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by Smith1776
Mon Oct 23, 2023 6:42 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Hello from Hong Kong! O0

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by Smith1776
Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:43 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

I listened to the Michael Saylor interview that Lex (Led?) Fridman did and now I'm down a Michael Saylor rabbit hole.
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: I think it’s time to move into crypto
Replies: 160
Views: 84492

Re: I think it’s time to move into crypto

Did anyone subsequently move into or move more into crypto since this thread?
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

And, your library has just ONE copy??!! As I stated above: "The library is in an unincorporated village and census-designated place in my town. Its population is 4,500 over 2.3 square miles." Ah, I missed that. Sorry. Lol we don't have the copy yet.. as you can see in the screenshot the b...
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 20, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Vinny, I’m used to you writing statements with a question mark, but a question mark after an ‘I’m sure? My head’s going to explode. O0 It's called tempering my apparent certainty with the possibility of me being completely wrong. We will see which way Smith1776 reveals is correct. We have a populat...
by Smith1776
Wed Oct 18, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

lol!
by Smith1776
Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

The Arnold book is really good. If it's at your local library, I highly recommend you check it out. Based upon that recommendation if I see it there I will do so. I was at my local library yesterday and was shocked to see the Elon Musk book which I grabbed (along with about 9 others). Lucky! My loc...
by Smith1776
Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:20 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Meme Thread
Replies: 279
Views: 247551

Re: The Meme Thread

dualstow wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:26 pm I’m sorry for this one. I know it’s in poor taste. O0
lmao it's actually in great taste.
by Smith1776
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:14 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

The Arnold book is really good.

If it's at your local library, I highly recommend you check it out.
by Smith1776
Sun Oct 15, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: Stocks
Topic: Small Cap Value seems cheap at the moment
Replies: 23
Views: 30316

Re: Small Cap Value seems cheap at the moment

Given equal fees, I actually think that an active factor fund is better than an indexed factor fund. The active fund can't be front run and can engage in better patient trading.
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: Why the big move in gold?
Replies: 72
Views: 72708

Re: Why the big move in gold?

I'll tell you EXACTLY fucking why.

Because literally the day before I sold off a huge chunk of gold (long story).

Yeah. Fuck.
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 13, 2023 10:22 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

lol
by Smith1776
Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:00 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Learning to Be Useful today with Schwarzenegger.


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by Smith1776
Tue Oct 10, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024
Replies: 13
Views: 29312

Re: Rise of the New Right & the Battle for America in 2024

The 2024 race is shaping up to be really interesting.
by Smith1776
Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Computer stuff
Replies: 168
Views: 44695

Re: Computer stuff

Maybe It's just a temporary thing where I need a "break" from using multiple monitors, but lately I've been feeling like I'm more productive with 1 monitor. With multiple screens there seems to be a great deal more cognitive load as my brain tries to juggle multiple visual stimuli all at o...
by Smith1776
Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Replies: 2294
Views: 1364975

Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us

Had Pop-Tarts for the first time since childhood today. Still pretty tasty. And the s'mores ones are still the best.
by Smith1776
Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:13 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Bond Market Sweet Spot
Replies: 22
Views: 22883

Re: The Bond Market Sweet Spot

I think the escape velocity concept has merit. More broadly, I think that the Rational Reminder episode on bonds really highlighted how adjusting one's position based on what's actually being offered by credit spreads and the yield curve makes sense. The issue is that these things require time, expe...
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Bond Market Sweet Spot
Replies: 22
Views: 22883

Re: The Bond Market Sweet Spot

Kevin K. wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 4:02 pm
Thanks for this.

What's the "conventional conservative portfolio" you used?
Just the portfolio labeled as "Conservative Portfolio" included in Portfolio Visualizer as a default option. It appears to be a globally diversified portfolio of stocks and bonds at 40/60.
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 06, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Bond Market Sweet Spot
Replies: 22
Views: 22883

Re: The Bond Market Sweet Spot

Yeah I wonder what Craig and Tex would be saying today. One of the reasons why the PP performed so admirably the last time we were in a comparable period was because gold went through the roof. The world may be different, and Browne is not here to update his philosophy. As per Saifedean Ammous, gold...
by Smith1776
Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: Bonds
Topic: The Bond Market Sweet Spot
Replies: 22
Views: 22883

Re: The Bond Market Sweet Spot

Above 5% today for the 30-year. :o
by Smith1776
Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Alright who’s hitting rebalancing bands?
Replies: 13
Views: 16585

Re: Alright who’s hitting rebalancing bands?

I had money out of the market for a while due to some real estate stuff happening. And then I switched to a new strategy where my allocations were "reset" to the original 4 x 25%. So I never did end up hitting that rebalancing band.
by Smith1776
Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:44 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: 24 Things I Believe About Investing
Replies: 3
Views: 2750

Re: 24 Things I Believe About Investing

Great post, Vinny. Thanks.
by Smith1776
Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: The Meme Thread
Replies: 279
Views: 247551

Re: The Meme Thread

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by Smith1776
Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:26 pm
Forum: Other Discussions
Topic: Dawg Pound
Replies: 292
Views: 123818

Re: Dawg Pound

vnatale wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2023 9:23 pmCapture.JPG
LOL. Awesome.

I guess the lesson here is clear. If you want to be the best possible investor, imitate your pup!
by Smith1776
Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:56 pm
Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
Topic: Commodity Funds
Replies: 22
Views: 10147

Re: Commodity Funds

vnatale wrote: Fri Sep 29, 2023 4:44 pm


If you, me, and Dualstow were either partners or owners of a Sub S corporation the K-1's tell us what we should be putting on our respective tax returns as our portion of the total tax results of either entity.
Ohhhhh interesting.