Personal Consumer Issues • Things to do in Kauai
I agree on deciding on a side of the island for such a short trip. I'm not sure the state of the North Shore after this year's storms. It's a smaller road, so it does wash out and go resident-only...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • A time to EVALUATE your jitters
I'm it retiring for over 5 years but after we climb out of this correction, I may move my primeval and total stock market funds into a target fund.I know they'd don't perform as well as all equities...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Systematic way to get more aggressive and test my mettle?
OP,Why??It is totally pointless. Find a hobby instead.https://investor.vanguard.com/investor- ... allocationAverage annual return for 100% stock = 10.2%Average annual return for 70% stock 70/30 =...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Best Practices for Estate Planning
I have recommended that she read Atul Gawande's "On Being Mortal" just to trigger her thinking so that dialog is fruitful.Great book and great advice.Statistics: Posted by TomatoTomahto — Mon Aug 05,...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Apple Mac Owners
No regrets. Switched from 30+ years of using PCs and Windows because I got tired of being Windows support every weekend. I also got tired of MS' penchant for reveling in complexity seemingly for its...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Government 457b
I'm in TXStatistics: Posted by B-rad — Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:27 pm — Replies 5 — Views 299
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • August 5, 2024 is a RBD [Really Bad...
today was a day to buy, not sell. tomorrow may be as well, especially if Iran commences bombing again.if you have an investing horizon of >3 years, do not sell here, imo. buy what you can, imoif...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Can’t decide whether to remodel house or...
It’s not bad. Good schools, close to restaurants, etc. The house is just probably on one of the less desirable lots within a very desirable area.Statistics: Posted by dibbs43 — Mon Aug 05, 2024 2:31...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Financial Considerations- Stage 4 Cancer...
What an awful situation. Anyway, from my experience…She should apply for any benefit she even *thinks* she might be eligible for. SSDI, her employer disability plan, medical financial aid, etc. It may...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • What is the best option for zero risk investing?
I'm a fairly new investor who inherited a little over a million dollars a few months ago. So now I have about $600k of it invested with a Fidelity S&P 500 fund (FXAIX), and the other $550k is...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Distributing Trust assets unevenly?
If that's what the beneficiaries all want, it would be a gift....All 3 boys are in agreement with the end result. It looks like the right thing to do is quitclaim deed to three boys and second...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Sanity Check on Estate Planning Attorney Fees
What am I missing.Possibly two things:1) Some people have genuinely complicated situations which require top-level careful planning. Or situations where a few things done now will make everything much...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Got a lemon sofa need and help escalating
Although I've had great results using the BBB too, I would guess that you might have a harder time getting results with this case as not enough padding is quite subjective and impossible to prove....
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Anything you wish you had known before your solar...
just heard this interesting Planet Money podcast on solar panels, link below. They say these problems affect about 5% of homeowner's, but still...i wouldn't want to be part of that 5%. Enjoy:...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Widow Advice
Individual Brokerage Account: 589K (originally funded with the 500K life insurance policy in 2021- no money has been added) It is allocated for 75% stocks, 15% bonds, 10% cash (I think this fluctuates...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Civil Engineer coming to America - where...
Queens!Statistics: Posted by Luke Duke — Tue Aug 06, 2024 2:34 pm — Replies 12 — Views 1541
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Purchasing MYGAs (multi year...
First of all, I appreciate all the valuable MYGA information shared in this thread. I am currently 54 and have a couple questions (currently considering a Gainbridge MYGA).1. If you use Trad/Roth IRA...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Does high school intern,need to pay...
My neice (16yo at the time) recieved a 1099 in the amount of $1250 for a summer intenrship for the 2018 Tax Year. I help her file her taxes. What I finally decided was that the amount should not have...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Please recommend fertilizer for my lawn - first...
No need to over-think this any more than our dads would have. I spread some Scott's Turf Builder (No herbicide or insecticide) in the Spring (the first time the grass needs mowing) and Scott's...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Mens denim recommendations (2024)
Levi's 505. in style, out of style, back in style. Or 501 if you prefer all buttons. Somehow I made it through all those flips and I still could find attractive dates and they last forever (the jeans...
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