Personal Consumer Issues • Garmin Watches: do you wear it at night? if not,...
So your resting HR is 45 and after snacks its 36? Are you like an athlete or on some meds?Statistics: Posted by Alfonsia — Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:27 pm — Replies 30 — Views 2196
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Portfolio Advice Needed - Can I Retire?
Congratulations!, you can retire in better shape than many. You have low WR and $25K flexibility in bad markets (e.g. travel less)You used opensocialsecurity ... The tool has a table output that shows...
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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Have any of you Frugal Zebras Changed Your...
I guess one thing I always had in my head was the power of compound interest....If I assume that any saved/invested funds double (in real term) every 15 years, then:A dollar I spend on my retirement...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • The NAR settlement doesn't mean what you...
Indeed says the national average salary for a residential realtor is $96,000/yr. No wonder my skinny latte costs $7!Statistics: Posted by snackdog — Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:32 pm — Replies 27 — Views 1321
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Value of Suspended Spousal Benefit
I thought I had put in the rules into my spreadsheet per your information but my wife points out a hole in my understanding. Our example:At wife age 67 and my age 68.5, my wife claims a spousal...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Vanguard Announces CEO Retirement...
My comment was that Merrill Edge was worse than Vanguard website, someone said that they like the Merrill Edge website. I commented about subjectivity. That's it. My comment had nothing to do with...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • WisdomTree's Dividend Growth Funds
I never heard WisdomTree until I read it in A Random Walk Down Wall Street.Interestingly, it seems to specialize in passive dividend growth funds, including DGRW (US), DNL (ex-US), IQDG (developed),...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Alaska cruise recommendations
We did Oceania on the Regatta back in 2017. That was our first cruise and we enjoyed it. Best ports were Juneau, Skagway, Sitka and Victoria. Best weather would probably be August. Our cruise was June...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Nervous about giving out information
If you don’t post your complete and accurate portfolio information you risk not getting the best or complete feedback or perhaps even inaccurate feedback. If you don’t want to post in this forum, find...
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Non-US Investing • Seeking advice for existing portfolios when moving outside...
Great! Glad it will work out. SI is simpler to use and has better support but IB might have a little better exchange rate if you need to move your cash into USD to invest. I wonder if the first Schwab...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • UNG (US Natural Gas) Schedule K-1 in Turbo Tax
Hi, new to the forum... Last year I purchased some shares of the UNG (United States Natural Gas Futures) etf. They sent me a Schedule K-1 for my taxes. I entered each line into Turbo Tax but when I...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Maintaining a new Global Entry membership (USA)
Not sure why you would need to update anything until renewal time. I retired last Fall but don't plan on updating anything with regard to Global Entry until it's time to renew in 4 years or...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Lawn care for first time home buyer
A broom works better for me than a blower.How do you broom up leaves? A blower is much more time efficient than a broom. After mowing and trimming, I'll pick the blower to clean up in less than 5...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Maximum Withrawal Rates (MWR) and...
Thank you for pointing out problems. Apologies for the link not always working.I created a link to a pdf version (identical to the html version, typos not fixed yet) - overall less pretty but but,...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • What Movie Have You Recently Watched?
Wonka on HBO. While not as good as the original this was very enjoyable and I thought they did an excellent job. It had a lot of the magical qualities of the first movie with really good songs and...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Used Tesla shoppers: Quality?
Maybe OP is referring to a state tax credit on used EVs?Statistics: Posted by cmr79 — Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:24 pm — Replies 19 — Views 1178
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Are TIPS funds useless?
Looking back at most TIPS etfs, they all experienced negative downturns due to rising interest rates, albeit far less than total bond funds like BND, but it got me thinking, if there ever is rising...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Should I say no to my first federal job?
I’m surprised no one has raised the cost of paying for a second household in Ohio as a huge disincentive to taking this job. Probably a significant hit on your family HH income for at least several...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Which typie of Fidelity account?
Mine is deposited to my brokerage account.Statistics: Posted by Artful Dodger — Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:33 pm — Replies 2 — Views 44
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Personal Consumer Issues • M43rds digital camera vs Iphone 13 pro max?
The iPhone does it all and solves world peace crowd will be along shortly ....Is photography a priority? If no then use the phone. It will get you some decent pics. If yes then your not likely to be...
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