DS and Vinny, based on my modest observations being older than a certain age generally means the oddities of your character are irreversible ;D I think you have both exceeded that age haha. By the way, DS I haven't yet met such an informed person like you, living west of Mid-Europe and one that is s...

Indeed. Even with a good start date sensitivity, having started HB/PP/GB passive investing at the end of 2019 is kind of painful experience - what you get is what you lose. (I hope) I know the theory behind what I've done, but still I wish I had started 10 years back ha-ha. Ok, ok, I know the "...

Hi guys, I knew I should not have a look on how my investments are doing. I think all the PP, GB-ish, good_bad_ugly-weather and alike portfolios are getting smashed ... Some short bonds or money markets really sound to me as getting back a small piece of money taken away by the inflation. Do you kno...

Yes, DS, that's the exact translation. My wife bought the book as a gift to my father (he's avid reader), several months before the book got public attention. He was (kind of) dissapointed, but he rarely hails a book, so nothing unusual. Do you like it so far? PS. I still keep coming here as part of...

I do not know if its only me, but I really do not share your optimism about the best time. Its too early in the year, but I suspect it can be quite the same as the previous one, well, not that negative, but still kind of flat-ish overall...

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 5:15 pm Couldn’t bring myself to destroy the avatar.

Ya, that's painted by Dall-E based on key words taken from the forum..

…, I sold out of Treasuries back in 2017. … I have made several posts herein about a modified HBPP where I make quarterly adjustments based upon the prior 63-day returns of the portfolio components. … How did you settle on 63 days, Edward? That's the quarter amount of trading days i.e. 3 x ~21 days...

@DS re. your question - no Britannnia's with Elisabeth II ! All sold it seems ! In terms of spread - next to Brittania's with Charles are the canadian maple leafs (with Elisabeth, spread is 0.4% higher - 1.65%). @seajay Likely I'd be repeating myself, but always wondering how gold coins are handled...

Oddly enough the new 1oz Brittania's with his majesty Charles III has the smallest spread (1.25%) at my local dealer now. Bargain, not ? Seems he is not very popular amongst investors

but the Pixel has certain advantages- Yes, indeed, as proud owner of Google Pixel 6 Pro with the latest and greatest Android 13 version, I can (kind-of..) positively acknowledge that. It's certainly one of the most prominent tracking devices a-la 'Big Brother' ever created, At one point my 7-year-o...

Brian Kernighan explaining Still can recall how bored I felt as one of our IT teachers was constantly repeating that Kernighan and Ritchie C is different from ANSI C. Though can't recall which of the two we were supposed to really learn ... Sometimes I get in that special mood, you know, and start ...

Hold my beer. Here, cheese got from 8-10 EUR to 15-17 EUR for the last year, etc. Sport tuition fees for the various sports my kids are attending got increased by no less than 50% (was kind of 'funny' with the soccer, we got three sequential monthly fees increases). So I think US has still plenty of...

For me the same, EU-PP was even worse .
So, if I may rephrase dualstow slogan - let 2023 be the year of 'still-working'. Heck, I was supposed to drink margaritas already ...

Happy new year and bon voyage with your PP. I wish I've started my PP now... but it is what it is.. we're just playing the cards we're dealt...

Yesterday, was contemplating a bit the Yale of Beaufort , from The Queen’s Beasts Collection . However, do not think that my diversification goes that far to get it - in other words, might be slightly hard to sell if I may need to (frankly I do not bet on such unfortunate event). At the end got some...

Indeed, its back and forth here in Europe, too. Its resembling a sine wave, hopefully with lower and lower amplitude... People do not take too much attention of it anymore, guess already tired enough (and the most vulnerable passed away anyway, at least where I live.. BG is still second after Peru i...

Here they sell them in transparent hard plastic covers. All the coins I've seen do not look like they were ever taken out from those shells. Personally, I havent touch directly any of my coins. Have heard from my seller that if there are any signs of finger touches, scratches etc. that would immedia...

Does anyone else go with 1 ounce gold maple leafs as their physical bullion of choice? ^-^ gold.jpg Have only 4 of those. Try to keep myself well diversified in the types of coins I buy... might be just one of the many non-sense things I follow, who knows... Oddly enough, I still do not own Krugers...

Hey there, I live in EU also. What you may consider as part of the diversification game - put some cash into US(D) related stuff. I have US-PP on top of my EU-PP (or other way round), that make me feels better - you know the theory is more leaning to US(D) PP as the one that is supposed to work, not...

You see the enormous impact of posting here... Holy crap.

It seems that b-ok.org is a pirate site. None of the money you're paying goes to the authors. You might as well just go to a "real" pirate site and get it for free if you're going to use b-ok.org. Nope, I did not say that I am paying to that site (which is indeed pirate site) - see what I...

vnatale wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:39 am Just did a search on Rickards and looks like all his books are available?

... and many more ...

vnatale wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:26 am This is what you see once you start the registration process:

Have never bothered making a registration, guest account has served me well for years (and I can't download and read more than 5 books a day, anyway

Guys, do you have an access to b-ok.org ? This is the largest electronic library I have an access to, there are gazillion of books for free (well to be precise - a tad below 11.5 millions) - on financial matters too. To be honest, quite often I download a book and have a glimpse - if I really like w...

vnatale wrote: ↑Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:26 am Does your country have any government investment similar to our TIPS?

Nope, we don't, though Germany, Spain, France and Italy have for example.