I would argue if anything the pp was lucky with a 40 year bull market in bonds if you want to use the lucky argumentdoodle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:27 am We keep going round and round in circles though.
Fundamentally, I think you haven't accepted that no matter what you do your outcome will be based on luck. I think the sooner you accept that reality, the easier you will sleep at night with your decisions.
You got lucky for many years, but let's not confuse luck with skill. It cuts both ways...and it runs out eventually. If this allocation was the wrong turn, correct course immediately..don't keep digging with the hope of emerging out the other side. Everyday is a new day...what you say is undeniably true.
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Getting back to even is your own mental hangup. The new asset allocation only needs to outperform the current one to make the switch worthwhile.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:46 amWhy ? Because to undo the damage inflicted by Tlt and gld would take 75% equities on the way back up ...I can’t cover come what amounted to 50% of the portfolio tanking like that and try to recover with only 25-30% equdoodle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:05 amMaybe...but you still haven't given me a rational explanation why you don't recommit to what is undeniably a more winning strategy? Why do you continue to bet on the same lame horse day after day when there are much better options in the stable? You made a losing bet on a losing horse. Why continue to do that over and over again? From past conversations it's because you must believe that the asset allocation you currently have has the best chance of meeting your goals moving forward....if not, you would have changed it. Or...the other explanation is you are just as confused about the future as everyone else and decided to take a gamble on the PP. Unfortunately lady luck didn't smile on you this time.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:59 am When I get home I will do the math ..I bet it still beat the pp
The portfolio survived the bond bear market from 50s to 80s...it's been through that scenario before.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:47 amI would argue if anything the pp was lucky with a 40 year bull market in bonds if you want to use the lucky argumentdoodle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:27 am We keep going round and round in circles though.
Fundamentally, I think you haven't accepted that no matter what you do your outcome will be based on luck. I think the sooner you accept that reality, the easier you will sleep at night with your decisions.
You got lucky for many years, but let's not confuse luck with skill. It cuts both ways...and it runs out eventually. If this allocation was the wrong turn, correct course immediately..don't keep digging with the hope of emerging out the other side. Everyday is a new day...what you say is undeniably true.
Even Harry Browne would admit though that in a tight money recession the portfolio will get hurt. Might we be in such an environment where cash wins? Perhaps! I'm light stocks and bonds by about 5%...no idea if that will workout...I might lose on that bet being cash heavy. Frankly, the potential gains almost aren't even worth the boring agony of me watching markets churn daily. What a waste of my time! I'm giving this a month or so before I say screw it and just balance back up.
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I am down 3.52% for the year at this instant.
Should I be gnashing my teeth? I sure hope not!
Maybe I will start worrying if the loss hit double digits...
I am done worrying about this, and the vaccine, and the lockdowns, and politics. I have taken the blue pill, man, all is good!
It's 63 here, I am riding my bike to work, my joints and body feel good, what the hell, I need to "look" for things to complain about. Stupid.
Should I be gnashing my teeth? I sure hope not!
Maybe I will start worrying if the loss hit double digits...
I am done worrying about this, and the vaccine, and the lockdowns, and politics. I have taken the blue pill, man, all is good!
It's 63 here, I am riding my bike to work, my joints and body feel good, what the hell, I need to "look" for things to complain about. Stupid.
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Unfortunately people always need to reference themselves against the jones's. This is one of humans favorite methods to inflict mental anguish upon themselves.Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:16 pm I am down 3.52% for the year at this instant.
Should I be gnashing my teeth? I sure hope not!
Maybe I will start worrying if the loss hit double digits...
I am done worrying about this, and the vaccine, and the lockdowns, and politics. I have taken the blue pill, man, all is good!
It's 63 here, I am riding my bike to work, my joints and body feel good, what the hell, I need to "look" for things to complain about. Stupid.
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No , it is not just a matter of beating the pp with what I switch too ,for that matter I could likely throw the money in the bank at zero and beat the pp if rates keep rising and never have the potential to recover my lossesdoodle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:05 pmGetting back to even is your own mental hangup. The new asset allocation only needs to outperform the current one to make the switch worthwhile.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:46 amWhy ? Because to undo the damage inflicted by Tlt and gld would take 75% equities on the way back up ...I can’t cover come what amounted to 50% of the portfolio tanking like that and try to recover with only 25-30% equdoodle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:05 amMaybe...but you still haven't given me a rational explanation why you don't recommit to what is undeniably a more winning strategy? Why do you continue to bet on the same lame horse day after day when there are much better options in the stable? You made a losing bet on a losing horse. Why continue to do that over and over again? From past conversations it's because you must believe that the asset allocation you currently have has the best chance of meeting your goals moving forward....if not, you would have changed it. Or...the other explanation is you are just as confused about the future as everyone else and decided to take a gamble on the PP. Unfortunately lady luck didn't smile on you this time.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:59 am When I get home I will do the math ..I bet it still beat the ppThe portfolio survived the bond bear market from 50s to 80s...it's been through that scenario before.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:47 amI would argue if anything the pp was lucky with a 40 year bull market in bonds if you want to use the lucky argumentdoodle wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:27 am We keep going round and round in circles though.
