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- Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:57 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4468
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
Interesting list and looks reasonably the same now but I'd put the car salespeople above the politicians. Interesting how 10 years ago more than half of people thought politicians were not to be trusted. And yet, we still vote the slease bags into office. Shame on us! Or as Soros might say "you get...
- Wed Aug 10, 2022 3:46 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Quality Time Left
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1752
Re: Quality Time Left
I definitely relate to jl's last paragraph. A couple of quick thoughts. Holding actual non-interest bearing cash in a fiat money system is categorically about as stupid as it gets financially. In the US you at least need to be holding STTs. You can buy them as short as 4 weeks. Also, the Boglehead'...
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:23 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
- Replies: 131
- Views: 45336
Re: Renewable electricity sources are now a no-brainer
Vnatale — thanks for sharing your journey into solar land
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 11:20 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Are most people here sticking with Treasuries?
- Replies: 341
- Views: 32765
Re: Are most people here sticking with Treasuries?
Still got some LTT, but am ~55% stocks in retirement savings, as, yeah, finding that balance point
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 5:06 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: What was Domino's thinking?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 385
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4468
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
Ah, yes, the civil discourse this forum is known for I have to remind myself that a significant fraction of the posters on this forum are drinking from a firehose of angry, reactionary, far right media every day. No rational discussion in a few posts can change that. The urge to be known as a victi...
- Tue Aug 09, 2022 4:44 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4468
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
Ah, yes, the civil discourse this forum is known for I have to remind myself that a significant fraction of the posters on this forum are drinking from a firehose of angry, reactionary, far right media every day. No rational discussion in a few posts can change that. The urge to be known as a victi...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 9:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4468
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
On political issues I take the positions that is not the one that is most going to benefit me personally but, instead, the positions that best benefits our entire society. This is about the first time I was hoping for something to pass strictly because it would benefit me personally. This Act elimi...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:48 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Why did Pelosi cross the road?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1622
Re: Why did Pelosi cross the road?
Or forced birth
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4468
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
It looks like a great bill, and one we need quite badly. The title change to Inflation Reduction Act seemed mostly aimed at satisfying Manchin and his constituents. It does appear to nudge the needle in the right direction on inflation in the short term, and hopefully moves the needle quite substan...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Inflation Reduction Act
- Replies: 79
- Views: 4468
Re: Inflation Reduction Act
Ah, yes, the civil discourse this forum is known for
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:54 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 290289
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
I've been hearing about research into psilocybin for treating depression. And other uses I've mostly heard from a podcast I like -- The Tim Ferris Show https://tim.blog/2021/03/31/psychedelics-101/ Indeed! The gf and I had this particular bag of shrooms in one of our dresser drawers for a while now...
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:48 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Why did Pelosi cross the road?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1622
Re: Why did Pelosi cross the road?
Yeah, this is a strange one (and I'm a left leaning independent!)
China has been pushing things, and IMO, their response is overdoing it.
But still, don't seem the time (not that I know anything behind the scenes)
China has been pushing things, and IMO, their response is overdoing it.
But still, don't seem the time (not that I know anything behind the scenes)
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:24 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 1740
- Views: 290289
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
I've been hearing about research into psilocybin for treating depression.
And other uses
I've mostly heard from a podcast I like -- The Tim Ferris Show
https://tim.blog/2021/03/31/psychedelics-101/
And other uses
I've mostly heard from a podcast I like -- The Tim Ferris Show
https://tim.blog/2021/03/31/psychedelics-101/
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:17 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Absolutely brutal - 5/5
- Replies: 291
- Views: 26028
Re: Absolutely brutal - 5/5
Another weeks goes by Pp down 9.30 Wellesly down 6.41 Fidelity insight income model down 7.30 What attracted you to Wellesly? Capital preservation alternative to PP? Or distribution yield? Something else? Being 1/3 stocks and 2/3 bonds, I would have expected it to be doing worse than it is, but on ...
- Mon May 30, 2022 9:52 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Joypog's regularly changing AA (originally "The Desert Looking Glass Portfolio")
- Replies: 48
- Views: 5473
Re: Joypog's regularly changing AA (originally "The Desert Looking Glass Portfolio")
I’ve always seen REITs treated as stocks
I think safer to think of then that way
I think safer to think of then that way
- Thu May 19, 2022 12:58 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: coping with a LTT bear market
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2347
Re: coping with a LTT bear market
Today was a good LTT day

- Fri May 13, 2022 9:35 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3591
- Views: 1214747
- Fri May 13, 2022 9:33 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Inflation - What are you doing different
- Replies: 58
- Views: 4943
Re: Inflation - What are you doing different
“Tiny portion of a portfolio of material size” How do you define a portion of material size? Over what investing horizon? Yeah, if given a lump sum of $10M But if investing over time, $10k/year == $100k + interest, so after 10 years == 10% of a $1m portfolio Have a spouse, can get to 20% of that in ...
- Thu May 12, 2022 10:51 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Rebalancing advice needed
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2850
Re: Rebalancing advice needed
Are you reinvesting dividends / distributions? If so, as already paying taxes in those, maybe don’t reinvest and put the stock and LTT distributions into cash? While what I have in taxable is small, what I do to simplify the number of lots to track (I might reinvest once a year if needed to rebalance)
- Thu May 12, 2022 10:45 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3591
- Views: 1214747
- Thu May 12, 2022 10:39 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Absolutely brutal - 5/5
- Replies: 291
- Views: 26028
Re: Absolutely brutal - 5/5
<snip a lot> Not that gold has performed like we would have expected either. Not sure why the PP YTD is down as much as it is TBH. I wonder what Budd thinks. Not Budd, but, That first sentence informs the second, no? 🙂 I hear Gold may take time to react. But, who knows. Compared to bogglehead portf...
- Mon May 09, 2022 10:33 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: 6 slices - US Total Stock, US Small Cap, Intl Total Stock, LTT, Cash, Gold
- Replies: 1
- Views: 489
Re: 6 slices - US Total Stock, US Small Cap, Intl Total Stock, LTT, Cash, Gold
Ha, I just sold the Intl in the GB-ish part of my portfolio, although my overall retirement portfolio is similar to your in that it’s ~50% stocks, 15% Gold, with some international in the non GB parts
Ergo, likely a great time to be in Intl!
Just didn’t seem to add anything to the GB-ish portuon
Ergo, likely a great time to be in Intl!
Just didn’t seem to add anything to the GB-ish portuon
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:47 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Putin Invades Ukraine II
- Replies: 986
- Views: 76358
Re: Putin Invades Ukraine II
War humor (from a YT video, paraphrasing)
Ukraine has more tanks now than at the beginning of the year thanks to recent tank migrations
Ukraine has more tanks now than at the beginning of the year thanks to recent tank migrations
- Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:11 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: i-Bonds How-to Q&A as of 2021 November
- Replies: 40
- Views: 6494
Re: i-Bonds How-to Q&A as of 2021 November
It's not clear to me how I-bonds are deep cash, given that they mature in 30 years. What am I missing? You mean as opposed to being deep bonds? A bond matures in 30 years and you have no option to cash out early (not including the coupon) other than selling it, and its value can gyrate wildly. The ...