Interesting. I haven't seen the x-ray tests, but that would get right to the point, wouldn't it? I'll have to see if I can find one locally.
I think I'll try the iphone app, and if necessary, the Fisch ringer (89 bucks) in the future.
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- Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:09 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24318
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 7:31 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Is America Safe, Or Not?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16164
Re: Is America Safe, Or Not?
Back from a trip. Just a quick reply, before this all gets too bizarre. Sometimes the line between humor and offense is closeness between listener and speaker. And sometimes distance is created by the written word on a forum. I've got friends who can do ethnic humor all day long and I'll give it rig...
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:37 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Is America Safe, Or Not?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16164
Re: Is America Safe, Or Not?
And just so you know, curlew (now that I'm on a full keyboard), there's rarely a good reason to casually invoke death camps. Certainly not because of some imagined slight against small towns when the original speaker grew up in one, thank you very much. That's the kind of ignorance that proves my po...
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:21 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Is America Safe, Or Not?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16164
Re: Is America Safe, Or Not?
people in small towns or the countryside even know what a Jew looks like. I can't tell myself. As long as you don't advertise it I would think it pretty easy to avoid the concentration camps. Gee thanks. i shrugged: like I said, I did grow up in a small town. It was uneventful for the most part.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:19 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: I need a name for this portfolio
- Replies: 62
- Views: 34818
Re: I need a name for this portfolio
Besides work, I guess spending cash comes from interest & dividends. Whatis not spent is reinvested.
( I do hold the pp, with the full 25% in short term notes).
( I do hold the pp, with the full 25% in short term notes).
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:55 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: I need a name for this portfolio
- Replies: 62
- Views: 34818
Re: I need a name for this portfolio
The strange thing, Sophie, is that I feel more stocks equals more cash on the way in the form of 2% dividends. Meanwhile, more cash equals mere future cents on the way. Of course, that is likely to change in coming years.
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:52 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24318
Re: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
I'm not worried about future gold purchases because I'll have a testing tool ready, but I shudder to think the random year krugs I already have at the bank could be fake. Hope not.
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:50 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24318
Re: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
I tried the usual way to get around the paywall, a google search of the title, but I still hit the paywall. Here is an NBC News story that came up, though: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/glitters-not-gold-fake-gold-silver-coins-flooding-market-n591201 Hmm. It mentions improved techno...
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:47 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24318
Re: Gold Coin Counterfeiting today
Saw this today, though it's from August '16. Gold Is Hot This Year. So Are Fakes With this year’s surge in gold prices, many coin dealers are seeing a jump in forgeries; technology is making them harder to detect and easier to peddle -- WSJ on.wsj.com/2b0ZmBr {hopefully the whole thread won't be div...
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 5:23 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: I need a name for this portfolio
- Replies: 62
- Views: 34818
Re: I need a name for this portfolio
Welcome!
Just to be clear, I only started the thread for fun! I'm a big believer in the pp, although I do tilt to stocks in my completely separate variable portfolio. Is dealing with two portfolios so terrible?
Hope you stick around, immelman.
Just to be clear, I only started the thread for fun! I'm a big believer in the pp, although I do tilt to stocks in my completely separate variable portfolio. Is dealing with two portfolios so terrible?
Hope you stick around, immelman.
- Sat Jan 07, 2017 7:39 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Funds
- Topic: PRPFX article on MarketWatch
- Replies: 5
- Views: 21114
Re: PRPFX article on MarketWatch
I guess it's for those who want one-and-done with no rebalancing.
- those who don't want to buy physical gold,
- and most importantly those who don't want to see how the sausage is made,
i.e. don't want to see individual sinking assets.
But, I agree, we could do better.
- those who don't want to buy physical gold,
- and most importantly those who don't want to see how the sausage is made,
i.e. don't want to see individual sinking assets.
