Crawling Road 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 http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog Institutional Diversification: A Great Idea to Limit Risk http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/05/13/institutional-diversification-a-great-idea-to-limit-risk/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/05/13/institutional-diversification-a-great-idea-to-limit-risk/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 07:55:28 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7224

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The topic of safety of keeping all your funds at Vanguard came up recently on the Bogleheads forum and an interesting post from The Oblivious Investor: Is it Safer to Use Multiple Fund Companies? This is a great post with an interview from a Vanguard PR rep about their internal controls and [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/05/13/institutional-diversification-a-great-idea-to-limit-risk/feed/ 0 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 latest [...]

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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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I’m finally catching up on some listening and came across an interview on Econtalk with Nassim Taleb, author of books like The Black Swan. I’m a fan of Nassim Taleb because I agree with his ideas on the topic of uncertainty (especially in the markets): Taleb on Antifragility In this interview, [...]

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Frank writes that Harry Browne’s classic book How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World is now on e-book format here: Kindle Nook Smashwords Other e-book versions of his writings may also be coming out in the future. Check it out for your reading enjoyment!

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I just read about a Vanguard retirement planning calculator recommending someone put 100% of their money into the stock market. Well, 100% in any asset class is gambling, not investing. The Vanguard questionnaire assumes many things about the future that history simply doesn’t support in terms of [...]

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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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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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Normally I don’t pay much attention to these things, but this story on bank failure stress testing caught my eye: Fed Unveils Doomsday Scenario for Banks The Fed will look at how the nation’s 19 largest banks would survive a world with a 13 percent jobless rate, a 50-percent drop in stocks, a [...]

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