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- Sun Jul 05, 2015 10:27 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: gnucash bond quotes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13724
Re: gnucash bond quotes
They don't have a github repo where you can submit a merge request or something? Or you did and nobody cared? I'm so glad you asked, since it made me go looking to find out. It turns out that they have moved to github and someone had put my previous module there! So, this new module has a few kinks...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:14 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: gnucash bond quotes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13724
Re: gnucash bond quotes
I tried with the last version and received zero response, so I won't bother this time.Pointedstick wrote: Nice work! Are you planning to commit it to the source repo too?
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:43 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: gnucash bond quotes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13724
Re: gnucash bond quotes
I'm not sure if there was anyone using my previous module. If so, they'll have noticed that it stopped working quite some time ago since Fidelity now requires a login to view bond quotes. So, I've written a new module, which grabs the quotes from Treasury Direct :) Of course it will only fetch quot...
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: True Detective
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2294
Re: True Detective
True Detective was great, and Fargo was even better. Television miniseries quality is very good lately. Billy Bob Thornton was interviewed recently by Charlie Rose, and he mentioned that funding for independent films is difficult to come by these days and that long-form television storytelling was a...
- Fri Feb 21, 2014 5:12 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Post your stack or favorite coins
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4299
Re: Post your stack or favorite coins
This thing isn't even worth a single ounce of gold, but it's still my favorite piece so far.
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:13 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Favorite VP Investment?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12202
Re: Favorite VP Investment?
Direct from China is the only way to go, they have amazing deals!
Gainesville Coins has a 10 kilo lunar snake, but they want about 1.5 times spot. At some point I'll get one that size, but it will have to be something I really, really like.
Gainesville Coins has a 10 kilo lunar snake, but they want about 1.5 times spot. At some point I'll get one that size, but it will have to be something I really, really like.
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:40 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Pregnant and Forced to Stay On Life support
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3019
Re: Pregnant and Forced to Stay On Life support
I guess the plan is to keep her heart beating for six months, carve the baby out, and finally let the family have the corpse. That's disgusting.
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 1:27 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Favorite VP Investment?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12202
Re: Favorite VP Investment?
Recently I've been collecting as many different silver coins as I can find. Not sure I would even call this part of a VP though, since I don't plan on ever selling them. My wife likes anything with an animal on it, especially Takus and the 10 oz Kookaburra. I'm partial to the kilo Libertad.
- Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:57 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Duck Dynasty in Hot Water
- Replies: 103
- Views: 41253
Re: Duck Dynasty in Hot Water
It was idiotic for a TV star to make such stupid statements to the press. I haven't read completely through this thread, but this sentiment was the first thing that came to mind. I remember John Rocker making candid remarks to a reporter long ago and things didn't go well for him afterwards. If my ...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:24 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Fred Reed on Evolution
- Replies: 31
- Views: 11172
Re: Fred Reed on Evolution
Many people who reject religion as superstition simultaneously fail to realize that belief in untestable scientific theories such as the Big Bang and natural selection also requires significant leaps of secular faith. These are not equivalent "beliefs." The first is faith - the acceptance...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Peeking, and the Permanent Portfolio
- Replies: 30
- Views: 18285
Re: Peeking, and the Permanent Portfolio
Couldn't have described it better, and I keep tabs multiple times a day! We're all different, I suppose. There have been quite a few days this year where I was down five figures, but I have achieved emotional detachment.6 Iron wrote: Honestly, a cold detached acceptance now.
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:08 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Post your stack or favorite coins
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4299
Re: Post your stack or favorite coins
I have a complete Perth Mint Lunar Series One 1oz gold coin set which I'm quite fond of, and they will probably be the last coins I ever sell. Or maybe it would be the collection of Pandas. I don't know.
No photos handy unfortunately.
No photos handy unfortunately.
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:49 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 35776
Re: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
Gnucash gets asset values from the Perl Finance::Quote module. Previously the module had no mechanism for retrieving bond quotes given CUSIP, so my modification is a Finance::Quote submodule which does this by scraping the Fidelity Fixed web page. I've submitted the code to the Finance::Quote develo...
