Is Today the Day?

Discussion of the Bond portion of the Permanent Portfolio

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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by Thomas Hoog » Tue Aug 26, 2014 3:21 am

I have a adjusted € PP:
Strategic Bond allocation: 30 % consist of:
75 % iShares € Government 15-30 years Bond & 25 % ZROZ.
Current allocation : 30,2%
I just checked: YTD : 25 % up  :P

Reading the reactions: we just don't know, do we ?
Alright: I just stick to the PP strategy, close my eyes and do nothing. My next calculated evaluation is oktober first.
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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by buddtholomew » Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:14 pm

TLT NAV: 126.30
This discussion took place in August when TLT was trading at 117.50.
What now?
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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by goodasgold » Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:24 pm

buddtholomew wrote: TLT NAV: 126.30
This discussion took place in August when TLT was trading at 117.50.
What now?
What now? The same as always: buy and hold until a rebalancing band is hit. Actually, I started the year with my TLT portion a bit underweight. As for the future: who knows?
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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by buddtholomew » Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:50 pm

goodasgold wrote:
buddtholomew wrote: TLT NAV: 126.30
This discussion took place in August when TLT was trading at 117.50.
What now?
What now? The same as always: buy and hold until a rebalancing band is hit. Actually, I started the year with my TLT portion a bit underweight. As for the future: who knows?
TLT is up approximately 27% YTD, but I am well within tolerance at only 24%

I find myself in this position alot as I contribute to the lagging assets. When they move up, the gains can be quite dramatic. Difficult to stand idle and watch them evaporate without any action.

I have a portion of LTTs in an IRA that I would like to exchange to gold at year's end. This transaction would provide some diversification within the tax-deferred account.

No one knows...
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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by annieB » Sun Jan 11, 2015 4:09 pm

Just outstanding.Outstanding !!!!!
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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by goodasgold » Sun Jan 11, 2015 5:13 pm

annieB wrote: Just outstanding.Outstanding !!!!!
Yes, without a doubt. I need to rebalance, and the abundant TLT harvest of last year is the main candidate to draw down in order to buy more gold.

My dilemma is that the TLT is held in a traditional IRA. I would rather buy physical gold rather than buy into a gold IRA ETF, but I don't see an easy alternative. Cashing in the TLT would send me into a higher tax bracket.

But I have faced worse alternatives in my life.  ;D 8) :)
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Re: Is Today the Day?

Post by barrett » Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:18 pm

goodasgold wrote: My dilemma is that the TLT is held in a traditional IRA. I would rather buy physical gold rather than buy into a gold IRA ETF, but I don't see an easy alternative. Cashing in the TLT would send me into a higher tax bracket.
How does selling TLT put you in a higher tax bracket if it's held in a traditional IRA? Or did you mean that it's held in a taxable account? If it's the latter, a good move might have been to split up the rebalance over two calendar years... not that that is any big help now.
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