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- Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:58 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24360
Re: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
dualstow, can you print the WSJ article to a pdf file and then post the pdf here?
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 9:14 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Apple Sucks, Doesn't it?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 36637
Re: Apple Sucks, Doesn't it?
It is so ironic that since Apple's 1984 Super Bowl ad introducing the Macintosh as the liberator from Big Brother, Apple has morphed into the an Orwellian Nanny control freak that keeps you tethered to the Apple Mothership... That's why I call them Crapple...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 5:49 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: I think I'll rebalance today
- Replies: 35
- Views: 28261
Re: I think I'll rebalance today
I am sitting on about 35% cash right now but it is very tough to jump back in and rebalance with everything so "high"...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:10 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Hoarding Cash
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14347
Re: Hoarding Cash
This may have been discussed elsewhere but it appears there is not only the a risk in keeping 25% of your assets in dollar-dominated currency or equivalent but now that "currency" is being increasingly pushed to 100% digital. Bad for the bad guys but also bad for those who may not want to...
- Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:39 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Retirement
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7865
Re: Retirement
At age 64 and having just survived a 20% layoff in my company (an oil & gas firm), I have been more or less forced to consider my vocational mortality far more than I would care to... One of the biggest obstacles is that I don't know how well I could handle the prospect of the loss of a steady i...
- Wed Jan 27, 2016 12:51 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Portfolio Charts
- Replies: 120
- Views: 43495
Re: Portfolio Charts
Tyler, I was wondering if you had given any more thought to a suggestion I made a while back (below)? One suggestion: Would it be difficult to post the last year few years of performance on the funnel chart (ie last 12 months under Year Invested 1, last 24 months under Year Invested 2 and so on sort...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Iran Detains 10 US Sailors And Seizes Our Boats
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5708
Re: Iran Detains 10 US Sailors And Seizes Our Boats
PS, I just created a new post on this subject before I read this...
Interested to know your thoughts...
Interested to know your thoughts...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:41 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BP for VP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4485
BP for VP?
As a petroleum engineer nearing retirement (maybe sooner than I would chose), I have been taking more than a passing interest in the falling oil prices of late. It strikes me that unlike say gold, oil is currently a necessary global consumable commodity which cannot be replaced at near the current ...
- Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Merry Christmas!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2421
Re: Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!... Beautiful pic!
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:24 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Personal MBA (Josh Kaufman) & Permanent Portfolio Investing Strategy
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11366
Re: Personal MBA (Josh Kaufman) & Permanent Portfolio Investing Strategy
Just curious for an update on people's experience with FolioInvesting...
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: ...you know it's bad when...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2628
...you know it's bad when...
...people are giving gold away... ANAHEIM – Santa tossed a present into a Salvation Army red kettle over the weekend. A Canadian gold coin valued at about $1,200. “It popped out,” said Salvation Army spokesman Kevin White. “I’ve seen silver dollars, old coins, collectables, but not something like th...
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Religion Of Peace Visits California
- Replies: 120
- Views: 30342
Re: Religion Of Peace Visits California
I was struck with the new SUV that the pair were gunned down in... I initially wondered how they could afford such a car but came to understand later that it was a rental... As far as funding internal terrorism: Per Rueters: Online lender Prosper recently made a $28,500 loan to Syed Rizwan Farook w...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 5:37 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Portfolio Charts
- Replies: 120
- Views: 43495
Re: Portfolio Charts
Tyler, awesome charts!... There isn't a day that goes by where I am not glancing at a printout of one of your funnel charts!... I find the funnel chart very soothing when the wheels seem to be flying off the wagon... One suggestions: Would it be difficult to post the last year few years of perform...
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 10:49 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1783778
Re: The GOLD scream room
According to Kitco, the price of gold thus far today is +$20.10 due to drop in dollar but -$14.80 due to selling for a net +$5.30/oz...
http://www.kitco.com/kitco-gold-index.h ... mpaign=KGX
http://www.kitco.com/kitco-gold-index.h ... mpaign=KGX
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:41 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: SOS: America's flagship is in danger
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3820
Re: SOS: America's flagship is in danger
Tow it to Greece!... It would make a great immigration facilitation vessel...
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:26 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Quicken & Mint Killer
- Replies: 63
- Views: 19595
Re: Quicken & Mint Killer
I looked at PC pretty hard a while back but just couldn't get past giving out my user name and passwords to all my financial accounts...
How did you come to peace with the security exposures?
How did you come to peace with the security exposures?
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:57 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP, Retirement, and Safe Withdrawal Rates
- Replies: 115
- Views: 52433
Re: PP, Retirement, and Safe Withdrawal Rates
Tyler, can you add your "Tyler 5x20 PP" to the selections of portfolios in your great website?
Thanks!
PS: Are we supposed to be able to click on Calculator and get anything to happen? Nothing happens when I do...
Thanks for your great charts and work!
Thanks!
PS: Are we supposed to be able to click on Calculator and get anything to happen? Nothing happens when I do...
Thanks for your great charts and work!
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:12 pm
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: Brokerage Firm as Your Bank
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14834
Re: Brokerage Firm as Your Bank
dual, I couldn't get you link to work but if you google "Fidelity virtual safe deposit box", the Barron's link shows up and you can read the article... At least I did a minute ago...
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:31 pm
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: Brokerage Firm as Your Bank
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14834
Re: Brokerage Firm as Your Bank
Just wish Fidelity would start handling physical safe deposit boxes as well as virtual ones! It would be great to have a "private" safe deposit box service that is not controlled by the banking sector but that is also insured and reputable... http://www.barrons.com/articles/fidelity-tests-...
- Thu Sep 03, 2015 5:34 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PSA: I now have a 3-year period with no gains
- Replies: 275
- Views: 107148
Re: PSA: I now have a 3-year period with no gains
It's been tough even for the biggest and brightest... http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-03/bridgewaters-all-weather-fund-goes-negative-2015-after-risk-paritys-worst-quarter-le Bridgewater's 'All-Weather' Fund Goes Negative For 2015 After Risk-Parity's Worst Quarter Since Lehman The $80 billion B...
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:48 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: No where to hide
- Replies: 804
- Views: 304000
Re: No where to hide
I may be a little too simple-minded on this but if I post the Peak-to-Trough results of a HBPP allocation for the time I've been using it and post the resulting CAGR on Tyler's terrific PP real returns over time plot and it is within the bands shown for that time period, I conclude that there is not...
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:08 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Black Monday
- Replies: 79
- Views: 28051
Re: Black Monday
I saw this this morning and couldn't stop laughing...
Hope you get a chuckle out of an otherwise dismal morning...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqF83-FmVpM
Hope you get a chuckle out of an otherwise dismal morning...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqF83-FmVpM
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:18 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: No gains to be had
- Replies: 36
- Views: 18171
Re: No gains to be had
Tyler, I enjoyed your "Risk in the Real World" article but had a question.... It looks like you were comparing the risk of outcomes by either investing $2,000/mo in stocks and hoping you still had the average return in 20 yrs when you wanted it for college costs (but might have quite a bi...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:47 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Housing bubble
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5421
Re: Housing bubble
The suburbs in Far North Dallas (Richardson, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen) are truly insane!... My son and his bride put in 3 different bids (all over asking price) in just this past week and lost all three!... There is a large influx of major corporation relocations primarily from Calif (State F...
- Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: GOP Candidate
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3154
Re: GOP Candidate
I added Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, None of The Above and It doesn't matter to the poll so people could vote for who they would like to see as president, if any... (not who they think will win)... There are no doubt other Republicans, Democrats and Independents that could also be considered...