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May 31st, 2010 at 6:50 pm »
Comments Off How have lazy portfolios performed so far in 2010? How do you get started investing in the Permanent Portfolio?
MMM-178: A Look Back, A Look Forward [35:49m]:
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Review the performance of Lazy Portfolios
Why does risk matter?
Which account holds which asset?
How to buy bonds?
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May 5th, 2010 at 11:41 am »
Comments Off I present Harry Browne’s 16 Golden Rules of Financial Safety and talk about his Permanent Portfolio.
MMM-177: Harry Browne's 16 Golden Rules of Financial Safety [34:17m]:
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April 9th, 2010 at 11:29 am »
Comments Off Mulch Guy showed up. EPCOT Candy Lady. GURU MediumTex. Quotes. What’s UP with UP? Voiceover class. TOO: FireCalc. Bonus: iPad unboxing.
MMM-176: Things Are Messed UP [58:50m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
Mulch Guy showed up. Why didn’t we get his phone number?
How can Candy Lady at EPCOT remain enthusiastic after all these years?
GURU: MediumTex, world’s most ardent advocate for the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio. Read MediumTex at Bogleheads.org.
Harry Browne Quote of the Week
Wise words from Reagan’s first inaugural .
Things are Messed UP.
Voiceover Class. Is everything a scam?
Have you watched the YouTube videos I put together for IFA? See previous posts here on the blog.
TOOL: FireCalc to see if you have enough money.
BONUS SEGMENT: iPad Unboxing.
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February 28th, 2010 at 12:06 pm »
Comments Off Disney World in Feb. iPhone and earphones. Jakob Fugger. VBR, VWO, TLT, GLD, SHY: The Perfect Portfolio. Tool: My Personal Index. Lego Mindstorms.
MMM-175: The Perfect Portfolio [31:29m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
Our trip to Disney World
iPhone volume knob broke off
Got the new iPhone 3GS. Fast!
Bought iPhone earphones on eBay for 7 bucks. Not bad!
GURU: Jakob Fugger “Fugger the Rich”
Harry Browne’s portfolio recommendations. His book Fail-Safe Investing .
He talked about TLT, the 20+ yr Treasury Bond fund.
Here’s the Perfect Portfolio (for me): 13% VBR, 12% VWO, 25% TLT, 25% GLD, 25% SHY.
TOOL: My Personal Index for Windows. Mac and Linux versions may be coming soon. Version 3 also due.
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January 29th, 2010 at 1:18 pm »
Comments Off Harry Browne. Etymotic ear phones are sturdy. Sortino Ratio. GURU Richard Maybury. Broken Window Fallacy. Hybrid School Bus. Economics of Recycling. BRK/B split 50:1. Bing cashback. No deer. TOOL: Readability.
MMM-174: Money Talk [58:22m]:
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A tribute to Harry Browne
Opening theme by Bob Crosby, Come Back Sweet Papa
Etymotic ear phones are the most sturdy I’ve found.
How should I use Facebook?
How does anyone read the important stuff from Twitter?
Sortino ratio doesn’t penalize upswings as risk
My iPad predictions results
GURU: Richard Maybury. He writes the Early Warning Report . He has a YouTube channel worth watching.
Harry Browne talks about the Broken Window Fallacy in his 2004-12-05 Money Talk radio show.
Our county bought a hybrid school bus… to save money.
The Economics of Recycling
The Berkshire Hathaway 50:1 stock split.
Bing Cashback still works. Buy your gold eagle coins now.
No deer this year.
TOOL: Readability will help you read web articles
You gotta watch Fear the Boom and Bust
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January 13th, 2010 at 1:08 pm »
Comments Off The devaluation in Venezuela. Lazy Portfolio analysis. The Riskcog.com portfolio analysis tool. iPad predictions.
MMM-173: iPad Predictions [38:40m]:
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The devaluation of the bolivar in Venezuela.
Randy Stonehill’s The Sky is Falling and Venezuela .
I review the analysis I recently did (here on these pages) of adding gold to lazy portfolios.
Using Excel Solver to find the best portfolio from the past.
TOOL: Riskcog.com Reduce Risk
I give my wish list and predictions for the upcoming Apple iPad (iTablet, iSlate, or iBook?)
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January 5th, 2010 at 1:23 pm »
Comments Off The Gift Card Store. Lazy Portfolios analyzed. Cheap Gas! 2010 (the movie). The tax on gold. End the Fed.
MMM-172: The Year We Make Contact [31:41m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
Bruce Cockburn’s Making Contact
How about a gift card to the Gift Card Store?
Lazy Portfolios reviewed for the past 3 years
Risk vs. Return on select lazy portfolios
Game: Race for the Galaxy (#12 at Boardgamegeek.com) Very Fun!
the tax on gold
Change for $6.18
Inspectd.com gone bye-bye
Foliodex.com gone bye-bye
Tool: Cheap Gas! on the iPhone
A trillion is a million million
End the Fed. Read it.
Check out MoveYourMoney.info
IFAradio.com is a new podcast with the same guys from Sound Investing podcast.
2010: Odyssey Two and 2010 (The Year We Make Contact)
I hope you have a happy… (2010 and twenty teens.) [Audio file cut off a couple of seconds early.]
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December 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm »
Comments Off Tiger’s Song. Tool: EzBacktest. Scary movies. Impact of inflation on stock prices. Improved Permanent Portfolio? Paul Samuelson.
MMM-171: Last Show of the Decade [31:31m]:
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Tiger’s Song . I predict he will play in the Master’s this year.
Scary movies: Food, Inc. (on DVD) and Collapse (not yet on DVD)
What would be the impact of runaway inflation on stock prices?
Tool: EzBacktest Needs the ability to measure risk and not just returns.
Can we do just a little bit better than the Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio? How about using IFA Index Portfolio 25 for the stocks, bonds, and cash portion?
Guru: Paul Samuelson (flashback to show 52) and read the requiem .
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December 6th, 2009 at 11:22 am »
Comments Off Tiger Woods reads Physics book. Santa Got a Bailout. GoogleFinance’s closeyest attribute. Guru is Charles Goyette and his book Dollar Meltdown.
The Dollar Meltdown [28:28m]:
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Song: Our Winter Wonderland from Sunshine Collective .
Tiger Woods reading a Physics book ?
TOOL: =GoogleFinance(symb, “closeyest”)
Song: Santa Got a Bailout from Eddy Delbridge
GURU: Charles Goyette and his book The Dollar Meltdown
We are entering Tax-Loss Harvest season
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November 19th, 2009 at 11:41 am »
Comments Off Twenty hours in the woods. The Lost Symbol. The Lost Voice. Q-School. Gerald Celente. V. Big Break. Matrix. Mad Max.
MMM-169: The Deer Hunter [33:39m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
My tale of the invisible deer.
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol
My Lost Voice
Tiger wins a golf tournament.
It is Q-School season.
TOOL: Deer Hunter
GURU: Gerald Celente
V, The Big Break, Matrix, Mad Max
Berkshire B to spit 50:1. Wanna buy 49?
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November 11th, 2009 at 2:49 pm »
Comments Off Cramer’s 12 Stocks to Play in Recovery. Carry Trade and You. Wegman’s. Vitamin D3. Phil’s whiff.
MMM-168: Carry Trade [21:22m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
Cramer’s 12 Stocks to play in the Recovery. From his book Getting Back to Even and from his web site (google it). Follow the portfolio in Icarra .
Carry Trade. When dollar stops falling, watch out , says Roubini. Karl says there is a direct inverse correlation between the dollar index and the S&P 500 index.
Wegman’s
Vitamin D3
Phil’s Whiff.
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