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	<title>Crawling Road &#187; bonds</title>
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	<description>The Permanent Portfolio, Investing, Finance and Random Thoughts.</description>
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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>
	<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
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		<itunes:name>Craig Rowland</itunes:name>
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		<title>My Easiest Money Is From Market Timers</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/12/my-easiest-money-is-from-market-timers/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/12/my-easiest-money-is-from-market-timers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[




Anyone reading this blog knows I don&#8217;t market time because I just don&#8217;t think it works. That&#8217;s for any asset class. Yet I sometimes see advice from those that would say that stock market timing doesn&#8217;t work, but will tell people about bond market timing strategies that supposedly do work.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tutorial on Buying Bonds from Fidelity</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/10/28/tutorial-on-buying-bonds-from-fidelity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[




Forum member Gumby has put up a great tutorial on how to buy bonds directly if you are with Fidelity:
Fidelity Bond Tutorial
Buying bonds directly for the Permanent Portfolio is always the best way to own them. You eliminate fund risk and save on management fees as well. Most brokerages  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iShares ETFs &#8211; Synthetic or Direct Holdings?</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/10/27/ishares-etfs-synthetic-or-direct-holdings/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/10/27/ishares-etfs-synthetic-or-direct-holdings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Relating to this post about funds holding things they otherwise shouldn&#8217;t:
Vanguard Treasury Bond Funds Filled with Mortgage Garbage
A reader wrote to iShares to ask about their ETFs and find out which had direct holdings and which were synthetically run with derivatives. The directly held funds  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanguard &#8220;Treasury&#8221; Bond Funds Filled with Mortgage Garbage</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/09/30/vanguard-treasury-bond-funds-filled-with-mortgage-garbage/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/09/30/vanguard-treasury-bond-funds-filled-with-mortgage-garbage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[EyeDee over at the Bogleheads forum posts the following:
Those who own Vanguard Treasury funds to avoid mortgage-backed securities should probably be aware that as of 08/31/2011, Government Mortgage-Backed securities in Vanguard&#8217;s Treasury funds are up to:
17.7% in Short-Term Treasury Fund
17.4% in  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Term Bonds Continue to Confound the Gurus</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/09/21/long-term-bonds-continue-to-confound-the-gurus/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/09/21/long-term-bonds-continue-to-confound-the-gurus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I don&#8217;t normally comment on current market news, but it looks like the Fed may keep up the pressure on long term bond rates. This, despite the predictions of many gurus that long term bonds have nowhere to go but up and should be avoided.
Well rates continue to fall. As of right now they are  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>US Credit Downgrade</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/08/08/us-credit-downgrade/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/08/08/us-credit-downgrade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=5826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well most people at this point know the US credit rating was downgraded by S&#38;P from AAA to AA+. The market result was a huge selloff in Treasuries today and the price crashed.
Just kidding! They are up like crazy. Strange world, eh? 
I implore investors to stay out of the market timing, future  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010-12-08 &#8211; Bonds for the Permanent Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/12/08/2010-12-08-bonds-for-the-permanent-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/12/08/2010-12-08-bonds-for-the-permanent-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Podcast for December 8th, 2010
Topics
What bonds to buy for the Permanent Portfolio.
Why only own 100% US Treasury Bonds?
Why to avoid municipal, corporate, junk and government agency bonds.
Problems with actively managed bond funds.
Individual bonds vs. bond funds.
Performance of bonds in 2008&#8242;s  [...]]]></description>
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			<itunes:keywords>permanent portfolio, bonds, long term bonds, TIPS, vanguard bond funds, ishares bond funds, deflation, inflation</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:subtitle>What bonds to buy and how to buy them for the Permanent Portfolio</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>What bonds to buy for the Permanent Portfolio.
Why only own 100% US Treasury Bonds?
Why to avoid municipal, corporate, junk and government agency bonds. 
Problems with actively managed bond funds.
Individual bonds vs. bond funds.
Performance of bonds in 2008&#039;s market crash.
How to buy bonds. 
Recommended bond funds if you can&#039;t buy individual bonds. 
Dangers of reaching for yield.  
Are bonds too expensive today?</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Craig Rowland</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>44:30</itunes:duration>
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		<title>2010-11-18 &#8211; Interview with Rick Ferri on Gold and the Permanent Portfolio</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/18/2010-11-18-interview-with-rick-ferri-on-gold-and-the-permanent-portfolio/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/18/2010-11-18-interview-with-rick-ferri-on-gold-and-the-permanent-portfolio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Ferri of Portfolio Solutions discusses his perspective on gold, the Permanent Portfolio and answers questions about his own investment recommendations. ]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Interview with Rick Ferri of Portfolio Solutions on gold and the Permanent Portfolio.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Rick Ferri of Portfolio Solutions discusses his perspective on gold, the Permanent Portfolio and answers questions about his own investment recommendations.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Craig Rowland</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>1:05:35</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Long Term Bonds and Risk</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/09/22/long-term-bonds-and-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/09/22/long-term-bonds-and-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The topic of long term Treasury bonds came up again in a recent discussion. The cloud that hangs over them is interest rate risk. This is the risk that if interest rates rise that bond prices will fall. Usually this happens in an environment where inflation is threatening to be a problem or is a problem. Right now in the US deflation is the chief concern which is why bond prices have escalated so much as rates have fallen. So should long term bonds be avoided in a diversified portfolio? No, they shouldn't. ]]></description>
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		<title>Direct Bond Ownership vs. Bond Funds</title>
		<link>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/12/16/direct-bond-ownership-vs-bond-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/12/16/direct-bond-ownership-vs-bond-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader asked about why it's recommended investors own their Long Term Treasury Bonds directly for the Permanent Portfolio allocation vs. using a mutual fund.

In two words: Manager Risk]]></description>
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