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- Mon Aug 26, 2013 4:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10752
Re: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
It is very difficult to talk about any of this stuff both because it CANNOT be understood intellectually, and because much of it is inherently paradoxical Ah, and one of the paradoxes may be that one who is truly enlightened would have no need or interest in saying "I am enlightened." I suspect tha...
- Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:43 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10752
Re: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
You are describing a few nice moments. When you can live out of that nice space 24/7 you have part of the idea. I am still skeptical that humans can be 100% "enlightened" 24/7. Some can come very close, but not 100%. Even in the words of the Buddha and Jesus (or at least the translation) I think I...
- Sat Aug 24, 2013 6:06 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10752
Re: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
It is very difficult to talk about any of this stuff both because it CANNOT be understood intellectually, and because much of it is inherently paradoxical Then is it real? Or is it simply fantasy of imagination, or worse the delusions of a fractured mind? What is actually "real?" And what isn't a ...
- Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:59 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10752
Re: Doodle: "once you start to see reality, you cease to exist"
i am not so sure "you cease to exist as an individual" is accurate, you cease to exist as an ego that sees itself as separate may be a more accurate way of saying it, of course language will never adequately describe a state of being beyond language... it at best is a sign post pointing to the expe...
- Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:33 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Budding Minimalist...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14283
Re: Budding Minimalist...
Inspiring thread! I am a materialistic addict (in therapy), and I find that different things bring me down to different degrees. The biggest offenders are those things that need to be maintained, updated/upgraded or repaired frequently. So, electronics, autos, and house/yard are the first to look at...
- Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:20 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Hobbies
- Replies: 31
- Views: 22312
Re: Hobbies
Taking up kite surfing.
- Tue May 21, 2013 5:01 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Foods to Avoid
- Replies: 238
- Views: 73161
Re: Foods to Avoid
Don't mean to "post and run," Gumby. Not ignoring you; will study your rebuttals when I get the chance this week. Thanks for putting the time into this!
- Sun May 19, 2013 2:21 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Foods to Avoid
- Replies: 238
- Views: 73161
Re: Foods to Avoid
The fact that it's difficult to find evidence of chronic disease 200 or 500 years ago is the evidence . Hmm. Could it be because we do not have many bodies to autopsy? We have at least one (from 3350 and 3100 B.C.), and he had atherosclerosis, bad teeth, and gallstones: http://news.sciencemag.org/s...
- Sun May 19, 2013 2:12 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Foods to Avoid
- Replies: 238
- Views: 73161
Re: Foods to Avoid
It is incontrovertible that adult lifespans have not increased significantly over the past 500 years. For instance, even if we look at the lives of the well-documented Founding Fathers (in this case, the 1787 delegates), we see the following life spans were recorded: Don't buy it. Lots of bias here...
- Sun May 19, 2013 5:36 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Foods to Avoid
- Replies: 238
- Views: 73161
Re: Foods to Avoid
Skeptical but open minded. You have posted in past, I believe, but can you provide incontrovertible evidence of this?Gumby wrote: On average, we only live about 7 years longer than our adult ancestors — and now we have far more "chronic" diseases.
- Sat May 18, 2013 1:41 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Microbiota Article in NYT
- Replies: 0
- Views: 941
Microbiota Article in NYT
Great article that may be worthwhile for those of us interested in nutrition and health. May have been posted elsewhere, but I missed it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magaz ... ted=1&_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magaz ... ted=1&_r=0
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:47 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Rebalancing YES, Schwabbery-Robbery NO
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10323
Re: Rebalancing YES, Schwabbery-Robbery NO
A few days ago I did a switcheroo of SGOL for GTU when it was trading at a 5% premium, and was able to do it instantly in my Schwab 401k. With Vanguard, each transaction takes take 3 days to settle, and the opportunity would have been lost. I think same for Vanguard. Price locked in on trade date b...
- Sat Apr 20, 2013 2:56 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: How to Tax-Loss Harvest Gold?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4588
Re: How to Tax-Loss Harvest Gold?
Agree with Moda. Not the same instruments. Realize that you are selling at a discount, although only 2% now. Looks like CEF is 1.4% discount, so that might help when buying.
