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The Couch Potato Smooths Your Ride

The Couch Potato Smooths Your Ride

Scott Burns Jan 20, 2004

Investor throw that Zoloft crutch away! Embrace the healing power of the Couch Potato When it comes to investment worries the Couch Potato Portfolio may be a better treatment than Zoloft Paxil or Prozac the three top selling anti depression drugs That conclusion comes from examining the…

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The Couch Potato Portfolio, Good News and Bad News

The Couch Potato Portfolio, Good News and Bad News

Scott Burns Sep 01, 1996

All right So it's Labor Day and June 30th was a long time ago You just can't expect the kind of instant analysis you get at political conventions from Couch Potato investors But it's time for the Couch Potato Report our quarterly review of Investing for the Rest of Us You will recall the…

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The Couch Potato Portfolios, Ahead By a Small Fortune

The Couch Potato Portfolios, Ahead By a Small Fortune

Scott Burns Jan 31, 1999

Sunday, January 31, 1999 Nothing succeeds quite like sloth. This is one of the great secrets of investment life. We are surrounded by believers in action and informed decision making. No one wants our money to be lazy. Everyone wants to help us gird for the angst of asset allocation, the stress of…

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The 1999 Couch Potato Report

The 1999 Couch Potato Report

Scott Burns Feb 08, 2000

It's that time again Time to overcome sloth and indolence for a few moments and see how our Couch Potato portfolios did in 1999 You will recall that Couch Potato investors are lazy but not rude We wouldn't for instance challenge professional investors and advisors by using darts to select…

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Slouching to Victory, the Couch Potato Portfolios

Slouching to Victory, the Couch Potato Portfolios

Scott Burns Jan 28, 2001

Sloth lost some ground last year no matter how little it did This is a matter of importance for the Couch Potato Portfolios because they require perfection in slothful habits Management effort should not exceed the ability to fog a mirror If you are called upon to divide by the number 2 an…

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The Couch Potato and the Seven Year Itch

The Couch Potato and the Seven Year Itch

Scott Burns May 04, 1999

Tuesday, May 4, 1999 Suppose you had been a practicing Couch Potato Portfolio investor, where would you be? No, I am not talking about compound annual rate of return. Nothing so abstract. Where would you be in greenbacks? The question came to mind as I contemplated the incredible seven fat years…

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The Coffeehouse vs. The Couch Potato

The Coffeehouse vs. The Couch Potato

Scott Burns Jul 26, 2005

"Which is the better investment The Couch Potato portfolio or the Coffeehouse portfolio for someone who is 58 years old and wants to retire at 60 and live hopefully till 90 " The question comes from a San Antonio reader The short answer is that the Coffeehouse portfolio probably has an edge…

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Abandon the Couch Potato? Never!

Abandon the Couch Potato? Never!

Scott Burns Oct 19, 2000

Q Why have you given up on the couch potato approach after only ONE year of performance below that of other methods You are becoming a closet trader The whole idea is to stick with the plan over the long haul as you have preached before Perhaps Bogle is correct that one should be into the…

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Introducing: The Couch Potato Building Blocks

Introducing: The Couch Potato Building Blocks

Scott Burns Mar 20, 2005

I've advocated index investing and have tracked the Couch Potato Portfolio in this column for more than 13 years There are two good reasons for this First index investing will do better than about 70 percent of managed portfolios Second index investing is so simple anyone can do it If you can…

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Inflation Protected! Extra Crispy! The New Couch Potato Portfolio!

Inflation Protected! Extra Crispy! The New Couch Potato Portfolio!

Scott Burns Sep 08, 2002

How is the Couch Potato Portfolio doing These inquiries come in from readers as if asking after the health of a hospital patient The answer is that the Couch Potato Portfolio has been ill It remains an outpatient however while many other portfolios are in Intensive Care As of August 26th…

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