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Prokofiev wrote: Alex Frakt wrote: Fascinating. Especially the lack of a difference between Age in Bonds and a straight 60/40 allocation. It does makes sense when you step back from it. I don't find this lack of difference very strange either. Case 1, you DCA into 60% stocks. Case 2 you vary % stocks from a start of 75% down to 45% - for an average (mean) of . . . 60% stocks. Over most of the time period, the two inputs are 90-100%...

I would love for gold to go down because that would mean that the integrity of the economic system was improving. It might happen at some point. Obviously, gold won't go up forever, but guessing where it might stop is a foolish exercise IMHO. As for Roubini, he is one of my favorite performers in the circus that our economy has become. I love listening to him talk in that Count Dracula voice sketching deliciously doomer scenarios. (I...

Quote: "he has his interests in his firm". That wouldn't be an equity investment would it? I believe they call it labor or human capital. You can afford to take more risk with financial investments based on the amount of labor capital you possess. If I'm a physician or a college professor, for example, it might be OK to take on more equity risk in my retirement portfolio. Zvi Bodie seems to be the exception -...

One thing: I feel sure that Warren Buffett spins his comments. This is not a transparent or straightforward man. He does whatever he does for whatever good reasons he has, but he does not share his investment strategy with the general public. He is a little too ready to present whatever he is doing as an obvious application of homespun wisdom, and a little too ready to mention creditable motives that could be seen as consistent with his...

Hopefully the future will be like the past so that these predictions will work out. Adrian anenu@tampabay.rr.com

Quote: So we don't have Armageddon; we don't have inflation, so gold can maybe go slightly higher. But those people who delude themselves that gold can go to $1,500 or $2,000 are just talking nonsense. The fundamentals are not justified, and those people are just talking their books. Didn't someone make a related admonition with "Irrational Exuberance"? And, the non-fundamentals, emotional need for a...

grayfox wrote: The plan i am sticking to is to not loose money. This is my plan also, grayfox. It is often credited to Buffet; Rule #1 don't loose money, Rule #2 don't forget rule #1 It is not at all clear, how best to do this, at all times --- as all store's of value have some kind of risk. In investing, as in life, there are no guarantees - therefore we must exercise our own best judgment. For a Boglehead that is one thing....

tfb wrote: Can we get our authors to either accept or reject the items pending author concurrence currently on the wiki page? Hi tfb: I don't think this is workable. The book's many authors don't all follow these corrections as they are posted. Even if they did, and the chapter author concur, the book's primary editors (of which I am one) would have to agree as will Wiley's editors. "The Bogleheads'...

Can someone give me a better feel for what the energy drain is? A Wiki as I would understand it is under no agenda to hold any more content than people volunteer to put in it. Is it that contributions and editing need re-editing to maintain format and content? Is it need for user support? Is it that content must be monitored for obsolescence? Other issues? Thanks

i think you're correct - the state school figure did not include room and board. it's still a huge difference though. Question: What are the trends in the cost of college education? Response: For the 2007–08 academic year, annual prices for undergraduate tuition, room, and board were estimated to be $11,578 at public institutions and $29,915 at private institutions. Between 1997–98 and 2007–08, prices for...