Crawling Road Money Show Podcast

In this podcast I talk with co-author J.M. Lawson on the upcoming Permanent Portfolio book. We cover a lot of great background about the book and the Permanent Portfolio in general.

In this podcast I talk about investing risks from a start-up entrepreneur's perspective. Also how it applies to investing in the Permanent Portfolio.

This is a quick overview of the options of investing in gold in the Permanent Portfolio.

Discussion of how to hold cash for the Permanent Portfolio. Also answers to reader questions about why not to use aggressive stock funds and how to handle market panics with rebalancing.

A review of the Permanent Portfolio in 2010. I also answer reader questions about assets that are too expensive and going all in or slowly .

What bonds to buy for the Permanent Portfolio. Why only own 100% US Treasury Bonds? Why to avoid municipal, corporate, junk and government agency bonds. Problems with actively managed bond funds. Individual bonds vs. bond funds. Performance of bonds in 2008's market crash. How to buy bonds. Recommended bond funds if you can't buy individual bonds. Dangers of reaching for yield. Are bonds too expensive today?

Rick Ferri of Portfolio Solutions discusses his perspective on gold, the Permanent Portfolio and answers questions about his own investment recommendations.

What stocks to buy for the Permanent Portfolio? Index vs. Active funds. Do you need International? How about Small Cap Value? Should I go in all at once or dollar cost average? Should investing be scary?

In this episode I discuss the Variable Portfolio. I also answer reader questions about the cash allocation and whether the Permanent Portfolio is only good for preserving wealth or if it can grow savings.

In this episode I discuss the four asset classes of the Permanent Portfolio and volatility. I also discuss risk in investing and the need to not look at assets in isolation in your portfolio.