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by pmward
Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:26 am
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
Replies: 40
Views: 18879

Re: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check

Fair points. For the PP / emergency fund part, I already have 3-4 months of expenses in cash which I think would cover all the normal run of the mill emergencies (car break downs, AC or heater takes a crap, etc). If one of those nuisance emergencies comes up, I would still be employed so I could tap...
by pmward
Thu Jan 24, 2019 7:55 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
Replies: 40
Views: 18879

Re: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check

Good points. In the grand scheme, my VP will be much larger than my PP. I'm mentally and physically separating the two from each other. I opened a completely new taxable account for my PP and my plan is to build it up to 60k (14-15 months expenses) in the next few months and just going to kind of or...
by pmward
Thu Jan 24, 2019 5:36 pm
Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
Topic: PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check
Replies: 40
Views: 18879

PP/VP Strategy Sanity Check

Hey everyone I'm new here and just wanted to get a quick sanity check of my strategy. Apologize for the long post, but I wanted to explain not just what I'm doing, but also why. So 2018 was a bit of a wake up call to me. I realized, like many people, that the risk I was taking was greater than my to...