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- INFLATION PROOFER will show you a way to inflation-
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- proof a long-term portfolio of investments, planned
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- for a period of about 10 years.
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- What does it mean to inflation-proof?
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- It means to set up a portfolio so that its purchasing
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- power -- its ability to buy things in the future --
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- is protected, no matter what course inflation takes.
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- Let's assume that the next ten years will be dominated
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- by one of five all-inclusive possibilities, or scenarios,
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- for inflation. We could have:
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- 1. Level inflation
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- 2. Rising inflation
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- 3. Runaway inflation
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- 4. Soft landing
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- 5. Deflation
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- For an explanation of each inflation scenario,
- type its number and press ENTER; or
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- If we now make some assumptions about:
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- 1. how inflation rates will proceed in each scenario,
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- 2. what the future (10 years from now) price will be
- of each investment in each scenario,
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- then we have the basis upon which to make future
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- projections of portfolio purchasing power.
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- Let's say that John Dough has just invested $20,000 in
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- stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).
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- Using a set of assumptions developed by the investment
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- advisor Harry Browne, let's see what Dough's $20,000
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- portfolio invested in the DJIA would be worth in ten years
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- in future purchasing power if we have:
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- Future Purchasing Power
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- Level inflation $21,419
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- Rising inflation $7,925
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- Runaway inflation $8,170
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- Soft landing $51,712
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- Deflation $8,035
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- This example clearly illustrates that the purchasing power
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- of stocks (DJIA) increases in some inflation scenarios; but
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- it decreases in others. This is also true of other kinds of
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- investments, such as bonds, precious metals, collectibles,
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- real estate, cash and other currencies. So when you set up
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- your portfolio you are advised to, first, choose the inflation
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- scenario that you think is most likely to occur over the next
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- ten years. Then select the kinds of investments which are
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- expected to do well in that scenario.
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- However, because you might guess wrong, you are also advised
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- to hedge your bet. Add some other investments to your portfolio
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- as hedges. In this way, although one type of investment may be
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- losing, another will be winning. By hedging one investment
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- against another, you will be balancing your portfolio. And
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- with a well-balanced portfolio you'll come out ahead, no matter
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- what course inflation takes during the period you've planned for.
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- That's the key to inflation-proofing -- creating the proper balance.
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- Harry Browne has defined 19 categories of investments
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- appropriate for a long-term portfolio:
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- 1. Gold bullion 11. Collectibles
- 2. Gold options 12. Cash
- 3. Silver bullion 13. Treasury bills
- 4. Silver coins 14. Other short-term $ holdings
- 5. Swiss francs 15. Treasury bonds
- 6. Swiss francs with interest 16. Other long-term $ holdings
- 7. Stocks 17. Short-term $ debt
- 8. Leveraged stocks 18. Long-term $ debt
- 9. Put options 19. Other investments
- 10. Real estate
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- For an explanation of each investment,
- type its number and press ENTER; or
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- The projections of future purchasing power that were
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- given for the suggested balanced portfolio for each
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- inflation scenario are based on assumptions developed
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- by Harry Browne. He has made specific assumptions about:
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- 1. how inflation rates will proceed in each scenario,
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- 2. what the future price will be of each investment
- in each scenario.
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- You may not agree with his assumptions. In fact, you may
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- have some of your own.
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- We are now going to give you the opportunity to see
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- Harry Browne's assumptions for inflation rates in each
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- of the scenarios. If you wish to change any of the
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- rates, you may do so. Then you may again analyze your
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- portfolio, but this time using the assumptions you have
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- made. You may make as many analyses as you wish with
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- your original portfolio or with new portfolios that
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- you create.
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- With INFLATION PROOFER, we have introduced you to the
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- concepts of inflation-proofing. These same concepts and
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- analysis procedures are used in THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO ANALYZER,
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- our software for the Harry Browne investment strategy. With
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- this program you can enter your total portfolio (all 19 categories),
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- and get specific guidelines for improving your portfolio's
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- performance. Further, the P.P.A. gives you the opportunity to
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- see all of Browne's assumptions, including those for inflation
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- rates, future investment prices, and suggested portfolios.
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- THE PERMANENT PORTFOLIO ANALYZER produces two main printed reports:
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- (1) the Portfolio Ten-Year Projection Analysis and (2) the Portfolio
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- Balance Sheet, which is a statement of your current net worth. The
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- program will store 40-50 average size portfolios. For more
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- information on the P.P.A., contact C.R. Hunter & Associates, Inc.,
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- 1527 Northwood Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45237; or call us at
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- (513) 761-9322.
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- Caution: Economic forcasting is not an exact science!
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- Calculation of projections are based on assumptions which
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- may or not materialize.
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