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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
@Mona: thanks for your post. A number of years back, I got flagged at VG. over a small 4 figure amount. I guess it was more of a warning than anything else . I had recently opened the account. Thanks for mentioning the qualifying amount then selli…
@FD1000 : A question ,when you have time. Do you have back-up plan if Fed keeps dropping interest rate. I came across article in WSJ, Tue. or Wed. which laid out that question.
Thank you, Derf
@Crash : Stay cool !! What would a first time visitor think of this site & reading your comment. MFO needs all the help it can get retaining newbies !?
Not the police, Derf
P.S. Have you ha…
FWIW : I came upon article in WSJ which stated Purell was selling for over $100 for two 8 oz. bottle . Prior to out break the cost was less than $8.00 for the two.
I can't verify this in my local. Checked Amazon & didn't find any over a $…
@MikeM: It seems to me that you promote of recommend target date funds from time to time. Do you own any TDF's ? I have a small % of taxable TDF's at Vanguard & recently added to Retirement income.
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Chase is offering $200 + $300 +$100 for a total of $600 for both saving & checking account with a few strings attached. Its the strings as to why I didn't bit.
Derf
Isn't something a miss in this paragraph ?
{Among the popular self-adjusting Lifecycle funds the L-income’s — with the smallest percentage of stocks and largest investment in treasury securities and bonds — return was 7.60% last year. The L-2030 fun…
@hank: Thanks for your update. I also had a run in with a hybrid ,but nothing like your episode ! I thought I'd make a million on my "ped-whistle" LOL
What scares me , people with headphones on & or phone watchers who think they don't have to l…
FWIW : Back in the fall of 2018 I did a direct rollover on two 401-k's to one house, Vanguard. On one of the account's money went directly to VG. On the other one a check came made out to me. I didn't sign it ,but forwarded it to VG via certified ma…