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- Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: High cost gold depositories are you giving your gold away
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15021
Re: High cost gold depositories are you giving your gold away
But how do I send such a package across the USA and insure it for $120,000 at today's gold prices, and who knows how much in years to come? Do UPS / FedEx / DHL have special desks which handle high-value shipments like this? I guess they must. Any first-hand experiences? Cannot comment on safety de...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:41 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Advice on Spaniard PP implementation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2565
Re: Advice on Spaniard PP implementation
Hi Acuteinertia, Just wondering if you have considered doing something like: 25% Physical Gold held offshore eg: https://www.perthmint.com/invest/perth-mint-depository-program/ 75% Lifestrategy Fund eg: https://www.ie.vanguard/products/etf/lifestrategy/9492/lifestrategy-40-equity-ucits-etf-eur-accum...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:05 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: When the cops are the criminals
- Replies: 293
- Views: 113444
Re: When the cops are the criminals
Seeing the thread has been resurrected, this incident last year left me speechless. How anyone can be this stupid amazes me
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/24/us/c ... index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/24/us/c ... index.html
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 3:10 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
- Replies: 63
- Views: 100362
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:32 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
- Replies: 63
- Views: 100362
Re: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
OUCH! I think this really highlights the importance of global diversification. Hi Smithy! As an aside here is the drawdown with Spanish Shares replaced by Developed World TSM. So 50% of the portfolio is not linked to the Spanish currency. Still would hurt if you just retired! The drawdown drops to ...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 6:18 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
- Replies: 63
- Views: 100362
Re: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
This caught my attention while poking around Tylers site! Obviously Gold was not much use in Spain in the 70's. If you used 50% 10year bonds to more closely approximate long term bonds the results were even worse.
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:14 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: TBonds saved me in 2008. Now, not sure what to do now.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 38038
Re: TBonds saved me in 2008. Now, not sure what to do now.
While I don't follow the US market much, it seems both bonds and shares are rather elevated in price. As I couldn't find the 30y bond price, imagine you have 50% 10 year bonds, 25% each shares & gold. Thoughts?
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 4:35 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Mistakes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 95515
Re: PP Mistakes
But what if I step back to get a bit more perspective? What if I look at the preceding 13-year period (late 1997 to late 2010)? Over that time window, the stock market had a meager CAGR of 2.7% (vs. 7.3% for the PP) and also had a stomach-churning negative return of -36.2% in 2008. The picture star...
- Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:28 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
- Replies: 63
- Views: 100362
Re: I Thought Gold Would Fare Better in 2022-23
Having said that, I am fed up reading FI books, given my performance I haven't fully understood the ones I have read and chances are very thin that I will ever understand them. Actually, last book I read on financial topics was the one written by BelangP and with a light sense of irony - I guess hi...
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 3:51 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: First Movie You Remember Seeing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5216
Re: First Movie You Remember Seeing
Hmm...
Movie was Logans Run around 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs
Honourable mention to first Mad Max movie. Filmed near where I lived after leaving home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiRd5Kcl2GU
Movie was Logans Run around 1976
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs
Honourable mention to first Mad Max movie. Filmed near where I lived after leaving home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiRd5Kcl2GU
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Computer stuff
- Replies: 168
- Views: 39874
Re: Computer stuff
I recently purchased a Playstation 3 off of Facebook Marketplace for $55, and am now playing some vintage games. This has awakened a bit of an itch to buy some more vintage tech stuff and relive some old memories. I might look for an old Pentium 4 system next. You may wish to check out these sites:...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Some calming article needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3036
Re: Some calming article needed
Well.... consider you went off and purchased Vanguards most conservative Life Strategy Fund instead
https://investor.vanguard.com/investmen ... asix#price
Plan B: Get a dog to distract you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvPVQx_Jnt8
https://investor.vanguard.com/investmen ... asix#price
Plan B: Get a dog to distract you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvPVQx_Jnt8
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3689
- Views: 1657612
Re: The GOLD scream room
Well, we are happy with the pet rock
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Substitutes
- Replies: 41
- Views: 81486
Re: Gold Substitutes
HB stated in his radio show, the reason he chose Gold is that it is the second most popular form of money after the USD. The rationale being is if people lost confidence in the USD, they would move to the next most popular money, Gold. So assuming Gold is not accessible, I would expect the best Gol...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:09 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Gold Substitutes
- Replies: 41
- Views: 81486
Re: Gold Substitutes
HB stated in his radio show, the reason he chose Gold is that it is the second most popular form of money after the USD. The rationale being is if people lost confidence in the USD, they would move to the next most popular money, Gold. So assuming Gold is not accessible, I would expect the best Gold...
- Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:00 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP Mistakes
- Replies: 43
- Views: 95515
Re: PP Mistakes
What were your biggest Permanent Portfolio mistakes? Hmm.... Thinking that Gold in an Australian PP would perform in the same manner as Gold in a US PP. 1. Recommend holding US assets as well for non-US PP holders. 2. If I knew of the PP concept when I was young, then hold Shares/Gold and gradually...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:01 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: What to do with a Low-Yielding 30-Year Bond
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19936
Re: What to do with a Low-Yielding 30-Year Bond
Good advice from Sophie IMHO.... Maddy - if you want to switch to a Desert Portfolio-like structure (30% stocks, 10% gold except I'd recommend closer to 20%, and the rest in a 10 year Treasury ladder), you'd be fine over the long run and it might be much simpler to deal with. Alternatively, consider...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:19 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
- Replies: 2251
- Views: 1150550
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
While we are on the topic is surprises me that we don't have more members of this forum that are gamers, given that it seems like we are mostly male. Is it a generational thing? Heh, Heh, More like a historical thing :) Games available when I was a teenager https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiAxCBjSZ...
- Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:41 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17193
Re: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
I'm sorry Mountaineer, I'm afraid I can't do that....Mountaineer wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2023 7:27 am
Hal, did you by any chance play in the movie 2001? Inquiring bots want to know!
But this is my favourite scene!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpwvJzcfL1w
- Sat Jul 08, 2023 10:39 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17193
Re: Do you listen to Scott Adams?
I guess it’s a symptom of a larger phenomenon: the forum is a ghost town. Personally, I prefer a forum with infrequent, well reasoned and thoughtful posts to one with incessant arguments about trivia..... Of course, frequent , well reasoned posts would be even better! ;D ps: For infrequent posts =>...
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: What to do with a Low-Yielding 30-Year Bond
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19936
Re: What to do with a Low-Yielding 30-Year Bond
Could we possibly revisit this question again? What (reasonably plausible) scenario could make my 1.8 percent bonds worth hanging onto--keeping in mind that I won't live nearly long enough for them to reach maturity? Could you hedge your bond holdings with some gold? At the start of this video Bela...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Affirmative action ruling
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1877
Re: Affirmative action ruling
I’m just saying, yes, base admissions on merit. +1 However, I am a little surprised Universities in the US would actively discourage sections of the student population from studying. The profit motive in Australian Universities is such that I could see them enrolling a potted plant if they could ch...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 5:48 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Quick check on BelangP vs HB portfolios
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13466
Quick check on BelangP vs HB portfolios
Screenshot says it all.
PS: I believe BelangP uses the WDIV ETF which was launched mid 2013. Anyone know for sure?
PS: I believe BelangP uses the WDIV ETF which was launched mid 2013. Anyone know for sure?
- Sun May 28, 2023 10:54 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: The debt celing soap opera explained so simply that even a member of Congress can understand it
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9767
Re: The debt celing soap opera explained so simply that even a member of Congress can understand it
Interesting interview => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2afXagEgRQw 00:00 Introduction 00:28 Current State of Affairs in Washington 02:30 Government Accounting Trickery 05:08 Debt Ceiling and Defaulting on the Debt 10:32 Holding the Population Hostage 14:07 Constitutional Right to More Gov't Debt 2...
- Wed May 24, 2023 5:55 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Past performance is no guarantee of future results
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3328
Re: Past performance is no guarantee of future results
My question is, for the purposes of financial planning, how do you estimate your future investment returns? The whole thing just seems like a crapshoot, which I guess it is at some level. Personally, I just take the Baseline Return as detailed here => https://portfoliocharts.com/portfolio/long-term...