Non-US Investing • Employer contributions to foreign pensions
Back when this mattered more to me, there seemed to be a relatively common view of foreign pension plans: If it is foreign, assume it is not qualified If you paid more into it than your employer, it...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Will the Fidelity Sharks Go After My Wife When I Kick...
Based on my experience, financially illiterate widows are fertile ground for brokers/advisors.My parents had a Smith Barney acct. After my father died >20yrs ago, the advisor presented my mother...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How Many Days Various FEHB Plans Cover For...
Very interesting info in this thread. We do not have BCBS but I read often that many people switch from the high cost Standard to Basic. I wonder how many are surprised when someone goes to a rehab...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Suggestions reduce cost for Niagara trip
The Skylon Tower on the Canadian side is pretty cool. Glass enclosed external elevators to an observation level at 700 (IIRC) feet. We were there last fall and stayed at the Holiday Inn on the...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Vanguard to Exit Individual 401(k),...
I m with you there. I think people have had a bad reaction to Vanguard's transferring to Ascensus, which now charges fees that in the past Vanguard waved. And the fees are not that bad. If you have an...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • vipsx (TIPS fund)
Years ago I purchased vipsx shares with the hope that they will "protect" from inflation. We have been having inflation for a while but this fund returned for 3, 5 and 10 years respectively:...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Which Travelpro luggage?
This is an older thread, but since it was bumped, I recently bought the Platinum Elite 21" rollaboard, and while it's a solid bag, it’s also a prime example of how companies are constantly looking to...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Checklist for moving parent to assisted living in...
Get will, health care POAs, etc redone.Statistics: Posted by Parkinglotracer — Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:14 am — Replies 12 — Views 860
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Close to FIRE number but burning out at work
I enjoy what I do and am good at itThis is fantastic and you'll be absolutely fine. Don't get hyper focussed on FIRE'ing ASAP. Enjoy the journey. I'm not sure you'll even want to FIRE so I wouldn't...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Opinions on 90/10 Portfolio by Warren Buffett
That would be fine advice if we knew the odds of future performance. Alas we don't, however comforting it may be to believe backtesting lets us know the odds.If we are going to call stocks risky we...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Improving terrible WiFi Signal
Perhaps I don't understand mesh routers properly, but one of the things that has kept me from getting them is none (or at least not the popular ones) seem to have multiple ethernet ports (out). While...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • I fell in love (sigh), didn't want to, but I did...
This is a first world, top 5% (or is it top 1-2%) problem. If $250k is only 5.7% of your liquid net worth, not even including property, you don't have many financial problems in life. Be grateful. Be...
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Personal Investments • Randy Thurman vs Ray Dalio AWP
I have not read about either, but I suspect that Ray Dalio's advice is intended for people who are fabulously wealthy. For those people, volatility and losses do NOT mean one has to get on the...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Schwab US Small-Cap ETF: What should...
It looks like SCHG has done much better over the past decade or so. Does SCHA contain the type of assets where it will have a fair shot of outperforming SCHG in the decades ahead? Sometimes, it's hard...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Volunteer ideas for getting in touch with our...
Any recommendations for volunteer opportunities for a young family that will have a positive impact on the community? Ideally it would be on the weekend and not through a church or politically...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Target date fund in a taxable/brokerage account
[. . .]specifically fidelitys index target date fund [. . .]I know common knowledge states that this isn't the most optimal thing to do tax wise but i was wondering if anyone had more insight into how...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • 2-stage AC worth additional 2K?
Hello all,I am looking at estimates to replace my dead furnace for my 2nd floor in Chicagoland. I have a 2-zone system with 2 furnaces and 2 ACs (1st/2nd floors). I would like to replace my AC also...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Is anyone concerned about missing...
The expeted nominal return of a bond is math calculation; if it yields zero I don't buy it.This.It's so bizarre that this is considered heretical and market timing.Statistics: Posted by watchnerd —...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Vanguard personal advisor v. independent...
You may want to consider reaching out to Mark Zoril - PlanVision. https://planvisionmn.com/Below is a link to a recently active thread about him and his company. Cost is $299 first year and then $8...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Pitfalls of withdrawing from 401k for a...
I confirm this is Anne Tergesen from the WSJ.When contacting someone in the media, please be mindful that members are posting here anonymously. Providing your Bogleheads username to a reporter will...
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