JL has been receiving a lot of questions about holding VBTLX vs. VMRXX (cash) in today’s era of rising interest rates. We included his comment at the end of this post in our most recent newsletter and figured it would be helpful for the community to resurface this post. If you haven’t signed up for the newsletter, drop your email address in the newsletter signup in the sidebar or at the end of this post to receive a weekly email with new posts, ideas, and resources to help you on your financial journey.
Archives for 2017
How to Invest in Bitcoin like Benjamin Graham
“On October 26, 2012 I bought 100 Bitcoins for $1017 USD. As of November 28th, 2017, they are worth almost exactly $1,000,000 USD.” Of late, I have been getting an increasing number of folks asking for my opinion on cryptocurrencies. The above line (cribbed and slightly modified from Lucas’ opening below) would be the ideal… [Continue Reading]
Kibanda Part 3: Running the numbers
It is a new dawn and… …sunrise at Kibanda After a brutal move (“Well then, we’ll just leave your stuff on the lawn and go”) we have finally taken up residency here at Kibanda. The lake front is as magnificent as we remembered. Unfortunately, owning a house is also as big a PITA (pain in… [Continue Reading]
Sleeping Soundly Thru a Market Crash: The Wasting Asset Retirement Model
Back in July 2017, I found myself up in the far north of Maine looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. I was a guest of one A. Noonan Moose. Mr. Moose owns the beach house with this lovely view where we were guests and it is a far more impressive place than my little shack…. [Continue Reading]
Stocks — Part XXXI: Too hot. Too cold. Not pure enough.
I write this blog for my daughter and, by extension, people like her. People who know getting investing right can make a huge, positive difference in their lives but who don’t want to obsess over it. For them I created the Stock Series and the book, The Simple Path to Wealth. But, since this is… [Continue Reading]
Kibanda, Part 2: Negotiating the deal
Kibanda from the road It is interesting. With a beach house, “front door” and “back door” become meaningless. Guess we’ll have to get used to “lake side” and “road side” Anyway, back to our story. As you recall, Part I ended with… Lying in bed that night I realized, at the right price, this was… [Continue Reading]
Time Machine and the Future Returns for Stocks
These days the consensus view, looking out over the next few decades, seems to be we should expect more modest returns from stocks than we’ve enjoyed over the past few. They see factors forming that look to act as a drag on what we might otherwise historically expect. Indeed this is the opinion of my… [Continue Reading]
Kibanda: Mr. Anti-house buys his dream house
Well, beach shack anyway… Kibanda cha Ziwa Of course, it is not about the house. It is about this: Ziwa Having the occasional Bald Eagle drop by doesn’t hurt… But wait. Aren’t I the guy who preaches against owning houses? Well, I guess when you publish posts like… Why Your House is a Terrible Investment… [Continue Reading]
Is there an interior designer in the house?
A little over a year ago I finally completed the manuscript for my book. But as anyone who has been thru the process will tell you, that is just the beginning of a whole new set of tasks. Most of which require specialized expertise. In a rare stroke of brilliance, it occurred to me that… [Continue Reading]
The Simple Path to Wealth goes Audio!
Some, like the young lady on the right, prefer reading a physical book. In the case of mine, holding it upside down seems to help. Others, like the young lady on the left, clearly have mixed emotions. Or maybe they just haven’t discovered the upside down trick. For her, and maybe you, good news! The… [Continue Reading]
