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by stuper1
Fri Sep 23, 2016 3:13 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Fed Seeks Aggressive LImit on Wall Street Commodity Holdings
Replies: 1
Views: 1051

Fed Seeks Aggressive LImit on Wall Street Commodity Holdings

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/ ... s-itfye706

Would this proposed regulatory change have any effect on small investors like me?
by stuper1
Thu Sep 08, 2016 12:13 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: SCV+Momemtum Permanent Portfolio
Replies: 117
Views: 52972

Re: SCV+Momemtum Permanent Portfolio

Hey InsuranceGuy,

How often do you have to check in on your portfolio with your new strategy? Is it monthly?
by stuper1
Wed Aug 17, 2016 3:20 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
Replies: 571
Views: 396313

Re: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?

Kbg, I apologize, because I think I've asked this before, but could you please tell me again. If someone wanted to run one of these portfolios, like the 75/8/8/8 or the 50/17/17/17, how often would they need to check in on things and potentially do a re-balance? Is this something you have to check o...
by stuper1
Fri Aug 12, 2016 9:04 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Olympics
Replies: 57
Views: 28246

Re: The Olympics

I guess i'm nobody then, because i care about brazil. One thing they do really well is music. I say that any culture that can produce music that beautiful can't be all bad. As for the games, count me in as a new rugby fan. What an intense sport. Much better than american football, which i gave up fo...
by stuper1
Thu Jul 28, 2016 9:43 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
Replies: 539
Views: 447537

Re: Golden Butterfly Portfolio

Try comparing say 4-year trailing average real returns for the two portfolios with and without gold. I'll bet you'll find that the one with gold is consistently as good or better.
by stuper1
Mon Jul 25, 2016 3:19 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Permanent Portfolio vs. All-Weather - an in-depth analysis
Replies: 54
Views: 45839

Re: Permanent Portfolio vs. All-Weather - an in-depth analysis

I like your PP2 for two reasons: 1. 25% gold just feels like too much to me for an asset that just sits there. I've played around with enough backtesting to see that you don't need that much gold to still get a good diversification effect. 15 - 20% seems about right for my liking. 2. With interest r...
by stuper1
Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:23 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Permanent Portfolio vs. All-Weather - an in-depth analysis
Replies: 54
Views: 45839

Re: Permanent Portfolio vs. All-Weather - an in-depth analysis

ochotona wrote: Just as a general rule, 40% in any one asset is too much. It really doesn't matter what that asset is. Swensen maintains that any one class should be between 5%-30%.
Do you think the Golden Butterfly violates this rule by having 40% in stocks split 20% to large cap and 20% to small value?
by stuper1
Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:39 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Permanent Portfolio vs. All-Weather - an in-depth analysis
Replies: 54
Views: 45839

Re: Permanent Portfolio vs. All-Weather - an in-depth analysis

With interest rates where they are now, you'd better have an awfully good crystal ball if you are seriously considering putting 40% of your dough in LTTs. I'm going the other way myself toward the Golden Butterfly approach. 20% in cash, gold, and LTTs seems just about right to me.
by stuper1
Tue Jul 19, 2016 12:31 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Things about the PP that do not make sense to me
Replies: 36
Views: 24679

Re: Things about the PP that do not make sense to me

Try your model with 1/3 in each of stocks, long bonds, and gold. You'll probably like what you see. Although keeping some percentage in cash, maybe 10%, can help with rebalancing. Unfortunately this approach will give you a longer duration in bonds/cash which won't be pretty when rates rise.
by stuper1
Fri Jul 08, 2016 12:18 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Oh Come On
Replies: 109
Views: 51841

Re: Oh Come On

I hold some electronic gold and some physical gold. I'm endeavoring to reduce the former and increase the latter. I agree that if nuclear war hits, gold probably won't be very useful for a while. But, I think it could be tremendously useful in re-establishing one's financial life after the dust has ...
by stuper1
Mon May 16, 2016 5:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Are all calories equal? lyle McDonald
Replies: 3
Views: 2173

Re: Are all calories equal? lyle McDonald

For me, one big difference between different types of calories is that some types of calories make me feel satisfied, and other types of calories (usually the less healthy ones) just make me want to eat more.
by stuper1
Mon May 09, 2016 10:34 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: To the telescope!
Replies: 4
Views: 2271

Re: To the telescope!

Bedraggled, what kind of telescope(s) do you have?

