Personal Consumer Issues • What Book Are You Currently Reading? Part VI
Just started reading The Golden Ghetto: The Psychology Of Affluence by Jessie O'NeillStatistics: Posted by jaqenhghar — Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:32 pm — Replies 8164 — Views 1845892
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Waterproof slim gloves
I use Sealskinz. The ones I have are lightweight, so they don't offer much insulating value, but usually enough. If its below zero, I bring over-gloves.Statistics: Posted by Nver2Late — Thu Sep 26,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Legit or Scam: Buy New Car, Sign Lease for...
This is legitimate. The federal tax credit for a purchased EV requires that the vehicle be assembled in the US. Many cars do not qualify. Leased vehicles are not limited to US assembly.If you Google...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Federal MM Fund vs. Treasury MM Fund
I move everything besides current month bills into US Treasury.Statistics: Posted by RickBoglehead — Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:35 pm — Replies 2 — Views 96
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Personal Investments • Fidelity Funds - Class K??
I've bee doing a lot of reading here at BH, some really amazing advice.Here's a question I have about a year ago I moved all my Fidelity Investments that were in a 403B account into onemutual fund,to...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Help: Can not trade or transfer money in my...
This thread is now in the Personal Consumer Issues forum (website problem).(Thanks to the member who reported the post and explained what's wrong.)Statistics: Posted by LadyGeek — Thu Sep 26, 2024...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Any downsides to enabling tax loss harvesting service?
Recall a new BH came from a service (Robinhood,...?) that did automatic TLHing for them ...they owned lots of small positions in things that were not as tax-efficient as BH-recommended investments. OP...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How to stretch 86 yo mom's portfolio
My siblings and I have identified a facility for Memory Care that costs $8000 per month that my mom will be moving into in the next week. This is less expensive than another place we had been...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • The Saga of Incorrect Tax Software
This thread has been moved to the “Personal Finance (Not Investing)" forum; it's a tax discussion. Moderator Pops1860Statistics: Posted by Pops1860 — Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:39 pm — Replies 6 — Views 262
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • 2024 Overconfidence - Let’s have a...
It is fascinating the degree to which conservative investors will- try to justify a risk tolerance that has never produced better results- use completely inappropriate comparisons (equal portfolio but...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Can I Comfortably Afford a $35k Car?
Lawrence of Suburbia has a question which I've moved into a new thread. See: What should I do with my 2019 Toyota Corolla?(Thanks to the member who reported the post and explained what's...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Best Ways to extend Life of Car
It's my observation / belief that people actually just get tired of their old cars long before the cars really die. I mean, they might say "it died," but it really just needs a repair, and the cost of...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • confused about ex-US today (Friday,...
I also want to understand how this works exactly. Is this trades of VXUS that are setting the price or its components?What about the members that don’t have ADRs on US exchange? Since IXUS/VXUS and...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • 2024 Bogleheads Conference:...
Hi all -If anyone would like to join me for dinner after the reception on Friday evening please post here. Once I have a headcount I will make a list of nearby restaurants and we can figure out where...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • "New" vehicle purchase
I just wanted feedback to see if there was a different perspective on my plan for purchasing a "new" to us vehicle.We are planning to purchase about a $45k family vehicle that is a couple years old...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Home Heating System - What Would You Do?
So AC ducts, and no central vac won’t work, just stay with boiler. Last nearly forever, very consistent heat, prolly don’t have or need separate water heater. And even though air sourced hp are much...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • When rolling over a traditional IRA to a Roth, can you...
What you are calling a rollover is NOT a rollover. It is a conversion. --vtMapsA conversion is a rollover.https://support.taxslayer.com/hc/en-us/ ... ConversionSee my extensive rebuttal and Mark's...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Is there a better hotdog?
This has been an excellent discussion of candidates for second-best hot dog and I definitely would like to try some (or most) of those discussed above.The best of course is a natural-casing Koegel...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • What size TV to get
There is a general rec you can lookup based on viewing distance... but in a room like that, I would just go as big as you want to pay.Edit: Here is a link to one of them. Looked reasonable.Statistics:...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Transfer ETFs vs mutual funds
The BND ETF declares dividends monthly, so you only earn the dividend if you own shares on the record date (once a month, usually at the end).I dislike the term “earn the dividend”, which you don’t....
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