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The Permanent Portfolio v. the Couch Potato

Let’s end the week with one final post about the Permanent Portfolio. Many readers expressed interest in this strategy,...

The Permanent Portfolio v. the Couch Potato

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Is Gold a Hedge Against Inflation?

In series of posts last week, I looked at Harry Browne’s Permanent Portfolio, which includes a hefty 25% allocation...

Is Gold a Hedge Against Inflation?

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Peering Into the Permanent Portfolio: Part 2

Here’s the second part of my interview with Craig Rowland, the blogger behind Crawling Road and a champion of...

Peering Into the Permanent Portfolio: Part 2

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Peering into the Permanent Portfolio: Part 1

On Monday I introduced the Permanent Portfolio, an investment strategy created in the early 1980s by Harry Browne. It...

Peering into the Permanent Portfolio: Part 1

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Introducing the Permanent Portfolio

When Scott Burns created the original Couch Potato portfolio back in 1982, he suggested that investors put half their...

Introducing the Permanent Portfolio

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Meet the New Funds, Same As the Old Funds

Vanguard Canada has yet to launch a single investment fund, but at least now we know what’s coming. On...

Meet the New Funds, Same As the Old Funds

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Golden Advice That Suits Any Investor

I receive a lot of press releases, but few are as useful as the one that hit my inbox...

Golden Advice That Suits Any Investor

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Does Your Portfolio Need a Makeover?

Broad diversification is one of the pillars of the Couch Potato strategy. But getting exposure to thousands of stocks...

Does Your Portfolio Need a Makeover?

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Why More Choice Can Be Bad For Investors

We’re accustomed to thinking of choice as a good thing. But behavioural economists now understand that too many options...

Why More Choice Can Be Bad For Investors

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