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davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
Does anyone buy I bonds with a max amount of$10k per person plus tax refunds can be added. Interesting article in Weekend WSJ.
Just in case you didn't read Davids' commentary :
Here’s how you can make more than 170X, raising your return 177-fold in …
@Sven : A very good question. It seems a participate or two has brought this question of using target dated funds in 3 or 4 pots. Unfortunately I don't believe they followed through. I'm getting to the point, (age) where I might just do something…
@hank : "State already over withholds due to withholding on my pension."
I would think you have the final say on how much to with_hold from your pension or is it a limited to a set amount ?
Derf
Base_Fan : I don't know if you shop WMT, but I've heard of disgruntled customers NOT liking the long lines at SELF checkout. It seem Wally upped the pay check , but also dropped the number of cashiers.
Maybe they should install chairs ,6' apart, …
Myth #5 "This borrowing fuels the notion that the government is raiding or even stealing from Social Security and leaving it with nothing but IOUs. But the government has always made full repayment, and the interest increases Social Security's asse…
From the above comments a question comes to mind. When transfering fund(s) does the cost bases go along or does the transfer-er have to keep the bases ? The last time I did a transfer it was totally a cash transfer.
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Thanks for the warning. A few years back I had a med. sig. problem with Grandeur Peaks.
I closed an account where quarterly withdrawals were going to GP. Called to see what had to be done . They sent me some paper work, which I filled out & sen…
Laugh of the day from @Baseball_Fan : This is beyond ridiculous. We need to clear the markets of this garbage similar to a morning constitiutional after eating a $2.00 burrito dinner special the night prior...
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I believe Baseball_Fan forgot one point. Would you & you're well thought out plans be able to withstand a long drawn out Mr. Market collapse of two or three years ? Patience, can & will slowly go away , at least for me . During the 2008-9 ma…
TMSRX The fund posted a one cent lose after Tuesday market drop. Now that leads me to wonder , what are they shorting ? Just guessing , the longs lost about the same as their shorts made ?
Just Wonderi…
@hank : You said, " On a sharp equity selloff, I’d probably cut that back a couple %." With -1 on the short side of equity that should be a positive. Presuming the shorts & longs cancel out .
Just won…
As @Old_Joe said, " Losing this place is going to leave a great void for me, and will be like losing a great number of friends all at once.
Thank you so much for all that you've done here, in the creation and management of the best financial water…
Low-interest policies helped stabilize the economy, but they also set off a multitrillion-dollar run-up in markets, which overwhelmingly benefited the richest 10 percent of Americans.
How is that for a snippet ?
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@catch22 : Thanks for the "good" news.
From the link : One interesting quirk of this change is that it is impossible for anyone to have an RBD in 2021.
Hells Bells I already took mine !!
Took one early last year & it cost me about one grand …
@bee : "The main reason this strategy seems optimal to me is that Social Security has no cash value upon death."
Not so, there is a death benefit but rather quite loooow ! Less than $300. I think it's $255, but wouldn't bet on it.
Second point. …
@Chinfist ; After googling IQDAX found this.
A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint you can visit the firm’s site: www.bgandg.com/iqdnxor you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Investor Re…
