Crawling Road » Gold 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 » Gold http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog Gold in the Permanent Portfolio Podcast Update http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/03/gold-in-the-permanent-portfolio-podcast-update/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/03/gold-in-the-permanent-portfolio-podcast-update/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:27:12 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7206

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/03/gold-in-the-permanent-portfolio-podcast-update/feed/ 3 2012-04-02 – Gold in the Permanent Portfolio Podcast http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/02/2012-04-02-gold-in-the-permanent-portfolio-podcast/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/04/02/2012-04-02-gold-in-the-permanent-portfolio-podcast/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:21:15 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=7191

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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 [...]

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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 Gold Not an Inflation Hedge? Hardly! http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/08/gold-not-an-inflation-hedge-hardly/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/03/08/gold-not-an-inflation-hedge-hardly/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:04:50 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6994

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Larry Swedroe posted an article arguing that gold is not an asset that can be used to protect against inflation: How to hedge against inflation (hint:forget gold) Of course I disagree and the Permanent Portfolio holds gold precisely to protect against inflation. First let’s be clear that inflation [...]

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Many months ago I purchased a new device from www.goldcoinbalance.com. The device is a way to quickly measure the major one ounce gold coins that I recommend you purchase for part of your Permanent Portfolio allocation. These coins would be American Eagles, Krugerrands, Buffalos, Maple Leafs, [...]

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Just some quick notes because the “gold is worthless compared to stocks” debate has heated up again in the news. Let’s just get this out of the way: Gold is not a stock or bond. This is not groundbreaking wisdom, it is plainly obvious. Gold will not have interest or dividends like a stock or bond. [...]

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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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There are several ETFs now that claim to hold gold overseas in places like Switzerland (or even closer in Canada). They are marketed as a way to get geographic diversification for gold holdings. There is even a spin that you can show up and pickup your gold. These are all marketing claims. Let’s [...]

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Let’s talk about Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) again. It’s no secret that I dislike them vs. gold in the Permanent Portfolio. But will they ever “default” as some say? No, they won’t. But this doesn’t mean they don’t have other serious problems. I don’t believe the US will ever [...]

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Harry Browne in September 1970 on the TV show “Firing Line” 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 [...]

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  I see this chart posted from Jermy Siegel’s book Stocks for the Long Run from time to time to defend why owning lots of stocks is the way to go and why owning gold is some kind of chump move. Well I think this chart is misleading for several reasons. Gold is useful in a diversified portfolio [...]

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