Personal Investments • Unable to Withdraw Cash from Vanguard Brokerage...
OP: Is the linked bank account jointly owned by your wife and her mother? If not, I wonder if Vanguard is disallowing a transfer from a joint acct (brokerage) to a differently-titled account.Yes, the...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Seen new Dune Movie? Your opinion??
have read books, and have watched old movie. Not like a huge Dune fan. its just ok. But I was excited about these. and i found the whole thing incredibly boring. after the first movie i was like ok...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Do you buy tire warranties?
One factor I haven't seen mentioned, maybe because the typical boglehead wouldn't buy this kind of car is if the tires are 35 section width or lower.Both of ours have 21" rims with 30 section tires,...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Braces price -can you negotiate ?
Saved quite a bit by paying in advance for my daughter back in the day. He did extra stuff not initially anticipated too. She ended up with just about perfect teeth.Statistics: Posted by hicabob — Wed...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • A fun "income" account
I was about a half-second from typing a snarky response, but instead I will just say that it is concerning to see this OP from a poster with a 17 year history on BH.Please just take a deep breath and...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Question about HSA if employment is shaky
One question though: From what I understand, a HSA is what one funds pretty early every year (after emergency fund and getting the 401k match). Are people really funding their HSAs as early as...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Best Washing Machine
Whoops! Another opinion.I bought this LG top loading HUGE capacity impeller washer along with a large LG gas dryer a month ago.It replaced a 10 year old front loading set. It was $1300 on sale for...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Suing Meta (Facebook) to get DW's hacked account...
Reading between the lines here, neither you nor DW had 2fa enable. You enabled it after the hack. You hopefully have enabled it on all your financial accounts.Statistics: Posted by mrmass — Wed Jul...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Is there a sweet spot for Roth...
Details always matter, but for those with a good (taxable) pension, and are a bit longer in the tooth, it seems conversions are at best close to a break even proposition unless one lives a very long...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • UK : Interactive Investor : No option to switch funds
Great explanation, as always, covering all the nuances and details that is your wont, TedSwippet ! Truly appreciated !My memory isn't great but I have screenshots of this 'switch' feature in HL and...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Transmission flush costs?
Typically they measure the input and ouput air temps - no need to attach gages if they are fine.Do you mean for both residential and automotive or ...?Residential , automotive, marine, RV.If the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Has the American Dental industry priced...
...a root canal and a new crown would be a solution. 3 thousand plus. Using an online inflation calculator, a $3000 product or service today would have cost $1415 30 years ago if it increased at the...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Dealer trade in payout
Could they have mailed you the check and the proverbial "check is in the mail"?told it would be picked up from the dealerYou might want to look at the paperwork you signed to see what the terms were...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Taxes: Sched D worksheet question
Perhaps he is giving you this worksheet so you will know the carryover values for next year.I think this is correct - he is calculating next year's carryover capital gains/loss. I see he used the...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Bond Fund To Substitute For SPIA? ...
Seems to me if someone wants lifetime income with some inflation protection they could put maybe 2/3 of their money in a fund like PIMIX (or VMSAX) and 1/3 in a stock index fund. Then spend the bond...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Expensive houses
I'm a Midwestern guy living in the Land o' Lakes, so I'm all for that lifestyle. It rocks. I'd be worried about deferred maintenance with a mid-90's vintage home (not to mention the ongoing...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • confused about getting the help of an advisor
Hello and thank you in advance for the help.I have a taxable account, an IRA and a Roth IRA with Vanguard. Next year I will have to do RMD for my IRA. I am not sure if I would know what to sell, how...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Laptop + Monitor vs. All-in-One?
My current setup is iMac + M2 MacBook Air. The iMac will need to be replaced soon. Most of my work is at my desk, though occasionally I'll take the MacBook Air when I travel or work remote. iMacs only...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Interviews went well...two months have now passed...
If External Recruiter then i would not put much hope in this position. If internal recruiter then continue to reach to them weekly or bi-weekly depending on what they tell you. Some positions have all...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • For Estate Plan, How Important to Use...
My spouse and I had a full-on meeting with an estate planning attorney recently. He seemed to be the most knowledgeable of the four we interviewed. But he's not a fellow of ACTEC. Should that really a...
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