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Re: LadyGeek -- the next 10K poster!

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

Congratulations!

SB...
by speedbump101
Sun May 05, 2013 1:21 pm
 
Forum: Local Chapters and Bogleheads Community
Topic: LadyGeek -- the next 10K poster!
Replies: 27
Views: 1986

Re: is window 8 good ??

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

SB...
by speedbump101
Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:41 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: is window 8 good ??
Replies: 49
Views: 3290

Re: Best/Favorite ipad Apps

-Zinio
-Press Reader (Newspapers)
-Hootsuite (twitter)
-Flipboard
-Alien Blue (Reddit)
-Urban Spoon
-Open Table
-Evernote
-NPR
-Kindle App
-Chrome (Browser)
-Dropbox

SB...
by speedbump101
Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:45 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Best/Favorite ipad Apps
Replies: 23
Views: 2378

Re: Coursera On Line Course

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 ...
by speedbump101
Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:51 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Coursera On Line Course
Replies: 49
Views: 3914

Re: Coursera On Line Course

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...
by speedbump101
Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:12 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Coursera On Line Course
Replies: 49
Views: 3914

Re: Coursera On Line Course

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

Cheers,
SB...
by speedbump101
Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:09 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Coursera On Line Course
Replies: 49
Views: 3914

Jim Otar Revisited 'Unveiling the Retirement Myth'

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...
by speedbump101
Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:39 am
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Jim Otar Revisited 'Unveiling the Retirement Myth'
Replies: 11
Views: 3256

Re: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"

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...
by speedbump101
Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:23 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"
Replies: 87
Views: 6738

Re: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"

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 ...
by speedbump101
Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:08 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"
Replies: 87
Views: 6738

Re: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"

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

Cheers,
SB...
by speedbump101
Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:56 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"
Replies: 87
Views: 6738

Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"

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...
by speedbump101
Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:21 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Dr.W Pfau: "Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"
Replies: 87
Views: 6738

Re: Do you use Social Media?

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:35 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Do you use Social Media?
Replies: 45
Views: 2572

Re: Do you use Social Media?

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:13 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Do you use Social Media?
Replies: 45
Views: 2572

Re: Do you use Social Media?

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Oct 01, 2012 3:49 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Do you use Social Media?
Replies: 45
Views: 2572

Re: Do you use Social Media?

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:48 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Do you use Social Media?
Replies: 45
Views: 2572

Re: "An Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:33 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: "An Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"
Replies: 51
Views: 5851

Re: "An Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:42 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: "An Efficient Frontier for Retirement Income"
Replies: 51
Views: 5851

Wade Pfau on 'The Toughest Retirement Decision'

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...
by speedbump101
Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:40 am
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Wade Pfau on 'The Toughest Retirement Decision'
Replies: 32
Views: 3262

A Letter to My Son: Financial Advice for Life

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


SB...
by speedbump101
Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:54 pm
 
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: A Letter to My Son: Financial Advice for Life
Replies: 31
Views: 3279

Re: bogleheads.org under attack - may cause login problems

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' :-)

SB...
by speedbump101
Tue May 08, 2012 2:30 pm
 
Forum: Forum Issues and Administration
Topic: bogleheads.org attacked - some accounts hijacked
Replies: 107
Views: 11483

Re: Results of gently following mainstream trends?

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...
by speedbump101
Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:21 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Results of gently following mainstream trends?
Replies: 25
Views: 1402

Re: Allan Roth's 2nd Article on DFA

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. ...
by speedbump101
Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:51 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Allan Roth's 2nd Article on DFA
Replies: 103
Views: 6937

Re: What's Your Favorite Username?

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 ...
by speedbump101
Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:30 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What's Your Favorite Username?
Replies: 89
Views: 3558

Re: Do you own Apple products?

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! :-)

SB...
by speedbump101
Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:20 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Do you own Apple products?
Replies: 114
Views: 3879

Re: Thinking Fast and Slow

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...
by speedbump101
Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:53 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Thinking Fast and Slow
Replies: 80
Views: 5404

Re: 2011 BOGLEHEAD CONTEST ENDS IN A TIE

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

Congrats to the winners, eh!

SB...
by speedbump101
Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:58 am
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: 2011 BOGLEHEAD CONTEST ENDS IN A TIE
Replies: 37
Views: 2492

Re: Suggestions for the Wiki

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...
by speedbump101
Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:37 pm
 
Forum: Local Chapters and Bogleheads Community
Topic: Suggestions for the Wiki
Replies: 213
Views: 51516

November 22nd

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...
by speedbump101
Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:55 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: November 22nd
Replies: 13
Views: 908

Re: Book e readers

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...
by speedbump101
Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:54 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Book e readers
Replies: 23
Views: 1106

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...
by speedbump101
Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:52 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Larry's latest conference call
Replies: 16
Views: 1603

Re: LTCI

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:09 pm
 
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Long-Term Care
Replies: 140
Views: 7359

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...
by speedbump101
Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:23 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Faster than light travel
Replies: 39
Views: 2724

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!' :lol:

SB...
by speedbump101
Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:27 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Faster than light travel
Replies: 39
Views: 2724

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.

SB...
by speedbump101
Fri Aug 19, 2011 9:18 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Help with Personal Investments
Topic: How should I spend a weekend after a week of losses?
Replies: 68
Views: 6082

Re: Any pension plans using Boglehead approach?

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...
by speedbump101
Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:28 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Any pension plans using Boglehead approach?
Replies: 6
Views: 854

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...
by speedbump101
Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:36 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Post your WRONG predictions here
Replies: 76
Views: 5156

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...
by speedbump101
Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:51 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: HP printer - ink cartridge replacement
Replies: 33
Views: 5988

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...
by speedbump101
Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:28 am
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Larry Swedroe in Edmonton (Canada) July 22nd
Replies: 2
Views: 621

Re: Kindle: Loving it

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...
by speedbump101
Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:38 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Kindle: Loving it
Replies: 66
Views: 5778

Larry Swedroe in Edmonton (Canada) July 22nd

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 ...
by speedbump101
Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:41 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Larry Swedroe in Edmonton (Canada) July 22nd
Replies: 2
Views: 621

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' :-(

SB...
by speedbump101
Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:17 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Password Program
Replies: 18
Views: 2441

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

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

SB...
by speedbump101
Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:58 am
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Any barefoot mowers?
Replies: 67
Views: 5274

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


(insert blank space to ensure avatar is smaller than posted text) :-)



SB...
by speedbump101
Fri Jun 17, 2011 1:30 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What inspired your avatar?
Replies: 79
Views: 4722

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 ...
by speedbump101
Wed Jun 15, 2011 2:51 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Are Stocks Less Risky as Horizon lengthens
Replies: 55
Views: 4747

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,...
by speedbump101
Thu Jun 09, 2011 12:52 am
 
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Used 2005 Toyota Sienna
Replies: 34
Views: 2378

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...
by speedbump101
Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:22 am
 
Forum: Investing - Help with Personal Investments
Topic: Duration
Replies: 8
Views: 985

RSA Security Breach

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...
by speedbump101
Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:53 pm
 
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: RSA Security Breach
Replies: 13
Views: 1592

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) ...
by speedbump101
Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:41 pm
 
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Vanguard coming to Canada?
Replies: 43
Views: 5195
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