Crawling Road » Inflation http://crawlingroad.com/blog The Permanent Portfolio, Investing, Finance and Random Thoughts. Tue, 22 May 2012 21:55:14 +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 » Inflation http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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s a follow up to another post, I am blogging to mention this article I read today about Argentina. Yes, we're not Argentina. But it is very constructive to look at other countries handling high inflation to see what lessons can be gleaned.

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The Mises institute just released an e-book analyzing the root causes of the economic collapse in Iceland in 2008. I have just started reading it, but the authors are building a case of the usual suspects (Central Banks, fiat currency and economic planners) behind the debacle:

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2011/02/28/analysis-of-the-icelandic-economic-collapse-of-2008/feed/ 0 Five Stages of Inflation http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/15/five-stages-of-inflation/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/11/15/five-stages-of-inflation/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:14:40 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=5224

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With talk of inflation in the air, I thought I'd mention what I call: The Five Stages of Inflation

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From the not-as-witty-as-he-thinks department: Will Nickel-Free Nickel Make a Dime’s Worth of Difference? “Making coins from more cost-effective materials could save more than $100 million a year, which isn’t just pocket change,” said Dan Tangherlini, the Treasury Department’s chief financial [...]

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2010/05/18/fighting-inflation-by-making-cheaper-coins/feed/ 0 Permanent Portfolio 25% Gold Allocation FAQ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/10/13/permanent-portfolio-25-gold-allocation-faq/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/10/13/permanent-portfolio-25-gold-allocation-faq/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:05:08 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=1782

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The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash. In this series we talk about the 25% gold allocation and how it protects you from inflation and other currency problems.

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/10/13/permanent-portfolio-25-gold-allocation-faq/feed/ 15 FAQ,Gold,Inflation,permanent portfolio,TIPS The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash. In this series we talk about the 25% gold allocation and how it protects you from inflation and other currency problems. The Permanent Portfolio allocation is 25% stocks, 25% bonds, 25% gold and 25% cash. In this series we talk about the 25% gold allocation and how it protects you from inflation and other currency problems. Craig Rowland clean Gold vs. Collateralized Commodity Futures http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/01/27/gold-vs-collateralized-commodity-futures/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/01/27/gold-vs-collateralized-commodity-futures/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:28:28 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=1367

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The Permanent Portfolio uses gold as its primary protection against inflation. Recently there has been a lot of promotion about Collateralized Commodity Futures (CCFs) from companies like Pimco. The claim is CCFs provide better inflation and unexpected event insurance for portfolios than gold. Well this claim just isn't true.

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A look back on 2008 to see how the Permanent Portfolio allocation would have saved you a tremendous amount of money in the stock market crash.

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Is inflation coming in 2009? Deflation? Something else? Well if you haven't rebalanced your portfolio yet to harvest your gains and buy your losers now is the time to do it.

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