All true, but it's impossible to time it.  People have been saying this since the early 70s when the US went off the gold standard.  Ron Paul has been talking about the impending collapse for decades.  It does look like things are stepping up and possibly coming to a head, but there is no way to kn...

BearBones wrote: If I use OpenDNS, Ghostery, and Duck Duck Go, is my IP address still visible to all sites I go to?

Yes. If you don't want people to know your IP, use Tor.

TennPaGa wrote:

Google, for all intents and purposes, has no competition...

https://duckduckgo.com/

What does it mean when someone says, "for all intents and purposes": I know there are counterexamples to what I'm about to say, but I don't care to explain why they aren't relevant?

dualstow wrote: Maybe I can't buy a new machine, but I can pick up an X40 for cheap.

Thank you, Jack, and sorry for the flood of emacs PMs in the past. 

No need to apologize! I'm always game for geeking out about Emacs!

I've been looking into BSD and rather than spend my life getting it to work on the Stream, I'd rather find a machine that's already known to run it properly. I googled and found an old thread on a BSD forum with a similar question, but everyone responded seemed to be on an old machine! And almost e...

Jeb coming out with some 11th hour incriminating photos of Rubio, reminds me of when the Gore campaign leaked the news that GWBush had an old DWI, just days before the 2000 election.  The Bushes might just have to do something like this to pull poor Jeb out of the trash bin. Maybe some grainy pictu...

What's the first thing you think when you look at the chart below?  Does "sustainable" come to mind? http://cdn.phys.org/newman/gfx/news/hires/worldpopulat.gif A technological advancement over time chart would follow a similar course. It's our technological prowess that is making such gro...

MediumTex wrote:

Desert wrote: I liked Clive ... that guy was a super random portfolio generator. 

I liked him too until he started wiping his nose on the table cloth.

Did he delete all of his own posts, or was it done by a moderator? It's tough to follow old threads with his side of the discussion missing.

IDrinkBloodLOL wrote:

Libertarian666 wrote:You aren't a genius just because people think you're crazy.

No, I'm a genius because I accurately observe reality despite literally everyone pressuring me to embrace pleasant delusions instead.

You accurately observe reality? A pleasant delusion indeed.

Haven't read this thread thoroughly, and may have asked this before. But why ever own a neg yielding bond when you can own cash? If someone will pay you more for that bond than you paid for it. Okay, but why would anyone ever buy one? Some institutions don't have a choice, right? They can't just st...

A woman gets knocked up against her will. She never wanted to have children and certainly not this guy's child. Should she be allowed to have an abortion? What's the best result for her? What's the best result for the unborn child? What's the best result for society? I have an answer to this, but I...

BearBones wrote: Haven't read this thread thoroughly, and may have asked this before. But why ever own a neg yielding bond when you can own cash?

If someone will pay you more for that bond than you paid for it.

Because the "best results for society" is subjective and unattainable. Is that true, or is that just a meme? How can you be sure? A woman gets knocked up against her will. She never wanted to have children and certainly not this guy's child. Should she be allowed to have an abortion? What...

IDrinkBloodLOL wrote:

Jack Jones wrote:Do libertarians necessarily believe that their methods lead to the best results in society?

Why the hell would anyone plan how society ought to be run with any other goal in mind?

Because the "best results for society" is subjective and unattainable.

That's the ugly reality we have to start with when assembling beliefs about what political methods lead to the best results in society. Do libertarians necessarily believe that their methods lead to the best results in society? How about recognizing that no one knows what's best for society, so let...

On a slightly related topic, I've noticed that there don't appear to be any true libertarians remaining on this forum (or they're very silent).  Maybe it's the Trump influence, but it seems like the traditional libertarian views of small government, open borders, free trade, etc. has completely bee...

Pet Hog wrote: I'm reminded of the classic puzzle of the three fellows who get a room for the night at a hotel.

Oh man, I was just thinking of this too!

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2718428 Abstract:      Return chasing is often cited as one of the primary behavioral foibles of investors, resulting in sub-par returns. Surprisingly, the literature does not provide a generally accepted and testable description of return chasing. ...

rocketdog wrote: I never sell an investment at a loss.  I have the patience of a saint and can wait years for my bets to pay off.

This is a common speculating mistake that Harry discusses in "Why the Best-Laid Plans...".

If you're like most of us, your workplace retirement plan is large compared to your after-tax savings. I'm also in this camp. I used to consider it my VP and invest it Bogleheadedly. However, recently my thinking on this changed. I considered what I would do if I left my job and was no longer const...

I just re-read the question and I think we're getting off topic here. Is the OP just asking if rebalancing in a tax-deferred account results in tax penalties? The answer is no. Only withdrawals result in taxes, but this has nothing to do with "sell[ing] off an outperforming asset." I thin...

What's the mechanism by which the price stays close to the price of gold? Is it just: people see it's trading at a discount and then buy it up?

Eh, I think I got that wrong. You can see for yourself by clicking Download Data after clicking Premium / Discount chart:

https://www.etfsecurities.com/instituti ... ol-arca#16

Interestingly, on December 24th it traded at a 13.47% premium.