Attempt to list some that I don't think have been listed yet and that I use regularly iOS: Weatherunderground, blows other weather apps away Alienblue, for reddit Google voice, for my other phone number Great clips, silly, but the app check in saves a huge amount of time Sky guide, location and posi...

Oh you mean the PP Koolaid...I see. I can't remember the exact quote, but Jack Bogle said the two highest correlated items to a good return are low costs and not changing your portfolio strategy all the time. So with that in mind, I don't think folks here are married to the PP, but I doubt there is...

4 kilos seems on the light side

Thanks for the revival, I was going through withdraw. 

To be fair, it's not as if rebalancing is unique to the PP. Boglehead folk rebalance as well as take advantage of tax loss harvesting by moving between different stock and bond funds. Div growth people "rebalance" their dividends into the entirety of their portfolio or buy new stocks. Eve...

Portfolio envy, the bane of the Permanent Portfolio.  Just because you are seeing stocks rise, folks are forgetting a fantastic attribute to the PP that makes me feel like I am a mad investment scientist.  I always buy whatever asset is below 25% and then when it goes up, I feel like a genius gettin...

Fixed Rate = 0.00%
Inflation Rate = -0.80%
Composite rate = 0.00%

Eagles (for local recognition) and Sovereigns (for global recognition and fractional gold) here

I Bond Earnings Rate of 1.48% includes a Fixed Rate of 0.00%

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/news/pres ... atespr.htm

It seems to me that we are getting worked up about conceptual representations of wealth. We have created an artificial boogeyman called "debt" that reall only exists in our heads. This is much different from actual problems such as a shortage of water, energy, food etc. That boogeyman can...

Reminds me a lot of this youtube:

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Civil Forfeiture (HBO)
http://youtu.be/3kEpZWGgJks?list=UU3XTz ... 0rQbuvCtTQ

With TBills paying basically nothing or going negative, why even buy them?  Does physical cash win right now?  As of right now the only risk I see to cash on hand is theft, outside of that it is better in every way to digital money that pays nothing.

Is the next question we start asking going to be are 1% 30 year rates in the cards?

Bean, Could you clarify the nature/reason of in/out flows to that savings account with a bit more detail? It sounds like you're pretty good at not over-spending on the credit card.  I'm assuming that is just will-power and not spending limits? Sure :) Inflows: Paychecks Bonus Interest from Mortgage...

Any suggestions on interesting numismatic silver coins, other than "mint"/"proof" style which are not very interesting. Maybe some historical coin that's largely silver composition, and doesn't cost much more than silver content (maybe 2x silver content value)? Government minted...

I have an account that I actively manage.  It seems to keep my attention and urge to tinker away from accounts dedicated to investment strategies that require no tinkering 

I keep it very simple. 1) Income goes into a single checking account  2) The checking account is treated like a sinking fund 3) All my expenses that can go on a credit card are charged then paid off monthly 4) All my other expenses that can be automatically drafted are set up accordingly 5) Investme...

All good investments should be able to achieve a few mental hurdles at or before the point of purchase.  My approach to Silver is: Objective: Speculative hedge against what is in my opinion unrestrained currency manipulation. Entry Approach: Dollar cost averaged purchasing to a set number of ounces....

I have spent a lot of my life outdoors so here is my starter advice: Find an REI or equlivent outdoor store: Take classes on 10 essentials and navigation (first piece of gear is your brain) Tent - 3 season tent or 4 if you will camp while it is cold. Use an REI 3 season and get it sized for 1 more t...

With a (current) 50-1 ratio of silver to gold, 800 oz of silver is 16 oz of gold.  Imagine buying 3-4 gold coins 4 times, and then buying a house with the 16 coins that very comfortably fit in your pocket. This thought process is one of the reasons that folks think any reversion to the historical m...

1) How much should I buy?  Let's assume for the sake of discussion I have a 100k portfolio.  If I buy 5% in physical gold that's only 3 or 4 gold coins.  It hardly seems worthwhile.  But let's say at some point my portfolio is 1M.  Then 5% would be 50K which at current prices would be about 40 gold...

Thanks Tyler, graphs like this stop my itch to tinker.

I knew a German woman who was a child in Germany during the Allied bombing raids.  She said whenever the alerts would sound, her mom would always take her to the basement with three things:  a Bible, an umbrella and a bottle of peach schnaps.  ... Mountaineer I'm down with the Bible and schnapps, b...

Like Pointed said, depends on what you mean by best.  Here are my opinions being young and in management (on my efforts, no family network help). Law or Medical: Best per hour Pay Finance (going into I-Banking or Private Equity): Highest earning potential, insane hours Engineering (I would go nano):...

I have always thought America is basically a Feudalism state, that is enforced by debt and inflation.  Of course, I also read all sorts of studies that America has the highest mobility between economic classes of any country in the world. Perception doesn't always equal reality, I guess. Where did ...