I have got a lot of things that hook my attention this year, whether it is investing, at work or other things that I am interested in. But the one thing that I have come across that is the most astounding is the Permanent Portfolio.

Why did it hooked me?

How would you like an easy to set up way of broad market investing that generates a return close to market, yet with drastically less volatility? This is the permanent portfolio.

Established in 1982, in an era of stagnant economic growth and rampant inflation, Permanent Portfolio seeks to provide a sound structure and disciplined approach to asset allocation. The Fund was born in an environment where investors didn’t know where to turn. Regardless of what an investor did, they were losing money. Harry Browne, one of the founders of the fund stated, “It’s easy to think you know what the ...

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