I've done a lot of searches and I've read a lot and it seems to me, if you're in a taxable account, that arguments could be made on both sides for the two plans of either:  1.) Purchasing secondary-market 30-yr bonds from your broker and holding them directly, or 2.) Holding a fund such as VUSTX, wh...

I do have Microsoft Office loaded on my Mac, which means that I have Excel, which is what I'm suspecting you may be referring to. Is it?

Okay, you guys, I need psychological hand holding again on another issue. I am just starting to be able to really picture myself jumping into the PP thing. I'm ready to buy bonds at my Vanguard bond desk, I'm ready to consider how in the world (in the future, when we're back in the States at some po...

Hello, everyone, You are all extremely knowledgeable and I am grateful to have found such a place as this. I have been reading this site (and Harry Browne's book, and the blog, and, and, and... ), actually, for more than a year but I have yet to pull the trigger on jumping into the PP. I have worked...