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by Bookm
Wed Jun 30, 2004 4:58 am
Forum: SWR Research Group
Topic: Motley Fool Takes Action
Replies: 13
Views: 16525

Thanks for the update at TMF. Obviously, I no longer visit. It's quite amazing to me the direction that board has taken since I added it to my favorite boards back in late '97. Unfortunately, it's transformation into something else prompted me to remove it from my fav's 3-4 years or so later. One pa...
by Bookm
Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:37 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Safe withdrawal studies using REIT allocation?
Replies: 6
Views: 12288

Ibbotson has studied correlation between stocks & REITs. That is not exactly what you requested but neverless is interesting. You will note that correlation is declining. Nice link tjscott. One thing that we can be certain of tho, is that those correlation mearures aren't static, as indicated b...
by Bookm
Mon Apr 26, 2004 3:16 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: jwr has a good point about switching thresholds
Replies: 13
Views: 20421

there is a whole board culture at tmf of discovering past associations and attempting to predict the future on that basis this is my favorite web page dubunking the dumb 4 strategy http://www.investorhome.com/dogs.htm Sharpe (William i.e. the nobel Laureate)makes the point that on one hand, if you ...
by Bookm
Mon Dec 15, 2003 4:54 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: LOL - the delusional rant continues!
Replies: 11
Views: 16874

WOW! interesting wanderer. This is equivalent to panhandling, n'est pas? :(

Sad.

Bookm
by Bookm
Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:29 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: The disscusion is off. The party is over.
Replies: 7
Views: 13631

ES, I am SO GLAD that you did that. I haven't entered into one single discussion about all this...stuff. Wanna know why? "Cause it's annoying. I've resigned myself to simply marking these discussions as read, unfortunately. It's just too tedious wading through the bickering to find an occasiona...
by Bookm
Sat Oct 04, 2003 7:39 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: MSCI Hedge Invest Index launched
Replies: 5
Views: 5643

Greetings all. Look at this quote: As of October 7, 2003 , the index contained 74 funds in 11 investment processes So, as of this coming Tuesday, right? They're talking about the future, while using past tense. :?::?::? Hedge funds bizarre? Apparently my pension plan doesn't believe so. We received ...
by Bookm
Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:38 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Legg Mason Value Fund
Replies: 3
Views: 4419

Greetings Pete. I'm curious about having a UK equivalent of a particular fund. How does that work? Is is actually a Legg Mason fund you'd invest in? Bill Miller has become famous as the only fund manager to have better returns than the S&P 500 index for (IIRC) 10 years in a row. And he's working...
by Bookm
Tue Jun 10, 2003 6:48 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Withdrawal rates (in 2000)
Replies: 9
Views: 8798

Greetings fellas. This article sure does show when it was written (mid 2000). Like with this quote: "If you reduce volatility you can get a higher withdrawal rate. You just don't have the valleys that take away your ability to compound--- the declines that make recovery difficult. You can also ...
by Bookm
Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:19 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: SWR: adjust for high valuation, or at least note risk?
Replies: 16
Views: 13157

Greetings Chips: As of yesterday, I changed my assumption on real annual return to 2.5%. So, here is my new plan, subject of course to revision as market action unfolds: Age Range and Average Annual Withdrawal Rate: 63 to 69 1.94% 70 to 79 2.04% 80 to 89 2.27% 90 to 94 2.43% Chips, that's a plan any...
by Bookm
Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:06 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Is Bernstein changing SWR?
Replies: 19
Views: 16562

Despite his alleged shortcomings, I'm still a huge fan of WB. He can be humerous and to the point, as these quotes illustrate: 1. What's the biggest misperception people have about retirement investing? I'd point out three. First, people think they're going to get a 7% real stock return over time. T...
by Bookm
Sun Jun 01, 2003 3:52 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Portfolio failure
Replies: 29
Views: 21344

Greetings raddr: What kills retirements is big losses early on. It almost doesn't matter what your withdrawal rate is. For example, if you loaded up on TSM stocks in 1999 you took nearly a 50% hit whether you were withdrawing 3%, 4%, 6% or whatever. You would've been screwed. The key is to avoid the...
by Bookm
Sun Feb 16, 2003 12:36 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: A new beginning.
Replies: 9
Views: 16248

Should I stay or should I go. As most here know, I will not pay a fee to remain a poster at TMF. Maybe it's because there was no fee involved for the first 4 years there, it was a slap in the face to be asked to pay to stay. Last year I got comped, and remained there as most who received the same of...
by Bookm
Sat Feb 08, 2003 5:51 am
Forum: Town Center
Topic: It's over at TMF. For most of us.
Replies: 22
Views: 31025

Greetings ES. I've thought of breaking my word and posting there one more time just to let some of the old indexers I haven't heard from for a year know where we all are. No need, if you're really trying to stay true to your convictions. Several here have already mentioned NFB on our old board. And ...
by Bookm
Fri Jan 24, 2003 11:43 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: The purpose of SWR analysis
Replies: 18
Views: 15377

Greetings all. It's been interesting reading this thread. I got stuck on something hocus wrote. You said that there are just as many buyers as there are sellers, and just as many sales of stocks as there were purchases in the 1990's. But this made me wonder what happens to all the shares of a compan...
by Bookm
Sat Jan 18, 2003 1:00 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Sticks and stones...
Replies: 16
Views: 22970

Greetings WisenLucky: I'm sorry, but what does the HP in REHP stand for? It must be a dirty word because my friend wanderer is afraid to even type it out, replacing at least one of the letters with "*". Perhaps wanderer created a new meaning, but I only know "HP" to mean "Ho...
by Bookm
Fri Jan 17, 2003 1:32 pm
Forum: Town Center
Topic: Sticks and stones...
Replies: 16
Views: 22970

I would like to thank ataloss for thanking the people at REHP who alienated some of the best posters there and drove them here! Wait. ES have you been watching Monty Python lately? We regret to inform you that the people that sacked those that have been sacked have now been sacked :lol: Bookm -enjo...