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by PP67
Tue Oct 27, 2015 5:41 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: SOS: America's flagship is in danger
Replies: 8
Views: 3821

Re: SOS: America's flagship is in danger

Tow it to Greece!...  It would make a great immigration facilitation vessel...
by PP67
Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:26 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Quicken & Mint Killer
Replies: 63
Views: 19601

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?
by PP67
Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:57 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP, Retirement, and Safe Withdrawal Rates
Replies: 115
Views: 52558

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!
by PP67
Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:12 pm
Forum: Cash
Topic: Brokerage Firm as Your Bank
Replies: 19
Views: 14840

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...
by PP67
Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:31 pm
Forum: Cash
Topic: Brokerage Firm as Your Bank
Replies: 19
Views: 14840

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-...
by PP67
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: 107284

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...
by PP67
Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:48 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: No where to hide
Replies: 804
Views: 304259

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...
by PP67
Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:08 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Black Monday
Replies: 79
Views: 28065

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
by PP67
Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:18 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: No gains to be had
Replies: 36
Views: 18173

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...
by PP67
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...
by PP67
Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:53 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: GOP Candidate
Replies: 7
Views: 3155

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...
by PP67
Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:03 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: GOP Candidate
Replies: 7
Views: 3155

GOP Candidate

The Elephants are in the room...
by PP67
Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:38 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Killing Cecil The Lion
Replies: 52
Views: 16876

Re: Killing Cecil The Lion

For those new to the forum and before dental horror stories proliferate, note that MangoMan and his daughter-in-law I believe are dentists and would probably appreciate focusing on the topic at hand (animal hunting for pleasure in general , potential poaching and the newsworthiness of this story vs ...
by PP67
Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:50 am
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3693
Views: 1788583

Re: The GOLD scream room

Sounds like a good day for a poem:                 If If you can keep your head when all about you   Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,   But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,   Or being lied ab...
by PP67
Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:25 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Calamine for the brain: The aPP
Replies: 9
Views: 6024

Re: Calamine for the brain: The aPP

This was the first post after I started my PP portfolio... 919 days ago...  According to PeaktoTrough, Ideally it has generated a 3% nominal return... which maybe on the low side of Taylor's incredible real return vs time plot...  However, the 3% is what my stable value fund was giving me so I am OK...
by PP67
Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:44 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Worst 3 year PP performance ever?
Replies: 124
Views: 55716

Re: Worst 3 year PP performance ever?

Kudos and many thanks for the terrific charts!...  They really give a uniquely different (and comforting) perspective!
by PP67
Sun Jun 21, 2015 8:55 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Intro to Microsoft Excel
Replies: 15
Views: 6410

Re: Intro to Microsoft Excel

In 1979 I worked at The Byte Shop in Denver selling microcomputers... We sold Apple computers that you had to load the operating system and programs with cassette tapes... Before floppys...  When I would demo VisiCalc on the machines, everybody was blown away!  I bet I sold more computers based on t...
by PP67
Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:04 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Worst 3 year PP performance ever?
Replies: 124
Views: 55716

Re: Worst 3 year PP performance ever?

As I have mentioned before, if I had the programming prowess of Peak2Trough or many others on this forum, I would develop a program (like Peak2Trough) that you could put your start date and let it show you how your returns for that time period rank with similar time periods over the last 42 years......
by PP67
Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:21 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Saw The Rolling Stones Tonight
Replies: 17
Views: 4629

Re: Saw The Rolling Stones Tonight

Oops... This is the right link I think...

http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/09/2 ... ood-songs/
by PP67
Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:19 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Saw The Rolling Stones Tonight
Replies: 17
Views: 4629

Re: Saw The Rolling Stones Tonight

I was 16 in 1967 so I will admit my bias but it amazes me that so many of the songs I grew up with are still favorites of multi-generations since...

Is there a "Peak Rock & Roll"?

Check out this interesting correlation:

LINK
by PP67
Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:46 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Will your job be done by a machine?
Replies: 16
Views: 6537

Re: Will your job be done by a machine?

Thought this was way cool!...  unless you had aspirations to be a chef...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNy6fEuPWbc
by PP67
Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:43 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: 29% of Americans over 55 have zero retirement savings
Replies: 10
Views: 4373

Re: 29% of Americans over 55 have zero retirement savings

I almost couldn't believe the chart on this link that shows that the top 1% own 35% of the nation's wealth while the bottom 40% hold 0%...  Pitchforks came to mind... http://tablet.washingtonpost.com/rweb/biz/wealth-inequality-even-worse-than-income-inequality/2015/05/21/8db558e59a53d0b4a68a5aa1d10a...
by PP67
Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:35 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3693
Views: 1788583

Re: The GOLD scream room

Battery currency sounds pretty Mad Maxesque but VW apparently has vending machines that will accept used batteries as "currency"..
by PP67
Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:54 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: TSA misses 96% of hidden explosives and weapons
Replies: 32
Views: 9518

Re: TSA misses 96% of hidden explosives and weapons

It would seem that if there is any validity to these tests than there have been virtually no attempts to take bombs on planes since the TSA has been checking... It would also seem extremely ill-advised to report these findings to everyone so the terrorists can be more motivated to try... Alternative...
by PP67
Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:15 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Forum Crash...
Replies: 48
Views: 20945

Re: Forum Crash...

You could set up a poll on who would contribute $0, $5, $10 $15 $20/yr pledges...