Investing - Theory, News & General • Over-enthusiastic Market: Steady as...
Chalk up another vote for "nope." Just plowing money into fixed income now that I'm at my desired equity allocation.Statistics: Posted by OatmealAddict — Mon Nov 11, 2024 5:23 am — Replies 33 — Views...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • 5 Day Trip To London
What's the current tipping custom in London?Last I heard it was around 10-15% in restaurants and around 10% for taxi/uber/freenow/etc.Are uber/freenow/bolt essentially interchangeable or is one or the...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • International (Non-US) versus US...
Some more pretty charts from WisdomTree - the astonishing divergence of global markets, and a decomposition analysis.P.S.: The effect of financial leverage seems to be lumped into "margin expansion",...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Replacing a toilet: how to choose?
I has a Kohler low height one piece toilet in one of the bathrooms. I had to hold the flush lever 4 second to make sure it flushed properly and it took almost 2 minutes to fill after a flush. I could...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Filling the TIPS gap years with...
Two issues I have with some posts in this thread:1) Using original durations to decide how much of each bracket year to sell to buy a newly issued gap year TIPS, rather than then current durations.2)...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Cheapest most diversified ETF
just chiming in, probably the lowest fee but relatively recent ETFAmundi Prime All Country World UCITS ETF 0.07%it follows Solactive GBS Global Markets Large & Mid Cap USD Index NTR with 3412...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • The Final, Definitive Thread on...
Transfer out of Chase Private client resulted in all tax lots to be marked as non-covered shares. Anybody else have that issue?Statistics: Posted by Mike14 — Mon Nov 11, 2024 5:41 am — Replies 9321 —...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Any Oura ring users?
I've considered getting a device like an Oura, primarily for sleep tracking. Since most of us are creatures of habit, I'm concerned that after a couple of months of use it will become a "so what?"...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Inconsistencies with ETF ticker and stock exchange
I'm interested in buying VHFE (Vanguard developed world ETF acc) and VFEA (Vanguard emerging markets ETF acc).I hold EUR so want to trade in that currency.They are listed on Google Finance as VHVE:BIT...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Should we tell charities that they are in...
I've heard rumblings that custodians will not reach out to beneficiaries when they are informed an account holder has died nor will they tell anyone who the beneficiaries are. i.e. they simply wait...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Rutting Season=Totaled Car [Hit by a deer]
No payout either, as I already got one many years ago from my insurance companyConfused why there would be no insurance payout?I have no payout available because they already paid me out once for the...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Laid Off with a large severance - any financial advice?
Financially, I’ll probably put the severance in a CD ladder, and “draw” a salary from the CDs each month. If I find new employment prior to depleting the full amount, then I’ll throw the “double...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • What are you up YTD? [Year To Date]
This is an intermediate update showing the past one year performances from October 10, 2023 to October 11, 2024of a few 60/40 funds for your viewing and benchmarking pleasure. 21.49% VSMGX Vanguard...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Question about markets...
See the guidance here: viewtopic.php?p=5753621#p5753621Statistics: Posted by thedaybeforetoday — Tue Nov 12, 2024 5:15 am — Replies 61 — Views 2930
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Take a New Fed Job
This is an easy one, you don't have a job, take one.From a pure "how easy is it to get fired from my job" standpoint, the election has no bearing you on you. You would be in at least a one-year...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • TIPS ETF
I'm a big fan of TIPS. Not because of any recent event that folks are speculating about. I'm a fan because, as noted above, inflation always has the potential to negatively impact retirement...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Comparison between this rally and 1928
Watch John Stewart, formerly of the Daily Show, re pundits (commentators). How horrendously, laughing out loud-ly, wrong they were at each of these such points. Clip is around if you search.Bottom...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Strategic advantage to holding 3 ETFs vs just VWRA?
Hi TheGreyingDukeVWRA: Vanguard FTSE All-World ETF USD Acc https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/xlon/vwra/quoteStatistics: Posted by boglehooligan — Tue Nov 12, 2024 5:31 am — Replies 2 — Views 50
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Righted the Ship - What Next?
Investments: - $475K in retirement funds as: - $335K in stock market ETF's (various, some in workplace funds) (70.5%) - $26K in FTBFX bond fund (5.5%) - $114K in an "Alternative Income Fund" (24%)...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • College Funds
Welcome to the forum. I guess my question is whether I should put say 150K into a high yield savings account or some form of low risk brokerage account instead?Do not take the advisor's suggestion and...
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