guys why don't we setup PP Facebook GROUP?

that way if the forum goes down we gave a place to go?

AdamA wrote:

var wrote: i back tested the spy and tlt 50/50 strategy with the simba spreadsheet... and it looks decent...

With options???

adam

how are you long bond leaps doing?

MediumTex wrote:

ochotona wrote: TLT can bite. IEF not as volatile.

EDV is the one with the bite.

TLT just nibbles.

MT whats the difference betweend TLT and EDV? 

i love how TLT moves up sneakingly and steadly with all this turmoil.

helps me sleep at night...

Many of you may be aware of Ray Dalio's all weather portfolio.  30% Stocks, 15% Int.Bond, 40% LT Bond, 7.5% Gold, 7.5% Commodities. AWP is kinda sorta similar to PP (especially when you consider that PP assets can move away from their initial 25% allocation until next rebalance).  And similar to PP...

I just don't watch the market.  Actually nowadays I don't even really check the forums. I made it through the last crash through automatic investment and ignorant bliss.  This resulted in some pretty fantastic returns. +1 on this...  i don't watch cnbc... sometimes i don't even watch the news... an...

I just don't watch the market.  Actually nowadays I don't even really check the forums. I made it through the last crash through automatic investment and ignorant bliss.  This resulted in some pretty fantastic returns. +1 on this...  i don't watch cnbc... sometimes i don't even watch the news... an...

thanks..

i love how apple slowly creeps up with no news.... almost at 114...

apple is my 1 stock VP

frankly, i don't care what chart formation it is...

all i know is i been making money in apple all year...

i dont mind hanging on to apple while the weak hands sell out.

The iPhone 6 is selling fast.  Apple pay is seamless.

Apple got cup handle formation. It's going to 140.

My 2 cents

just as a FYI,  ameritrade has a pretty cool stock simulator in ThinkorSWIM.  the only catch is that you have to have a real money acccount to get real time quotes on paper trading.

i am thinking option 4.  hedge it out with some IEI.

i checked a some historical data Long term bonds, had years when you had 0 to slightly negative returns 4 years in a row.

guys,

i was thinking of instead of holding 25% TLT,  switch to something more like 20%/5% TLT:IEI  or 15%/10%  TLT:IEI?

The rising interest rate fear has me worried.  first i am seeing gold drop... it would be difficult to see the bonds get wacked as well.

any insight will be helpful.

thanks

>Thinking of buying Jan 2015 at the money call options for the junior miners (GDXJ). the implied volatility on those are near 50%... the volatility effect is higher on LEAPs, so if volatility drops you could get crushed. your  prob better off with a leveraged 2x-3x miner fund from my paper trades on...

has anyone back tested the results of PP say

50% stocks
25% cash
25% long bonds.

guys,

can you explain how cash hedges the PP portfolio.  I know if i buy shy, i can see the price  move  up and down throughout the year.

but how about if you keep it in a bank account? 


thanks

hi guys,

is the cash and long bond allocation in the PP suppose to create an average duration of 10 years?

can someone explain to me how that works.

its really been hard to watch the my PP porfolio recently,  first gold gets hit, now i look and long bonds had a big drop.

thanks

that kind of puts it in perspective for me. 7.2% isn't that bad for all the protection PP give you.  I figure were  closer to the end of this bull market so i rather have the protection that PP provides.



thanks for the link pointedstick.

hi guys,

does anyone know what the CAGR of the PP is during 1990-2000 when stocks are hot?

just trying to figure out my expectations for PP when stocks do well?

hi guys, i got a fidelity account.  I was thinking parking some cash in short term treasury fund fsbix (no fee, no short term trading fee). i checked the chart on it its seems the volatility is less 1%.  i also like the fact it moved up alot during the 2008 crash. What do you guys think is this a sa...

i going to be holding this in taxable. Wasn't there a discussion that EDV was worse to hold then TLT in taxable?

hi guys i would like to buy prpfx, how much tlt do i need to buy to come close to normal PP.

i need to use TLT cause its commision free.

thanks

hi guys, just wondering if i have all my gold in physical.  what happens if gold goes to $3000.00 and i have to sell some gold to re balance? whats the best way to do this?  can i just short GLD for the equal value?  its kind of hassle to goto the vault,  sell the physical and then pay another trans...

Its great watching TLT keep my portfolio afloat!  i remember a few weeks ago the cnbc pundits were talking about inflation.

good luck.

i am curious how well it will do since its a leveraged ETF.