Bogleheads.org

Grt2bOutdoors

BruDude wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 8:05 pm Mine just renewed and they increased it 50%. Haven't shopped around yet...

When you shop do you use an independent agent or do you call each company independently?

Grt2bOutdoors

How can your income be 2,000 euros a “year” if your monthly rent is going to be 500 euros a month? Cash buffer - how is your employment stability? If stable, then I’d keep a years worth of expenses maximum. If not stable I’d hold all of it. Investment - I’d invest 20 percent a paycheck if possible. ...

Grt2bOutdoors

UpperNwGuy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:00 pm Buy Apple stock and hold it forever. The rest of the FAANGs didn't exist when I was 30, and Microsoft had not yet gone public.

Had you bought it when Sculley was CEO you’d likely not be holding it all too long. If it wasn’t for Jobs the company would have become zero.

Grt2bOutdoors

Marriage is a legal transaction in the eyes of the courts. Make sure you go in eyes wide open and brain fully aware of just who and what you are entering into this contract with. Choose poorly and the financial ramifications can set you back severely. Save, save now and every portion (preferably at ...

Grt2bOutdoors

Consult an attorney. Sometimes if an agreement can not be reached then a party may resort to the courts to resolve the matter.

Grt2bOutdoors

These aren’t EE Bonds .... they will have the same properties at year 5 as year 20. Why stop? I’m asking age wise. If one is purchased at 50, then keeping the bond till maturity gets one at 80. Or maybe like @ApeAttack mentioned, the purpose of these bonds is for semi-emergency funds and not necess...

Grt2bOutdoors

La Roche Posay Anthelios 50 Mineral Ultra Light Sunscreen Fluid Recommended for: Face– for all skin types, especially sensitive skin - This is more expensive like $35~$36. Key Ingredients: Cell-Ox Shield Technology (provides broad spectrum UVA/ UVB Protection + Antioxidants). 100% Mineral Formula wi...

Grt2bOutdoors

^^^Excellent! Thank you, anon_investor.

Grt2bOutdoors

No. Somebody or something is going to pay tax on all the interest sooner or later. Thank you. As I suspected, for estate planning purposes, instead of having a Treasury Direct account, it would seem better to hold TIPS or muni funds in a taxable account, to be able to get the step-up eventually. Or...

Grt2bOutdoors

Thank you all for the replies. I already created a minor linked account, but wanted to get some opinions on here before actually pulling the trigger. I realize that a stock fund such as VTI is likely to provide higher growth over the long-term, but at this point I'm mainly interested in a safe inve...

Grt2bOutdoors

Are you suggesting I could get up to $1100 in tax free interest with an account in my minor son's name? But how would i force turbotax to produce a return for him. He is a dependent on mine. You file a tax return for him. You can't "force" turbotax to produce a return for him based on you...

Grt2bOutdoors

aristotelian wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 2:53 pm Delay the pension and SS as long as possible. Maximize Roth conversions now, possibly up to the top of the 22% bracket. Spend down the taxable while you are doing the Roth conversions. What is your annual spending?

They need $144k. Converting to Roth doesn’t help their current spend.

Grt2bOutdoors

It yields better than a savings account but for real growth I would suggest looking into buying VTI or vtsax the mutual fund equivalent of VTI. If you do buy the I bond, it will be held in a minor linked account, at age 18, Treasury Direct will convert it to the child’s own account. If you do redeem...

Grt2bOutdoors

Series I are presently the best indexed bond option available. If one wants inflation-indexed bonds in their portfolio, I can't see a reason not to have them on top of the shopping list. On the other hand, Series EE are not such a good option at all. Their running interest is close to zero. One can...

Grt2bOutdoors

The only salvation from a rotten investment would be the 3.5% bonus at the stroke of 20-years. 20 years are an extremely long time and 3.5% ain't such a jackpot. What, if 10 years from now interests have considerably risen ? One would have already missed out on the interest differential (about 0.6%...

Grt2bOutdoors

Read The Millionaire Next Door - the lessons are timeless. Be a PAW, not an UAW. 1. Focus on career. Your income shovel is your biggest lever in accumulating wealth. 2. Play offense and defense with your earnings. Invest your money in broad based index funds - your human capital is large (many years...

