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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>
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	<itunes:subtitle>Simple investing for success.</itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>Index Funds and IPOs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
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A poster on the forum brought up a great question on whether index funds would be forced to buy the upcoming Facebook IPO. The worry is that the index funds will load up on the IPO and take a loss later as the IPO price comes back down to Earth.
No, this isn&#8217;t likely to happen.
IPOs are,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variable Portfolio: Why REITs are Better Than Owning Real Estate Directly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 23:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of some real estate property for your variable portfolio? Run away! At least, that's my opinion. I just don't have the personality for it, but people ask sometimes what I recommend if they want to take the gamble. My advice? Buy a REIT index fund with a low expense ratio. Vanguard and iShares both offer them.]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Reactor News</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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There is a lot of hyperbole in the news about Japan&#8217;s damaged reactors. While we shouldn&#8217;t downplay the seriousness of the situation, we also should realize that much of what we&#8217;re reading may simply be blown out of proportion by the reporters. The MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variable Portfolio: Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>craigr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My thoughts go out to those in Japan and I know that such a resourceful people will recover from this catastrophe.]]></description>
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		<title>2010-11-07 &#8211; The Variable Portfolio and Listener Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode I discuss the Variable Portfolio. I also answer reader questions about the cash allocation and whether the Permanent Portfolio is only good for preserving wealth or if it can grow savings.
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		<title>The Variable Portfolio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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