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
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- Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Some calming article needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3032
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: The GOLD scream room
- Replies: 3689
- Views: 1656015
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: 81320
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: 81320
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: 95385
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: 19876
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: 2246
- Views: 1147878
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: 17131
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: 17131
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: 19876
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: 1873
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: 13434
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: 9754
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: 3312
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...
- Fri May 19, 2023 8:26 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: The Weird Portfolio - latest from Tyler/Portfolio Charts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20363
Re: The Weird Portfolio - latest from Tyler/Portfolio Charts
Out of curiosity, I compared the Weird Portfolio to one I'd played around with for some time (I call it 25s, or Golden Quarters), a hybrid of the GB and PP, but with more stock allocation, it is 25% TSM, 25% SCV, 25% Gold, 25% ITT. Any thoughts? Would suggest you try modelling the Quarters Portfoli...
- Thu May 18, 2023 8:51 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Non-ESG ETFs
- Replies: 53
- Views: 37555
- Mon May 01, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: Other Discussions
- Topic: Another Covid thread (2023 April)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1179
Re: Another Covid thread (2023 April)
Just had this emailed to me today. Nice touch with the voice over guy...
https://www.facebook.com/DangerDanAndre ... 489161231/
https://www.facebook.com/DangerDanAndre ... 489161231/
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:04 am
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: iShares GOVT as bond holding
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1325
Re: iShares GOVT as bond holding
On second thought, is there a particular reason why BelangP uses a high dividend index fund Paul explained his reasoning in one of these podcasts https://www.fundyourretirement.com/?s=Paul+Belanger Unfortunately they changed the website layout, so I don't have a link to the particular talk anymore....
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 9:04 pm
- Forum: Bonds
- Topic: iShares GOVT as bond holding
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1325
Re: iShares GOVT as bond holding
Just playing around with backtests. BelangP's model doesn't look too bad. You would have to model it with a high dividend ETF that went through a period where Bonds performed well though...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: gold beats bonds for 30 years
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1247
Re: gold beats bonds for 30 years
Mathjaks observation from a Gold perspective.
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 7:00 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: gold beats bonds for 30 years
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1247
Re: gold beats bonds for 30 years
Thanks Mathjack,
Quite interesting. Is the only purpose of holding bonds to reduce volatility?
As an aside, just happened to come across this a couple of minutes ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_AS9CVZbY
Quite interesting. Is the only purpose of holding bonds to reduce volatility?
As an aside, just happened to come across this a couple of minutes ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7_AS9CVZbY
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:24 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Hedging Against U.S. Dollar Losing Global Reserve Status
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24715
Re: Hedging Against U.S. Dollar Losing Global Reserve Status
But again my followup would be to ask whether there is even a weak correlation, in other words if the dollar is strengthening is it more likely (even a little bit) that foreign stocks will go either up or down? Hi Stuper, Have a listen to this slightly dated talk. Makes me wonder if we should be lo...
- Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:47 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Hedging Against U.S. Dollar Losing Global Reserve Status
- Replies: 34
- Views: 24715
Re: Hedging Against U.S. Dollar Losing Global Reserve Status
I don't really understand the relationship between foreign currencies and foreign stocks. Aren't they somewhat at odds with each other? So when a country's currency gets stronger, its stock prices can be affected negatively? I feel like I'm hearing conflicting advice on this issue. Some people say ...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:56 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Funds
- Topic: Comparison with Bridgewater All Weather fund
- Replies: 0
- Views: 51177
Comparison with Bridgewater All Weather fund
Interesting comparison.
https://corcapital.com.au/wp-content/up ... 3-v2_1.pdf
But the fees make me think this fund is run by Mafia Mutual....
https://corcapital.com.au/wp-content/up ... 3-v2_1.pdf
But the fees make me think this fund is run by Mafia Mutual....
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:40 pm
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Considering the Goldsmith PP ?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1036
Considering the Goldsmith PP ?
Interesting article
https://static.vgcontent.info/crp/intl/ ... epaper.pdf
ps: If anyone has other countries whitepapers on this, feel free to post.
https://static.vgcontent.info/crp/intl/ ... epaper.pdf
ps: If anyone has other countries whitepapers on this, feel free to post.