Personal Consumer Issues • wobbly 4th leg of utility tub
I can put a tension rod under that corner of the tub. Bad idea?I would just use a composite framing shim, the snap it off on both side for a clean look.https://www.amazon.com/Composite-Shims- ......
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Personal Investments • Major life change, need help please
I would agree with annuitizing if there is no other way to cover their income need once they both claim SS. I am not clear if that's the case.I'm pretty sure that is the case... Monthly expenses about...
View ArticleUS Chapters • BH meeting w/ Nords- Military Service: Financial & Life...
Thank you, @Miriam2!For those Bogleheads I haven’t met yet, I started with the old Morningstar Vanguard Diehards forum. I’ve written & talked about personal finance for over 20 years.My spouse and...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • When To Slow Down…
so the mortgage lever Is one you could pull? After some of the kids are gone, pay off the mortgage or sell the house and downsize, assuming the market eventually goes back to some what of a normal...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • 2024 Hedge Fund contest
As the last trade in TIO was on 11/13/23 and trading was halted, don't see how you can short a stock that has no volume and trading is suspended. I would say that your pick is invalid and outside the...
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Personal Investments • Managed Futures Strategy ETF DBMF
Excellent post on the diversification and lost decades risk: https://www.reddit.com/r/LETFs/comments ... k_setback/VFINX is used for "Stocks".VUSTX is used for "Bonds".^GOLD is used for "Gold".KFA MLM...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • I bond income on schedule C for single member LLC?
I-Bond interest is not active business income (even if the I-Bonds are held in the name of the business). Any I-Bond interest will be reported on Schedule B and not Schedule C.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • I-bonds, "tax bomb"; & ACA APTCs for age...
I am executor for my mother and I am paying iBond tax on her final return, which was decent chunk of interest but still below her standard deduction (so no tax owed). I think that works but I have not...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Browser Password Manager
You are using Windows 8.1 on the internet and are concerned about privacy and password strength. Wow. You haven't had a security update in over a year. I don't get it.Let's hope he is not using...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Undo a Roth contribution - not enough...
Sounds like it will be easier to complete the removal and report the gains before filing (which thankfully I haven't done yet), so I'll try for that.But I'm still unsure how to calculate my...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Thoughts on BOXX for cash?
For BF3000, OP, and any others: How is it working out for you for BOXX compared to SGOV. I have SGOV and am considering moving to BOXX and can use info from others to see whether to pull the plug on...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Help me prove my theory that we can...
It is not particularly easy to simulate because I don't know a good way to pull LIBOR/SOFR values for any of the simulators that I have used. I wanted to a get a decent rough idea of what would have...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Any print news subscribers? Is the economist still...
I've always regarded the Economist as a magazine that Americans think is intelligent because they read it with an English accent.You’re thinking of The Econoumist.Good one.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Tips for De-Googling my digital life?
I think the privacy experts here are baffled by you singling out Google when almost every website you visit like Amazon, every app you have installed like Facebook, every video you watch on any...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • When can we retire?
Listed expenses from above are $76k. You surely forgot to list some stuff, your withdrawals from retirement accounts or taxable accounts will have taxes, and also life happens, so lets say you're...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Flying Private: How Safe? Best Options?
Like medicine, it depends. Flying is regulated in three broad categories: private flying, under part 91 of the federal aviation regulations (FARs), charter (what you’re taking about) under part 135...
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Personal Consumer Issues • What Book Are You Currently Reading? Part VI
Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger (2023)In this inspirational self-help book Arnold inspires the reader to be a success. He relates that his father taught him that in life he...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Dedicated Financial Computer Master Thread
I would stand in the middle of Times Square logging into my Vanguard account on public wifi with zero worry that doing so risks someone hacking my account.If your laptop runs a Linux version built...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Fee only investment advisor recommending Investment...
Are they adding something to the ER?VTSAX has a ER of 0.04% yet when you look at their investment list it says 0.13%Statistics: Posted by GaryA505 — Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:25 pm — Replies 4 — Views 143
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Does keeping ice packs in fridge save energy?
I get these ice packs that are filled with some type of gel or liquid type substance with my deliveries when the ordered items need to be kept cold. I have ended up getting quite a lot of them. So...
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