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- Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:28 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Recent Performance
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21004
Re: Recent Performance
For those of us holding EDV, this really is a really awful PP day, I grant you that. With EDV being down almost 5% (even though TLT is up?!), and with gold also being way down... yeah. As I've said before, I started DCAing into the PP in September. It's been consistently down and more down and then ...
- Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:18 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: What's up with EDV today?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5033
What's up with EDV today?
Why would EDV be so drastically down - almost 5% - while TLT is not only not down at all but slightly up? What's going on with EDV? Anyone know?
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:54 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Ender's Game: the movie
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4069
Re: Ender's Game: the movie
SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
So. Freaking. EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!
Can one die of joy?
Thank you for posting this!!!
::happy dance::
So. Freaking. EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!
Can one die of joy?
Thank you for posting this!!!
::happy dance::
- Sun Dec 02, 2012 7:15 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: FURIOUS with Vanguard - Secondary Bond Buying Warning
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4189
FURIOUS with Vanguard - Secondary Bond Buying Warning
I've bought 30 year bonds off the secondary market via Vanguard three times now. Once in September, once in October, and once in November. My first two purchases (September and October) went without a hitch. I'm a new investor but I'm relatively computer savvy and so even though I had never invested...
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:19 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: It's official: The totalitarian state is here
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10426
Re: It's official: The totalitarian state is here
I look at the regimented societies of North Korea and Communist China under Mao and ask myself could it happen here in freedom loving America? Here, let me help you out with that question. The answer is NO. There are a zillion jillion gazillion uncrossable light years in between health care legisla...
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:58 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Buying LTTs on secondary market
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10171
Re: Buying LTTs on secondary market
It's interesting how discussions progress sometimes. I started off thinking, "Wow, look at that 50% difference in duration between 20- and 30-year bonds when yields are near zero. I should probably sell my bonds at the 25-year mark instead of the 20!" But now my attention has been drawn to a new (b...
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:43 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Buying LTTs on secondary market
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10171
Re: Buying LTTs on secondary market
If in a taxable act, is there any benefit to capturing capital gains/losses yearly rather than every 5? I have found in my experience that it is easier to let individual bonds "sleep" in your portfolio. They just sit there doing nothing most of the time, and twice a year they wake up and make a pa...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 5:58 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: how many here read the IBD, and truly understand it?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7762
Re: how many here read the IBD, and truly understand it?
CANSLIM is not a hands-off, buy-and-hold strategy... an important component is to sell stocks when they drop 8%. That requires frequent attention. But as we know from the PP strategy, stocks perform well under certain circumstances, not all circumstances. And a particular stock strategy will perf...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:07 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Buying LTTs on secondary market
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10171
Re: Buying LTTs on secondary market
Wow... I thought my previous post would generate at least a little discussion, but I guess not. It was a surprising discovery for me, and I'm wondering why nobody else seems to be very surprised by it. Maybe most folks on this forum invest in TLT rather than buying T-bonds directly. I think I'll be...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:58 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: how many here read the IBD, and truly understand it?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7762
Re: how many here read the IBD, and truly understand it?
(And by the way - I've said on these boards before how much I fear stocks but not long term bonds and not gold - it's because of what I saw happen to my Auntie because she followed IBD and all of their stock-picking ridiculousness and got badly burned. And then a few years later 2008 happened and it...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:52 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: how many here read the IBD, and truly understand it?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7762
Re: how many here read the IBD, and truly understand it?
I hate the whole IBD, CANSLIM, "Look, that one stock is about to BREAK OUT! See its squiggly line path?!" thing that they do, and let me tell you why. A long time ago, my favorite Auntie, who has always loved everything investing, lost literally millions - and I do mean that, MILLIONS - of dollars -...
Re: I-Bonds
Only two ways to buy them: - Treasury Direct (electronic) - Federal income tax refund (paper) Warning: think carefully when designating an account to link to Treasury Direct. I discovered that if you want to change it or add a new account, you need to send in a form with a medallion stamp. Talk ...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:55 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: $100K Salary, Adjusted for City/Metro Area & Cost of Living Indices
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4308
Re: $100K Salary, Adjusted for City/Metro Area & Cost of Living Indices
How in the world can it be cheaper to live in NY, NY than in El Paso, Texas?! That just doesn't make any rational sense to me at all. I would imagine that for the same price as a studio apartment in NY you could buy a four bedroom home in the El Paso suburbs or something. And Texas has no income ta...
