs returns based on any number of months for which your chosen investments existed, simulates periodic ...