Grt2bOutdoors

But can you live on 75-80k? Your lifestyle right now is $150k. You have an easy 8-4 gig, I’d keep it. Other jobs will not come so easy, either time consuming or other forms of aggravation.

Grt2bOutdoors

Multi prong attack: Terro ant baits where the ant trail into your house is. Ant traps at the base of wall. Outside the home, lay down a perimeter of Amdro Ant Block, they take the bait back to the nest and kill the colony. Spray with Ortho Home Defense Spray. Caulk openings if you can find them.

Grt2bOutdoors

I'm not clear on something in regard to whether my wife and I can claim my son as a dependent. He is a 20 year old student going to the local college and living full time with us. We don't charge him rent, and we pay almost all his expenses, including housing, utilities, groceries, most clothes, tu...

Grt2bOutdoors

There’s a saying: If you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm. You are a planner, you are asking questions first, so for high income earners who don’t know if their child will or will not be academically or athletically gifted, save, start saving now. Figure on saving 1/2 the cost o...

Grt2bOutdoors

Vanguard households trade infrequently Fewer than one-quarter of Vanguard households trade in any given year, and those that do typically only trade twice. Most traders’ behavior is consistent with rebalancing or is professionally advised... Trading and product holdings are correlated: Households w...

Grt2bOutdoors

Moving money into the market using dollar cost averaging over next 12 months (I know, there's some debate over whether this makes mathematical sense, but with the market at an all-time high, figured it might make sense). Given this, need to find a good place for the second half for 6 months and am ...

Grt2bOutdoors

The purpose of a target dated fund is: 1) professional management 2) all-in-one asset allocation based on investment managements foresight for the best risk adjusted expected returns over the investment horizon and the objectives of the fund itself 3) not to time the market (emphasis added) Another...

Grt2bOutdoors

I was searching the site and came to this post. I have similar situation and thinking about cancelling our term life. My son just got a full ride to college. We got 1.2m in retirement. Enough in cash to pay house off. It seems to make sense that we are pretty safe and can cancel our term life insur...

Grt2bOutdoors

Read a bunch of threads on the Kiddie Tax. I want to see if this is an accurate understanding. Please correct any misunderstandings... For UMTA accounts... - why does one need to use an UTMA account (instead of just a brokerage account for the child)? - money can transferred into the parent's check...

Grt2bOutdoors

I have taxable account with IB where margin rate on 10k would be 1.57% and the current rate for IBonds is 1.68% so right now I would agree it’s about even and not worth the hassle, but if I bond rates go up on May 1st would it be worthwhile to utilize margin? That's like $10/year. There's no amount...

Grt2bOutdoors

First of all, investing is a marathon, a long term horizon, a 15 year look back is nothing, check back in thirty years. Second, he's not advocating for all small value, its just a tilt to small value and the amount of the tilt is dependent upon the investor's total equity allocation. Third, he's a n...

Grt2bOutdoors

I like how smart contracts eliminate counterparty risk, but all it takes is an error in the code and any assets locked in the contract could be lost. So they don't eliminate counterparty risk. Or I guess they just replace that risk with another one that could be even worse (although maybe less like...

Grt2bOutdoors

I also think Coinbase will transform themselves into a major player in finance and banking. They can offer 10% variable interest rates now in dollars (USDC) if they start to partner with decentralized players like Aave. I think more and more Americans would be quite interested to earn 10% on their ...

Grt2bOutdoors

yes but will you get margin call if it drops 15-20% ? With 10k more of margin it would require about a 65% stock drawdown to get margin call using a 35% maintenance margin requirement (it’s currently only 25%) 65% drop is also a possibility , just not sure when . 0.1% of 10k is only few $ . The spr...

Grt2bOutdoors

Why would someone regret it if: 1) mortgage rate pre-tax or after-tax exceeded the returns on fixed income; 2) paying it down enabled them to either accelerate the payoff at the time of borrowers choosing or reduce liability 3) provided emotional comfort that could not be provided more cheaply 4) th...

Grt2bOutdoors

eye.surgeon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:08 pm Because my kids don't sleep in my taxable account.

I like this post.

Grt2bOutdoors

I do not pay off my mortgage because that would be tying up too much of my net worth into my house. If my $2M house ever becomes an insignificant part of my net worth, I would be happy to pay it off. This is a good point, too. How much is too much? Obviously subjective. Right now our net worth is p...