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:10 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 35776
Re: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
Wish I could say this was rocket surgery but it's not actually that complicated. Just a Finance::Quote submodule that scrapes a web page to get bond values by CUSIP. I do it this way because I use Gnucash to keep track of all financial transactions, and an eye on current allocations.
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:56 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 35776
Re: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
I should also have mentioned that I'm not using a spreadsheet, but rather Perl, parsing the HTML. In principle I could grab the WSJ table and emulate the vlookup function, and I will do just that if Fidelity Fixed ever disappears completely. But for now, using what Fidelity will still give is easiest.
- Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:38 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 35776
Re: How to value direct bond holdings on Google Docs?
Dualstow: Is this still working for you, my sheet is not returning the price. No, it's not. Definitely broken in google docs. I've seen two or three threads asking about it, but so far no answers. Melveyr used to fix it. I had been pulling URLs like https://fixedincome.fidelity.com//ftgw/fi/FIInd...
- Wed May 15, 2013 8:52 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Heresy: Recommendations for a Boglehead 401k
- Replies: 56
- Views: 33245
Re: PP Heresy: Recommendations for a Boglehead 401k
Any useful recommendations for TIAA-CREF annuity funds? In the last couple of years, my TIAA-CREF defined contribution plan has made available VTSSX, VBTSX and VTSGX (Vanguard total bond, total stock and total international stock), along with a few other odds and ends. Does yours have these options?
- Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Anti-Smoking Laws : "Good" / "Bad" / Libertarian Perspective?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8584
Re: Anti-Smoking Laws : "Good" / "Bad" / Libertarian Perspective?
Since 10% to 15% of the US population are smokers, the chances that 1 in 8 of my adjacent neighbors is a smoker reaches near certainty levels. So even if I moved, I'll be moving to another apartment with neighbors who are smokers. If your eight neighbors were randomly selected from a population hav...
Re: I-Bonds
Another con to I Bonds is that it's harder to keep track of their appreciated value in a spreadsheet. I just punted on this issue and pretend they're still worth whatever I paid for them. The Bogleheads forum is back, here's the thread that explains how to do this in a spreadsheeet. http://www.bog...
Re: I-Bonds
Another con to I Bonds is that it's harder to keep track of their appreciated value in a spreadsheet. I just punted on this issue and pretend they're still worth whatever I paid for them. There is a thread on the Bogleheads forum that explains how to do this, by scraping the Treasury Direct site. ...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:44 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Be Careful In October
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9338
Re: Be Careful In October
Thanks MT. I usually wouldn't fret, and I'm not really now. I had a nice round number goal, a very optimistic one, for my wife and I to reach by the end of the year. My projection was that we were actually going to pull it off. So a couple of weeks ago I excitedly shared this with my wife. I guess I...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:38 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Be Careful In October
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9338
Re: Be Careful In October
Seems like the last couple of weeks my PP has been leaking pretty bad. That's just an impression, I don't have any hard numbers. Wish I did so I could put it in perspective. Feels like 3% down or so.Reub wrote: Stand bye. This ride could get ugly!
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:56 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: gnucash bond quotes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13724
Re: gnucash bond quotes
bradrh, are you using a Unix-like system? If so, could you try running the following command and then send me a PM with the output? Hopefully we can troubleshoot this via PM. perl -MData::Dumper -MFinance::Quote -le '$q = Finance::Quote->new(); print Dumper { $q->fetch("fidelityfixed", shi...
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:12 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Treasury Bond Buying Tutorial
- Replies: 129
- Views: 248271
Re: Treasury Bond Buying Tutorial
dualstow, if I go to http://fixedincome.fidelity.com/fi/FISe ... chTreasury and leave everything default except select "Yes" for both Call Protection and Zero Coupon, lots of STRIPS come up. Seems like the key is Type=All.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:18 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: gnucash bond quotes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13724
Re: gnucash bond quotes
MikeK, send me a pm with your email and I'll send you a bare-bones gnucash file with example tracking accounts set up.