Personal Consumer Issues • Vanguard website succumbs to...
Logged in today to do my Backdoor Roth. I noticed that VG is showing the % increase/decrease for its mutual funds during the trading day. How is that possible?Also, what happened to the ability to see...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Best tours for China?
I will add that Great Wall was cool but Forbidden City was jaw dropping.Statistics: Posted by niagara_guy — Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:22 am — Replies 6 — Views 446
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Personal Consumer Issues • Are car washes necessary?
Our local car wash allows us to be members for $30 a month. This gets you unlimited trips through the car wash. This includes rinsing the under carriage. For another $15 a month we can add a second...
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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Turning Your Net Worth into Income Production
Not retired yet but I only look at my investments when it comes to living in retirement. Our house is someplace to live ... we have lost money previously in owning a house and not planning on a...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Any reasons to give a for-profit CCRC a...
Does anyone have experience with having a relative living in a for-profit Continuing Care Retirement Community? As we are looking at choices between the for-profit and the not-for-profit CCRC's here,...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Sunk Cost Fallacy with my Munis?
I'd sell them in a heartbeat. I've had massive losses in years past - they sometimes get used up faster than you think. If you have reached a point where the asset no longer fits your strategy,...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Tesla in Cold Weather
It's pretty much irrelevant at this point. There are at least 60 million homes with garages and just 2.5 million EVs. A shortage of garages isn't the bottleneck.It's a heck of a lot more nuanced than...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Brand new Subaru needs new transmission
You highlight my conundrum. Yes I love driving our Forester and Outbacks. Yes I love the layout and drive.But I simply do not trust any extended warranty, there are always loopholes and gotchas.Buying...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Adios, Vanguard
I haven't used Vanguard in a long while. Our family uses Fidelity, with some legacy trust accounts at Schwab. But I will say that Vanguard has taken a principle stand against starting up crypto funds...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • To Roth or not to Roth
I didn’t see your marital status, so assuming you’re single. The ability to contribute to a regular Roth IRA starts to phase out when your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) hits $138k for 2023...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Would selling iShares MSCI and buying VXUS create a...
That has not been my experience at Schwab.I have a Schwab account where selling shares of an ETF and buying shares of an ETF can be done immediately. I wonder if you are selling a mutual fund where...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Digitizing old photographs
I have a couple dozen photographs I'd like to digitize to share the memories with old friends and on some hobby forums. In the past I would take a picture with my iPhone but that always ended up with...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Bank of America/Merrill Edge - Preferred...
I noticed today (1/21/2024) that the travel credit meter for my PR updated, reflecting a $100 credit for my purchase of a $100 AA eGC on 1/18/2024. The credit hasn't shown up on my PR yet though.Form...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • A misguided PayPal rant [Unauthorized account...
I want to emphasize that PayPal does NOT show you ANY transactions for the current month, making this kind of thing impossible to track down in a timely way.My experience has been that I can see my...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • 401k - Investment Strategy / Allocation Recommendations?
Welcome!I completely agree with being 100% in stocks (via indices) at your age. Personally, I’d go with the 500 index and be done with it. That being said, plenty of people like to add a tilt to small...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Costco Auto Program - Recreational Vehicle
https://www.costcoauto.com/rv/Cheers,RayStatistics: Posted by djmbob — Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:32 am — Replies 4 — Views 646
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • MSCI ACWI IMI ex USA ex China ex...
It doesn't sound like it will be forthcoming. Here's what the TSP spokeswoman had to say about it earlier this month:“The change is a process that will take multiple months to complete,” Kim Weaver...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Recommendation for 100% cotton men's undershirt?
Buck Masonhttps://www.buckmason.com/collections/mens-teesStatistics: Posted by evelynmanley — Sun Jan 21, 2024 7:33 am — Replies 17 — Views 1002
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Shatter my Van Life Dreams
I was recently working on a remote job site in the southwest. One of the trucks came in with worn out brakes after crossing several mountain passes to get there. He could not find a shop in the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Net Worth Averages in different professions
The average physician salary was $251,990 in 2022. Naturally some make much, much more, and the median is not reported. Much is location depedent. Source: https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-j ......
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