Grt2bOutdoors

Upward mobility is important to many of us, but not to all of us. For those of us to whom it matters, the pathways are vastly different. OP attended a really good school, OP's spouse attended a good school, and they've got good jobs and a comfortable lifestyle. They have an ultra-bright and talente...

Grt2bOutdoors

I do not pay off my mortgage because that would be tying up too much of my net worth into my house. If my $2M house ever becomes an insignificant part of my net worth, I would be happy to pay it off. This is a good point, too. How much is too much? Obviously subjective. Right now our net worth is p...

Grt2bOutdoors

I also think Coinbase will transform themselves into a major player in finance and banking. They can offer 10% variable interest rates now in dollars (USDC) if they start to partner with decentralized players like Aave. I think more and more Americans would be quite interested to earn 10% on their ...

Grt2bOutdoors

Vanguard came through and I got some at $381. The valuation isn't extreme if you annualize 1Q results. I expect they'll do big things. Rookie mistake to “annualized” one quarter of profits - that’s how the snake oil salesman snooker people. Reminding myself to revisit this post in 1 year :sharebeer...

Grt2bOutdoors

I thought one of the great ideals of crypto is that you don't deal with banks and their fees? Is overpaying transaction fees to use a digital "coin" somehow better than using venmo/paypal/etc? I don't understand this and continue to sit by dumbfounded while more people pour money into &qu...

Grt2bOutdoors

rhoms33 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:48 pm Vanguard came through and I got some at $381.

The valuation isn't extreme if you annualize 1Q results.

I expect they'll do big things.

Rookie mistake to “annualized” one quarter of profits - that’s how the snake oil salesman snooker people.

Grt2bOutdoors

I would buy it if it was $50 and not$250, 5x overpriced. It’s 50x overpriced at $50. Hot take for a company that made $800 million in profits last quarter... But is it sustainable or just a flash in the pan? An $85 billion market cap for a business that may become either heavily regulated or shut d...

Grt2bOutdoors

Congrats!

Grt2bOutdoors

The expense ratio is not 0.388%. If you took that ratio, it would be $38.80 per thousand. The cost is $3.88 per thousand invested which is to say $3.88/$1000 is 0.0388%. That is pretty darn cheap! FYI - BTC is BlackRock Trust Company. While you don't disclose it, are the target date funds also BTC ...

Grt2bOutdoors

The purpose of a target dated fund is: 1) professional management 2) all-in-one asset allocation based on investment managements foresight for the best risk adjusted expected returns over the investment horizon and the objectives of the fund itself 3) not to time the market (emphasis added) Another...

Grt2bOutdoors

I am generally an advocate of investing in the target date funds, since they remove emotional aspect out of investing. They do the daily rebalancing between stocks and bonds, thus they sell high and buy low almost by definition. Then again, 0.388% expense ratio for a target date fund is too high fo...

Grt2bOutdoors

Images are not working for me. Just fixed the images :) It's helpful if you can provide us with the associated expense ratio for each of the fund options listed. You have a good selection of fund choices, so assembling an aggressive portfolio will not be an issue for you. It's just a matter of cost...

Grt2bOutdoors

The purpose of a target dated fund is: 1) professional management 2) all-in-one asset allocation based on investment managements foresight for the best risk adjusted expected returns over the investment horizon and the objectives of the fund itself 3) not to time the market Reading your statements -...

Grt2bOutdoors

1. Inherited money
2. You were given/gifted a significant sum of wealth such that you could not have possibly earned in in the traditional sense
3. You have the unconditional financial backing of family benefactor

Grt2bOutdoors

You have zero deductible. That's why your premium has been going up. You also have "great coverage". If you went to healthcare.gov and tried to purchase a similar type plan, how much would it cost you? My guess is your employer is heavily subsidizing your plan but as the costs keep rising ...

Grt2bOutdoors

Burn that mortgage. No question, I'd pay it off. From a financial perspective, no one is offering a bond at 3.66% guaranteed today but you have the opportunity to purchase one with that reallocation of assets from real estate to cash. From an emotional perspective - you owe "no one".

Grt2bOutdoors

^^^Agreed.

Search found 23188 matches