Personal Consumer Issues • Which wheel/tire combo offers the most protection...
Protection from potholes...speed(low) and steel rims that can be repaired.Statistics: Posted by Paullmas — Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:34 am — Replies 7 — Views 379
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Low future us stock market returns
OP,Your individual portfolio return will not be the same as the stock market return. So, this is only of interest from theoretical point of view.I am counting on my 60/40 portfolio with rebalancing to...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Can't swim after 4 lessons at Y. Am I a bad...
I learned as an adult so I can understand, and sympathize.IMO there is no real "trick" or "tip" or real need for finding a new teacher. The key is coordinating the head turn and breath with the arm...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • buying house at market peak
It's highly subjective and psychological. Personally I'd feel very disappointed and dismayed, if I paid top-dollar for something, and 5-7 years later said item had market-price less than my purchase...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • How to open a foreign brokerage account as a US citizen?
Fellow US citizen expat here. My two cents is that even if you do well with this $40k investment scheme, the paperwork alone would make it not worth it.Statistics: Posted by happyisland — Fri Apr 26,...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Vanguard Auto Buy ETFs
It appears the minimum buy amount is $1 and the maximum $25,000 for recurring purchases.I wasn’t able to set up a bank transfer with the auto ETF buy purchase. I had to set up a bank transfer...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Any non-retirement stocks, bonds,...
I removed an off-topic post. As a reminder, see: General EtiquetteAt all times we must conduct ourselves in a respectful manner to other posters. Attacks on individuals, insults, name calling,...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Help evaluate our plan?
I do not know too well how to buffer my future withdrawals with a sinking fund. Our unknowns tend to be large amounts, some can be predicted, some can not. We may move, we may not, depends on were all...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • International (Non-US) versus US...
I merged adave's thread into the ongoing discussion.Please use only this thread to discuss "US vs. International (non-US)" equity allocation.Statistics: Posted by LadyGeek — Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:53 am —...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Economic activity
If I bought shares of ABC Corp years ago on the market, and now sell for big gain, how did my investment generate economic activity? How did ABC benefit? ABC didn't get any money from me, they got it...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Improving terrible WiFi Signal
I can see that your router is deficient in some features. Your end nodes (PC, TV, etc.) have capacity now that previous node device did not have. Going into the weeds to understand why is simply a...
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Personal Investments • AUM vs Pro-Rata Rule
If the ER’s in the new 401k are about 0.5% or higher, it’s not much different from the AUM fee. 0.5% is not terrible. He should contribute.The ERs in the new 401k are between 1.3-1.8% which is why...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Talk to me about Qualified Charitable Contributions...
Indeed, it seems that the main advantage of QCD is that you avoid the automatic 10% deduction.If you are talking about tax withholding, you can override withholding from an IRA if you want. It is not...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • What to do with WL insurance policy taken...
He is a physician, talks of retiring to become a day traderNever ceases to amaze me that high earning skilled professionals (MD, Software Engineer, etc) trade a sure thing for risky venture that...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Michael Green on Ratrional Reminder...
He also says in passing "I think the bitcoin price should be a million dollars by the end of the year."He was saying that in a mocking tone as to what a bitcoin disciple would say. He thinks bitcoin...
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