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January 29th, 2010 at 1:18 pm »
Comments OffHarry 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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Topics in this week’s show include:
- 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 OffThe devaluation in Venezuela. Lazy Portfolio analysis. The Riskcog.com portfolio analysis tool. iPad predictions.

MMM-173: iPad Predictions [38:40m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
- 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 OffThe 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 OffTiger’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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Topics in this week’s show include:
- 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 OffTiger 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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Topics in this week’s show include:
- 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 OffTwenty 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 OffCramer’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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November 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 pm »
Comments OffCNBC viewership plunges. Golf is like investing. Investing is like golf. TOOLS I use daily. New China ETF. GURU Jim Rogers.

MMM-167: Mad Golfing Machine [30:44m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
- CNBC Viewership PLUNGES y/o/y in October
- Golf is like investing. Investing is like golf.
- TOOLS: Bloomberg, Kitco Gold, Wunderground, PGA Tour, SportsTap, GolfShot all for iPhone and then the Dollar Index chart.
- AlphaShares launches China All-Cap Index and Claymore announces a matching ETF with symbol YAO
- GURU: Jim Rogers Bullish on China. Bearish on Bernanke. Bullish on Commodities. Bearish on the Dollar.
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October 14th, 2009 at 12:06 pm »
Comments OffA review of Lazy Portfolio performance. Excuses of why no show. Atlas Shrugged review and excerpt. Inclined to Liberty excerpt. Would they call Neo a kook? Is FRB evil?

MMM-166: Excuses [31:54m]:
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August 24th, 2009 at 7:22 pm »
Comments OffEconomic Revival! Spitzer says it is a Chumps Game. Trapster. GolfShot. $1 an hour? Along for the Ride. An update on the Lazy Portfolios.

MMM-165: It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature [28:34m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
- It’s all fun and games until someone gets their eye poked out.
- GURU: Elliot Spitzer writes in Slate: Still A Chumps Game.
- TOOL: Trapster for the iPhone
- TOOL: GolfShot for the iPhone
- Would you accept $1 an hour to work at a car wash?
- It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature!
- Danny O’Keefe: Along for the Ride
- Coastline covers it too.
- Lazy Portfolios are on a tear for 2009!
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August 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm »
Comments OffGoogle Chrome OS. Golf, Tiger, PGA Championship, PGA iPhone App. Driver vs 3-wood. Back pain. Glen Echo Park. Why have stocks risen so much since March? I have the answer. Apple Mac Tablet.

MMM-164: Inflated Stocks [29:26m]:
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Topics in this week’s show include:
- Google Chrome OS
- Golf, Tiger Woods, PGA Championship and iPhone app
- Water hazards, lateral water hazards, and where to drop. See rulesofgolf.com rule 26.
- Driver vs. 3-Wood
- Hitting driver off concrete sure hurt my back.
- Visit Glen Echo Park. Neat Art Deco styles. Visit Paul at the glassblower building.
- Why have stocks risen so much since March? I have the answer.
- Apple’s new Mac Tablet computer.
- Two iPhone Apps I wanted to write.
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