Crawling Road » Investing 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 » Investing http://crawlingroad.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://crawlingroad.com/blog Callan Periodic Table of Investing Returns 2011 http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/16/callan-periodic-table-of-investing-returns-2011/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2012/01/16/callan-periodic-table-of-investing-returns-2011/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:01:22 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=6619

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I love the Callan Periodic Table of Investing Returns. This chart shows major asset classes and how they’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’t show gold and long-term [...]

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Over on the forum, member Tortoise came up with a great idea. Instead of trying to make a winning portfolio, why not make one designed to lose as much money as quickly as possible? He called it The Suicide Portfolio. The concept is simple. Instead of following a low-cost passive investing [...]

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Conventional wisdom on Investing vs. Speculating Speculating – When something an investor doesn’t own goes up in value. e.g. “Well that asset has been going up, but that’s just a bunch of speculators causing the price increase.” Investing – When something an investor does own goes up in value. e.g [...]

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What was this stuff I kept hearing last year about the dollar crashing? In December 2009 this talk reached a fevered pitch. Here’s the dollar index over the last year and you can see how much it’s recovered since the dark days of December 2009: You can track the US Dollar index at this link. Since [...]

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If you're in the investing world long enough, you'll eventually get tempted to put your money into some new investment or try to tweak your portfolio to outperform the market.

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2009/06/22/be-a-skeptical-investor/feed/ 5 Investing,speculating If you're in the investing world long enough, you'll eventually get tempted to put your money into some new investment or try to tweak your portfolio to outperform the market. If you're in the investing world long enough, you'll eventually get tempted to put your money into some new investment or try to tweak your portfolio to outperform the market. Craig Rowland clean The Permanent Portfolio Allocation http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2008/12/18/the-permanent-portfolio-allocation/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2008/12/18/the-permanent-portfolio-allocation/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:21:37 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=189

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The Permanent Portfolio Allocation revealed.

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]]> http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2008/12/18/the-permanent-portfolio-allocation/feed/ 36 asset allocation,bonds,cash,deflation,Gold,Inflation,Investing,permanent portfolio,prosperity,recession,stocks The Permanent Portfolio Allocation revealed. The Permanent Portfolio Allocation revealed. Craig Rowland clean A Permanent Portfolio? http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2008/12/13/a-permanent-portfolio/ http://crawlingroad.com/blog/2008/12/13/a-permanent-portfolio/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:34:44 +0000 Craig Rowland http://crawlingroad.com/blog/?p=111

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How I came to use the Permanent Portfolio concept for my investments.

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Protecting your money from high inflation.

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