Craig, thanks for doing this interview. I was researching for information about Permanent Portfolio and your blog www.crawlingroad.com came up in the search results. I’m glad I found the blog because it really contained a lot of information on Permanent Portfolio. It almost answered my queries, but I do have some questions that I would like to ask you in this interview. There is no doubt that you are an authority on this subject and to begin, can you explain what Permanent Portfolio is all about?

Yes sure. Thanks for having me on, I’m happy to do this interview with you. The Permanent Portfolio was created by a gentleman named Harry Browne and his associates in the late 1970s and it was a way to protect the money they had made as gold speculators. Harry Browne was getting out of the speculation business as he realized it was ...