Personal Consumer Issues • Cheap Passport Photos
Anyone used any of these sites or apps successfully to take a baby passport photo?Maybe I'm being too nit-picky with it, but I'm having a hard time.I think our intake center doesn't even require masks...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Bank of America/Merrill Edge - Preferred...
We're trying to clean up account titles as a part of estate planning.Does anyone know if one can change ownership of a ME account to a Revocable Living Trust and retain Preferred Rewards status?DP:...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Advice for a budding electrical engineer
An EE degree is generally a five year program, ...Taking five years is plan B, something went "wrong". Some possible reasons:- you fail a course- you are not ready to take calculus freshman year- you...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Rate shopping for auto loans
I once got a car loan at a good rate from my auto insurance, State Farm so that might be an option if she has them.Statistics: Posted by mhalley — Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:51 pm — Replies 6 — Views 550
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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Special calculator, spreadsheet, or website
I hope you got good collateral because you may not see your money again. 15% interest would be 225k a year, but you are only collectig 144k, so the principal is actually increasing.Your calculations...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Daffy - new low fee donor advised...
It looks like my previous post was deleted because it violated policy. Now that I'm running Daffy, according to Bogleheads guidelines, as a company representative I can't do anything on this board but...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Which broker to use? F. S, VG [Fidelity, Schwab,...
What is the standard for such things these days? I guess I would prefer to reach someone and get some service pretty quickly but suspect that the industry has changed and more people were laid off. Is...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • HEDGEFUNDIE's excellent adventure...
Is the ETP format that much risky than the etf 3x products? Upro still has some level of counter party risk right? Understand it’s large banks holding the swaps but still a risk?Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Car Prices Flat Since 1996?
I don’t think electric bikes should be driven on sidewalks. I see it a lot by me. It’s an accident waiting to happen.Our cities were built for two modes of movement - streets for high-speed heavy...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • LastPass - Features and Tips
Been using LastPass password manager and form-filler for years and very happy with it. Works well on my iphone apps and my windows pc and notebook browsers which are mostly Mozilla Firefox, but also...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Buying Immediate Annuities
I don’t think this 76 year old has the temperament and certainly not the understanding for stocks. Both she and her late husband were always risk adverse. She has almost zero financial knowledge,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Big News For Those On FEHB BCBS And Other...
I also rec'd a welcome letter after opting out via automated phone method. Subsequently confirmed via phone that I had in fact been opted out. Still haven't rec'd promised letter confirming. Same...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Private High School - worth it?
Teacher here, but I teach middle school. First and foremost, any stats or anecdotes prior to Covid are useless and irrelevant. Covid shook education to its core. It resulted in a fast shift in...
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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Medicare (Part G Plan) Question
[quote=vnatale post_id=7583014 It is still December 6th so one more day to go.Oooops. Yes it is. I'm a day ahead of myself[/quote]It's okay, husband doesn't go on Medicare until March.Statistics:...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Parents of recent college applicants: How...
About 15 years ago so a bit dated but a few things may still be true.1) One quote that stuck me from the process was, "Helping your kid pick a college is not about picking the best college, it is...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • Why not 100% PSLDX? [PIMCO...
PSLDX now has competition by RSSB. RSSB provides global equity exposure plus US treasury futures exposure. fund seeks exposure of $1 in global equities and $1 dollar in US treasuries for every $1...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • How to tax deduct upcoming losses in Roth...
While you can convert in-kind (ie, move shares instead of cash) between tax-deferred and Roth and possibly in a direct rollover, I'm not sure an indirect rollover (where you take possession of the...
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Personal Investments • Can I retire in 4 weeks?
I am in the same position as you, a little older, 58, still working and wife 59 not working. A little more in investment, but I am living in high-cost area. I am planning to retire at the end of...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Vanguard says we have a trust account????
So am I understanding that this puzzling account that neither of them knew anything about is one they created? Has it been producing taxable income all these years?Probably not. It would be unusual...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • If you could wake up anywhere tomorrow morning,...
Cruising the San Juan Islands in our Selene 38' with my wife/co-skipper after safely crossing the Strait of Juan de fuca, ready for six nights out.Statistics: Posted by SevenBridgesRoad — Thu Dec 07,...
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