Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Yahoo Finance --Beserk
I track my portfolio there, my portfolio is about $200K higher on the displayed graph vs the actual numbers (correct) displayed - contradicting each other, looks like some bugs on their...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Did I Botch Backdoor Roth? Can It Be Fixed?
Thanks again. Not sure I can recommend Cash App taxes at this point. The older I get, the more I realize sometimes it's not worth saving a buck....Statistics: Posted by madams135 — Wed Apr 03, 2024...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Value of living away for college
Some kids aren't ready to live away from home and when they do, they crash and burn pretty hard.if she is ready, then, personally, i would recommend that she live in a college town just to get the...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Crazy to get a new car after 8 months? Which EV?
I was in a pinch to get a new car last year. I wanted a Tesla, but it was at the height of the used car craze and I wasn't interested in paying over MSRP for one. I settled on a certified pre-owned...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Annuity Lump Sum vs Deferred Pension Plan
I've recently changed jobs and am presented with the following option for my vested defined pension plan:1) Payout of $11,1292) Payout of $7034 and monthly annuity of $312 at 653) No Payout and...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • What is the appeal of Robinhood
Hard to prove but, boy howdy, it sure looks shady.Citadel was providing about half of Robinhood's entire revenue through Payment for Order Flow. And Citadel also happened to be backing $2 billion in...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How much house to comfortably afford?
Say you clear 385k from the sale of your house, and closing costs are 25k on your new house (spitballing here). So you will have 565k cash left to play with. Easily afford to drop 450k toward a...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Is three days per week the ideal work life...
I looked up the definition of profession... "A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification".Sure there are menial jobs where 3 days per week seems okay,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How much $$$ do you need to forego...
There is no known $ figure. That's the thing. OP will probably want to investigate the various options that preserve an appropriate portion of assets for the spouse not in care.Statistics: Posted by...
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Non-US Investing • Money Market Funds
What is people's view of the below fund?LO FUNDS SHORT-TERM MONEY MARKET (EUR) MX1" (EUR) ACC A" Interactive Brokers symbol: 197690933ISIN: LU1976909330It seems to have a minimum investment of 3k and...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • TIAA-CREF 1035 exchange to Fidelity
Why are you concerned about this exchange? The withdrawal of $3000 eight years ago was probably fully from earnings, so you should have gotten a 1099 for $3000 at that time. The cost basis shouldn’t...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Pay off Parent Plus Loan or Save/Invest
Thank you everyone who has been responding. My parents are in a good financial situation and the loans that my brother and I have on their name do not dip their credit to a concerning point so they...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Old 401K frequent transactions
Sounds fishy. You could contact the provider and ask what's going on. Or just roll it out to an IRA or your current 401(k).Statistics: Posted by terran — Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:21 pm — Replies 1 — Views 35
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Lightweight Linux Distro - which one(s)?
Another vote for Linux Mint. You have plenty of RAM for it. I like the WIn7-like UI (I use Xfce on a 14-yr-old desktop and a 10 yr old laptop with similar RAM to yours) and it does well. I like Mint...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Parameters of a Retirement/Financial Model
We started with a model for us individually - after utilizing RPM and Pralana we realized what we missed (was missing) and began using those models. YMMVYeah, from my initial look at RPM I think it'll...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Get rid of Dishwasher?
Are you sure it's dead? I also have a FP double dish drawer about 20 years old. While it hasn't been completely trouble free it's a great machine. Lots of readily available parts and troubleshooting...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Vanguard Survey
OP here - the email I received said to call Vanguard and reference project ZEN24 if you had questions and wanted to verify the legitimacy of the offer and gave Vanguard's phone number. Since I was...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Are bonds necessary if you're getting a pension?
Short answer - 100% equities for you, right now, could be a reasonable AA. But you have to be able to stomach volatility of the stock market. Longer answer - check out TPAW Very useful tool, easy to...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Is uninsured motor vehicle insurance a good idea?
Congratulations, you've secured a $200k verdict against someone with a -$27k net worth. Now what?Go after them. Garnish their wages and benefits for life.Good luck with that. You will spend far more...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Rollover TIAA retirement funds to IRA?
When I moved my IRAs from TIAA, they had ERs for the Equity Index fund of 0.69% . I went to Vanguard for VTSAX with an ER of 0.05% . I think TIAA wanted to get rid of the accounts with the lowest...
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