You may recall my intention was to revisit the 25/25/25/25 allocation in January, thinking about switching to a Golden Butterfly or similar variant -- at a minimum adding some level of small cap and/or international. The more I look at the current markets, the more I am convinced that 2016 will be ...

Why do I have a feeling that right now would be a good time to "do it again...for doodle?"

Fred wrote:
Close but no cigar for 2014, according to PeakToTrough any way. But I'll take 9.76% next year.

Round up.

buddtholomew wrote: Isn't that the premise of the PP?

Yes. 

If you're having a rough time with this year's performance, just keep in mind that every prior down year has been followed by a double-digit (positive) year. 

I loved the episode...but was wondering why the writers chosed to put a UFO in it.

Opinions?

Has anyone else watched this show?

It's apparently based on a novel by Phillip K. Dick, and I'm really enjoying it. 

Alternate history science fiction wherin the Axis powers won WW II


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzz_6dmv03I (1:30 trailer). 

Jack Jones wrote:

AdamA wrote: This weeks episode was awesome.  Great suspense.

I loved the cabin scene.

yeah...and the bar scene.

This weeks episode was awesome.  Great suspense.

i have been using Ting https://ting.com/ and have been very happy with them so far, good price, paying for only what i use and the most surprising and odd experience with them so far....  i called the company for clarification and assistance and ..... a real person answered the phone!!!!!! ps i for...

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Maybe this is their way of trying to get Sprott to leave them alone.

I hope you keep posting anyway. Lordmetroid is the best screen name ever. I concur with your first point.  But on your second point, I counter with: http://i.imgur.com/dJb0J4K.png Although that is an excellent screen name, it relies heavily on the icon.  Lordmetroid, in  my opionion, is better if o...

Reub wrote:
Maybe if we stick our heads in the sand they'll like us and they won't come here?

What do you think we should do?

Simonjester wrote: i heard the Muslim immigrants are voting for a new french state motto

"veni vidi Vichy vici"

"I came; I saw; they collaborated; I conquered"

I hope you keep posting anyway.

Lordmetroid is the best screen name ever.

I'm going to start mailing all of the notices I get in the mail back to Sprott.

They will have to hire hundreds of new employees to manage this volume of mail.

I'm looking forward to hearing it. I would be curious to know what MT's thoughts are on the need to potentially diversify the PP a bit more with some allocation to non-US stocks/bonds, as has been discussed recently in the forum. Although I find the topic interesting to discuss, I remain unconvinced.

MangoMan wrote: Justified is over. Last season was the finale.

Lol...I meant to say Rectify.

Let me know if I left anything out. Better Call Saul is fantastic. Mad Men is as good as television gets, IMO I also really enjoyed Bloodline on Netflix.  "We're not bad people, we just did a bad thing." Honorable mention: Halt and Catch Fire Silicon Valley Kudos for mentioning Justified,...

It's really a good show.

There is something mesmerizing about watching such bad things happen in such a seemingly innocent place.

I wonder how Dutch will fit in to all of this.

steve wrote: If Sprott somehow succeeds I plan on selling. I am looking into the Merk Gold Trust called ounz and other alternatives for online easy trading to re balance and will consider holding more physical bullion.

Me too.  I think GTU is a great fund.  This Sprott bid is very annoying.

But it's the kind of thing where it could come out in the wash when all the variables play out. It's just much too hard to model all the possibilities so you'd just have to do this a bit on educated decisions....But I think it could provide a good level of protection with increase in volatility how...

Dutchtraffic--

Keep us posted on your progress.  I'm interested.

I think pretty much every bond in the SAAA etf is a "safe haven" bond though, besides France maybe. Yeah, that might be true. I'll admit I lack sophisticiation when it comes to global economics, but just for the sake of discussion, what do you think would happen to your hypothetical portf...

I think it's an interesting idea and worth discussion, especially for someone who lives in the EU. I would not change your current PP (with 50% bunds and 50% US treasuries) but I would probably add this as 10-20% of the portfolio. I would be more inclined to use and ex-US bond fund though b/c it sou...

I was thinking the easiest way to achieve this would be with a BH type portfolio that excludes the US.  50% VTIAX  (Vanguard's ex-US international stock fund) 50% VTABX (Vanguard's ex-US international bond fund) I'm not planning on doing this any time, but hypothetically I would probably do this wi...

Any other physicians on the forum willing to contribute their favorite examples, or experiences with ICD-10? It's just more time charting and more chances for my chart to get down coded.  I think good record keeping is an important part of practicing good medicine, but when it's done just for the s...