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I don't have any financial institution apps on my phone and don't do any financial transactions on it. All transactions are done on a home computer with an Ethernet connection to our router. If I use the laptop it is VPN'd and encrypted.

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We run about $500 a month (+/-) at the grocery store(s). Discovered our local grocery store pharmacy is sometimes more competitive than the mail order pharmacy and it runs through like groceries.

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Is that before or after the Advisor's cut?

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eBay 4 sure

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Hi fellow bogleheads, This is the final post in my journey from shifting a complicated, inherited portfolio at Morgan Stanley to DIY at Schwab. I've asked some questions on this forum and have gotten some great advice. I've opened all of the accounts at Schwab, downloaded December statements and co...

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I would question the idea of a receiver, defined as a box that includes AM/FM along with an amp. Every radio station I have any interest in has online streaming, and there are many online-only stations that cater to special interests in music. I have a Cambridge CXN streamer, which also connects to...

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Only good experiences. Caught a fraud charge on one of their 2% cards and called them. Cancelled card and overnighted a new one to me. Nothing but good stuff to report on them. Cards are set to auto-pay in full on the due date and they deposit my 2% into a Fidelity cash account monthly. Best thing s...

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These distributions are the wrong numbers for comparison. The SEC yields are 0.87% for Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt and 1.11% for Total Bond Market; these would be equal in a 22% tax bracket. See SEC Yield on the wiki for the reason for using SEC yield rather than distribution yield to compare fund...

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In a 22% bracket, I would prefer taxable bonds, which are likely to earn more after-tax than munis of comparable risk. That is not currently correct. The important part of this statement is "comparable risk". For example, Admiral shares of Vanguard High-Yield Tax-Exempt yield 1.92%, which...

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In a 22% bracket, I would prefer taxable bonds, which are likely to earn more after-tax than munis of comparable risk. That is not currently correct. The important part of this statement is "comparable risk". For example, Admiral shares of Vanguard High-Yield Tax-Exempt yield 1.92%, which...

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I would question the idea of a receiver, defined as a box that includes AM/FM along with an amp. Every radio station I have any interest in has online streaming, and there are many online-only stations that cater to special interests in music. I have a Cambridge CXN streamer, which also connects to...

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Hi — I'm a wanna-be audiophile. I like having a nice stereo, but don't want to go off the deep end on cost and quality. So bogleheads seemed to be the place to ask for recommendations on receiver, subwoofer, and a center speaker! My 1992 Onkyo is failing, so I want a receiver that is good for music...

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In a 22% bracket, I would prefer taxable bonds, which are likely to earn more after-tax than munis of comparable risk. That is not currently correct. The important part of this statement is "comparable risk". For example, Admiral shares of Vanguard High-Yield Tax-Exempt yield 1.92%, which...

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I think am not in the high tax bracket but wanted to ask if it make sense to hold muni bonds in taxable account (since no federal tax) and total bond index fund in 401k account. Per BH principle, bonds belongs to tax-deferred account but I wanted to add some muni bonds in my taxable account at Fide...

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I was Pfizered on Wednesday. Less soreness than a typical flu shot. YMMV.

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Family of 2 retirees..... about $6K on groceries, maybe $1K on takeout food, couple hundred on Amazon Prime and Netflix, all the rest SSDD, no travel, almost no gas, just dull and boring.

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BAM55 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:22 am
iamblessed wrote: ↑Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:55 am We spent about 22k for everything including income taxes. We are retired.
I think we spent $22k on wine this year...

$22K just about covered medical and dental.

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I use Vanguard's automatic scheduled sell provision to sell 1/12 of my yearly RMD monthly from a fund (not ETF) each month and send that money directly to my bank.

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cheese_breath wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 3:27 pm When they're old enough to appreciate it, and you're young enough to do it.

Emphasis added by a guy why wants to do the Galapagos but doesn't want (or can't anymore) to fly into an 11,000 altitude city to start or end the trip.

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I use EFTPS Quarterly. At the beginning of the year I do estimates and set up quarterly pays from the account I use to transfer for that purpose. If something happens during the year that would change my estimate significantly I either add or change a scheduled payment.

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Just call me dino.

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I avoid cards and programs that produce points. I use the AMEX 6% cash back on groceries card, the PenFed 5% cash back on gas card, the Fidelity 2% cash back on everything card and the Amazon 5% off Amazon and Whole Foods cards. Give me money and keep the points, especially points I have to spend th...

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I think am not in the high tax bracket but wanted to ask if it make sense to hold muni bonds in taxable account (since no federal tax) and total bond index fund in 401k account. Per BH principle, bonds belongs to tax-deferred account but I wanted to add some muni bonds in my taxable account at Fide...

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3567 is my guess.

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TheTimeLord wrote: ↑Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:32 am Adding a touch of context and perspective to this thread.

Interesting, wide disparity between 75% and 90% in early 70's age group.

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Roughly 17.8% increase after 4% withdrawal, so 21.8% seems to be my number. Increases this year would seem to be a strict byproduct of AA.

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I'll have a better idea of the next decade's returns about a decade from now.

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Midareff. Are you saying by taking it early you used that SS money that would have been 8% bigger if you had waited, allowing the money you would have used from taxable to grow more, at 9%. So it was a net gain? The SS monthly would have gained 8% annually, the money I didn't use to replace that be...

