Do you have access to anyone with a scan tool to read the error codes? USA version of https://www.racv.com.au/on-the-road/roadside-assistance.html Once you get the code, you can make an informed decision. btw: find this channel quite interesting https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEKt2bUDBoRUw3wpPpDOUaA

This seems relevant to the Permanent Portfolio, but since the article discusses the B-word, I'll post here instead. https://elmwealth.com/bitcoin-allocation-investment-sizing/ 4. Among Constant Proportion investment strategies, there will be a range of investment sizes that will be profitable, with...

Meanwhile in Australia....

Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btdp_pZbdoU

joypog wrote: ↑Sat Jun 25, 2022 5:19 pm Commentary on this scene from a stuntman/choreographer:
https://youtu.be/v3W9O3BykC0?t=374

My favourite stunts... chase scene from about 1:10. No CGI in those days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m597TtqsFkQ

or if you prefer the colorised version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAABRE_Bubo

FWIW.... If I had my time again, I would go with a 50/50 Global Bond(Hedged)/Global Share portfolio with Gold added to minimise the volatility. Ben Graham got through the Great Depression and recommended the 50/50 allocation. Only difference being for most of his life they were on a Gold Standard Is...

B29 flight to Commemorative Air Force Headquarters at Dallas Executive Airport.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlgOAk7x7SE

Excerpt from Jim Rickards newsletter re "The Great Leader" :P Nowhere was the fascist impulse more on display than in the state of Victoria in Australia, particularly its main city of Melbourne. Innocent citizens were arrested just for driving in cars alone. Civilians were scooped up off t...

Just to make you feel better (or less worse)

Check out the YTD in the LHS column. All the portfolios are in the red.
If it were just the PP in the red it would be a different matter....

https://portfolioslab.com/lazy-portfolios

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQExk0xl4_E. Enjoy

In retrospect, this seems quite naieve Count me as naive as well ;D Waayyy back.... people used to save and not expect their investments to pay for their retirement instead of working. if "IF" you are a genius at speculating then having a lot in the VP when you are young may make sense. F...

Alternatively, we could look at the PP as the retirement account. Stashing victories from the VP to the PP. In other words, as you reach retirement your ratio of VP/PP approaches zero. +1. Well said !! And if you are unfortunate enough to get ill prior to your planned retirement date, you have some...

I think a nice little more conservative portfolio for say 40+ in age is a 50/25/25 stocks/bonds/gold. The stock component is what matters and is your risk to reward asset (i.e. dial it up or down to taste). The second 2/3rds doesn't really matter all that much so long as you keep at least one at 10...

Plus interesting insights on the value of backtesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbvu7eSnAnk

Given my wife's conservativism, we may well land closer to a Desert portfolio by lowering the US TSM holding and upping the Tnotes. <snip> BTW how the hell did y'all end up finally settling on your final AA? When you finally ran out of cash to aveage into the market? Or is the fact you're on this f...

Hi Joypog, You may find this interview interesting. Unfortunately can't remember where they discussed REITS and Chris Coles(?) opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwS824WRflI Have you thought about having a 40% core portfolio of the PP as you have the individual components already, and the othe...

Xan wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 8:46 pm Amanda, what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

An African swallow or a European swallow?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Rn_f75UHs

I Shrugged wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 9:24 pm But, in 2008-09, corporates got killed while treasuries went up. Exactly why HB chose the treasuries.

Yet the Max drawdown for the two allocations are within 1/2%. Am I missing something?

For those with no access to LTT's in their retirement account.

If I were going cashless, personally this would be my approach.
1. 50/50 Stock/Bonds as per Ben Graham
2. Add Gold for minimum volatility as per BelangP

Already had the allocations memorised for the Pacific Peso (AUD)
Edit: Results for USA 24% Gold, 38% TSM, 38% LTT

unfortunately the link just takes me to Morningstar's front page? Could you repost it? As for the pension...I won't vest for a couple more years, so I wonder how my psychology will shift once I know that I've got it in the bag. Even though the percentage is small at first just knowing its coming wi...

Here's something to think about seeing you will have a government pension. https://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/asp/FullConv.asp?forumId=F100000015&convId=190913&minReplySeq=41 If you took John Bogles advice, you would have a much higher share (& gold?) allocation than what you...

Don't live in the US, so not familiar with your tax laws.
This may be useful though -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmuh1fvHIYg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhszdAX9Leg

Just re-reading. Posted incase anyone hasn't seen it.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160319123 ... icles.html