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- Tue Jan 31, 2017 2:07 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: New Gold ETF - GLDW
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5483
Re: New Gold ETF - GLDW
I'd guess it's for people who thing global demand for gold will go up, but don't want additional currency exposure?
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 7:39 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Performance for 2016
- Replies: 101
- Views: 64908
Re: PP Performance for 2016
So if I've stuck with the PP through it's dog years, I'll probably also stick through a 100% equities portfolio through it's inevitable dog years?
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 4:47 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Performance for 2016
- Replies: 101
- Views: 64908
Re: PP Performance for 2016
Crap does nobody believe in gyroscopic investing anymore? I know the forum changed hands but now we need to change the domain name?
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:53 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
- Replies: 131
- Views: 66250
Re: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
If you bemoan the poor state of political discourse nowadays but can't resist making bitter, snarky comments about your political opponents and their follies, foibles, and failures, understand that you are part of the problem . Be the change you want to see in the world. Are you talking to me? Beca...
- Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:46 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
- Replies: 571
- Views: 336546
Re: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
I did rebalance into gold/TLT but so far it's overall negative. Nice to beat the S&P over a 2 month period, but that can happen with almost any holding
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 11:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
- Replies: 131
- Views: 66250
Re: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
I sense that we are about to have a climate change thread. :) Improved air quality and a layer of protection from widespread grid outages are reasons enough to pursue local wind and solar installations. Extra benefit if costs are lower. Uh, air quality and grid outages are just an invention of the ...
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:57 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Complete list of bullion?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14461
Re: Complete list of bullion?
Knorr makes a killer boullion.
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:17 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
- Replies: 131
- Views: 66250
Re: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
Who's fighting solar? I'm not a fan of rooftop solar (so ugly) but I'd love for my utility to build plenty of solar and give me a fat discount. If they need funding, they can offer a deal where I pay for the panels and they give me the output.
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:22 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Is America Safe, Or Not?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16150
Re: Is America Safe, Or Not?
I think the comment is forgivable if not intended to be be offensive, but the correct response is to apologize not rage quit and imply that the offended party is wrong.
I say this because it didn't initially strike me as offensive either, but dualstow made it extremely clear with his analogy.
I say this because it didn't initially strike me as offensive either, but dualstow made it extremely clear with his analogy.
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 4:47 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16242
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Google is missing TLT data in general for the last few days. I like Google's portfolio viewer the best for interface and features, but their historical data is kinda crap. If anyone has another suggestion for a site where I can enter my purchases/sales and it shows me the portfolio over time (not ju...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:19 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Performance for 2016
- Replies: 101
- Views: 64908
Re: PP Performance for 2016
I mostly use a PP (last year included some 2xPP), but this is IRR of my entire net worth and savings, so it includes some other returns over my entire assets (real estate, cash on hand, etc.). 1 YR - 9.3% 3 YR - 4.8% 5 YR - 5.6% "lifetime" 4.6% (CAGR) - it was up to something like 8% lifet...
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 10:44 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: IMPORTANT: PP FORUM *NOT* GOING AWAY
- Replies: 45
- Views: 31594
Re: IMPORTANT: PP FORUM GOING AWAY
Will you make the data available for download? Some of the threads are certainly worth keeping for posterity
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:40 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24309
Re: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
It could have been destructive or uneconomical testing, though
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:25 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Moving out of the PP
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8866
Re: Moving out of the PP
I want to get out, but I'm too stubborn and I know it'll just go up as soon as I do. The next time equities are way down, I might move out of other assets
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 1:03 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Traditional development
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14893
Re: Traditional development
All you had to do was buy in CA a couple decades ago. Taxes generally limited to 1% of assessed value, and assessment increases capped at 2% per year. Part of why our income taxes are high, but it's a good deal once you retire
- Sun Dec 04, 2016 8:56 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Traditional development
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14893
Re: Traditional development
Impact fees - These can work if the fees are large enough to support a SWR equal to the revenue needed to pay for services, right?
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:43 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
- Replies: 571
- Views: 336546
Re: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
dragoncar, I am curious, so the 3x SPY about doubled in the timeframe, how did the 3x gold and bond ETFs do? These numbers will be a bit off since I already rebalanced, but: SPXL +39.07% TMF -10.52% UGLD -12% All acquired 03/01/2016 (so the above would make SPXL 33.4% exposure, but as I said it was...
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:45 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
- Replies: 571
- Views: 336546
Re: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
Pulled the trigger on a rebalance. My 3xSPY was bouncing around 34-35% of exposure for a while. I was way up for a while, but now back to square one (very modest gain).
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 6:16 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: I like the odds
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11033
Re: I like the odds
There has to be a way around a preemptive pardon, if the corruption is worthy of prosecution in the first place, like many believe. You can only pardon for past acts. So Congress can order her to testify and she will either be made to tell all the gory details (likely further hurting the Democrat p...
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:04 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
- Replies: 571
- Views: 336546
Re: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
It will be fine...my initial foray was a year long drawdown from pretty much day 1 with well over 50% losses in UGLD. You have a big wad of cash and as I've mentioned several times, it is a near certainty that you will experience one asset going to zero over the course of a year. This is an aggress...
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:01 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: The Electoral College
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10757
Re: The Electoral College
MG, 1. Forget why it was implemented this way. The result of getting rid of it will be to give huge population centers e.g. California, new York, etc etc more influence and other states less. Is that what you want or think is appropriate? Not more influence per capita. It's ridiculous the mind hoop...
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 2:45 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 20% annual returns over 40 years...interested?
- Replies: 571
- Views: 336546
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:59 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Anyone care to predict the future?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4190
Re: Anyone care to predict the future?
Is that pp or S&p?MachineGhost wrote:Trifectas an exception but it is woefully statistically insignificant:
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:55 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Best Refrigerator Temperature to Keep Food Fresh
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3934
Re: Best Refrigerator Temperature to Keep Food Fresh
I keep mine at 33. Sometimes get frost on vegetables but not a big deal. Still get mold on food when I'm not fast enough
- Thu Nov 10, 2016 8:13 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Tallying of early votes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8523
Re: Tallying of early votes
Any chance of getting caught happens well after the fact, but the penalties might be considerable (misrepresentation on a government form). It's sort of like cheating on your taxes. Lots of people do it, but more avoid it because even though the probability of getting caught is small, the penalties...