Bogleheads.org

What about shorting Eurodollar futures? Not very familiar with this but have been reading about it.

I plan on purchasing a home in 2-3 years but would love to take advantage of the current interest rates. Is there any good way to hedge out the risk of rates rising in the future when buying a home?

I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong (definitely not a CPA..) but I would think that I should only be subject to $53 as taxable. Any thoughts from any tax pros?

Its $5000.

Pub.590, page 44: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p590.pdf

Check it out:



I'm fairly confident this should only be $53 as taxable.

I think there is an error in the IRS Pub 590, page 44 – the Worksheet 1-5. The note on the bottom aims to adjust for Roth conversions, but it does not work as intended. I found this out by running through TurboTax – I contributed $5000 to a Traditional in 2011, converted that ($5053) in 2012, made a...

Thanks, this is helping clear it up. Some more info.. I have no pre-tax assets except for my work 401k and I am 28 years old. So for the $500 of gains, I wont have to pay any penalties if I convert, right? And will Vanguard send me a statement for the $500 of "income" so I have it when fil...

I get confused every year when I do this... I contributed $5,000 of post-tax dollars to a Traditional IRA this year and it appreciated to about $5,500. I want to convert this to a Roth now, so I went in to Vanguard buy/sell/exchange to sell the full value ($5,500) of the Traditional and buy the same...

Thanks guys. So whats the strategy for 2011? If I contribute 5k to a TIRA for 2011, and convert that immediately to a Roth, how does that work? Do I have to pay taxes immediately on that 5k I just contributed and offset it with the deduction I would take for contributing to a TIRA, or do you just fo...

Are you already doing everything else you can to control AGI (like maxing out 401k, HSAs, etc)? Do my 401k contributions get deducted from my income for purposes of the MAGI calculation? How about pre-tax medical/dental/vision? Or how about pre-tax commuter costs that are automatically deducted for...

Hey guys, Single filer, my income unexpectedly jumped up this year to somewhere that may land in partial contributions or no contributions land for a Roth IRA. I've already contributed around $3750 to my Roth IRA this year and do not want to get hit with penalties. What should I do? Any important de...