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I’m 65, retired, approaching my full retirement at 66and 2 months. Take S.S. then and get $2760 a month or wait until 70 and get $3607 ?I live frugally, and don’t need the added money. When I run the numbers, investing the earlier amount at 6% leads to a head start the larger withdrawal doesn’t cat...

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I retired at the start of April, 2012, and for the decade prior to that projected a 7% annual return on investments. It tuned out to be (more or less) accurate to some degree. From the 11 years from 2010 through today my average annual portfolio return has been 9.8% on a conservative portfolio which...

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The question at the end of the day is: Can you make more than 2.85%, with appropriate tax considerations and calculations, on that money over the next 15 years with a Boglehead type portfolio? My guess is yes, and easily. That is true but i also want to keep my expenses as low as possible so that i...

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The question at the end of the day is: Can you make more than 2.85%, with appropriate tax considerations and calculations, on that money over the next 15 years with a Boglehead type portfolio? My guess is yes, and easily.

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I'm 72 until Monday, then 73 and she is 57 and a Thai with US Citizenship. We traveled internationally 3 to 5 times a year pre-Covid. I shot images and she did videos all to be processed and annotated after returning home. We exercise walk vigorously mornings, I generally do a second 2 mile walk lat...

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I refinanced with them back around 2012 or so at 3.00%, 30 year. No problems at all. Every couple of years or so I forget to send them proof of insurance and they send me a letter asking for it. I self escrow for property tax and insurances. No issues at all. At the time I closed they allowed you to...

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Hi all. When it comes to asset allocation (stocks/bonds balance,) many of my favorite authors such as Larry Swedroe, Rick Ferri, etc, have posed the idea to investors: “ Never take more risk than you have the ability, willingness or need to take.” This concept feels prudent, but is also complicated...

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I was going to start re-ripping my CDs into a lossless format but think I may go with a Tidal subscription instead. I’ve got a BlueSound Vault which rips CDs easily enough, but I think it was probably a foolish purchase for the few CDs I can’t stream. Oh well, sunk cost. The TIDAL service is at lea...

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It really is tough to make statements about an all bond IRA without a full understanding of your needs, costs and retired income structure but; 1. You pay full tax as funds, when withdrawn from an IRA in retirement are taxed as regular income. With the bond portfolio you have selected you will lose ...

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I think it's entirely reasonable to have a value only or small value only or multi-factor only portfolio. But you are going to need high conviction to successfully implement that portfolio because some Bogleheads will make fun of you when it underperforms. Heck, we still get threads from people jet...

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Bogleheads: If one cannot understand the danger of investing in a single style category now they may never understand. Simply compare value stocks recent risk and return with total stock market recent risk and return. Read this: What Experts Say About Total Market Index Funds Happy Holidays Taylor ...

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I think investing in only one sector of the market, in this case Value, is not only anti-Bogle, it is somewhat foolish.Statistically we know certain market sectors will out-perform or under-perform over periods of time, sometimes significantly extended periods of time. If you feel like you have conv...

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I am using 4% real for my all stock accounts (e.g. Roth) and 2.5% real for my 70/30 portfolio. That sounds like a reasonable figure. OTOH, when I look at this year with a Total Stock Market (VTSAX) REAL as of December 23, 2020 of 18.52% (12 month Total Return 19.83% per M*) and a 12 month REAL as o...

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Have an idea that might make sense for tax purposes? Involves capital gains in taxable. Does it make sense to constantly rotate your holdings? For instance you hold a US total market index. You would sell the holdings once LCG kicks in after one year. You might incur CG tax for the short period of ...

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It's really too bad that listening to 96kHz material vs. higher resolution material is audible. You just can't convince people who can hear the difference, that includes me, by citing measurements and numbers. Today's higher end DACs provide jitter and frequency response all the way from 44.1 to 19...

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It's really too bad that listening to 96kHz material vs. higher resolution material is audible. You just can't convince people who can hear the difference, that includes me, by citing measurements and numbers. Today's higher end DACs provide jitter and frequency response all the way from 44.1 to 19...

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Sorry ..... there are two camps on this...... those that listen and can hear the differences and those with tin ears who rely on measurements. If you assemble a system which has sufficient sonic and spacial resolution the differences are easily heard. If you listen through a table radio you might a...

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I was going to start re-ripping my CDs into a lossless format but think I may go with a Tidal subscription instead. I’ve got a BlueSound Vault which rips CDs easily enough, but I think it was probably a foolish purchase for the few CDs I can’t stream. Oh well, sunk cost. The TIDAL service is at lea...

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I'm fortunate to have retired at 64 with the ability to cruise several times a year, except for this year of course. We like to see and explore things and places, and have our hotel take us there (cruise ship). Our last trip was 34 days from Buenos Aires down and around Cape Horn up the western sid...

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I'm fortunate to have retired at 64 with the ability to cruise several times a year, except for this year of course. We like to see and explore things and places, and have our hotel take us there (cruise ship). Our last trip was 34 days from Buenos Aires down and around Cape Horn up the western sid...

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I would question the idea of a receiver, defined as a box that includes AM/FM along with an amp. Every radio station I have any interest in has online streaming, and there are many online-only stations that cater to special interests in music. I have a Cambridge CXN streamer, which also connects to...

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Collective wisdom for sound quality from those guys tends to be: Room Treatment > Speakers > Processors > Cables. I agree, but if you’ll indulge me, I would change it to: Hardware room treatment > software room treatment > speakers > processors > cables. I am a huge fan of Anthem Room Correction, u...

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