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The dilemma of a moderator on this forum. Passive investing and active moderating. IMO you excel in both measures.

Congratulations!

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I don't own a Win 8 computer, however I've have used one sparingly. I found this 25 min Youtube quite helpful.

http://tinyurl.com/cwudk84

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-Zinio
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I see. So clicking on the Do Not Click button would be an effort exceeding your retirement allocation of clicks? {Eureka smile} Victoria Actually if you have read Prof. Ariely or watched his very entertaining TED talks you know this is a lemming trap and probably around 70% or more of us pondering ...

Great! Have you started reading the papers? (I have not, but I had several excuses.) Victoria P.S. The other thing we discussed is in works. Of course not, I'm retired, and my motto is 'Why do today what can be done tomorrow.' This philosophy along with the fact that I haven't done a non work relat...

I'm also taking Ariely's course starting tomorrow, Mar 25th, and no I didn't push the button.

Cheers,
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In 2009 / 2010 there were a couple (or more) longish threads discussing Jim's excellent book 'Unveiling the Retirement Myth' Recently Jim has written a paper discussing stress testing some of the concepts advanced in 'Unveiling.' I thought this article might be of interest here: 'Stress Testing Your...

Wade is in the forefront of retirement planning research. As his blog entry suggests there is a lot more to be accomplished in the reality of a post DB pension / low yield world: "I have written about this article before, and I see that the Bogleheads have kindly started a new thread about it w...

I did not know that Wade is moving to Philadelphia. It would indeed be great pleasure meeting him at BH12. Victoria "Wade D. Pfau, Ph.D., CFA, will be joining the American College in the spring as a Professor of Retirement Income in their new Ph.D. program on Financial Services and Retirement ...

Considering that Wade is moving from Tokyo to Philadelphia this year I hope he can find time to attend Boglehead's 12 this fall.

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Well worth the read IMO. "This paper outlines a different way to think about building a retirement income strategy that dramatically moves away from the concepts of safe withdrawal rates and failure rates. The focus is how to best meet two competing financial objectives for retirement: satisfyi...

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Can someone tell me what this has to do with finance or investing? Everyone I follow on Twitter 'has to do with finance and investing.' I don't think "this" referred to Twitter. The OP asked who used social media, and my response was yes I do (Twitter, FB, and RSS) about 90% for finance a...

Can someone tell me what this has to do with finance or investing? Everyone I follow on Twitter 'has to do with finance and investing.' Aggregating what they write, what is written about them, and the hyperlinks provided, can be greatly simplified by the selective use of social networking tools. SB...

I 'use' Twitter to follow the activity (mostly links to blog entries and articles) of people of interest (Swedroe and mostly tech people in my fields of interest). I seldom tweet - definitely less than once a month on average. I use Twitter (in addition to RSS) as a source to the Flipboard app on t...

I'm an outlier here. I use Twitter extensively, and Facebook quite often. On Twitter I follow the usual suspects, plus quite a few more: Vanguard, Mike Piper (Oblivious Investor), Larry Swedroe, Rick Ferri, Allan Roth, Wade Pfau, The Finance Buff (TFB), Bogleheads, as well as Jason Zweig, Moshe Mile...

Holding just equities and SPIAs, and considering the low correlation of equities to inflation (p.5), how could this model provide inflation protection? I think most other retirement models incorporate TIPS for unexpected inflation don't they? SB... I'm pretty sure that historically equities have be...

Holding just equities and SPIAs, and considering the low correlation of equities to inflation (p.5), how could this model provide inflation protection? I think most other retirement models incorporate TIPS for unexpected inflation don't they?

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This covers most of the material Dr. Pfau covered in his recent webinar. Unfortunately the archive isn't available without a paid subscription: The bottom line: Given the complexities described above, in this debate I tend to side with noncombatants such as York University finance professor Moshe Mi...

This is powerful:

"Eventually you’re going to need to go out and find your place in the world. So this Father’s Day, I thought I should take the opportunity to offer some advice, or at least advice relating to your financial well- being."

http://tinyurl.com/7oojy5u


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VictoriaF wrote:

FabLab wrote:Thanks, Alex, for the update. Please let us know if there's any way we can help out.

We can guess Alex' password and do his job while he sleeps.

Victoria

'sleepdeprived'

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b) gently adjusting year by year in accordance to the mainstream conventional wisdom. Just what exactly is the definition of "mainstream conventional wisdom," and where do I find it listed? BTW Larry Swedroe wrote an interesting column on a similar subject (with past results listed): &quo...

As a reader to this thread, let me say I appreciate the thoughtful point-counterpoint being made from both sides. This is information I didn't know before. So I appreciate when I learn something new. :sharebeer I wholeheartedly agree. As both a DFA and Vanguard investor I've learned something new. ...

Livesoft - (Versus diehard) is my favourite, although I was here about a year before someone explained it to me. I'm definitely not the sharpest knife in the drawer. :oops: BTW this 'softy' is definitely no posting slouch with a 19,655 count to date. He took the baton from Valuethinker and took off ...

2 iPhones, 1 iPad2, 1 Apple TV.

All my computers are windows though, because I need something to yell at, now that I'm retired!

