Crawling Road » Permanent Portfolio http://crawlingroad.com/blog The Permanent Portfolio, Investing, Finance and Random Thoughts. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:05:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= The Crawling Road Money Show focuses on investing, finance and economics. We discuss the Permanent Portfolio and other topics to make investing simple and successful. Craig Rowland clean Craig Rowland podcastsxml@crawlingroad.com podcastsxml@crawlingroad.com (Craig Rowland) 2010-2012 Craig Rowland Simple investing for success. investing, permanent portfolio, indexing, stocks, bonds, cash, gold, harry browne, john chandler, craig rowland, craigr, crawling road Crawling Road » Permanent Portfolio http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog/category/permanentportfolio/ New Book for Pre-order: The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne’s Long-Term Investment Strategy http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/05/new-book-for-pre-order-the-permanent-portfolio-harry-brownes-long-term-investment-strategy/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/05/new-book-for-pre-order-the-permanent-portfolio-harry-brownes-long-term-investment-strategy/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:25:52 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7209

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We’re pleased to announce that the new Permanent Portfolio book is available for pre-order from Wiley publishing directly or through Amazon.com. The book is entitled: The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne’s Long-Term Investment Strategy. We are very excited to write this update and hope to [...]

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The iTunes feed is now fixed and available here so you can now subscribe directly: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/crawling-road-money-show/id400543437 Podcast RSS Feed: http://crawlingroad.com/blog/category/podcast/feed/ Raw File: http://www.crawlingroad.com/podcasts/2012-04-02.mp3 The [...]

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I give a quick rundown of why gold should be in the Permanent Portfolio and the kinds of gold to buy and the kinds to avoid. This topic will be covered in much great detail in a future podcast as well. Topics Why gold for the Permanent Portfolio Kind of gold to hold Kind of gold not to hold Other [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/02/2012-04-02-gold-in-the-permanent-portfolio-podcast/feed/ 1 permanent portfolio, gold bullion, gold investing, An overview of gold in the Permanent Portfolio This is a quick overview of the options of investing in gold in the Permanent Portfolio. Craig Rowland clean 38:12 iShares Treasury Long Term Bond Index ETF Lending Securities and Risk http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/21/ishares-tlt-etf-lending-securities-and-risk/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/21/ishares-tlt-etf-lending-securities-and-risk/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:48:45 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7109

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Recently it’s become clear that iShares is doing a lot of securities lending behind the scenes in their TLT Treasury ETF. This is a Treasury ETF they offer to hold bonds in excess of 20+ years. While not a perfect solution for the Permanent Portfolio, it is recommended by myself if you want to [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/21/ishares-tlt-etf-lending-securities-and-risk/feed/ 1 Build a Fail-Safe Permanent Portfolio with ETFs http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/19/build-a-fail-safe-permanent-portfolio-with-etfs/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/19/build-a-fail-safe-permanent-portfolio-with-etfs/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:57:54 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7060

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So you want to setup your own Permanent Portfolio with little trouble and good protection? The simplest way would be to use some Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). This does not have the full protection of Harry Browne’s full Permanent Portfolio strategy (which would like to see you hold some gold [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/19/build-a-fail-safe-permanent-portfolio-with-etfs/feed/ 3 The Epic Bogleheads Permanent Portfolio Thread – Nearly Four Years Ago http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/07/the-epic-bogleheads-permanent-portfolio-thread/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/07/the-epic-bogleheads-permanent-portfolio-thread/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:00:48 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6973

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It was almost four years ago when a poster started an innocent looking thread on the excellent Bogleheads Forum. That thread, about a strategy called the Permanent Portfolio, quickly grew into a massive in-depth discussion of Harry Browne’s investment strategy. If you have the time to read a 72 [...]

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Just going over some data on actively managed vs. passively managed funds and wanted to post the Standard & Poor’s Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) report link: S&P SPIVA Report Cards S&P is the creator of the S&P 500 index plus a variety of other domestic and international stock and bond indices. [...]

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Let’s talk about risk and the future. Sometimes I get a question about event X or event Y or event Z. These can sometimes be extreme events that someone is worried over. They often want to know how the Permanent Portfolio will deal with one or all of them. My answer is that nobody knows what every [...]

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TDAmeritrade has 100 commission free ETF trades going on now. https://www.tdameritrade.com/trade/etftrading.html They allow commission free trades on: https://www.tdameritrade.com/trade/etflist.html Stocks – iShares Russell 3000 (Ticker: IWV) and Vanguard Total Stock Market (Ticker: VTI) stock [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/16/cheap-etf-trades-at-tdameritrade-for-the-permanent-portfolio/feed/ 5 New Permanent Portfolio ETF – Global X Permanent ETF (PERM) http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/13/new-permanent-portfolio-etf-global-x-permanent-etf-perm/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/13/new-permanent-portfolio-etf-global-x-permanent-etf-perm/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:15 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6795

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A new Permanent Portfolio ETF has been released by Global X. The ETF, simply called the Permanent ETF, trades under the ticker PERM. This ETF attempts to mimic the standard 4 x 25% split of the Permanent Portfolio in a low cost ETF. The ETF has a good annual expense ratio of 0.49% a year. The ETF [...]

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