I have a few, but little time to use them.  As for today's Mercury transit, it is cloudy here right now.  Astronomy can be a bit frustrating, because it seems that the weather doesn't cooperate very often.
by stuper1
Sun May 08, 2016 6:55 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Anybody looked at 3 year REAL Returns!
Replies: 3
Views: 2932

Re: Anybody looked at 3 year REAL Returns!

Agreed 100%.  And not just a 3-year focus, but a 3-year focus on real returns, as you suggested.  That's where the PP differentiates itself from a lot of portfolios.
by stuper1
Sun May 01, 2016 6:42 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: God's Anointed
Replies: 15
Views: 8077

Re: God's Anointed

I think this thread is talking about two different kinds of wackos, and it might be helpful to differentiate them (although several commenters have already touched on several of these points): 1.  The first wacko believes in a living God who works actively in people's lives, even today in the 21st c...
by stuper1
Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: God's Anointed
Replies: 15
Views: 8077

Re: God's Anointed

Who said it was less whacko?  They are two sides of the same crazy coin.
by stuper1
Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:28 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: God's Anointed
Replies: 15
Views: 8077

Re: God's Anointed

What does this mean:  "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God what is God's"?  I am a born-again Christian, having received the Holy Spirit speaking in tongues just like in the Bible.  I have no interest in getting involved in politics, because it's just a distraction from what i...
by stuper1
Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:44 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: SCV+Momemtum Permanent Portfolio
Replies: 117
Views: 52972

Re: SCV+Momemtum Permanent Portfolio

So, the buy/sell signal has to repeat itself two months in a row before you act?
by stuper1
Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:08 am
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: SCV+Momemtum Permanent Portfolio
Replies: 117
Views: 52972

Re: SCV+Momemtum Permanent Portfolio

InsuranceGuy, can you give us some more details?  It sounds like you are testing a monthly checking strategy.  Is it a 12-month lookback period each month?  You mentioned some consistency tests to avoid whipsawing.  What are those tests?
by stuper1
Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:59 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Back to the Simple, Dumb PP?
Replies: 26
Views: 16399

Re: Back to the Simple, Dumb PP?

How often have you had to rebalance since 2012, or whenever you started?
by stuper1
Wed Apr 20, 2016 1:41 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Back to the Simple, Dumb PP?
Replies: 26
Views: 16399

Re: Back to the Simple, Dumb PP?

I'm not trying to make a cult out of it, but if there were a consistently better plan than the pp, Harry Browne seems like he'd be smart enough to find it and sell it. I mean, people expect this stuff to be hard and to be complex, and he probably could have sold a lot more copies if the strategy ha...
by stuper1
Mon Apr 18, 2016 12:33 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Permanent portfolio accumulation and capital addition
Replies: 33
Views: 18377

Re: Permanent portfolio accumulation and capital addition

I like it.  I imagine it will be a bit more volatile than the PP, but with greater reward in the long run.

I'm doing something similar in my 401k, because it has a cheap bond index fund available, plus I feel stupid having a big chunk of cash in a long-term vehicle when I'm nowhere near retirement.
by stuper1
Mon Apr 18, 2016 11:21 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Permanent portfolio accumulation and capital addition
Replies: 33
Views: 18377

Re: Permanent portfolio accumulation and capital addition

PS,

Does that modified GB look like this:  20% LCB, 20% SCV, 40% BLV, 20% gold?
by stuper1
Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:42 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: MachineGhost's Research Resort
Replies: 212
Views: 112317

Re: MachineGhost's Research Resort

So, over the last 10 years, you've gotten a CAGR that was 2.8% higher than the HBPP, with minimal extra effort, and the MaxDD was only 2.5% greater based on monthly results.  To me, that just seems awesome.  I wish I could give you a high-five or fist bump over the internet.  If I knew how to use em...
by stuper1
Fri Apr 15, 2016 5:26 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: MachineGhost's Research Resort
Replies: 212
Views: 112317

Re: MachineGhost's Research Resort

IG,

You should write a book.  That performance seems phenomenal to me.  Thank you for sharing your ideas with us.  Do you happen to know the MaxDD for the HBPP over that time period?
by stuper1
Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:26 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: MachineGhost's Research Resort
Replies: 212
Views: 112317

Re: MachineGhost's Research Resort

So I do Top2 Yearly with other asset classes in addition to the PP classes.  I have only been tracking my results monthly so my MaxDD is probably more than the number in my monthly spreadsheet.  Anyways, from 2006-2015 I had 9.7% CAGR with MaxDD -14.5% from Feb 2008 to Oct 2008. Is that CAGR real o...