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by portfolyness
Sun Sep 09, 2018 12:14 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: 1800 ETFs trade free through Vanguard
Replies: 6
Views: 5023

Re: 1800 ETFs trade free through Vanguard

Yeah, plan to still use fidelity for FZROX/FZILX and direct treasury purchases - VLGSX/VSBSX/VUSXX have still been serving as the initial step though for T-Bills. Will keep a Schwab acct in a small way for foreign debit card / checking. If I was younger version of myself that didn't invest the past ...
by portfolyness
Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:07 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: 1800 ETFs trade free through Vanguard
Replies: 6
Views: 5023

Re: 1800 ETFs trade free through Vanguard

There's a pretty good list - https://personal.vanguard.com/pdf/etfcfl.pdf The notable things is that SCHA, SCHB, SCHF, and GLDM are all on the list. If you're not optimizing for day-trade pricing, fidelity's zero expense ratio funds (i.e. FZROX/FZILX), or owning direct gold/tbills, you can essential...
by portfolyness
Tue Jul 17, 2018 4:40 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: The GOLD scream room
Replies: 3688
Views: 1654864

Re: The GOLD scream room

I'm seeding a portfolio for the first time right now with non-retirement-account money (i.e. money to either spend a couple years not working or eventually buy a home with in a few years), and from my perspective gold feels like the lagging asset to be focused on lumping into first - so I've just be...
by portfolyness
Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:18 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: GLDM - 0.18 exp. ratio 'Gold minishares'
Replies: 33
Views: 22001

GLDM - 0.18 exp. ratio 'Gold minishares'

Between GLDM, IAUF, and AAAU it seems a number of different gold products are getting wheeled out to help get money into gold again. Noticed this today http://spdrgoldshares.com/media/GLD/file/GLDM/GLDM-Key-Information.pdf - apparently GLDM got listed yesterday (Jun 26th) Seems like an interesting a...
by portfolyness
Tue Jun 26, 2018 8:23 pm
Forum: Gold
Topic: IAUF - 1099 (no K-1) mixed gold etf
Replies: 1
Views: 2158

IAUF - 1099 (no K-1) mixed gold etf

I just noticed this while searching for IAU - https://www.ishares.com/us/products/293782/?referrer=tickerSearch The press release ( https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ishares-launches-more-tax-efficient-190238056.html ) basically mentions that the tax setup is such that you just get a 1099 income report...