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:22 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: $100K Salary, Adjusted for City/Metro Area & Cost of Living Indices
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4308
Re: $100K Salary, Adjusted for City/Metro Area & Cost of Living Indices
How in the world can it be cheaper to live in NY, NY than in El Paso, Texas?!
That just doesn't make any rational sense to me at all. I would imagine that for the same price as a studio apartment in NY you could buy a four bedroom home in the El Paso suburbs or something. And Texas has no income tax!
That just doesn't make any rational sense to me at all. I would imagine that for the same price as a studio apartment in NY you could buy a four bedroom home in the El Paso suburbs or something. And Texas has no income tax!
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 7:18 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Meeting In Person
- Replies: 69
- Views: 31653
Re: Meeting In Person
Shut UP, that is awesome!CA PP wrote: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
What's Addis like? I've heard some crazy stories about the traffic there!
- Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:49 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Meeting In Person
- Replies: 69
- Views: 31653
Re: Meeting In Person
Mainland China!
We could meet up over some stir fried chicken feet. With the toenails still on, of course. Since those are the best part.
We could meet up over some stir fried chicken feet. With the toenails still on, of course. Since those are the best part.
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:43 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Why are there so few doctors?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 17717
Re: Why are there so few doctors?
You can build as many medical schools as you want, but there are only so many residency spots...
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:57 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Beijing hints at bond attack on Japan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1749
Re: Beijing hints at bond attack on Japan
Um, yeah. And a month? You're being very generous with the time frame. The financial you-know-what hits the fan here and I would give it a week or two, tops.clacy wrote: You take away exports and they will be in a bloody civil war within a month
- Mon Oct 29, 2012 6:51 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Not So Great News for RIM (re: Blackberry)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1588
Not So Great News for RIM (re: Blackberry)
Looks like the Blackberry is losing some of (a lot of?) its federal government love: http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20121028/ACQUISITION03/310280004/Game-over-BlackBerry-Agencies-8217-plans-snub-federal-icon?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE Of course, my husband (a fed employee) says he'll pr...
- Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:34 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Sorry, you guys. I broke the PP. My bad.
- Replies: 73
- Views: 30386
Re: Sorry, you guys. I broke the PP. My bad.
I am very grateful for this thread and for other threads that have spoken about the psychological aspects of investing in the PP. I, like another poster in this thread, somewhat sort of expected sideways days I suppose, but not really down days... and not really down months in which all four of the ...
- Sat Oct 27, 2012 6:45 am
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Merriman's style for equity part of PP
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6543
Re: Merriman's style for equity part of PP
What is your opinion about the Merriman's claims about TSM not really being diversified and his approach to solving the problem in his Ultimate Buy and Hold Portfolio (there are some old lengthy discussions on Bogleheads forum). This is a summary: http://www.fundadvice.com/fehtml/bhstrategies/0404a...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:54 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Sorry, you guys. I broke the PP. My bad.
- Replies: 73
- Views: 30386
Sorry, you guys. I broke the PP. My bad.
(I know that I didn't *actually* break the PP. I'm just...saying.) So after having read every single financial book I could get my hands on (for the last seven years), and after reading this forum (without registering) for literally two years, and then after registering and asking a ton of questions...
- Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:38 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Normal TSP or the New Roth TSP?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10133
Re: Normal TSP or the New Roth TSP?
Sounds good, keep me posted. As as for actually having the TSP deposit, I have a feeling it is almost a pay period offset from the actual pay period it seems. I get my statement but when checking TSP it looks like it takes far longer to actually deposit. Not sure why. I'm assuming it's a conspiracy...
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:32 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Permanent Portfolio Shakedown part 2
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9701
Re: Permanent Portfolio Shakedown part 2
Though the 10-month MA is quite simple in concept and to apply, once a month is almost an eternity. If you're not involved with the markets every day to be reminded from the risk/stress, its liable to be a pretty hit or miss approach. It requires strict long-term discipline to work long-term whic...
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:26 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Permanent Portfolio Shakedown part 2
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9701
Re: Permanent Portfolio Shakedown part 2
Though the 10-month MA is quite simple in concept and to apply, once a month is almost an eternity. If you're not involved with the markets every day to be reminded from the risk/stress, its liable to be a pretty hit or miss approach. It requires strict long-term discipline to work long-term whic...