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Thanks for the links and words of caution. I will do some more reading and proceed carefully

Anyone with a general comment or suggestion for resources?

I have greatly appreciated an benefitted from the discussion and advice from this forum, and supplemented by reading I'm feeling more comfortable with basic investing, asset allocation, and low cost index investing approach. For a number of reasons (including having some passive farm income each yea...

Thanks ofckrupke for the thoughtful reply a. another error on my part in entering the data. Her Roth is in Admiral shares and I edited the original post to reflect this, and thanks for your other suggestions b. I wasn't sure refi was worth all of the trouble. Currently balance of 146K @ 3.75 to be p...

thanks retiredjg, As with my response to the previous question, I haven't really put much thought into exactly where my $17,000 limit contribution to combined (403b + TSP) goes. It seemed a bit arbitrary to me as I had good investment options in both plans, but I'm open to discussion if someone feel...

Brian, As I understand it, my contributions to 403b + TSP must equal $17,000 or less, and I can contribute up to another $17,000 to a 457 plan. So it has been a little arbitrary how I compose the (403b+TSP) = 17,000 Do you see some benefit to doing this all through TSP rather than my 403b? I get no ...

Dear Bogleheads, I have greatly appreciated the information and informative threads on this site over the years. I would love any and all input on my current portfolio, and have tried to strictly follow the recommended format, with questions at bottom: Basic Information: Emergency funds: Have six mo...

Thanks everyone. I didn't want to bog everyone down with too much detail, but I can see this is needed. I will repost according to the guidelines recommended.

Thanks in advance for your advice for my situation. 45 years old, married, 2 kids, ~200K/year combined income. So far have been focused on maximizing retirement contributions, reasonable college savings, paying off debts and accumulating emergency fund. This all accomplished and only debt is $180K m...

Thanks-yes my question was given the effective interest rate (taking into account the tax deduction - 33% bracket), would it be advisable to pay this off if we have adequate reserves, or keep some debt with deductible interest. I was leaning towards paying it off, and sounds like this is the consens...

I am uncertain whether to pay off a $10,000 home equity loan at 7.4%. My only other debt is ~ 190K mortgage (4.75%) on our home recently assessed at $515K. No car loans, credit card debt, etc. We are getting a large tax refund, and I'm trying to decide whether to invest it or pay off this debt. I am...