Editors pick on Seeking Alpha

[Hal]

"In contrast, the Permanent Portfolio defended its reputation, to be a good and simple investment concept as it has delivered the third highest Sharpe Ratio and the third highest overall score."

Enjoy
http://www.wallstreetcourier.com/wp-con ... niques.pdf

All comments welcome!

[GREEN V]

The article on pg 4 says that stocks IVV has a CAGR of 5% and 0n pg 6 the PP has the same CAGR over a long time period. For the last five years ,stocks
have averaged 18% and the PP 9%. This indicates to me that stocks will go down sometime in the future and gld,or tlt or cash will go up. I am staying with the PP because of the low volatility.

[Hal]

I am staying with the PP because of the low volatility.

Hi GreenV,
To back up your observation
(ps: Used 10 year bonds instead of 50/50 LTT/Cash)

[mathjak107]

The only time frame that matters is when you have your own money invested..

In fact let me rephrase that ..what counts the most is when you have the most invested .

Today just a 7% move up or down represents a decade of maxing out my 401k at catch-up ….

So performance matters as you get more and more ,and it matters less when you are starting out