While in college I considered going into IP law. One course on intellectual property and observation of what was going on in the world around me convinced me to abandon that. It would be an incredibly frustrating field to be in. At the time I couldn't have imagined a company like Monsanto effectivel...

We stayed there in the 'Sky Suite'. It was very interesting architecturally much like Taliesin West. It's a very interesting place with incredible scenery. We went on a tour with a guide who was an intern staying in the (very cold) worker housing at the bottom of the valley. He spent his days planti...

Here's a link to another (longer term) chart you may find interesting.
http://elliottwave.com/freeupdates/arch ... nswer.aspx

Well Alvinroast there are lots of firsts when it comes to nukes, and most claims to be the first or the only have lots of qualifying statements about purpose and location. Arco was an experimental reactor used for peacetime development and design. The reactors I referred to were not experimental bu...

Here's a slightly different view of how to look at LT bonds. I don't agree with the author about everything, but he provides a slightly more conventional, but clear explanation for anyone trying to get their head around lending money to the government. http://seekingalpha.com/article/372301-long-ter...

In June 1954, the USSR's Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant became the world's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for a power grid (closed 2002).  The world's first commercial nuclear power station was Calder Hall in Sellafield, England was opened in 1956 (closed 2003). The first commercial...

Today we think of him as this almost mythic figure, which would probably astonish all who knew him, and would probably surprise Lincoln himself the most. I see Lincoln as the godfather of the NeoCons.  He was the embodiment of the "American Empire" political vision.  As far as I'm concern...

I have to confess that I have very limited knowledge of this supposed 2012 end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it business, although I could easily believe we're about due for a pole shift. I have been to some Mayan ruins and found it quite amazing not only how much knowledge was there to be learned, but ho...

"unremarkable in every way."  Sad At least in this forum. :P It's been a long time, but I think mine varied between INFP and INTJ. It was close. Someone in another forum I'm in ran a poll and the results were similar. I suspect that those who can read and write and sit at a computer are lo...

I agree with keeping it a one way street between the two portfolios. Personally I'm about 20% VP and comfortable with that for now. I'm giving it a year and if I'm not comfortable with the VP or I just don't want to bother either for a while or permanently I'll drop the VP. If I do better gambling t...

What's a pazooza? And are we talking about passing 13,000 on the way up or down?

I've been sooo tempted to get one of those Dow 10,000 caps. I'm sure I'll get a chance to wear it again.

I got it to work, but haven't actually bought anything yet. Today was really busy. I don't want to be market timing, but bonds took a hit today, so tomorrow might be the day to top out my portfolio.

You should keep us posted about whatever your plans are that will involve creditors coming after you.

I just found out my favorite gas station has a 100% ethanol-free 91 octane gas pump... this is the first time I've been glad I have a car that sucks Premium gas.  Lest I be left with a head scratching budgetary query every time I refill gas. I'm jealous. Driving through Oregon a couple months ago I...

Thanks dualstow. It must be my browser settings because it didn't work for me and says I need to call to set it up. Since that was in my wife's account I didn't feel like calling and impersonating her. Maybe we'll try to get that working this week.

Which do you think is more likely/imminent and what short term/long term impact do you think either would have on the PP: 1. Israel bombs Iraq's nuclear facilities... 2. Greece officially defaults... I personally think both are an eventuality and also think either would be a significant test of the...

We've got 80% of our financial assets at Vanguard. I haven't even set up the bond desk there, but can totally imagine it being clunky so I'm in no rush. I love the ease of buying (and selling) bonds through Fidelity. I'm actually planning to sell the funds at Fido and use them just for bonds.

44, married, no kids, wife is 51. She's got the stable job and desire to work forever. I've got the wacky business ideas that (so far) haven't paid off and a desire to retire to Belize (or any number of other places) :P. I've got pretty much complete adrenal burnout and really need to cut the stress...

TripleB (you're the TripleB from fatwallet, aren't you?) I agree with the other responses about why to keep the stock picking in your VP.  I also have another reason. The correlation between the stocks you pick and the other categories of PP. I have a portfolio of conservative stocks that were not a...

Interesting idea. If I was really convinced that LTT will be the laggard in the short term I might put it in the tax-deferred since the IRS already owns twenty-some-odd-percent of that. On a somewhat related note, I'm thinking if I wanted to bet on a particular part of the PP doing well I would put ...

If it's not too late I'd like to make a couple of suggestions. First, one thing that I've noticed I don't have in common with many people in the forum is that my portfolio is only about 1/3 in taxable. Many of the objections I hear to specific strategies seem to focus on the tax issues. The tax issu...

My wife and I were seriously looking into the tumbleweed tiny house option a few years back. The plan was when she lost her job we would sell the house, travel New Zealand and Australia for a year and then build a tiny house someplace in the US Southwest. She started a new job the day after losing h...

I will re-post a Yoda-ized speech from a while back that is responsive to a foreign currency tweak of the cash portion of the PP: http://cdn.gamerant.com/wp-content/uploads/the-force-unleashed-2-yoda.jpg My head against the wall rather than banging because things are not unfolding the way I think t...

I was just re-reading 'What works on wall street' last night. He uses equal weighting on ALL of his test portfolios. He also includes the S&P500 for comparison sake. Based on that it seems like you could get more volatility and a higher return with several of his portfolios. Most of them are 25 ...

Awesome chart! Short-Term Treasuries never looked so good. And I can buy them straight from the fed and don't need 100 grand.