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by wanderer
Wed Nov 27, 2002 1:57 pm
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: What does "FIRE" stand for?
Replies: 7
Views: 8235

petey - actually, i think he adopted this approach in the early 1970s (when rates were much lower) and rode it to the end. The Terhorsts went a similar route when rates were 8%-10% on CDs. Since these guys were deeply wise (one was a broker(?), the other an audit partner), it either proves the falli...
by wanderer
Wed Nov 27, 2002 12:33 am
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Diversified portfolio book recommendations?
Replies: 7
Views: 7710

petey - try, in this order: 1. random walk, 2. common sense, and 3. global investing by ibbotson and brinson. bernstein has a list at his site and i have been making my way thru it. i suggest that successful investors will be helped, not hindered by reading very widely, indeed: this summer i read a ...
by wanderer
Tue Nov 26, 2002 11:52 pm
Forum: FIRE Board
Topic: Dory36 Calculator Workaround
Replies: 3
Views: 4999

christ i hope this goes thru...