Re: GTU
In taxable accounts, it's time to sell some physical for a tax loss harvest, buy GTU, then exchange back after 30 days and after GTU discount decreases. A win-win.
Edit: Or maybe more appropriately, a lose-win-win.
Edit: Or maybe more appropriately, a lose-win-win.
- Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:09 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The Rout Continues
- Replies: 80
- Views: 39043
Re: The Rout Continues
If anyone has doubted the importance of cash in a portfolio, today may change your mind! Ordinarily, we'd be silently fretting about the sell-off in equities today, but it pales in comparison to gold. And, so far, I have not been impressed by LTTs ability to counter. I still consider them valuable b...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 5:20 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Faith is believing something you know ain't true
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9066
Re: Faith is believing something you know ain't true
Faith is knowing that you can rest in peace no matter the outcome. Hope is wishing for a specific outcome which is currently unknown. Where do you fall? I'm with you in your skepticism of treasuries. That's why I have large variable portfolio deficient in LTTs and loaded up in gold. :-\ I seemed t...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:01 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Sell all gold and return later?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16802
Re: Sell all gold and return later?
Damn! Having a hard time refraining from buying gold right now...jswinner wrote: Historically, it is not falling assets that trigger the rebalance.
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:30 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold plunges into bear market territory
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7426
Re: Gold plunges into bear market territory
I'm hoping the PP's hedging holds up and buying popcorn. Even if the other assets do not hedge fully, this still could be a very good thing. If gold or any other asset is going to go on sale via an extreme nose dive, I'd rather it does this quickly. Then one is more likely to hit a rebalancing band...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:10 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: Today I am glad I own bonds
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7596
Re: Today I am glad I own bonds
The 17% drop in gold hasn't even fazed me and not because I have other assets gaining against it (I don't as I'm not fully invested), but thinking about it, it is because it is real. Ditto for my Florida condo's. When the real estate market tanks, at least I can go down there and run the things thr...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:00 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Sell all gold and return later?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16802
Re: Sell all gold and return later?
Either way it's a (fairly) safe bet that the PP will hold up over the long run. Depends on how one defines hold up. May not hold up nearly as well as a portfolio without gold. Or LTTs... Who really knows? In my mind, it is just more agnostic, less likely to lose a large % of assets in any dire mark...
- Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:48 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Do I not need to sell outperforming assets if I add money to pp
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19275
Re: Do I not need to sell outperforming assets if I add money to pp
Less agnostic than Xan's method of buying in current proportions. Agree? As I recall, you did not look at Xan's method.sophie wrote: I rather like buying assets in equal proportions, as it is the most agnostic method
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:08 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Do I not need to sell outperforming assets if I add money to pp
- Replies: 41
- Views: 19275
Re: Do I not need to sell outperforming assets if I add money to pp
Sounds like most people ignore Sophie's data. As I recall the difference was not trivial.
Want to create a poll? It may be like my gold insurance poll. Everyone suggests buying insurance, but very few actually do it.
Want to create a poll? It may be like my gold insurance poll. Everyone suggests buying insurance, but very few actually do it.
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:15 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Sell all gold and return later?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 16802
Re: Sell all gold and return later?
Did not want to start a new thread to ask this question:
Both Gold and TLT sank today. In theory, these should be rather uncorrelated, one for inflation, the other for deflation. What economic event caused both to go down simultaneously?
Both Gold and TLT sank today. In theory, these should be rather uncorrelated, one for inflation, the other for deflation. What economic event caused both to go down simultaneously?
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:26 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: VP Input Request
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17515
Re: VP Input Request
Lost me there. Can you explain?MachineGhost wrote: We all tend to overlook that the PP is a fundamental approach at heart and get caught up in the technical portfolio minutia because that is most easily amenable to quantification.
- Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:43 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: VP Input Request
- Replies: 48
- Views: 17515
Re: VP Input Request
The allocation that I proposed had an equal risk allocation between stocks, gold, and bonds from 1972-2011. Although the dollar amounts make it look bond heavy, the portfolio performance was equally explained by the three asset classes. The risk allocation was 33.3%, 33.3% and 33.3%. 1972 may sound...