Fundamentally, I think you haven't accepted that no matter what you do your outcome will be based on luck. I think the sooner you accept that reality, the easier you will sleep at night with your decisions.
You got lucky for many years, but let's not confuse luck with skill. It cuts both ways...and it runs out eventually. If this allocation was the wrong turn, correct course immediately..don't keep digging with the hope of emerging out the other side. Everyday is a new day...what you say is undeniably true.
Even Harry Browne would admit though that in a tight money recession the portfolio will get hurt. Might we be in such an environment where cash wins? Perhaps! I'm light stocks and bonds by about 5%...no idea if that will workout...I might lose on that bet being cash heavy. Frankly, the potential gains almost aren't even worth the boring agony of me watching markets churn daily. What a waste of my time! I'm giving this a month or so before I say screw it and just balance back up.
Selling out now with a 120k loss in Tlt and Gld would be poor investor behavior.
The biggest gains are always when assets are coming out of a bear market not when breaking new highs .
If I was to switch now my only horse would be equities and without a 75% stake or so it is unlikely with stocks not coming out of a bear market of recovering much of that loss .
So I am better off Waiting to see if coming out of the bear gld and tlt can at least recover a good portion irrespective of what equities do..
The bear market in bonds from the 60 s to 80’s is not comparable since it was not at a time stocks were breaking new highs .
We have not had a bear like this in bonds while stocks were making new highs as a trend and rates were still near record lows ...this is uncharted
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For those who bought in around august they have pretty heavy losses in Tlt and Gld..those two have been fluctuating between 15-20%Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:16 pm I am down 3.52% for the year at this instant.
Should I be gnashing my teeth? I sure hope not!
Maybe I will start worrying if the loss hit double digits...
I am done worrying about this, and the vaccine, and the lockdowns, and politics. I have taken the blue pill, man, all is good!
It's 63 here, I am riding my bike to work, my joints and body feel good, what the hell, I need to "look" for things to complain about. Stupid.
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+1,000,000Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:16 pm I am down 3.52% for the year at this instant.
Should I be gnashing my teeth? I sure hope not!
Maybe I will start worrying if the loss hit double digits...
I am done worrying about this, and the vaccine, and the lockdowns, and politics. I have taken the blue pill, man, all is good!
It's 63 here, I am riding my bike to work, my joints and body feel good, what the hell, I need to "look" for things to complain about. Stupid.
I'm finding Libertarians are a lot like Democrats...always ticked off about something.
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Kbg wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:55 pm+1,000,000Cortopassi wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:16 pm I am down 3.52% for the year at this instant.
Should I be gnashing my teeth? I sure hope not!
Maybe I will start worrying if the loss hit double digits...
I am done worrying about this, and the vaccine, and the lockdowns, and politics. I have taken the blue pill, man, all is good!
It's 63 here, I am riding my bike to work, my joints and body feel good, what the hell, I need to "look" for things to complain about. Stupid.
I'm finding Libertarians are a lot like Democrats...always ticked off about something.
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Renaming the PP to Paper or Plastic since those who hold Gold and TLT are now the bag holders. At least I have stocks to cover the losses. Sad
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Here you go, Mathjak...for when the losses stack up to the point that you have to pawn your drums....
https://youtu.be/iFGasaaWiTo
https://youtu.be/iFGasaaWiTo
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The worst 30 year time frames , the ones the 4% swr is based on is a retiree retiring in 1907 , 1929 ,1937, 1965/1966
1907 stocks returned 7.77% --
1929 stocks 8.19% - -
1937 stocks 10.12 - -
1966 stocks 10.23
for comparison the 140 year average's were:
stocks 8.39-
Source Michael kitces
1907 stocks returned 7.77% --
1929 stocks 8.19% - -
1937 stocks 10.12 - -
1966 stocks 10.23
for comparison the 140 year average's were:
stocks 8.39-
Source Michael kitces
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Within those 30 year time frames you had decades or longer where stocks returned next to nothing, or declined.
