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Hey Camper1, Just wanted to add myself as a data point - I re-characterized 5450 of my 5500 Roth contribution to a tIRA and found the actual process to be pretty simple after having a hard time initially figuring out the logistics (I had same problem as you - there's a ton of stuff on the internet a...

Doing some quick research, looks like it might be possible to re-characterize my 2016 ROTH contributions as Trad IRA contributions. https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/IRA_recharacterization Thinking about pursuing that option (since I qualify for full 2016 deduction) and establishing a Trad IRA account...

In a combined tax bracket of over 30% it would be very rare, but possible, for the Roth to be a better choice since for since you would need to be in an even higher retirement tax bracket for the Roth to be a good choice. In addition you are single now and there is a chance that you could be marrie...

I believe the general rule is to withdraw from taxable accounts first, then tax deferred and then tax free. The goal being to let the ROTH (already taxed) money grow for as long as possible? Isn't that fairly similar to a taxable account? Is the reason to hold off on the ROTH because both contribut...

Hey all, Not looking for specific fund selection advice - rather a holistic review of my portfolio in terms of retiring within the next 20 years. General portfolio details and questions are below: 1. I've always contributed to a ROTH, but have recently been reading about the tax benefits of a Tradit...

yep, ditto - not too concerned though, it seems like whenever they release an update to their software something like this happens.

Started tracking just a few years ago...currently maxing out Roth IRA, 401k, and HSA

2012: 26,000 - Age 24
2013: 55,000 - Age 25
2014: 94,000 - Age 26

Thanks everyone for the reply! I have indeed received a lot of extremely valuable feedback here, and will be putting a lot of them to work :-) A few comments/clarifications: 1) 401K - I am on track to max out the 401K this year. 10% of my total salary plus bonus is deposited into the account, so I ...

I can confirm this USAA deal as well - it was an opt-in type deal on the website for me. 5% cash back on gas purchases for an entire year on my USAA Cash Rewards World Mastercard![/quote] Darn... I guess I must have missed the "opt-in" period, I don't see it available there for me. That would have b...

My USAA MC is granting a 5% bonus for gas purchases in 2014 so I have designated that as my CC of choice for the year for those purchases. I notice that my DC is also passing out 5% rebates for the first quarter of the year also. I don't use that much gasoline anyway. Say-wha-huh??? :?: I haven't s...

Very rarely do I carry around cash - usually only if I'm going out for an event that calls for it e.g. large group dinner/cover charge/cash only bar. There's only been a handful of times where I've truly been inconvenienced for not having cash on my person, and I find that I have a much easier time ...

I think you might want to consider increasing your 401k contribution. Every $ amount (within reason ) that you can get out of the 25% bracket and into the 15% bracket is worthwhile IMO.

I don't think that will be a problem at all, especially since you have enough emergency fund. In my case, my "cushion" (take home - budgeted expenses) is nearly zero after 401K and ROTH IRA since I like to contribute as much as possible to the retirement saving, and it's been fine that way (I do ha...

I would agree I think you should be ok, especially as a single without debt. There is also 2400 a year you aren't accounting for to help you out. Also, it appears you might be in the 15% bracket: 57k-8.55k-3.9k-6.1k-3.25k < 36.25k MrMatt2532, I'm guessing that the 6.1k is the standard deduction, bu...

I understand this topic might lead to quite a few subjective responses, but I'm still interested to know what people think... Thoughts on whether I'm leaving myself with enough after-tax cash? disclaimer--> *rough draft breakdown below, I might have messed up some calculations* Bi Weekly Paycheck br...

First, you missed a 12% run up. That's like $600. Over a lifetime, that's no big deal. Second, this is your third of what will be hopefully many more yearly contributions. This makes it no big deal. Either dump it in and forget it or DCA it in weekly over the remaining time in which you have to con...

Just lump it in or DCA over the final months of the year. Do not drag this out. So basically, I have much more to gain in the long run by contributing sooner rather than later. OK, yeah that definitely makes sense and seems kind of obvious now after writing it out. I think I just needed to hear it ...

barnaclebob wrote:Is this a Roth IRA?

Yep, it's a Roth.

Hi everyone, Currently, I have a Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund with 10k in contributions. I started in 2010(Age 22), and have done the full '10 and '11 contributions. Like many of you have probably done, I experimented with contribution methods. The 2010 contribution was a full lump sum buy i...

All of these links have been great so far. I know this stuff is all on the internet somewhere, but I think everyone searches for things a little bit differently, so it's really helpful to get linked to the pages that don't come up during my web searches.

PatchBeagle, Awesome, thanks for the reply, I think you gave a good overview of important topics. Do you have any specific ideas about teaching the "Moving from savings to investing" bullet point? I'm a little worried about emphasizing that point when many of these people probably aren't pyschologic...

Hi there, I'm an Americorps Vista working for a non profit called SNAP in Spokane, WA. Currently, we are working on an initiative called Bank On (http://joinbankon.org/), which is a brand new national program designed to help low income residents engage in traditonal banking methods. There are a lar...