If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
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If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
What would be the term for having all four assets above breakeven? I want something I can yell out, like Yahtzee!
I'm way down in gold, but the value of my treasurys dipped above the breakeven point again as they sometimes do. That means I have three out of four assets in the black. There should be a term for that, too.
I'm way down in gold, but the value of my treasurys dipped above the breakeven point again as they sometimes do. That means I have three out of four assets in the black. There should be a term for that, too.
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
The baseball analogy still works. First base, second base, third base...home run!dualstow wrote: What would be the term for having all four assets above breakeven? I want something I can yell out, like Yahtzee!
I'm way down in gold, but the value of my treasurys dipped above the breakeven point again as they sometimes do. That means I have three out of four assets in the black. There should be a term for that, too.
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One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go! WooooHooooooooo!!
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
Heh. Not bad, not bad.
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
Connect Four?
Rebalancing is kinda like Whack a Mole only you get to collect the heads.
Rebalancing is kinda like Whack a Mole only you get to collect the heads.
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
Now I'm waiting for someone to say "Bingo".Tyler wrote: Connect Four?
I think we need a new term, though.
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You've been permanated.dualstow wrote: I think we need a new term, though.

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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
Ah -- I misinterpreted the original question.dualstow wrote: I think we need a new term, though.
LOL @ Pointedstick.
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
That is going into my spelling dictionary.Pointedstick wrote: You've been permanated.
And into my daily cash-flow spreadsheet as soon as I figure out the right google doc functions.
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
Holy Shit!!!dualstow wrote: What would be the term for having all four assets above breakeven? I want something I can yell out, like Yahtzee!
I'm way down in gold, but the value of my treasurys dipped above the breakeven point again as they sometimes do. That means I have three out of four assets in the black. There should be a term for that, too.
I crown PS the winner for originality, though!
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Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
Well, my fault for saying "Like Yahtzee." I grew up with that, Monopoly, Parcheesi and Mille Bornes. Great mispronouncable French terms in that last one. Coup-fourré!Tyler wrote:Ah -- I misinterpreted the original question.dualstow wrote: I think we need a new term, though.
LOL @ Pointedstick.
Permanated is hilarious!
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No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn/
your hands are cold but your lips are warm _ . /
your hands are cold but your lips are warm _ . /
Re: If the Permanent Portfolio Were a Game
I kinda think of it as Zugzwang in chess.. but unlike chess, you don't have to make a move in investing if you don't want to.