Check out the couch potato investment or
permanent portfolio which can limit the volatility in the downturn but still remaining invested.
That is one aspect of the Harry Browne
Permanent Portfolio strategy with which I disagree, namely, that a treasury bill or fund of treasury bills such as SHV is superior to an FDIC - insured CD.
«We would like to see CBS continue on its path of success and bring Viacom along with the ride,» said Michael Cuggino, president at San Francisco - based
Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds, which owns voting shares of CBS and Viacom.
If an investor bought the Emerging
Markets Permanent Portfolio on January 3rd, 2005 and held until February 17th, 2012, the total return was 128.4 % (12.3 % CAGR) and 12.7 % volatility (all returns discussed exclude commissions, taxes, and slippage).
Wouldn't choosing a «glide path» be rather inflexible compared to choosing a diversify - and - rebalance strategy, such as the Harry
Browne Permanent Portfolio or one of its competitors?
If TFG does, in fact, evolve into having a more diversified investment portfolio, and a much larger asset management & seeding business, I'd accordingly expect it to become a larger & more
permanent portfolio holding.
Michael Cuggino, president and portfolio manager at San Francisco -
based Permanent Portfolio of Family Of Funds, which is the fifth largest voting shareholder in Viacom and CBS, applauded Dauman's appointment, and was willing to give him time to improve the company's performance.
My personal interpretation of the roles of each asset is actually a bit more nuanced than the
classic Permanent Portfolio explanation, although I still think the core asset selection is truly insightful.
Diageo upgrades Lagavulin 8 Year Old to
permanent portfolio Diageo is to give a full - time berth in its Lagavulin portfolio to an eight - year - old iteration of the single malt Scotch whisky brand from I
I realize having anything other than an equal weight flies in the face of Browne's
original Permanent Portfolio strategy of an equal weight allocation.
That might be one reason why the almost
forgotten Permanent Portfolio — which in some ways foreshadowed the Couch Potato strategy — is starting to regain its lustre.
Those who ARE looking for a case for gold might want to take a look at the book that had the biggest influence on me re that one — Harry Browne's
Permanent Portfolio book (I don't recall the title).
And it does so by intentionally selecting an additional stock asset that complements the
normal Permanent Portfolio stock index fund for rebalancing purposes and higher overall returns.
Discussing the current state of the markets with Michael Cuggino,
Permanent Portfolio Family of Funds; Steve Grasso, Stuart Frankel; and CNBC's Rick Santelli.
I'm reminded of Harry Browne's
Permanent Portfolio, which had both 25 % cash and 25 % long bonds.
Is there such a thing as
a permanent portfolio?
Hypothetical portfolios include Ivy Portfolios, ETF Portfolios, High Yield Dividend Champions, Graham Value Stocks, Dual ETF Momentum Portfolios, and
Permanent Portfolios.
One of the scenarios that
the Permanent Portfolio guards against is deflation... the threat of deflation has all but disappeared in the fiat money era.
One of the scenarios that
the Permanent Portfolio guards against is deflation.
@ dearime — the paper considers a static asset allocation strategy like you suggest (though it isn't
the Permanent Portfolio) and a rising glidepath comes out on top.
These are not the only ETFs which could be used to replicate Browne's
Permanent Portfolio.
Last week I detailed an ETF portfolio (part 1 and part 2) intended to mimic PRPFX,
the Permanent Portfolio mutual fund.
The max drawdown on the Emerging Market
Permanent portfolio was 26.15 % versus 16.17 % for the original version.
For example,
the Permanent Portfolio has a 20 % allocation to Gold, which is in the midst of a bull market.