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@msf great response.... I do invest in many muni bonds mostly universities airport sprt complexes hospitals cities infrastructure etc.. I also buy good grade securities big companies like t-mobile Seagate att boa Merrill Lynch hcahealthcare macys …
https://www.google.com/search?q=corporate+bond+default+rates+historical&oq=corporate+bonds+rates+defau&aqs=heirloom-srp.1.0l5
Www.moodys.com - sign up and acct registration free to look at muni bonds previous history
Also call Vanguard bon…
hi Sir @Ted, how come you don't invest in total portfolio distributions up to 60s-70%s in stocks [even up to 80 yo] like Buffett or Boggle...give it to kiddos if something bad happen later
Related. Think Ted post this article last yr
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/T052-S001-10-funds-beat-the-market-another-decade.html
Most mf have 1 2% annual fees will put large dink in long term returns - long ter…
@old - hi sir... Move to suburb TX.. where it's warmer, tax free, and plentnty of reasonable priced homes to buy..
Texas maynot take ur hard earned $$ upward 30s% and give it to govt for tax purposes or tax you.
... Texas/Texans have plenty of w…
Best Ira maybe SEP- Ira if you have a small business or have 1099 incomes... I have one at Vanguard - it's great way to have tax sheltered acct to have for long term holdings because you save so much tax deferred to use for investing
Anyone have D…
It's almost impossible to beat market over 10 20 yrs long... Even great MFs can't do it the odds are heavily stack against you that's why it maybe prudent to have good ETFs and good MF that had long reasonable term records... Just my 2 cents
Maybe…
thx everyone..good postings..lots info to digest
had janus overseas few yrs back jaosx but got rid of it underperform/took a good loss. now buying DCA into ETFs: EEM & VWO.
hi sir ...good to hear you may return back..glad you are doing well...lots new members @ MFO...politics 1000% more discussed here than FA/lots of angry folks since election (much more than 2012 when we had the best president ever in since 1750s lol)
There are 60s- 70s emergencies since 1900ss...no body talk about them until now because it DT...we still have the active emergencies since 1980s related to sudan... How come no one talk about thst pres emergency?! If it's hc calling emergency ever…
Mona
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Hi Mona, sorry made a mistake, vanguard has tax forms but schwab will be available 2/15 like you stated
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my mistake thought saw it on vanguard or morgan Stanley but no tax forms available until mid feb...only transactions f…
Everything should be online now.. Got emails f rom Vanguard schwab they are oneline
Hope we can get some less tax paid this yr .. Last yr paid upper20ks
If you have grandkids and considered give more than half of ur assets away maybe it's reasonable to keep 90 - 10 because most of these benefits vehicles would be transferred to ur love ones anyway and younger investors should be little more aggressi…
Right... Take away our guns religions statues and even holidays... The great USA.. Where everyone working will be paying 40s - 50% taxasationd for in the lazy hoarders squatters whom are 10000%capable to work but don't want to because they love to …
dont know the answer... but here some basic info
https://www.fool.com/knowledge-center/how-to-calculate-yield-to-worst.aspx
maybe the bond still paying good but the bond desk does not know when bond could be called. potential call date may give…
You may need to buy individual munis bbb-rated or higher-ups... May have better yields than Mm or mf
Best buy from schwab.com they have much better qualities munis and most st if them not junk rated
