Bogleheads

With a wife who is 74, you have to plan for the next 20 years. With that in mind, I think you need to be invested in stocks.

I've read estimates of how long a car lasts range from 145000-170000 miles. As for years, 15 is what I've read. Conventional wisdom is that almost any well maintained car should last 100000 miles, a ...

After taxes, inflation and expenses, it can be difficult to not lose money in fixed income investing outside tax sheltered accounts. A conservative rule of thumb is that the percentage of one's portfo ...

I don't own any GNMA bonds. Is there a diversification benefit of mortgage investing due to decreased correlation with other fixed income investing? What is the relative return of mortgage investing ...

I'm a conventional stock/fixed income investor. When it comes to fixed income, I've focused on government and corporate bonds. Should I be thinking about mortgage investing?

The words "mortg ...

The financial services industry has had some innovative products, such as index funds and ETFs, that have significantly helped investors. There is a need for a financial service, other than shorting, ...

About South Korean stocks, I wouldn't be surprised if they're chronically depressed due to the political situation. If North Korea stopped being a threat, I wouldn't be surprised if South Korean stoc ...

The following is taken from William Bernstein, The Intelligent Asset Allocator, 2000.

p. 164 "The P/B of the S&P is currently 10.5 It has never been even remotely this high except once be ...

I have almost all of my portfolio in index funds. However, I'd like to comment on a weakness of indexing. In 1987, the entire Japanese stock market had a P/E ratio than 60. In 1989, the value of th ...

Why do I want to read more? I enjoy reading about investment, and want to be a better investor. In terms of knowledge, I don't compare myself to other investors. I may or may not know more than oth ...

I've read the following books:
Bogle on Mutual Funds Jack Bogle
Common Sense on Mutual Funds Jack Bogle
A Random Walk Down Wall Street Burton Malkiel
The Four Pillars of Investing William Bernstei ...

I am a lumper, but would prefer to be a splitter. My tax advantaged accounts are a relatively small part of my overall portfolio. I have bonds in my tax advantaged accounts. This means that I would ...

I watch Mad Money, a fact that I perhaps should keep secret on the Bogleheads forum. Why? He is entertaining. It also reminds me that I should stick with index investing.

I have heard of the momentum risk premium. I have never heard of how the average investor can use this premium, as is commonly done with the small cap premium and the value risk premium.

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I thank am for the comment. A tilt hopes to take advantage of the small cap risk premium and the value risk premium. One gets a premium because one is taking a risk. There is a risk, just as am say ...

How much should one tilt towards small cap and value? I realize that there are many out there, including John Bogle, who would argue that you shouldn't tilt at all. But is there any research, such a ...

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The above post is about the liquidity risk premium, and to a much lesser extent, about the interest risk premium, the credit ris ...

"Investing is about taking risk. Being thoughtful about it. Prudent. And stacking the odds in your favour when you can. Risk is the fuel that drives a portfolio. It must be present to generate re ...

About currency risk, on January 21/02, the Canadian dollar reached a low of $US0.6179. On November 6/07, the Canadian dollar reached a high of $US1.0767. If you were a retiree living off your invest ...

What do the advisors at Vanguard suggest?

When you invest outside the USA, you take on currency risk. More importantly, the USA has been a great sucess story for investors. By the way, I'm not American.

Last week, I got a lump sum to invest from an inheritance. I wish I'd gotten it back in March. Now the market is up approximately 30%, and stocks are no longer as cheap as they once were.

One scho ...