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Thanks to the OP for sharing. Examples like yours provide a cautionary tale to consider as newer, seemingly vetted approaches hit the market. Thank you.

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Glad to see after Moderators banned Larry Swedrow's columns (see recent thread) that we are still having Larry's columns here. Yes! Freedom of ideas wins. Article was posted prior to my receiving the request to refrain from posting his essays. Dave Disappointed to read this. I always enjoy reading ...

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In the article I wrote, I stated: " There is at least a 10-20% chance of a 60-90% market decline over the next three decades. " With two 50%+ off sales since 2000, I don't think this is a remote possibility. I’d love to read more of your thoughts on this possibility. Do you believe this to be a rea...

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Interesting. I recall an article some years back that the SCV premium was due to a few stocks having a lottery like return rather than an across the board effect of all stocks in the category. Could it be that as you reduce the field of SCV stocks by adding other factor constraints, then the likelih...

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I’ve been intrigued with PE since reading Swensen’s original book. With an at cost fund from a firm aligned with investors interests, I’ll give it a serious look.

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I personally would not be comfortable with a natural gas pipeline easement due to the risk of explosion. (Admittedly rare). I would confirm it is petroleum pipeline rather than natural gas. Have you seen an oil spill? I would not have a moment's peace owning that house. Never seen an issue. My unde...

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We bought a home with petroleum pipeline easement. Unable to build on their easement and subject to pipeline access at any point. No issues in eight years of living here and we made peace with these restrictions because of the other attributes of the home/yard. I understand pipeline companies do per...

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I track $ saved per year relative to my goal.

I track current portfolio asset allocation by % so that new monies can be used to true up actual portfolio allocations vs my IPS as $ are saved.

Mid accumulation phase of life.

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~35,000 people die from motor vehicle accidents in the US. For every person killed in a motor vehicle accident, 8 were hospitalized and 99 were treated and released from an emergency department for a MVA. (Source CDC Injury Center). According to a recent NY times article, lifetime odds of dying in a...

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My new favorite tool. Very helpful.

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Full body resistance training two sixty minute sessions weekly with trainer including some HIIT Pilates session weekly. Three-four runs per week averaging ~ thirty minutes. Mid fourties trying to maintain overall health. Periodically I’ve been having vo2max and ventilatory threshold testing most re...

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Full body resistance training two sixty minute sessions weekly with trainer including some HIIT Pilates session weekly. Three-four runs per week averaging ~ thirty minutes. Mid fourties trying to maintain overall health. Periodically I’ve been having vo2max and ventilatory threshold testing most rec...

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Cycle- Thanks for setting me straight. I was wrong. But, HOLY CRAP, auto deaths are outrageous. I still find it hard to believe, but the numbers are right there. WOW! Thanks for the links. When I became aware of this statistic, it changed how I view automobiles and now only purchase the “safest” ve...

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Marcopolo, This is at the limits of my knowledge, but here’s my answer anyways. First of all, I believe CCFs I think provide the best protection in inflationary times when stocks and bonds tank. 2007-9 was deflationary period. So a different type of risk showed up. As far as why no more CCF recomme...

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Forbes article on the question,

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleeta ... 38939a227f

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If safety is paramount, then the Tesla Model X is the safest SUV ever created, and the only one ever to get a 5-star crash rating in every NHTSA category: https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/13/tesla-model-x-earns-a-perfect-nhtsa-safety-rating/ I don’t own one, but I’ve driven one, and it is a blast t...

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We buy one year old Mercedes CPO which has unlimited mile warranty for one year after the new vehicle four year warranty. Some times dealers will throw in some prepaid maintenance plans. We search the Mercedes website for CPO vehicles with the safety features we require. I splurged this year and got...

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We recently looked at this and the winner for us was the Mercedes GLE/GLS. It has consistently high ratings across IIHS and NHTSA testing and also has exceedingly low driver fatality data as reported by IIHS. We also looked at Volvo XC90 but IIHS gives it only marginal headlight rating. In terms of ...

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This seems like a concerning trend in the direction of socially conscious investing. (Which has been shown to underperform http://www.etf.com/sections/index-inves ... nopaging=1)

Sending a note to the flagship rep and plan to monitor.

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We attempt to anchor on two numbers, i) the total dividend dollars per year thrown off by our portfolio and ii) our total dollars saved per year (relative to our annual savings goal). I would advise backing away from i - anchoring on dividends could motivate chasing yield when total returns are wha...

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We attempt to anchor on two numbers, i) the total dividend dollars per year thrown off by our portfolio and ii) our total dollars saved per year (relative to our annual savings goal).

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We tax loss harvested six figures but were net purchasers through the period.

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Beyond liquidity and credit risk, it seems like there is also the risk of change in tax policy/rate?

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I appreciate all of the recommendations. We are prime and have several amazon packages weekly so it is a big change for us. I had hoped for a better response from amazon about the process they are using to "hire" the "uber delivery people" but instead received a free month of prime with a non-respon...

