Personal Consumer Issues • Frostless hose cock rebuild/replace
I am aware that these units should not be shut as firmly as old-style valves. But after many years, it would no longer shut off all the way. Home Depot no longer sold either rebuild kits, or even the...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Advice on choosing 2/3 day side trip from Paris in...
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View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Ethan Allen Furniture
I think EA is high end middle of the road furniture. Probably overpriced for what it is but much better quality than severely overpriced lower tier brands.I personally like buying uber-high end...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Consolidating Vanguard IRA accounts...
Typically an exchange on the Vanguard site is a sell, then buy. But, give it a try and see what happens. I don’t have two IRA’s with the same registration to check myself.The Vanguard site blocks me...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Growing Tomatoes in Five Gallon Buckets
Not sure where OP is located but I can say that in the southeastern USA, it gets pretty hot such that buckets or any other pots will quickly become very hot with direct sun on them. Daily watering...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Reset 4% withdrawal floor if...
The original poster's question comes up every so often and has been discussed many times. I call what he is pro-posing "re-retiring". I raised the question maybe 10 years ago and Larry Swedroe...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Which typie of Fidelity account?
From what I could tell, CMA vs brokerage is the same thing with different defaults set. I was able to change the CMA account to a money market core holding and also add checks to the brokerage...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Should (and How) I get out of TDFs in my taxable account
I'm not certain what Fidelity calls their version of spec ID, but maybe someone who uses Fidelity will chime in with an answer. I'd only be guessing... Specified Lots maybe???I'm also curious. I don't...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Bavaria Christmas Markets
Germany's most famous Christmas market is the one in Nuremberg. It's touristy but very atmospheric.The markets are kinda all the same, so while I visited a different one each day in Vienna last...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Social Security: On the Vagaries of Timing
It's also kind of unfair that folks whose FRA is 67 who delay retirement can get 24% more at 70 rather than those at 66 who can get 32% more by waiting until 70. But it's been baked into the system...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • The best game-changing financial advice...
Thanks and good additions.I'd be curious where/who folks got this advice from? Most of mine were from doing my own research, although the invest aggressively idea was (unintentionally) planted in my...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Trading Treasuries (nominal and TIPS)
So assume someone is selling TIPS with 0% yield and now new 10 YR is being offered at 2%, will those 0% in secondary be offered at significant discount to make up for the higher yields now? This is...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Request for feedback on my plan to "move"...
I didn't read the post but if you change "retirement accounts" to "deferred accounts" it's probably a good idea.DoneStatistics: Posted by Joli — Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:15 am — Replies 6 — Views 252
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Waterproof iPhone case suggestions
There are waterproof transparent pouches that cost a few dollars.I’d be reluctant to use one for prolonged swimming, but they should be good for accidental dunks and splashes.We have used these on...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Pretty set financially, but considering relocation...
If you WANT to move, this is a good time in your life to consider moving (generally, doesn't have to be tomorrow).That said, I would find it a very, very, very hard sell to move to the Bay Area for...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Anybody heard stories of well...
If you look at the investment lifespan of most people on this forum (let's say since the early 1980s), there has been no sustained stock market crash, bonds performed fantastically as interest rates...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Simple things like writing a check,...
You should be their bank/brokerage. When they get money, tell them that they can deposit it with you to earn 5% interest guaranteed, or invest it in something reasonable like VTI. Make it an...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • M43rds digital camera vs Iphone 13 pro max?
I'lll agree that the ultrawide and the 3X telephoto aren't the best, but the main camera is superb. Sorry but this is incorrect. The iPhone has moreFocal length than what you state and it has the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Tax software options
(Yeah, there was a thread yesterday, but that poster's preferences and constraints were quite different from mine.)Been a handfiler (PDFs, printed and mailed) for a while. Considering making the jump...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • TIAA 403b: Rollover options to Vanguard after exit...
Your options are:1. Traditional or rollover ira which would interfere with backdoor roth2. Roth ira which would be taxable and if you are in an income situation requiring backdoor probably a bad...
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