If you had to sell a huge chunk of your portfolio in 08-09, would you have been better off with LTTs

Let her decide or you'll never hear the end of it =)

Cool story. Did you buy that portfolio yet =)

Cant time the housing market either. Buy when you decide you'll be there long term

The new business model is Bezos et al pay you 40k/year to push narratives

When the blockchain hype dies it'll settle into being a digital gold. But at what price...

eh, this is data worth knowing "wellesly income with 40% equities is down just 8,41% ytd compared to the permanent portfolio now minus 10.50%"

Ride isnt over tho

I said that, in case I need to sell almost everything for medical treatment or other disaster. Your plan is good enough. Look stuff that might give tax breaks for education. iBonds, HSA

https://www.unbiased.co.uk/life/family- ... chool-fees

https://charlierose.com/videos/31221 Buffett gets a little defensive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xguam0TKMw8 Dalio shills a bit for China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLBsSpeTU1A Gates copies Dalio's cute cartoons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzibtVSamrY Nord Stream 2 shut down just as its...

Tight credit? What are the lending standards. I suppose anyone with a decent idea can get a loan. Speculators need to be reigned in at some point. The Fed now has the power to buy your house through Blackrock if they want to. Maybe they'll let markets fall 20-30% again. It'll be hard to time.

Saving face is paramount in China, so part of this might be to blame the GDP/real estate collapse on SARS

https://old.reddit.com/r/ChurchOfCOVID/ ... _taken_to/

https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusCir ... t_grandma/

We're not willing to pay for internet NYTimes et al, so it's oligarch funded propaganda now.

> never recommend this portfolio to anyone less than 50

Unless they have enough saved. Esp combined with a house/downsizing and possible SS/pension.

> Australia, which thru Covid has shown itself to be authoritarian and insane

Not the country of Crocodile Dundees I was told it was. https://texasbulliondepository.gov/

Also consider a rental prop for inflation protection, if you like to stay busy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_bills_doctrine

What happens when Xi can instantly print money to fund a war and you cant.

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> minimize the chance of a brutal slaughter ala 2008

The PP is the highest yielding emergency fund. I'm in it in case I need to sell almost everything overnight. If you want the best return do what Buffett does, large enough emergency fund and the rest stocks

Yes. And if your job is in tech, you could tilt away from tech stocks. Any large basket of stocks is good enough tho.

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Use EDV

He posts just about everything from his email here.

Reserve currency. They need to maintain exchange rates.

Heretics.

https://portfoliocharts.com/2019/05/27/ ... convexity/

Skilled, in-demand labor can negotiate higher wages. The public votes for higher minimum wage laws. The way around that, to increase low-skill employment, is inflation