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This is an excellent book which requires slow and attentive reading. Because I'm both 'slow and attentive' reading deficient, I've read it twice. Do yourself a favour and read it (at least once). I guarantee you will learn something about yourself, and many others who are (of course) totally irratio...

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I think I need a set of those new 'algorithmically balanced' darts. Next year look out!

Congrats to the winners, eh!

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If not previously mentioned the Oct 13th 2011 paper on behavioral issues affecting purchasing annuities might be a good addition to the Wiki: "Annuity Puzzles" Bernartzi, Previtero, Thaler "Abstract: We analyze the long-standing “annuity puzzle” through the lens of behavioral economic...

Even after all the the years what happened on this day in 1963 is still etched on my brain. I was in high school writing a composition exam. Needless to say I had difficulty focusing. Where were you? I'll bet most of us sixtyish and older will remember exactly what we were doing when the world stopp...

I have a Kindle 3 (wifi only) and an iPad 2. I prefer the Kindle for books (e-ink is easier on the eyes than back light IMO, and the Kindle is also much lighter), however the iPad rocks for magazines and newspapers. Since getting the iPad I have cancelled all paper magazine and newspaper subscriptio...

Great fact based podcast. Thanks Larry for your continued contribution to this forum. BTW I'm looking forward to reading your newest book, 'Investment Mistakes Even Smart People Make.' Is it still being released in Dec.? Also will it be released on Kindle first (like Alpha)? I was almost finished Al...

Case in point, Canada socialized medicine has created the situation that it takes 18 weeks to get an appointment with a GP, primary health care provider. You are wrong, however there will be no debate from me (discussing this is contrary to forum rules). The facts: I'm 63 and have lived in Canada a...

If the speed of light can in fact be exceeded, we have a wonderful specimen of a Black Swan. Who could have thought of that? Well, that's precisely the point of Black Swans. Noble Prize winners will come and go. Nassim Nicolas Taleb is forever. Victoria If time travel is possible there will be no s...

VictoriaF wrote: Think of the market timing opportunities time travel will offer!

Victoria

And all Black Swans would turn white again. Professor Taleb, 'You're fired!'

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Use reverse psychology.

Do what you would have done had the markets gone up (not down).

Do you really think this week's market will matter in the long run? I don't, and I don't think Jack does either.

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I think William Bernstein notes that over 40% (50%?) of institutional equity investment is indexed. You Larry Swedroe quoted these numbers in his 'The Quest for Alpha' presentation which I attended last month. "An interesting statistic Swedroe gave was that while passive investing among instit...

Nisi, when I list my wrong predictions I usually use numbers. I find using the alphabet far too limiting :-( Welcome to a very exclusive club, the 5% of the general population who don't raise their hands when asked if their predictive skills are better than average. SB... worse than average and lovi...

I like those HP Laserjets. They still supply drivers under Windows 7 for 20 year old laser printers. Paul Yup... have an old HP 4L Laserjet (prob 15 yrs old) which our son is using at university... NP running Win 7. This is the first printer I owned and it's still running. Since then I've totaled a...

Yesterday a couple of us had a very enjoyable breakfast with Larry Swedroe and Jared Kiser, (Buckingham Asset Management associate and co-author of 'The only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need.') It's very nice to meet people I've spent many hours with in the book world. Their 'real l...

However, the Kindle is helping me read so much more, filling a lot of my free moments with reading. For that, it seems entirely worth the $114 cost. I find myself going through books at a much quicker pace, likely due to the small space of the Kindle and not having to keep track of bookmarks or pag...

Larry Swedroe will be giving a talk in Edmonton July 22nd at 08:00 AM. This is a private event, however there is still some space open for general admission. It's free however reservations are required. If you will be in the Edmonton / Calgary area on July 22nd and would like to attend please PM me ...

tdhg566 wrote:I use Ascendo Datavault. The iPhone app and the PC app sync wirelessly.

+1... works great, and is very convenient. I seem to be using it more and more as my 'brain mellows'

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Googling "Darwin Awards" guess what I came up with?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zervas/231273072/

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My avatar is about unexpected bumps in life (investing and others)


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Bodie paper (circa 1995) "ABSTRACT This paper examines the proposition that investing in common stocks is less risky the longer an investor plans to hold them. If the proposition were true, then the cost of insuring against earning less than the risk-free rate of interest should decline as the ...

We own a 2005 Sienna LE, and it's been trouble free other than a door hinge problem. This hinge issue is quite common and is covered by a secret warranty (beyond the normal 3 yr one)- Note I'm in Canada, however I assume the same is true in the US. The fix for us involved getting a new drivers door,...

Slightly off topic. A trick I learned at Boglehead's 9 ( (Philadelphia) on our visit to Vanguard: Qouting Christine Benz: "The Stress-Test At the same time, I completely agree that it's a good strategy to stress-test your bond holdings to see exactly how much interest-rate sensitivity is lurkin...

This is a biggy... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304906004576369990616694366.html?mod=e2tw "The Lockheed attack showed that it was technologically feasible to hack a third-party using data taken from RSA, and the defense contractor may not be the last example.Mr. Coviello said t...

In Australia VTI or VEU have the same ER as in the US. It's their Australian mutual funds that are expensive. Are you saying that these ETFs are available in Ausi dollars at the same ER as their US counterparts? If so this is a big deal b/c although we can buy the USD version in Canada (at US ERs) ...