Personal Consumer Issues • Recommendations for cordless electric snow blower...
Curious to know anyone's thoughts on their blowers and recommendations for a new driveway-owner in the midwest.Unless you are compelled to go out driving in the snow, think twice before being in a...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • [What TV Show Have You Recently Watched?]
episode 1 of Landman on Paramount+Billy Bob Thornton, John Hamm and Demi Moore.Someone please check me, I had trouble recognizing them! Esp Billy Bob.Modern day in the West Texas oil fields, mixed...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • withdraw from trad IRA up to standard...
you should also consider converting even more than the standard deduction. for married joint, it's 12% up to $89k of income.That will push some of the capital gains into 15% territory, making the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • GEHA HDHP with high medical costs
Been on GEHA HDHP for a few years now and love it. Wish I would have done it sooner.1 - Yes, the $2000 passthrough goes to HSA Bank and you can put the rest in Fidelity. You can also open up an HSA...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • HEDGEFUNDIE's excellent adventure...
I have finally decided to pull the trigger on this adventure and will be investing $100k the first of January 2025. My portfolio recently crossed the $2 million mark so this will represent about 5% of...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Garmin pay and apple pay
Apple Pay is not accepted at Home Depot or Walmart. I have the digital drivers license (Colorado) and I’ve only gotten it to work once with TSA.Statistics: Posted by oxothuk — Sun Nov 24, 2024 7:44 am...
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Personal Consumer Issues • What year, make and model of car has the lowest...
[Topic is now in Personal Consumer Issues - mod mkc]* 25,000mi/yr, mostly crawling* I want a “boring” car with the lowest total cost of ownership, for as long as possible until it makes sense to...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Taxation of savings bond interest in Estate
I am not a lawyer or an accountant, and it has been several years since I've done a Form 1041 (Trusts and Estates Fiduciary Income Tax Return), so my memory is dim. But, to give you a reply, since...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Pause Plan to Add International
I think US is the place where I am most likely to be able to get there the quickest in the short term, even with downturns.Pretty textbook example of performance-chasing.Statistics: Posted by 02nz —...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Merrill Edge Information
Since you have a Fidelity account, I'd use their CMA for day-to-day expenditures.With all of the issues Fidelity has had recently with their debit cards, bill pay, hold times, etc. I would not use...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Black Friday Deals (2024) - Any Bogleheadish Deals...
Maybe a pond vacuumWow! A pond vacuum is certainly not something this apartment dweller ever thinks about. Good luck!Statistics: Posted by Cranberry44 — Sun Nov 24, 2024 7:49 am — Replies 28 — Views...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • gift stock to avoid capital gains [Is this...
25 years ago, I did that several years in a row, gifting $600 in $0 basis stock (my dad had been gotten it for 1 cent a share from his employer, then they got bought, then went public) to each kid,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Rented condo in Trust, Mom died, how to...
Please outline the timing of the second marriage, purchase of the condo, and details of the trust. Was it a joint revocable trust with step dad? Or was it just hers? If it was just hers, when was it...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Does it Ever Make Sense for a Federal...
I see that the Part D info from SilverScript is going to be delivered with today's mail, but at least now I don't have to read through it all and take any further steps. Glad I got it done last night...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Do any Bogleheads use a Professional...
What a wonderful journey. Thanks for sharing.Based on your forum posts and input, your DIY investing skills and knowledge gained over the past 25 years are formidable and perfect "for your own needs"....
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Personal Investments • Advice on Roth IRA conversions
Welcome to the forum. Ordinarily $316k in tax-deferral does not trigger a need to do Roth conversions. But if your total income this year will be about $9k, a Roth conversion is essentially a no...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • how much do you think you need to retire?
The OP who started this thread has only posted here 100 times, so is relatively new to this community. If OP wants to know how much they need to retire, I don't think we should give OP the idea that...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Wealthfront Savings and the Yotta...
But as far as press reports go, Yotta wasn't the problem. It was Synapse. (Maybe Synapse and Evolve both). Did Synapse sponsor YouTube videos? Was Synapse, founded in 2014, backed by Andreessen...
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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • How to determine amount of ROTH conversions
Oh my goodness, thanks for the great links and information! Really optimizing withdrawal is a big challenge, but I wonder if there aren't rules of thumb that would be good enough.Here's a stab at one:...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • New Garmin Fitness Tracking Smartwatch
Looking for a new fitness tracking smartwatch.Had a Fitbit Charge 4 for years that worked reasonably well but recently the display become so dim that it could only be used at night or indoors. It is...
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