But i'm not going to argue that equities haven't been the centuries winningest asset class in the United States..they have been and you were lucky to catch that wave over one of its best stretches in one of the best countries. 100 years though is a blip on the timeline of human history and therefore these "trends" we cite as gospel are not agnostic enough regarding investing for my taste. For example...how do these charts factor into stock performance? What effect might a change in these trends cause on economic growth? I don't know...but I think there a lot of underlying variables at play that perhaps get overlooked.
But i'm not going to argue that equities haven't been the centuries winningest asset class in the United States..they have been and you were lucky to catch that wave over one of its best stretches in one of the best countries. 100 years though is a blip on the timeline of human history and therefore these "trends" we cite as gospel are not agnostic enough regarding investing for my taste. For example...how do these charts factor into stock performance? What effect might a change in these trends cause on economic growth? I don't know...but I think there a lot of underlying variables at play that perhaps get overlooked.
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Like I said if you want to call it lucky for stocks , the pp had a 40 year bull in bonds
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Sure did.mathjak107 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:59 am Like I said if you want to call it lucky for stocks , the pp had a 40 year bull in bonds
It's very possible that overall we see greatly reduced growth rates ahead for markets in general. It could be that moving forward one is going to have to actively trade and stock pick in order to generate the returns we were able to get passively.
If someone could explain to me how you get real asset growth numbers in the 4-7% range on the back of a mature economy slated to probably grow long term around 1-1.5% with declining population growth trends and environmental limitations I'm all ears.
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MJ,
Any thoughts on 4/1?
Everything up.
Any thoughts on 4/1?
Everything up.
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Tlt and Gld only down 98k now ... they were close to 130k at one point
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It looked that way when ii saw Tlt was green
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Back to normal, and the slide continues..
Damn I was down to 75k to get back to where I started....however the other model is farther a head then where I started had I not Made the shift so the effect of my change is still well over a 100k difference.
Income model up 2.75 ytd , growth up 8.32 so on the 2.8 million in the pp that gain i gave up is now on top of the 75k loss ..that is a shit load of money so far given up
Damn I was down to 75k to get back to where I started....however the other model is farther a head then where I started had I not Made the shift so the effect of my change is still well over a 100k difference.
Income model up 2.75 ytd , growth up 8.32 so on the 2.8 million in the pp that gain i gave up is now on top of the 75k loss ..that is a shit load of money so far given up
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The later stages of a bubble test ones willpower more than anything else. Up more than 7% in first quarter....we are definitely closing in on euphoria.
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I hope I am doing this for a reason is all I can say
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Sold half of Gld and moved that half in to iau ....
I wasn’t thrilled about having so much in Gld ....unlike stocks and bonds gold can be lost through lots of means and your are only as covered as the custodians ability to cover the event ..
700k is better split between gld and Iau .
The one thing selling Gld off did though is kill the realized gains I had this year as now the trades I did do on some things equal zero gains on the closed positions as Gld wiped them away .
But the gold losses are now way less in the actively running permanent portfolio since Iau is now up .
So 26k in gains were erased in the closed as 26k in losses wiped them out and brought ytd in closed positions to zero.
So gold is now showing down 5300 overall , Tlt still down 55k
I wasn’t thrilled about having so much in Gld ....unlike stocks and bonds gold can be lost through lots of means and your are only as covered as the custodians ability to cover the event ..
700k is better split between gld and Iau .
The one thing selling Gld off did though is kill the realized gains I had this year as now the trades I did do on some things equal zero gains on the closed positions as Gld wiped them away .
But the gold losses are now way less in the actively running permanent portfolio since Iau is now up .
So 26k in gains were erased in the closed as 26k in losses wiped them out and brought ytd in closed positions to zero.
So gold is now showing down 5300 overall , Tlt still down 55k
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Gold losses are less because gold has recovered somewhat, not because you changed investment vehicles, right? I'm not missing something?mathjak107 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:25 am Sold half of Gld and moved that half in to iau ....
I wasn’t thrilled about having so much in Gld ....unlike stocks and bonds gold can be lost through lots of means and your are only as covered as the custodians ability to cover the event ..
700k is better split between gld and Iau .
The one thing selling Gld off did though is kill the realized gains I had this year as now the trades I did do on some things equal zero gains on the closed positions as Gld wiped them away .
But the gold losses are now way less in the actively running permanent portfolio since Iau is now up .
So 26k in gains were erased in the closed as 26k in losses wiped them out and brought ytd in closed positions to zero.
So gold is now showing down 5300 overall , Tlt still down 55k
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So entire portfolio about flat for year then...as gains in stocks offset by losses in bonds. Seems like everything functioning fine....
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The pp is down ytd ....plus on top of being down it is lacking this years gains my original portfolio has..so the 26k gain had nothing to do with the pp , that came from the bit of fun trading I did
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