OMFG! Now I really do have to hide my gold.
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- Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:11 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21435
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:55 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21435
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
I even thought about employing a "fake safe" filled with washers to sound like coins along with worthless paper, but that presents the same problem as a real safe. You are still advertising the presence of valuables. If the burglars figure out your deception they are going to ask "ok...
- Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:26 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19698
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
At one time I would have called myself a Libertarian but today I tend to eschew all forms of ideology and am more of a pragmatist. Having said that, the U.S.A. has had an interventionist foreign policy since at least the end of WWII. Can someone point out what benefit this has been to the American ...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:34 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1741714
Re: The GOLD scream room
Try some music.Cortopassi wrote: ↑Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:11 pm What am I going to hear about on the drive home?? Oohhhh, Apple is a TRILLION dollars. And that will be on the regular news, the nightly news the news websites, etc, etc.
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:02 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: 0.00 expense ratio index funds @ Fidelity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13280
Re: 0.00 expense ratio index funds @ Fidelity
Now, if they can just figure out how to convert all of my VTI in a taxable account to this new fund without paying any capital gains tax, I'm all in.
Will definitely consider it in my tax-deferred accounts when re-balance time arrives next year.
Will definitely consider it in my tax-deferred accounts when re-balance time arrives next year.
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:37 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19698
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
At one time I would have called myself a Libertarian but today I tend to eschew all forms of ideology and am more of a pragmatist. Having said that, the U.S.A. has had an interventionist foreign policy since at least the end of WWII. Can someone point out what benefit this has been to the American t...
- Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:10 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 657152
Re: Stock scream room
It's definitely a loss. Mark to market is the most honest accounting method, because we don't know what the future holds. We only know the value of an asset in the present. It might go up or down in the future, nobody knows. My Dad never invested a single penny in the stock market and thought I was...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:19 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
- Replies: 43
- Views: 19698
Re: Interventionism versus non-interventionism
The most common criticism of Libertarians I have seen is that their non-interventionist policies would allow other rival powers, such as China or Russia, to grow in influence and to eventually take over much of the globe, greatly weakening the strength of the US and Europe, and ultimately could lea...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:33 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 657152
Re: Stock scream room
When I see a headline like Mark Zuckerburg "losing" the greatest amount of money any human being has ever lost in a single day it only tells me how financially illiterate people are (or else knowingly posting click-bait with a hyperbolic headline). I'm assuming, of course, that Mr. Zucker...
- Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:48 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21435
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
I don't care how bad ass your home safe is, when they have a gun to your daughter's head and tell you to open the safe, well that's what you are going to do. Keeping any substantial stockpile of gold/silver/cash around the house is a really bad idea. This is basically why I decided against a home s...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:22 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
- Replies: 539
- Views: 361715
Re: Golden Butterfly Portfolio
When I transitioned into the GB a couple of years ago I set things up so that all of the SCV is in my Roth IRA's.
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:16 pm
- Forum: Stocks
- Topic: Stock scream room
- Replies: 1438
- Views: 657152
Re: Stock scream room
When I see a headline like Mark Zuckerburg "losing" the greatest amount of money any human being has ever lost in a single day it only tells me how financially illiterate people are (or else knowingly posting click-bait with a hyperbolic headline). I'm assuming, of course, that Mr. Zuckerb...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 3:07 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21435
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
When I started the PP and bought my first set of gold coins I had to decide where to store it and it all boiled down to 3 options ... 1. Bank (or some other entity) safe deposit box 2. A home safe 3. Cleverly hide where nobody will normally look. Ultimately I chose option #3. My reasoning was that ...
- Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Safe Deposit Box Location
- Replies: 34
- Views: 21435
Re: Safe Deposit Box Location
When I started the PP and bought my first set of gold coins I had to decide where to store it and it all boiled down to 3 options ... 1. Bank (or some other entity) safe deposit box 2. A home safe 3. Cleverly hide where nobody will normally look. Ultimately I chose option #3. My reasoning was that o...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:06 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Interesting talk on capital preservation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13780
Re: Interesting talk on capital preservation
Passive investors cant investigate the businesses they buy, its a leap of faith that the economy will grow Well, they CAN investigate the businesses they buy, but then they wouldn't be passive investors. I don't see how it is a leap of faith to believe that economies tend to grow. Unless acted upon...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:43 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Interesting talk on capital preservation
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13780
Re: Interesting talk on capital preservation
Natural human skepticism has to be shut off when it comes to passive investing. Not sure what other areas of life are similar. Religion comes to mind, and maybe politics, but I'm not sure what you mean when it comes to passive investing. Are you saying that we should be naturally skeptical of it bu...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:52 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Trump as tragicomedy
- Replies: 958
- Views: 385915
Re: Trump as tragicomedy
Given the way the Democratic Party is going, the slogans for the next presidential campaign should be MAGA vs MALV.
MALV=Make America Like Venezuela
MALV=Make America Like Venezuela
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:49 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3693
- Views: 1741714
Re: The GOLD scream room
Yup, and since your buy you’ve stunk it up...too bad. Yet my 70/30 is up 340K YTD. How’s your gold YTD? Ok, if I did the math right, that means you, Buddtholomew, have about $12M in your portfolio, and yet you spend your time coming on here to whine about gold's poor performance over the last few y...
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:57 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: More Than Half of Millenials Expect to Be Millionaires
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8500
Re: More Than Half of Millenials Expect to Be Millionaires
Don't see anything wrong with having such expectations when you're young. Reality will settle in soon enough and I'm sure a lot of them will make it.
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:58 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Wellesley
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15741
Re: Wellesley
I remember a heated debate between Wellesley and the PP on another forum but I don't think it was Bogleheads. I do remember that somebody named Medium Tex was the main PP protagonist however. I went all in with Wellessly for a while because the PP seemed a bit too exotic for my tastes at the time bu...
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Psychology of Money
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10618
Re: The Psychology of Money
I have a much simpler solution: parents pay for their children's education. What if they can't afford to? Or choose not to? Isn't it better for society to have everyone educated? When and where I grew up, the prevailing thought seemed to be that the children paid for their own education, perhaps wi...
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 11:55 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Psychology of Money
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10618
The Psychology of Money
I think PP'er's will relate to most of this.... http://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/the-psychology-of-money/ The piece is chock full of money quotes so it was hard to pick one but here goes (quite relevant to this forum, I think) ..... Anything worthwhile with money has high stakes. High stakes en...
- Fri May 25, 2018 2:38 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: School Shootings
- Replies: 51
- Views: 26803
Re: School Shootings
Ditto. My High School graded on the percentage scale. Highest possible was 100% which required 100% on all tests and homework, and perfect attendance in the specified class. College was on the 4.0 maximum scale. I suppose that due to The Great Leveling, there's been a need for ever more creative wa...
- Wed May 23, 2018 10:41 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Freedom
- Replies: 32
- Views: 21676
Re: Freedom
Actually it really IS a pain reliever. See https://www.leafly.com/news/health/cannabis-for-chronic-pain-vs-opioids for a report on some of the research demonstrating this. I can see what they mean but I'll stand by my point, based on anecdotal, experiential evidence so far. Based on my experience i...
- Wed May 23, 2018 9:44 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: NFL National Anthem Controversy
- Replies: 30
- Views: 22121
Re: NFL National Anthem Controversy
I don't think the "bottom of the barrel" criticism applies here. This isn't the Trump thread, it's the NFL National Anthem Controversy thread. I didn't say "this happened, so Trump is the greatest ever". But it is definitely a win for him. Maybe some are fawning, I don't know. B...