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- Tue Dec 17, 2013 5:08 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Left Fidelity
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13229
Re: Left Fidelity
If you have a meeting with a financial advisor and they bring in someone else to participate, ask who that person is and why they're present at your meeting. If you don't want them there, ask them to leave. My banker asks for permission before bringing any other employee to meetings. You are entit...
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 4:55 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
- Replies: 378
- Views: 164391
Re: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
A couple of days ago the security guard in my building asked me if I had heard about Bitcoin. He seemed really excited about its potential. After the security guard, you only need two more to yield a warning of something big and terrible about to happen with Bitcoin. It goes according to the Law o...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:34 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
- Replies: 378
- Views: 164391
Re: Bitcoin giveaway! :)
Bitcoin is in a bubble. It reminds me of the dot-com days, late 1990s. My only question is when will the bubble pop, and what will bring it (the pop) about. There. I said it. Now that I've said it, being in a bubble does not mean bitcoin will not survive. It could be like Amazon.com--it crashed a...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14523
Re: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
I believe the term is 'countermeasures'. Just guessing, but I think it's probably some kind of Federal offense to shoot down FAA-approved aircraft/drone. And I doubt people would try that very often in the urban areas they claim to be getting these ready for. But, I agree with Benko and I admit tha...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:53 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - new Mike Maloney video
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7722
Re: The Biggest Scam In The History Of Mankind - new Mike Maloney video
I think all gold bugs eventually sound like Peter Schiff.
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:05 am
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: New I Bond rates have increased!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 23398
Re: New I Bond rates have increased!
Rates are not allowed to go negative with savings bonds, like E- and I-bonds.
The rates can go negative with some treasury securities, but I've forgotten which ones.
The rates can go negative with some treasury securities, but I've forgotten which ones.
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:02 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Account Executive for PP
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9295
Re: Account Executive for PP
Good luck (best wishes) with getting the license.
The more professionals out there who are familiar with the PP concept, the better off investors will be.
The more professionals out there who are familiar with the PP concept, the better off investors will be.
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Nelson Mandela-A Mixed Bag
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7928
Re: Nelson Mandela-A Mixed Bag
All of what you wrote, MedTex, makes me think of Mandela being more like George Washington than like Ghandi. Fighting over oppression is not pretty, no matter which side you're fighting on. One of the things about Mandela was his ability to get the oppressed and the oppressors to sit at the same t...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:45 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14523
Re: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
They might even have their own defenses onboard in case they encounter someone about to use them for target practice. Imagine skeet shooting where the skeets shot back! Even if someone managed to shoot them down, there would be actual images of who the shooter was and where to find them. By the ti...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:29 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Variable Annuity as part of PP
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4201
Re: Variable Annuity as part of PP
HB said it could be appropriate in some cases to allocate a portion of your portfolio in an annuity for some guaranteed income. I bought one back in 2009 for a third of my money. It grows 7% a year compounded off the top line (not what you cash it in for but the amount that is used for computation ...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 3:06 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoins
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9405
Re: Bitcoins
I'm ready to celebrate with some weed, myself.
- Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:43 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14523
Re: Amazon.com: Making their workforce disappear
There have been a couple of drone crashes in NYC in the past few months, mostly into skyscrapers while being operated by amateurs. I remember pieces rained onto the street, just missing pedestrians on the street in one case. So leave it to the droners; they'll destroy their own equipment and indust...
- Wed Dec 04, 2013 12:05 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Account Executive for PP
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9295
Re: Account Executive for PP
If I can do the PP myself anybody can, and save a lot of money on fees in the process. If you follow HB's advice you just check it once a year so what are those people you are paying going to be doing for the other 364 days? Sometimes there is a lot of money, scattered among various personal, corpo...
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:39 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fred Reed Reflects on Veteran's Day
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7698
Re: Fred Reed Reflects on Veteran's Day
*** Another kind of funny thing I learned is that there is a "jam room" on board the ship where sailors can book time to play on Navy-provided guitars, drums and amplifiers. Over the course of a cruise, several different "bands" will typically form, mostly with a heavy metal st...
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:25 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Direct Registration (in your name) vs "street name" for top SIPC protection
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5125
Re: Direct Registration (in your name) vs "street name" for top SIPC protection
It's a useful idea--Manywhich means you'll be dissuaded at every turn from doing so. Brokerages charge a steep fee to transfer securities from street name into your name. It varies from broker to broker, but $30 - $75 are familiar fees for doing this, per security. You might be able to eliminate a...
- Sat Nov 30, 2013 1:29 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Doom, Gloom and Zoom Zoom
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10190
Re: Doom, Gloom and Zoom Zoom
Thanks for the advice, Buddtholomew. I should take up weight training, so relating it to the PP has given me some insight.
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Bitcoin Instead Of Gold In PP?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3143
Re: Bitcoin Instead Of Gold In PP?
An important point to remember. It would seem obvious, but lots of obvious things are hard to grasp in the middle of a bubble.Gumby wrote: A collapse of a power grid, for whatever reason, would instantly make the Bitcoins untradeable and a fairly useless currency in an emergency.
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:42 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1769999
Re: The GOLD scream room
Did anyone else grab any gold today? Seemed like a good day so I pulled the trigger on some coins. Hopefully they get here instead of being lost/stolen like all of my other coins that I don't have. Do you use a signature delivery from a big coin dealer or a local coin shop? Or are these lost to Dav...
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:39 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Doom, Gloom and Zoom Zoom
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10190
Re: Doom, Gloom and Zoom Zoom
LOL.buddtholomew wrote: I cropped and uploaded the avatar. Thanks!!
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Decline of Violence
- Replies: 557
- Views: 145004
Re: The Decline of Violence
Actually, doodle, my main issue with Pinker is his use of violent death, especially during war, as a proxy for all forms of violence (lethal and nonlethal) that may have ever happened on Earth over time--especially without acknowledging that this is a major shortcoming of his thesis. That's a lot o...
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Decline of Violence
- Replies: 557
- Views: 145004
Re: The Decline of Violence
Is it worth saving one life if it has the side effect of causing 5 rapes? Or 20 birth defects? Or 50 maimings? These are ridiculous examples of course, but I think it's always important to look at things like substitution effects and unseen consequences. Thanks, Pointedstick; actually these are com...
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 8:29 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Decline of Violence
- Replies: 557
- Views: 145004
Re: The Decline of Violence
Governments have improved aggresive violence to such a high degree that if you truly want to express your violent tendancies there is no better place than in the government. Armies, police, you name it.....liscense to kill. So few even oppose it they can do the most insane things.....and it just ke...
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:49 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Funds
- Topic: Help With Setting Up PP
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13036
Re: Help With Setting Up PP
This looks like a great plan. The 2-coin version. ;) If you put the cash in a CD and keep rolling the CD over, you might have to pay a penalty when the time comes to rebalance. I would do that only after you've been running the portfolio a few years, and only put "deep cash" into a CD (s...
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 5:11 pm
- Forum: Cash
- Topic: New I Bond rates have increased!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 23398
Re: New I Bond rates have increased!
When I get the time (really distracted right now by life events) I'm going to drum up a petition to require the Dept of the Treasury to provide, at least twice a year, an optional paper statement listing all of an owner's electronic treasury securities holdings, including Savings Bonds (I and E) and...
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:11 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Pay off debt with Roth
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7315
Re: Pay off debt with Roth
If you have spare cash outside the ROTH, or have some miscellaneous things around the house or the business that you can sell for cash, or have a spare car or two that you can sell, it's better to do that than dip into the IRA to pay off the business debt. One way to make debt less stressful is to ...