If I had Budd’s purported portfolio you can be darn sure I would have investigated my investment approach thoroughly. Personally I’ve highlighted the major salient features of the PP three or four times, suggested he look at a portfolio with a lot more cash in it and not to look at component returns...

Classic 2x: 200K equivalent/16.667 each to the UPRO, TMF, UGLD and 50% to SHY/50K SHY and 150K (50K x3) equivalent everything else Classic 1x: 100K/25% each to SHY, TLT, GLD, SPY KMix 2.1x: 45% VCSH, 28% TQQQ, 13.5% TMF, UGLD Purchase price was at the close 12/29/17 through the close on 10/5/18 2x =...

I did an online chat with Schwab, and they said the time varies, but they 'try to get the best price', whatever that means. But since they are all Schwab proprietary ETFs and they are their own market makers, I find that hard to believe. This is pretty standard brokerage language and it means they ...

If it is possible I would try to do some research on gold vs. the Euro/Pound/old DMark and see how they historically performed. If historical performance reasonably matches what gold is supposed to do in a US portfolio then go with gold. In the US, gold tends to also be negatively correlated with eq...

Agree Tyler. Man I really wish there was a smartly leveraged cheap ETF of the PP. I’d be all in on it.

No kidding, my gold holdings would weigh 655 lbs if silver. But that was before the boat accident. Pirate attack? My canoe capsized and all the precious metals went to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. There you have it...I’ve been arguing for months that gold ETFs are safer th...

ochotona wrote: ↑Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:38 am No kidding, my gold holdings would weigh 655 lbs if silver. But that was before the boat accident.

Pirate attack?

Sometimes I wonder if things are set up just to serve as a “rally point”for political groups regardless of what the end result turns out to be. This event will serve that purpose for both sides. The tribal talking points have all been established and the believers will believe convinced of the right...

Bright, shiny as the noon sun

Real returns no, none

Non correlated, perhaps

Fundamental long term projected return measures are actually quite good in their accuracy...just not in the timing. Seems like it is contradictory but it is not. Bonds are utterly predictable...expect the coupon return over multiple iterations. The only thing that is going to make the PP perform we...

Fundamental long term projected return measures are actually quite good in their accuracy...just not in the timing. Seems like it is contradictory but it is not. Bonds are utterly predictable...expect the coupon return over multiple iterations. The only thing that is going to make the PP perform wel...

Classic 2x: 200K equivalent/16.667 each to the UPRO, TMF, UGLD and 50% to SHY/50K SHY and 150K (50K x3) equivalent everything else Classic 1x: 100K/25% each to SHY, TLT, GLD, SPY KMix 2.1x: 45% VCSH, 28% TQQQ, 13.5% TMF, UGLD Purchase price was at the close 12/29/17 through the close on 9/7/18 2x = ...

I apologize if this has been answered in a thread before, but since the PP is supposed to sort of be domestically oriented and most large cap companies are global in nature, would it make more sense for the stock portion to be geared towards mid and small cap stocks? Thanks in advance for any opini...

No, Moda, as I said before, I'm just not interested in engaging you. You've done this "Show me your sources" routine so many times that by now the script has become predictable. No matter what my source, you'll find some reason for rejecting it, and when confronted with evidence you canno...

Assuming you don't suffer from a chronic health condition, the human body does not need supplements in pill form if you eat a healthy, varied diet. That said, I take these supplements: Multi-vitamin - Doctor recommended as a "safety net" just in case I'm missing anything in my vegetarian ...

The Dems have Soros, the Pubs have the Koch's. What's the difference really?

Maddy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:17 am Significantly, all that interventionism involved the same short list of beneficiaries.

List them Maddy.

McCain was a complex guy and like most humans who have lived he had his high points and low points. I think with any human life we should celebrate a person's good while not necessarily giving them a pass on the bad. High points - Courage, honor and grit as a POW - Bipartisanship...standing up for ...

McCain was a complex guy and like most humans who have lived he had his high points and low points. I think with any human life we should celebrate a person's good while not necessarily giving them a pass on the bad. High points - Courage, honor and grit as a POW - Bipartisanship...standing up for a...

You all missed the bottom! O0 Actually I nailed it. https://www.gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9655&start=12 O0 >:D 8) ;) ::) Bravo. Where can I subscribe to your newsletter? :D My personal and magnanimous generosity to the board. I do have this bridge for sell if you are...

I don't think Trump has been too tough on the press. Honestly, whether the right or left press they are all pretty much non-credible with very little if any actual reporting done anymore. The modus operandi for all of them is fake rage, salacious headlines and a bunch of hired talking heads "re...

MangoMan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:34 am

Kbg wrote: ↑Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:31 am Go gold! :-) Up today 1.86% as of now.

You all missed the bottom!

Actually I nailed it.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=9655&start=12

Go gold! :-) Up today 1.86% as of now.

For those doing IF...here's a practical problem I would like some thoughts on. Normally I prefer skipping dinner and doing breakfast and lunch...but socially this is very hard to do on weekends. Any thoughts on transition strategies going into Friday and going back on my preferred schedule Monday mo...