Personal Finance (Not Investing) • How to figure what percentage to tithe if...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • Cash is a terrible long-term investment
Bogleheads - Here is another possibly less well known piece we experienced.When we purchased our home, we only had to provide the money market account statement.With our income and credit score it was...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Retrofit/removal of touch screens in cars?
Yes, for quite a while now. You haven't ever seen a car with a small LED temperature readout next to the temperature adjustment?I believe this is from a 2010 Camry Hybrid.Yes i have seen the...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • A streaming debacle (technical and streaming issues)
I suspect your FireTV stick is fighting with the splinter. Could you plug it directly into the TV?And I watch a lot of college basketball. ESPN+ for the first part of the season, then I add a month of...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Trip to Italy
Edit: I answered the original poster and didn’t see the updated questions.This is more general travel advice, but we travel with a four port USB hub to charge devices (phones, tablets, etc), as...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • 401k Fund Choices – Need Guidance
Here are the full fund choices: https://imgur.com/a/RbT2ETBFor the longest time, I’ve just stuck my money in the Fidelity 2065 TDF. I’d prefer to have a traditional 3 fund portfolio, but with a 0.06%...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Personal loan on a house
Thanks for the suggestion. My parents do want to collect a little bit of interest which I am totally good with. So currently looking into a recast since source of funds isn't much of a concern with...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • US Nonresident Aliens - Vanguard freezing legacy accounts
Apologies for the long posts. In short, on the call today and in writing, Vanguard insisted that we can continue to maintain the accounts for sales, redemptions and transfers past 2025, but customer...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Continuing Care Retirement Communities: Coping...
In several instances, when one spouse has needed to move to memory care, a different facility has been selected, a board and care home with only six residents which can be an excellent choice for a...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • The Final, Definitive Thread on...
Does anyone know if Fidelity offers any retention bonuses to match competing brokerages? I am currently using them and like their services so far. Last few comments were 1k per 1mil / Fidelity is not...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Is this Really a Wash Sale?
The answer given repeatedly above is absolutely the usual answer to this question. It's the answer that Fidelity's systems are programmed to follow. It's the answer that's supported by the text of...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Help! My late father bought me a variable...
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View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • DIY projects with greatest financial return?
New screen for existing window screen frame. There is a spline holding the screen in place. Remove it and then install a new window screen into the frame with new spline. It costs about $150-$300...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Now that long TIPS yields have...
This has been an interesting thread, but I can't help but wonder, why do people who don't think you can predict the market think you can predict interest rates?Interest rates are even harder to...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Total US Bond Index down more than 3% in past month,...
That's not proving that you'd be better off if you balanced less frequently.The converse is from recent history where you didn't rebalance for a whole year and stocks gained 20% in one year.On a 50%...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Short term bond fund
Years 3-5: VTIP (2.4 year duration)Why VTIP vs individual TIPS for those years?Because my individual TIPS are held in an IRA that I can't tap without penalty until 59.5 years old, which allows me to...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Unrequested games getting installed on a Tracfone...
Thoughts?Maybe buy an iPhone????This. I didn't know anyone used tracfones in 2024.Statistics: Posted by YeahBuddy — Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:29 am — Replies 45 — Views 2183
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Estate Planning and Checking Account
My attorneys created both a will and RLT that have the same disposition of my assets.Whether I hold assets inside or outside the trust, they will be allocated to irrevocable trusts upon my passing.The...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Seeking advice on limited 401k fund options...
I hear you, but I also hear "experts" claim that 2022 was an exceptional year and that bonds are still relevant. Having said that I am definitely not willing to take a lot of risk on the stable value...
View ArticleForum Issues and Administration • To the Moderators - Thank You!
Thanks for the thanks. It's always nice to learn that our work (mostly behind the scenes) is both noticed and appreciated by the vast majority of posters here. (The exception seems to be those we've...
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