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I haven't seen mention of Brahms' masterful Fourth Symphony... elegant, moving, and on par with the earlier Beethoven symphonies.

And while while two of Mendelssohn's symphonies have been mentio ...

nisiprius wrote:
Also, don't overlook Pandora Internet Radio. Fantastic thing. You put in the name of any piece of music you like and it does a great job of playing more music similar to it. For free ...

Let me add a standard Boglehead perspective. Remember that when you are invested in the total stack market index or the S & P 500 index that you are already invested in health care... around 11.5 ...

Barry,

Marc and praxis have already chimed in, but please let me add my note of thanks for posting this.

There are quite a few used copies of John Bogle and the Vanguard Experiment for sale on amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/John-Bogle-Vanguard-Experiment-Transform/dp/0786305592/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s ...

A fairly good clip up until the final few seconds. After extolling the virtues of index funds, Walter Updegrave tosses out a concluding thought along the line that, "if you want to hedge your be ...

For the record, Howard Ruff is still out there writing books and peddling a newsletter.

Never having to say you're sorry, indeed.

Lots of good input here...

But so far, Adrian's post takes the cake.

The Shining gave me goosebumps when those freaky little twin girls appeared in the hallway. Just remembering it here gave me chills.

And I'll second Poltergeist.

I was hesitant to jump in on this thread but it is now clear that this topic has legs!

You may be interested in reading an intriguing article in New Scientist (March, 2008, Issue 2649) entitled &qu ...

I have only one essential "bucket item:" I want to live in Venice, Italy for a full year. Since I work in academe and will-- economy and state budget permitting-- qualify for one more Sabba ...

Trebor wrote:
I have found the mailinator.com email generator very useful for these exact kind of situations.
Thanks for posting this, Trebor. I had never heard of mailinator before. Man, is this ...

... hit the send button one minute too late, and your oh-so-clever watch reference is a stale as yesterday's bread. SP-diceman gets the checkered flag.

Boglenaut,
In your dream, what kind of watch was Rico wearing?

billb,
Your clip wasn't a duplicate. Thanks for adding it to the thread.

So, how many INTJs are there on this board???

I always thought it was one of those less-than-1%, not-many-out-there types.

I took the Myers-Briggs in 1983, read the profile of an INTJ, and tho ...

Hmmmm... a 50. Such a score reminds me of a Seinfeld episode when George was trying to sell the merits of a mediocre student to a scholarship committee. The kid had a 2.1 grade point average. Said ...

Taylor,
Thanks once again for your list of highlights. We all know that this does not serve to summarize or encapsulate the Bogleheads' Guide, only to provide a nice whiff (or, perhaps a quick sampl ...

tfb wrote:
A used hardcover often sells for less than a used paperback
This is especially true for books over a few years old. Check this out on amazon.com. Type in a title and *usually* the versi ...

Actually, I like it here on rainy days. I get caught up with threads that I barely have a moment to look at during work days and good weather days. Boring, but true.

OK, so Alex types faster and is more economical with words...

I read "wonk" in the sense that some people in Washington are referred to as a "policy wonks." I'm not sure this conforms to dictionary definitions, but the image that comes to m ...

joyandjerry,
In addition to the detailed responses you have received about asset "location" (taxable vs. deferred), I would add one thought on you asset allocation. Having 9% in a sector f ...

Charlie,
It may help to add the names: Short-Term Federal and Short-Term Treasury. Not everyone has memorized the ticker symbols.

joyandjerry,

You will find a strong bent toward low-cost indexing here, but you will also find that many include some managed funds in the mix. I have my IRA money in Wellesley Income (as do a fai ...

On the dust jacket of the book, Don Phillips wrote:
The Bogleheads have done it again! The web's savviest and most caring investment consortium has gathered all the information you'll need to plot a ...

Lbill,

You were kind enough (a la the old "Dear Abby" letters) to answer with "Dear Groundhog" and not with the more appropriate "Dear Confused" or simply "Dear D ...

Am I living through the Boglehead's version of the movie "Groundhog Day?" Didn't this exact same thread appear a few weeks ago? Or have I gone dotty?

myboots,

It would be helpful to know how old your Mother is and, given her current withdrawal of principal, what percentage (no need to disclose amounts) of her principal is currently being liquida ...

I do not qualify as a judge of which one of these (thus far) is the scariest, but when it comes time to pick "win," "place," and "show," I expect to see Faith somewhere t ...

Puakinekine wrote:

Have any of you spent any time in the average school in this country? They are struggling to teach reading and simple math, much less teaching kids, most of whom have yet to have ...

My experience was virtually identical to Alex's. Got up to 52, but then bumped into words that had me puzzling for extended minutes.

I was left wondering... how long could that program toss out ...

Actually, I just right clicked on the image above, and was able to "Set as Background." It came out sharp and clear. Again, thanks.

Wow. That would make a lovely screen saver or desktop image.

Thanks for posting.

It hasn't been mentioned yet, so please allow me to point your attention to Direct Relief International. has been mentioned, kudos to NYCPete for including Farm Sanctuary, a personal favorite of ours ...

Great book, great cause for the royalties to go to, great press for this forum.

I'm pre-ordered with Amazon and looking forward to a good, solid read...

Intriguing thread; insightful and thoughtful contributions...

We are still creatures of Dominguez and Robin's Your Money or Your Life, which transformed our thinking, saving, and spending in the mi ...

VT is quoted as saying:

If you want to increase your allocation to bonds, in preference to cash, that's a perfectly reasonable thing to do if your time to retirement is greater than the duration of ...

IndependentlyPoor wrote:
Ouch. I knew I was going to regret that posting
IP,
Wasn't thinking of you at all when I included that qualifier! The cruise sounds astoundingly good, and would likely end ...

You may want to take a look at BWX for international bonds and WIP for international TIPs. The expense ratios aren't great, but they come in at around .50%.

I'm working off the "best vacation" part of the question rather than trying to determine the most exotic or impressive travel destination.

About ten years ago we had 12 days in Venice. I ...

Rodc wrote:
Get the local community college to offer a class which you teach.

I would second that thought and add this: offer to teach it for free the first time around. Approach the department ...

I'm shocked... shocked I tell you!

All these signers-on and not word about load or expense ratio.

If the expenses are particularly dear, then Dear Sir, please inform me as to how I can get in on ...

Tall Grass and gkaplan provided a gentle reminder that the Temptations, Four Tops, and Supremes were groups, not bands, and that they really can't be classified as rock.

I concede both points.

H ...

StarBucks12 wrote:

Every teach I know has a warped sense of what reality is... 180 6 hour work days is definitely not "tough", but they all think it is.

Not to mention that for most o ...

This thread is just so unbearably... white.

Might we add some Motown to the mix?

Temptations
Four Tops (and the marvelous voice of Levi Stubbs!)
and please, where are the incomparable Supremes ...

Disco Bunny1979 wrote:

I tend to agree. They have no interest in destroying the concept of Index investing because it gives all of them the ability to write books that will be sold to scared people ...

chaz wrote:

Law school.
Please, please chaz, go back and add one of those winky faces to your response. Show that you were, in fact, being facetious.

Bump.

Bourbon is rallying in the late innings...

I'm over 50 and have relied on an admixture of Mr. Bogle's advice (age in bonds), Adrian's rule (maximum tolerable loss / 2 equals maximum exposure to stocks), and my own sleep-at-night indicator (am ...