But, I agree, we could do better.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 6:06 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Great reading through that thread, Jack. I relearned many things, including: I used to own t-bills, lol.Jack Jones wrote:I posted about this in another thread:
http://gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/vi ... 07#p157707
Bumping here.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
ok. Have to fly tomorrow, but it'll be fun to fix it when I return.
Small money, but a good learning exercise. I've only done bonds & notes up until today.
Small money, but a good learning exercise. I've only done bonds & notes up until today.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 3:17 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
. They should be 3 for notes and bonds, and 4 for bills. I'm not sure why 0 also seems to work for notes and bonds since the documentation says the index starts at 1. For anyone following along, the table index is the number after "table" and the comma in the importhtml portion of the for...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:15 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
How do you make these cells point at the CUSIP you're trying to price? I don't know how Mark does it, but I have a separate tab called wsj in google sheets. Cell A1 gets the formula, and when you paste it in there, the table appears. The tab with all your holdings has a cell like this: =vlookup(dat...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:02 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golden Butterfly and Vanguard
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14022
Re: Golden Butterfly and Vanguard
Ah, 5-year notes, that sounds familiar. Thank you for the link- I'll have to check that out. It'll be interesting to see if any of the lazy portfolios and other popular portfolios change when interest rates change. Who knows, maybe cash will be beloved again one day. O0 I hope they don't change too ...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:33 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golden Butterfly and Vanguard
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14022
Re: Golden Butterfly and Vanguard
Would you pls elaborate on this pt. It is confusing (to me) to see SCV connected with the PP. The PP is 4X25, without SCV. The pp is about 25% equities, yes. Originally, Browne recommended a few mutual funds of pretty volatile stocks. Not small value or anything, but something he deemed appropriate...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:40 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Performance for 2016
- Replies: 101
- Views: 65005
Re: PP Performance for 2016
If he's using 2-year treasuries, range must be 0 or 1 to 2 years, right Rick?barrett wrote:Are you working with a range of, say, one to three years?
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:33 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Turns out the problem is that the PDF from treasury lists this particular T-Bill as maturing on 6.29.17, but the table only has 6.30.
I suppose it's kind of silly to follow the value of a six-mo bill anyway.
I suppose it's kind of silly to follow the value of a six-mo bill anyway.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:01 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Golden Butterfly and Vanguard
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14022
Re: Golden Butterfly and Vanguard
The SCV performance this year proves Larry Swedroe's theory that if you are going to tilt towards an asset class then it should be a full tilt, not blended with anything else. If you run his Min Fat Tails portfolio with all those short term treasuries, I guess it makes sense to not dilute equities ...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:23 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Thank you for that! Man, need to keep this forum going.Mark Leavy wrote:I updated my post above to add a link for T-Bills. They are in a different table from Bonds and Notes - but on the same WSJ webpage.dualstow wrote:~ Or maybe the table doesn't include 6-mo bills?
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:40 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Performance for 2016
- Replies: 101
- Views: 65005
Re: PP Performance for 2016
Thanks, Shrugged.
I have developed an even simpler method. I merely monitor threads like this.
I have developed an even simpler method. I merely monitor threads like this.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:25 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Re: your last line, Mark, I use the same WSJ table. It's been good for a long time.
There's one instrument that's not showing a price, but I think it's simply too new. Bought it at auction last week. Or maybe the table doesn't include 6-mo bills? This is my first.
There's one instrument that's not showing a price, but I think it's simply too new. Bought it at auction last week. Or maybe the table doesn't include 6-mo bills? This is my first.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:05 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Apmex gold: I've been using the exact same code. It just seemed broken for a couple days.
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 10:54 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16269
Re: Google Sheets pulling wrong price for TLT
Cool, thank you!
Edit: mine just puts "TLT" the ticker, in the cell.
I changed it to just p2 and that works for me.
and just 'a' works for ask price.
Edit: mine just puts "TLT" the ticker, in the cell.
I changed it to just p2 and that works for me.
Code: Select all
s=TLT&f=p2"