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Reddit mentions of The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy

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We found 6 Reddit mentions of The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy. Here are the top ones.

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Found 6 comments on The Permanent Portfolio: Harry Browne's Long-Term Investment Strategy:

u/europeanwizard · 4 pointsr/financialindependence

So, I'm a bit over 40 and lived a lucky and sheltered life so far -- nothing compared to what you've been through.

However roughly speaking, we're financially at the same point: a year in FI, business owner and a family. Two years ago, I made a dumb mistake investing in a startup, and decided I want to know how to do this better.

I took the plunge and looked into investing. I read J.L. Collins stocks series but felt it was too risky for me. Then I bumped into The Permanent Portfolio, which is a very conservative, much less volatile way of investing. It suits me much better. Last year I started with 10k, and since January, I add about 2-3k every month.

It's my observation that to start investing, you need to find out what kind of risk you want to take, and how much time you want to put into it. 100% stocks is not for me, and I'm a fire-and-forget guy, I don't like to spend time analysing and agonising over decisions.

Find out what feels good to you (in the sense of: how much volatility), and start with a small amount. Add every month a bit more.

My starting point might not be yours, but I started by studying the various portfolios here: https://portfoliocharts.com/portfolios/
and understanding the charts and numbers. If I didn't understand, I looked it up or asked around in real life or here on Reddit.

For me, it took me a number of frustrating weeks. It felt like grasping for straws, and trying to make sense with very limited understanding. But now I never think about it, and just invest.

u/ForemanDomai · 1 pointr/investing

Yes, there are unique risks to gold like there are to any asset class, and for bullion in particular it is physical theft. If you own property, having it secretly placed in a fireproof safe somewhere within your house is one way, as is storing another portion of it in a safety deposit box or two. If you have significant holdings, you can also investigate allocated storage( https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-guide/allocated-gold ), either domestic or overseas. There is also the possibility of insuring it directly, but maybe an umbrella policy could cover it. One of the anxieties of this holding is minimizing overhead.

This book has good info: https://www.amazon.com/Permanent-Portfolio-Long-Term-Investment-Strategy/dp/1118288254/

As does this forum (early topics in particular): https://www.gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/index.php

u/learnnorsk · 1 pointr/IndiaInvestments

Thanks.

This book seems to have lots of information on why this portfolio is beneficial. Am still reading it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Permanent-Portfolio-Long-Term-Investment/dp/1118288254

It mentions exactly what you have stated. It also compares it with the 60/40 portfolio.

u/Nicodemus_Kathoplizo · 1 pointr/financialindependence

this is a really good read:

https://www.amazon.ca/Permanent-Portfolio-Long-Term-Investment-Strategy/dp/1118288254

at a 4% withdrawal rate having 5ish years of expenses in cash/bonds is not a bad plan

u/2countryman · 0 pointsr/personalfinance

Check the Permanent Portfolio by Craig Rowland. It will guide you through the most secure investment strategies with historical data and the reasons why they have always outperformed a strategy only focused on stocks or other single investments.

Best of all, once implemented it requires very little work and no brokers need to be involved.