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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • IRS hasn’t debited tax $ yet
I filed midday Monday, 4/15 and the debit showed up on my bank account about the same time the following day. TurboTax does indicate that it might take a few days.Statistics: Posted by rick51 — Wed...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Where do you buy eggs?
Local. Good thing. Local supermarket shelves are BARE. Avian flu.Statistics: Posted by oldlongbeard — Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:48 am — Replies 67 — Views 2941
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • What did Housing Prices do during...
Remember that housing price was included in the CPI (Consumer price index) from 1953 until 1983 until being removed. This explains why there was a flat line in housing prices as compared with...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • IPhone unavailable and locked
You can put it in Recovery or DFU mode and wipe it from a PC. You will need to provide the original proof of purchase to Apple in order to remove Activation Lock if you don't remember the Apple ID...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Fee-Only Advisor: What are the costs?
I used New Retirement, AI planner, vpw, tpaw planner prior to retiring then I consulted Planvision for a second set of eyes a year prior to retirement.I read Larry Swerdoe's Retirement book, Wade...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • At what point did you prioritize health...
This was a great conversation to read as I'm dealing with many of the same things (mid forties, declining health of my parents, raising kids, stressful job where I've been repeatedly told that I am...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Is Tesla really low maintenance?
So this is definitely an EV trend and it needs to die. But there are seemingly many people that advocate for dangerous all screen UIs. Among the EV community they are particularly plentiful. And...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • It seems the market knows to punish me when I deviate...
Yes, you should post the details on here as most of the people posting about their deviation from indexing only post their success stories.Statistics: Posted by er999 — Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:45 am —...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Morgan Stanley or somewhere else
As step 1, pick the brokerage YOU want to use and transfer the non-plan accounts. E*TRADE is okay. I prefer Fidelity (or Schwab). Get the transfers started for all accounts except the 401k, defined...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Contemplating new car purchase
Definitely check out the Civic then. Honda really took it premium in the current generation, and it's larger than the Mazda. For another (small) step up from that, the Acura Integra is the upmarket...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Reduce taxation of 401(k) by conversion to an annuity -...
From the sound of it the OP is not a US citizen and so would not be covered by the treaty and the 401k is in their name and not the US citizen spouse. If you have time, one option is to become a US...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Can you short BOXX to use as a loan?
If you are options savvy and have options approval from your broker, you can create the short box spread yourself to generate a loan at the risk free rate. https://thefinancebuff.com/short-box-sp ......
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • What Movie Have You Recently Watched?
We have seen a couple of films on Netflix recently:Megan Leavey - Marine corporal and her military working dog serving in Iraq. Enjoyed itThe Bricklayer - Ex-CIA agent returns to work. Not...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • (Resolved) IRS hasn’t debited tax $ yet
Since the IRS accepted your return, the debit should go through soon. Keep an eye on your email for updates.The debit was made yesterday; the IRS will not notify you of the bank transaction but the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Moving from Vanguard to Schwab or Fidelity
I am retired and over 59 1/2. I recently moved a majority of my 457b balance from T Rowe Price, and all of my Vanguard Roth IRA balance of over 20 years, to Fidelity. So far I have been very pleased....
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Laptop reset and risks
I probably have 10 or so. Some of them I've drilled holes and hammered the connectors.I plan to keep them all indefinitely.Why? Destroy them, no reason to keep them around your home or burden your...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Fidelity warning that account will be...
When I see things like this it brings back a true story.My wife worked for a major bank 30 years-ago. Her boss / supervisor was responsible for reviewing the list of accounts coming up for transfer to...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Should we pull the plug and go OMY? (When...
Hi, my wife and I need advice on whether for me to retire or keep going. I don’t hate my job, or coworkers, but I’m not really energized nor enjoy my field as much now (after 30 years). WFH 60%, 35...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Now that long TIPS yields have...
Any TIPS I've bought are long-term investments. Not clear what this line of inquiry would illuminate.If you think CAPE has some long-term predictive power, which I do, it makes sense to consider...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • I think it's time for me to get back in total bond fund
Apr 2020 I pulled all of my money out of my 401k total bond index fund (which was all my fixed income in my 50/50 AA) and put it into my 401k stable value fund. I cannot remember why I did that, to be...
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