Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Help planning my parents' tax return
Not everyone gets a PIN, but I do know you can e-file once you have one. Okay, first priority is to get one in 2024, thanks!I'm not sure AARP supports rental property, and I'm not familiar with when...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Any reason not to stuff it all into VTSAX?
Other than a small emergency fund?37 years old married with two toddlers.$170 in HYSA, $40k in checking account. $75k in T-bonds, $5k in taxable, $240k 401K, $37k Roth.What is your current AA -...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Intuit's Mint App Shutting...
Quicken Business & Personal For Mac users... Thanks. I hadn't seen this option. It looks like Quicken and minor/simple Quickbooks functionality for Mac users! Further comments...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: (US) [Age 27] Advice about portfolio asset...
I'm going to make a suggestion here.These threads apparently refer to different people, but were almost certainly written by the same person. Possibly an engaged couple or something along that...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: funds for memory care
Thanks for all the advice, especially the tax issues. I do have POAs; have met with an elder law attorney and know we have too much for any medicaid planning. Right now our income from IRAs and Social...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Home Insurance is Increasing 60% This...
I do an annual review of insurance each year, calling four or more insurance carriers and comparing prices. It takes the better part of a day, and it's pretty painful, but this year I saved $1,200 as...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Am I the only investor...
Too late, I think. The time to buy was already.Too late for what? Let's focus on bond income, not prices. Bonds are not supposed to be something where you hope for capital gains.I have made that point...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Men's travel pants recommendation.
Could you elaborate on what travel pants are? I’m not familiar with the concept or what would make good ones vs bad ones. I usually just wear normal pants when I travel, like jeans or chinos. I don’t...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: A Christmas Message
Bogleheads:When we arrived in Bastogne, Belgium a few days before Christmas 1944, I was ordered to dig my foxhole in the front yard of a large house. I immediately started digging with my combination...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Pros and Cons of Long Term Care...
Mixing an annuity with LTC does not seem like a good idea for you - probably a great commission for an insurance broker!Statistics: Posted by krafty81 — Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:51 pm
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Winter vacation, not skiing
Fly to Denver and rent a suv. Estes Park (road through Rocky Mountain NP will not be open), Georgetown, Idaho Springs are probably not ski hot spots (not sure, have only been there in the summer). Or,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Is Solar Worth It?
I live in Eastern WA and looked into it a few years ago even though I wasn't pursuing actually buying solar, I just needed to see what my best options were for upgrades. 1. There are no forever homes,...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Use Uber as cycling emergency ride?
I had a bike crash in August about 15 miles from home. Unfortunately, I sustained an injury and wasn't able to continue riding. I requested an UberXL and pleaded with the driver to take the bike as...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: HSA Contribution Question
OP:I used to think like you, however, I was informed by Bogleheads earlier this year that a husband and wife contributing separately cannot in total contribute more than one of them - responsible for...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • Re: How to hedge tech sector exposure?
I am underweighting my vti, and overweighting my vxus and avantis funds!My sector exposure breakdown on fidelity analysis tab shows that I am underweight on tech and overweight on almost everything...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Advice on portfolio especially taxable account?
What is the capital gains situation in VTTSX taxable?Statistics: Posted by placeholder — Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:55 pm
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: The Final, Definitive Thread on...
Here are all the current promotions. Am I missing anything?Robinhood: (no IRA) https://robinhood.com/us/en/Robinhood will do IRAs and 401(k) rollovers with a 1% match but the lockup period is five...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Solo 401k question
use this calculator: https://obliviousinvestor.com/solo-401k ... alculator/Thanks for that!I'd gone looking for it the other day at the web site and could not find it. Thought for certain it'd be one...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: (US) [Age 27] Advice about portfolio asset...
Perfect, thanks a lot. I will place a sell order for VFIAX (and for everything else I have placed a sell order already). That will execute on Tuesday when market opens. Once that executes, all money...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Re: We want a new holiday dessert
We have been asked to bring dessert to a family holiday meal and are looking for inspiration to try something new, perhaps fancy, certainly delicious. Please share any ideas you have.Not required, but...
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