Sorry to hear it, b-dude.

Side question: can’t you call the bank and stop payment on a check instead of emptying the whole account of funds?

It's good to see that some of the forum members are still alive. It had been 6 days of darkness. How about the rest of you? Are you still on the bright side of the grass? ;) If anything ever deviates from the standard, Mathjak’s “I am the Master of the Universe” and seajay’s “Trump has made a paria...

But how many people even know about the pp, let alone use it? Like 1%?

however for someone in their accumulation stage a simple s&p fund averaged almost 16% cagr over the same time . that is an incredible return. vs the pp at not even 6%. … Didn't Harry not intend the PP to be a safer alternative to cash deposits. I think that’s a good point. if I could start all ...

Always a good time to buy. That’s part of the beauty of it. Is it always a good time to buy? What about in 2020? The last day of July 2020 would have been a particularly rotten time to buy into TLT, what with the 30 year yield hovering around 1%: … Here's the backtest I can’t argue with backtesting...

I’d forgotten all about your jars!
Should I rename the thread to Jars & Bars?

People at my office are going to the restroom talking on their cell phones. The splish-splash of the urinals... the flushing sounds... <snip> More than 15 years ago, I heard an actress (comedian?) complaining about this. Actually, she was just trying to go to the bathroom and the woman in the stall...

The same procedure as last year Miss Sophie https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/dinner-for-one-das-original/dinner-for-one-das-original/ndr/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLm5kci5kZS80NDM3XzIwMjAtMTItMzEtMTUtNTA ELFW For MSCI World EL4V For Bund 10+ 4GLD for Gold I was rereading this thread thinking incorrectly ...

RIP Terence Stamp.

Many many Thanksgivings ago, my brother and I talked Mom into thanking Zod for the turkey.
I still laugh when I think about it.

"And, I’m old enough to remember that even craigr was taking notice of long bonds nearing 1% instead of just looking at rebalancing bands." You don't have to even be that old. I'm guessing it was 4, 5 years ago. Easy to find as it was one of his last posts. He essentially stated that once...

Fine, but is it still a permanent portfolio? Maybe Harry Browne would have concocted a new portfolio after quantitative easing, but at any point during the run of pp-related books and radio shows did he ask, “Is this a good time to buy long bonds? Is this a good time to buy cash?” Before, the pp, ye...

“I did better than the pp” is not an argument against it, except where it underscores my admission that it’s not for everyone. But yes, I do remember the PRPFX guy talking about how plenty of investors leave during lean years. If anyone is worried about getting in (or out of) the pp, they shouldn’t ...

I wouldn’t expect a market timer to say otherwise.
The pp is not for everyone, and it’s especially not for those timing the market, including interest rates.

Always a good time to buy.
That’s part of the beauty of it.

Ah, thank you! I know that flag. My near vision is getting really bad.

What is depicted on the yellow cap, by the way?
(Revealing my ignorance once again)

I wonder if anything will be safe from quantum cracks.
I have a feeling my brokerage house will be the last ones to adopt suitable defense measures.

Guest submission from the missus

Yep

My question about the notion that holding a stock (or gold) is like buying in every day is: what does that do for the average investor? And the beginning investor? It’s an interesting mental exercise, but if I were just starting out, I wouldn’t know what to do with that information. It’s too abstrac...

A private key is 32 bytes, what's not to stop random 32 bytes private keys being generated and then applied across the entire blockchain to see if it opens up any addresses, rinse and repeat continually and surely by chance/luck it will periodically strike it lucky ??? Have at it O0 I don’t think y...

I own that, too. Love it. But 2003-2023? Interest wasn’t that great, was it?