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Recently we've noticed Amazon has started using an "uber-like" model for their deliveries with some scary looking individuals in their personal vehicles delivering packages to our front door without any identifiable markings, id's, signage, etc. I emailed Amazon to better understand their vetting pr...

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Similar age and similar portfolio size here. We're at 100% stock because i) reasonable expectation of significant future portfolio contributions, ii) dividends from portfolio, even in a bear market would go a long way towards meeting minimum basic monthly expenses, iii) realistically looking at inve...

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Hire a trainer to optimize health.

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Your EM fund has WAY outperformed the typical EM fund then. Vanguard's EM fund with admiral shares (VEMAX) is only up 9.18% as of today. DGS bought on 1/15/2016 when grap0013 recommended it is up 23+% at end of today not counting dividends which would add another 4% or so. :) Total return for share...

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Reviving this. Going to be 6 years now for International/EM to underperform. Reversion to mean is getting more and more frustrating but hopefully likely. How is EM getting lumped in without mentioning the great year it has had. My EM fund is up 19.29% YTD and that is after an almost 3% drop last we...

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I was a DIY VG Boglehead 2001-2009. As I read more and learned more I became interested in tilting. The overwhelming majority of my savings are taxable though, so I started thinking towards DFA tax Managed value funds. The problem is that the ER differences and Advisor AUM fee are certain, but the ...

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Interesting question.

I would guess the risk is reflected in the increased standard deviation/volatility and not a separate identifiable factor but with usual caveats of a very limited data set.

Curious to learn the answer though -

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Since having Alexa, Amazon prime's music service has become increasingly valuable to our household. It was a surprise huge hit with kids and adults over the holidays.

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4. How much has a value tilt cost me over the last 10 years? I have a 75:25 stock:bond portfolio with a small cap and value tilted portfolio (0.2 size and 0.4 value load target). My annualized returns have been +0.3% higher than a 75:25 World Total Stock:US Total Bond portfolio over last 10 years, ...

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The OP's points are even more pronounced when looking at investor/dollar weighted returns. Looking at M* investor returns, the 15 yr returns are 7.32% for VTSMX vs 8.39% for DFSVX. The 10 yr returns are 8.2% for VTSMX vs 4.56% for DFSVX. Investor dollars newly invested in the DFA approach over the l...

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In addition to the other great options, Kentucky Down Under with the kangaroos is fairly unique and probably worth the stop.

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When I read the thread titled I wondered if sin stocks would provide additional returns and wonder even more so after reading the thread. Hmmm, another factor :D On a serous note, perhaps it might be simpler to buy the TSM fund and then short the few stocks/sectors which bother you to net a neutral...

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When I read the thread titled I wondered if sin stocks would provide additional returns and wonder even more so after reading the thread. Hmmm, another factor :D On a serous note, perhaps it might be simpler to buy the TSM fund and then short the few stocks/sectors which bother you to net a neutral ...

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BruDude wrote:There is value in keeping the employees happy, but where is the line drawn?

Each year we've asked ourselves this question and this seems likely to be the year where the line is drawn unhappily and with much angst.

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Has the group looked into self-funded plans with a stop-loss? Often a good alternative to fully-insured plans depending on the area/industry and overall health of the group. This is what we've had the past few years with a single random extraordinarily high claims individual each year. This year re...

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Is there a way to provide employees a dollar stipend to buy health insurance on their own in the open market or through the exchanges (or other health related services) that is not taxable to the employee as a benefit? Is offering an employer purchased group health plan the only way that this cost d...

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high yield corporates makes more sense than this. Why? They have reasonably high correlation with publicly traded equities as well as with higher quality bonds. Whereas P2PL seem to have very low correlation with both. Sure, the data is limited, but at what point would you judge it to be enough. 20...

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To me, the graph eloquently shows that an investor tilting to either should be prepared to have extended periods of underperformance/tracking error.

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What is the correlation? I have found most claims are to the contrary: http://www.lendingmemo.com/p2p-lending-uncorrelated-asset-class/ http://peerfinance101.com/avoid-3-investment-risks-peer-lending/ https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=133307 https://daraalbright.files.wordpress.com/2...

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Online peer-to-peer lending was still very much in its infancy during the last recession so I am looking forward to seeing how it fairs during the next one. My sneaking suspicion is that these loans are going to be among the first things people stop paying when things get tough. http://www.lendacad...

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Philador is legit. Many of our patients save money buying their medications through the manufacturer partnered specialty pharmacy. Not sure how Valeants current situation (i.e., the manufacturer specialty partnered pharamacy being investigated by the Feds) is going to impact this model in coming mon...

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I've always thought that these types of articles would be more meaningful to the typical reader if they more accurately reflected typical accumulation/decummulation patterns rather than a single start/stop date. The vast majority of us have many starting points and ending dates for investment dollar...

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As I read the article, the graph does not include periodic contributions throughout the the 20 year period?

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Unfortunately Vanguard's small cap fund used to be tied to the R2k, an awful index which underperformed by something like 2% a year because it was easily exploited Hope that helpful Larry I don't believe this applies to Vanguard's small value fund though. From the wiki; The Vanguard Small Cap, Smal...

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