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davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
What's with this statement:
Of course, that changes once RMDs become mandatory. By age 71, 60% of retirees were taking withdrawals, and this percentage increased with age.
Would it not be closer to 100%
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@Old _Skeet: Two question for you. One, if drop takes place will you be gradually adding your dry powder or placing a large amount in to the market at once ? #2, Is your total in SVAAX getting top heavy or is the fund disappointing you ?
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Interesting: " They buy a little of the debt of risky companies at a discount, and then buy a much larger amount of insurance on that debt — so-called “credit default swaps” — to theoretically hedge their risk."
Can a person buy $500K insurance o…
msf said: "Notice the sparseness in the corn belt, and how many stations are in grey (planned).
Ethanol rules the rooster here !
Derf
P.S. Maybe the Chinese will buy heavily into them as I saw …
msf: You said; "
Why aren't Investor class shares simply disappearing then? Because funds like Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 (VTTVX) will still own them. The Vanguard funds of funds own investor class shares so that they can claim they're not add…
@Old_Skeet:You mentioned> Also, know that, I am most happy with my arrangement as I can do nav exchanges from one fund to another (within the same family of funds) through a nav exchange program at no direct expense to me.
I take this to be in …
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Tax all forms of income at 15% with an individual exemption of $25,000. In this way a family of four would start paying 15% when they surpassed $100K. Corporations pay 15% with no deductions. You could do the same for income in access of $5M - no…
@Old_Skeet: Thanks for your length reply. It sent me back to this months commentary with Ed & Roberts articles. Lots of food for thought.
As for pulling the trigger, I was a day late on 12/24 - 12/25 that you mentioned.
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