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	<itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Craig Rowland</itunes:author>
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		<title>Westwind vs Clikstand Trangia Alcohol Stove Stand and Trangia Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/02/01/westwind-vs-clikstand-trangia-alcohol-stove-stand-and-trangia-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[




As a follow-up to my Westwind stand review, I do some performance tests on my tried and true Clikstand vs. the Westwind vs. the mini-Trangia system.
In this review I take ideal indoor conditions and compare performance times to boil 16 ozs. of water. My findings are that the Westwind when  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trangia Westwind Alcohol Stove Stand Review</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/30/trangia-westwind-alcohol-stove-stand-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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This review is for the simple and lightweight Liberty Mountain Westwind Trangia stove stand. This three piece aluminum stand packs flat and weighs 2.8 ozs. The stand connects together quickly and securely. It holds the Trangia burner and most pots securely. The three point contact with the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Index Funds and IPOs</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/28/index-funds-and-ipos/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/28/index-funds-and-ipos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[index funds]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A poster on the forum brought up a great question on whether index funds would be forced to buy the upcoming Facebook IPO. The worry is that the index funds will load up on the IPO and take a loss later as the IPO price comes back down to Earth.
No, this isn&#8217;t likely to happen.
IPOs are, for the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governments Like Inflation</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/25/governments-like-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyper-inflation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s talk about Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) again. It&#8217;s no secret that I dislike them vs. gold in the Permanent Portfolio. But will they ever &#8220;default&#8221; as some say? No, they won&#8217;t. But this doesn&#8217;t mean they don&#8217;t have other serious problems.
I don&#8217;t believe the US will ever  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Browne in 1970 Discussing the Coming Devaluation of the Dollar</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/24/harry-browne-in-1970-discussing-the-coming-devaluation-of-the-dollar/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/24/harry-browne-in-1970-discussing-the-coming-devaluation-of-the-dollar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry Browne in September 1970 on the TV show &#8220;Firing Line&#8221; with William Buckley, Jr. He is discussing how the US government is going to break the gold standard and the kinds of repercussions it may have. The gentleman in the middle, Eliot Janeway, was proven completely wrong when Nixon did in fact  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timing Matters, but Emotions Matter More</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/20/timing-matters-but-emotions-matter-more/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/20/timing-matters-but-emotions-matter-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gurus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[market timing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebalancing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Market timing is something I&#8217;ve found many investors get drawn to eventually in their search for performance. My opinion is that market timing simply doesn&#8217;t work for a host of reasons. However it&#8217;s common to hear that if an investor just timed these various assets correctly they could have made X  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Aquamira Water Purification Chemical Review</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/18/aquamira-water-purification-chemical-review/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/18/aquamira-water-purification-chemical-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aquamira is a very lightweight water purification chemical. It comes in two parts, mixes easily, and produces water with no bad tastes. This is a good solution for hikers looking to save a lot of weight over a filter. Also, for those that don&#8217;t want to deal with a clogging filter, broken parts,  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trading Against Pros</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/18/trading-against-pros/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/18/trading-against-pros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doing some research recently I&#8217;ve found that almost 9 out of 10 of the trades on any given day on Wall Street are between professionals, not individuals. Think about that for a second. When you go to make a trade, 9 out of 10 times you are doing it against someone that does it for a living. And not  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Callan Periodic Table of Investing Returns 2011</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/16/callan-periodic-table-of-investing-returns-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/16/callan-periodic-table-of-investing-returns-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversification]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love the Callan Periodic Table of Investing Returns. This chart shows major asset classes and how they&#8217;ve done from 1992-2011. It shows very vividly the unpredictable nature of the markets and why holding a diversified investing portfolio is a good idea. It doesn&#8217;t show gold and long-term bonds  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market Timing vs. Efficient Market Hypothesis &#8211; Understanding the Problem</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/15/market-timing-vs-efficient-market-hypothesis-understanding-the-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/15/market-timing-vs-efficient-market-hypothesis-understanding-the-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me answer the common argument for market timing versus relying on the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) for managing a portfolio.
The argument usually is something like: &#8220;EMH allows bubbles to form and other mis-pricings, therefore it is wrong and doesn&#8217;t work. Market timing works better.&#8221;
Well  [...]]]></description>
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