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- Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:47 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1799373
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:28 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Let's get to the bottom of...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1879
Re: Let's get to the bottom of...
I think the proof is on Hunter's laptop...
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 3:15 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: An odd choice for a VP: Wellesley
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10265
Re: An odd choice for a VP: Wellesley
Excellent Taylor!
It is very GB-esque!
Many Many Thanks!
It is very GB-esque!
Many Many Thanks!
- Wed Sep 16, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: An odd choice for a VP: Wellesley
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10265
Re: An odd choice for a VP: Wellesley
I just celebrated my 69th birthday have long thought about how I could make our investments easier for my wife after I'm gone and had considered that perhaps moving everything to a Wellesley + Gold allocation would be the simplest for her to manage with Vanguard doing most of the "managing"...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:43 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Coronavirus General Discussion
- Replies: 5196
- Views: 2175251
Re: Coronavirus General Discussion
Cort, great charts! Could you provide a link? Thanks!
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:27 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BelangP - Retirement Planning
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3310
Re: BelangP - Retirement Planning
Thanks for the link! The whole time I was watching the video I was wondering what the PP (or GB) allocation might look like on a “Wealth Multiplier” chart. Tyler if you think this is might be another good way to look at investment strategies (and there isn’t already something similar on Portfolio Ch...
- Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:14 am
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: BSV for cash portion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7999
Re: BSV for cash portion
I have a sizable amount of my "cash" allocation in a 401k Mass Mutual stable value/Fixed Account that guarantees 3%/yr. "The Fixed Account is not a mutual fund. It is an investment choice available through a group annuity contract or group funding agreement." My plan was to draw ...
- Fri May 15, 2020 8:11 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Is your pp passing the coronavirus test?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15425
Re: Is your pp passing the coronavirus test?
My quasi-GBish portfolio is down 3% from my 2/21/2020 peak which Iooks like it is working to me...
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 10:15 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
- Replies: 539
- Views: 369193
Re: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
My simplistic way of potentially dealing with rebalancing a GB (which is just a HBPP + 20% VB for me) was to track the HBPP portion separately and when the HBPP portion hits a 15%/35% limit on any of the HBPP assets I would rebalance everything back to a GB allocation (20% in all 5 assets). My ratio...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 1:00 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Is Trump doing a good job?
- Replies: 840
- Views: 259232
Re: Is Trump doing a good job?
A tad of a tangent but addresses some the drainage issues in DC that some might think Trump is threatening.... Here's Why 97% Of Congress Get Re-Elected Each Year It’s called an incumbent protection system. Taxpayers have a right to know how it works. Recently, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com, mash...
- Mon Oct 07, 2019 3:06 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Estate Taxes
- Replies: 27
- Views: 25881
Re: Estate Taxes
Why wait until you die? Sanders' wealth tax plan would would raise a $4.35 trillion over 10 years, Saez and Zucman estimated, to pay for programs such as "Medicare for all" and universal child care. It would apply to households with a net worth above $32 million, which is about 180,000 hou...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:59 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: American Asset Management Inc.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18647
Re: American Asset Management Inc.
Here's an article which would seem to suggest that American Asset Management does not strictly adhere to the standard HBPP philosophy of holding 4x25% at all times. During this period of political transition, cash has become king for some investors. Among them is Julian Rubinstein, founder and presi...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:52 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: American Asset Management Inc.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18647
Re: American Asset Management Inc.
Here's an old thread pertaining to American Asset Management that you might find interesting... Lot's of oldies but goodies contributors back then.
- Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:49 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: The Top 4 Portfolios to Recession-Proof Your Investments
- Replies: 12
- Views: 14348
Re: The Top 4 Portfolios to Recession-Proof Your Investments
Cue the Twiglight Zone theme song! Yesterday I heard friend of mine who is a high net worth individual financial advisor (you should see his "yacht!") who was keeping 20% of his assets in cash and advocating that if you can get 3% unrisked you should jump on it. That got me thinking more t...
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 1:01 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Epstein
- Replies: 89
- Views: 51062
Re: Epstein
I thought the quote of the day belonged to John McAfee: "I was stunned by Epstein's suicide, though probably not as much as Epstein himself."
One has to wonder (or certainly Ghillaine Maxwell should be wondering) if Maxwell might get "suicided" as well...
One has to wonder (or certainly Ghillaine Maxwell should be wondering) if Maxwell might get "suicided" as well...
- Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:02 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 3 years of PP returns
- Replies: 25
- Views: 15944
Re: 3 years of PP returns
Taylor's portfoliocharts site is an incredibly informative resource for seeing the expected range of performance of the PP and a good many other portfolios after 3 years. For the PP, the historic real CAGRs after 3 yrs is -0.4% minimum, 4.4% median and 11.2% maximum so really anything between a -0.4...
- Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:27 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1799373
Re: The GOLD scream room
I think for some of us is would just be wise to stay out of the sausage factory.
- Mon Mar 11, 2019 1:11 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
- Replies: 851
- Views: 476802
Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II
This may be a combination of you-find-what-you’re-looking-for and/or fake news but I found this video more than a bit disturbing.
I’d love better minds than mine give me their opinion.
Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5iv6sECGU&app=desktop
I’d love better minds than mine give me their opinion.
Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5iv6sECGU&app=desktop
- Mon Dec 31, 2018 12:53 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Carnac The Magnificence's 2019 Predictions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4255
Carnac The Magnificence's 2019 Predictions
Agnostics aside, over the years it has been fun to see the range of what people think the various assets will perform in the upcoming year.
What %change do you foresee for each of the various PP assets (stocks, bonds, gold, cash) as well as the overall PP?
What %change do you foresee for each of the various PP assets (stocks, bonds, gold, cash) as well as the overall PP?
- Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:54 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1799373
Re: The GOLD scream room
FIW According to Bloomberg's Billionaire Index, The world’s wealthiest people have, in aggregate, lost 2 percent of their wealth so far this year...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 5:29 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: More Than Half of Millenials Expect to Be Millionaires
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8663
Re: More Than Half of Millenials Expect to Be Millionaires
I thought that elderberry wine the kids have been bringing over was a bit off...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 1:13 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: More Than Half of Millenials Expect to Be Millionaires
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8663
Re: More Than Half of Millenials Expect to Be Millionaires
...a dream is a wish your heart makes...
Actually, since 30% don't plan on having kids and by the time they are 58 their Boomer parents will have died leaving them their house and a sizable inheritance, being worth a million 20 years from now is pretty feasible.
Actually, since 30% don't plan on having kids and by the time they are 58 their Boomer parents will have died leaving them their house and a sizable inheritance, being worth a million 20 years from now is pretty feasible.
- Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:47 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1799373
Re: The GOLD scream room
"A break above the neckline" sounds like a hanging of gold investors... not to be confused with the usual guillotine approach...
- Fri Feb 09, 2018 5:20 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1799373
Re: The GOLD scream room
This may to satisfy anyone here as well but here is some more food for thought...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... s-sold-off
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... s-sold-off
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:31 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1799373
Re: The GOLD scream room
And at this rate I will break even by April 1st... (No kidding!)