Personal Consumer Issues • Is Tesla really low maintenance?
hotels are not likely to have superchargers. they have L2 fast chargers like many people get installed at their homes and like you often see at airports and shopping centers provided by non-tesla...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Upgrading home - realistic price range?
One strong piece of advice I give to people considering a house or a bigger house is spend at least 6 months living as if you owned it already. So the difference between theoretical highest mortgage...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Do I need to report small dividends under...
If you have enough income such that you are required to file than yes you need to report all income you receive.Statistics: Posted by avalpert1 — Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:21 pm — Replies 2 — Views 224
View ArticlePersonal Investments • For those of you in early retirement, what is your...
AA is 85/15. All equity is in US equities - mostly S&P500, VTI, VIG, SCHD, and QQQ. Some very long held individual stocks (ex.- KO, MSFT, AAPL, JNJ, PEP, BRK-B, etc.). No Int’l equities. Bond...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Foreign Tax Paid and VTIAX (Total...
Like many, I detest Form 1116. However, I will say that Vanguard is finally providing everything you need in one place to fill in the form more easily than in the past.Agreed. I had the same thought....
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Can I withdraw from 401k and transfer to my Roth?
I'm sorry I misquoted when I said I have a 401k, I looked in my Schwab account and it is an IRA. I am soon going to be 66 years old, collecting Social Security and I am on Medicare. I am a retired fed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Investing - Theory, News & General • Arguments: BND vs 3 Month TBills For...
Of course it's also used to refer to the venerable and respected Boston firm, GMO LLC, for Grantham, Mayo, and Otterloo, best known for its annual seven-year forecasts which, for the last fifteen...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • MidLife Crisis
I wonder if there are websites that show the lines of employment of people in affluent areas. This might provide a better idea of what people are doing in the real world to earn reasonable income...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Early Pension Investing Options
I think the answer to this question turns on the amount and tax rate for the pension, and what your retirement income will look like. Are you in Social Security? How much non-Roth retirement savings...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Living in 55+ Communities?
I live part-time in a neighborhood / hoa that is partially an over 55 community in Florida (the houses aren’t, the condo’s are age restricted). I grew up in an over 55 community when I was 15 to 18...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Portfolio Review
Thank You for this comprehensive reply @bonesly! I am amazed by the members here on Bogleheads.org.One suggestion I have for consideration is shifting an amount you are comfortable with towards...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Runners: a versatile sock to rule them all for...
Darntough.comI wear them year-round for about everything, although I still have some Balegas in my drawer.I do the same. Although I am not a runner. Really amazing socks.Statistics: Posted by Normchad...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • How much is enough in retirement...
I guess framing my OP question a different way, where would you save the $100k a year moving forward? Continue in 401k/Roth? Split the difference? Or move much more savings each year to...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Vanguard Customer Service Mega-thread
Now, this gets interesting: I have no Compose button since a long time, but that Upload Documents (sometimes). Are there different versions for different customers?And what is this Legacy vs brokerage...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Should we add REITs to the portfolio?
Personally, I think the mistake people make with property is assuming returns over the past 50 years are representative .. Over the long-term, property cannot appreciate faster than inflation....
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Bird watchers – what birds are you seeing?
PA Farm Country Eagle cam - with 3 eaglets:https://hdontap.com/stream/795150/penns ... -live-cam/Statistics: Posted by JAZZISCOOL — Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:34 pm — Replies 2879 — Views 236368
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Fidelity CMA vs Traditional banking
I think the June change is significant as a lot of the gyrations in the CMA to maximize yield will go away, sure there will be folks wanting a little bit more yield, more Treasury percentage, or more...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Elo GPS - Dealer refuses to remove it
This is exactly why economic freedom IS freedom. If you didn't have the option to walk away and buy from a competitor who wasn't forcing you to give them your personal information for them to sell,...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Consolidation of Checking/Brokerage at...
Schwab has a reputation of offering very low interest rates for cash, or forcing consumers to put in extra time and effort to mitigate. In a high inflation period this become all the more expensive to...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Trying to liquidate fixed income
They have probably lost value since you bought them because five-year Treasury yields are higher now than when the interest rate was last re-set (the five-year yield plus 3.868 now would be about...
View Article