Bogleheads

My wife and I are considering a trip to Italy, but would prefer not to be part of a large tour group shuffled from place to place on a bus. I've heard of personalized tours with a guide/driver and eve ...

Well, I'm going out into the wilderness for a few weeks. I probably won't be back here till the 25th of November or later. So here is a little something to remember me by. Wink

For all you mu ...

That was great! What the heck did we all do before internet?

Sat in coffee houses and taverns, drank coffee, talked politics, economics, investing, sports and in general had a good time.

Perhap ...

Owning a small amount of gold for diversification makes sense to me.

I own a gold wedding ring, although only one. I don't think my wife would approve of diversification. Laughing

Rick Ferri

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India just bought 200 tons

I thought this stuff was rare?

It is relatively speaking. One could fit all the above ground gold supply in a 30 by 30 yard cube. Now how much that weighs I don't kn ...

Very insightful article. If other fiat currencies collapse, it will tend to drive the demand for gold, not necessarily the dollar.

Gold is bedrock for me. It isn't so much about a "return on ...

mathu1968: do you do that through the Permanent Portfolio Fund?

No I do it through using vanguard funds for my cash, bonds and stocks, and gold bullion for that portion of the portfolio. The cheap ...

Glad you guys like it.

You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. I admire creativity and talent like that.

In my philosophical training I learned the three transcendentals are Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. There is nothi ...

You've got to be kidding. Making an allocation is not performance chasing. The articles were all about a long term investment. Some of you guys see my name come up and jump to conclusions a littl ...

Owning a small amount of gold for diversification makes sense to me.

I own a gold wedding ring, although only one. I don't think my wife would approve of diversification. Laughing

Rick Ferri

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Owning a small amount of gold for diversification makes sense to me.

I would only add this. I found this clip from today that I think is relevant to understanding the role of gold in ones over all ...

I was once explained by someone that gold is better viewed as a "store of value".

Example was given:

Year 1900 what would an ounce of gold buy? A very nice retail men's suit.

Take ...

This cannot be true. There are thousands of created companies that have not "collapsed into bankruptcy."

Try rewording your post and back it up with a source.

You of course are correc ...

Here is a strong argument for making a 5-20% IMHO allocation into gold for the long term. In fact two excellent articles.

You would have never seen this performance chasing in gold during the ...

Here is a strong argument for making a 5-20% IMHO allocation into gold for the long term. In fact two excellent articles.

Looking at a couple of the recent threads you've started I'm getting the i ...

Here is a rather interesting Sound of Music rendition.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

enjoy.

This is great! The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

enjoy,

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/028376.html

In the history of the world, every company ever created as eventually collapsed into bankruptcy. Even the largest, such as the Dutch East India Company and the Hudson Bay Company, which act as quasi-g ...

Just in case you missed it, I am bumping this up. Something beautiful.

all the best.

Here is a strong argument for making a 5-20% IMHO allocation into gold for the long term. In fact two excellent articles.

http://www.thedailycrux.com/content/3264/Gold

http://goldmoney.com/comm ...

Very insightful article. If other fiat currencies collapse, it will tend to drive the demand for gold, not necessarily the dollar.

Gold is bedrock for me. It isn't so much about a "return on ...

Gold bullion and gold stocks are very different investments. I wouldn't at all comsider them interchangable. Stocks add leverage at times, but they can often act quite differently than gold bullion. ...

Here is a rather interesting and indepth article on the radical difference between gold bullion and gold stocks as investment vehicles.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/casey/casey32.1.html

all the be ...

I've been slowing transitioning into the real estate investing business over the last few years, and I have come to believe that can certainly be a great investment but for most it isn't.

So many s ...

As an academic scientist, I would like to say that is one terribly written abstract. I'm certainly not going to bother with the paper.

It is great when a professional writes something like this. ...

Here is a great article that references John Bogle. It refers to his book The battle for the soul of capitalism, along with other writers. Hopefully we can carry Jack's reforming spirit forward.

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Fluffystaken,

Thanks. That makes some sense...especially since historical stock P/E ratios on average I believe have been around 14/1 if memory serves. Maybe that has something to do with that re ...

Nisiprius,

I agree with you. I guess it is because too many like me have never heard it used in such a brilliant manner.

You have got to listen to this. Vivaldi's "Summer" on an "accordian." Amazing.

http://djallyn.org/archives/5639

Seems pretty obvious to me that real estate that doesn't provide income isn't an investment. Non-financially educated people tend to use the word "investment" quite broadly.

Not tru ...

Real estate can generate income. If it is your home, there is the imputed income in not having to pay rent that was mentioned above.

unfortunately, you still have to pay the mortgage every month ( ...

I'm glad some of you "enjoyed" it. History isn't always enjoyable, but I like to think the better we know history the less likely we will repeat its bad features.

I didn't agree with all ...

Now, please don't get me in trouble with the moderators. I know this guy has political opinions. But in this clip, he stays away from those and focuses on an investment issue that comes up with many ...

I just ordered this biography about Ludwig von Mises. I already know a lot about his amazing life. From the reviews I am very much looking forward to reading this soon to be classis.

http://mises ...

We are in a catch 22. If the fed ends their programs, we pressure debt. If it continues them, it pressures the dollar via inflation.

I say let's save the dollar and with it the little guy and cre ...

Here's the punch line:

These studies show that looking for patterns and studying historical stock price charts is simply a waste of time. Your time would be much better spent on other endeavors. I ...

Personally, I only look at things using a "fundamental analysis." "Technical analysis" just seems like a pseudo science. I really appreciated Malkiel's analysis and comparison of ...

Now, please don't get me in trouble with the moderators. I know this guy has political opinions. But in this clip, he stays away from those and focuses on an investment issue that comes up with many ...

When W. Edwards Demming was teaching the Japanese how to improve quality of goods and services in the 1960s, Japanese executives were making 7x what the workers were. In the U.S. at that time, executi ...

Here is a great article that references John Bogle. It refers to his book The battle for the soul of capitalism, along with other writers. Hopefully we can carry Jack's reforming spirit forward.

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Here is a fascinating and thought provoking video on the eightieth anniversary of Black Thursday, and the people and events that led to it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=72336223240686405 ...

Here is some background on Dr. Zepf and his theory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kingsley_Zipf

Here is a very good article that explains why you might want gold, the drawbacks, and answers some of the criticisms and concerns. Specifically, why gold has no intrinsic value.

http://www.lewrock ...

For those who think they have a pretty good idea about what the future holds, I would like you to read the following piece written by Ron Paul:

The recent chaos in the money markets is telling us t ...

I haven't been on the board much lately. What's up with commodities? Everybody was talking about them a few years ago. What have I missed?
The latest explanation for runup in oil is due to the weaken ...

"Growth is slow, yet prices are rising. These signals are in conflict. Anyone have a better explanation?" Yes, there is an economic explanation. Regardless of what we commonly hear in th ...

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Agreed, except for the "especially now" part. It's always equally important to be diversified against any type of diversifiable risk.

If you look at the level of debt, devaluation of ...

As of the writing of the article it held 18 billion worth of gold. He also noted when the price of gold temporarily came down in 2008 the amount of sales of shares only mimiced that of those of us wh ...