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- Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Invest with ICMA or not... fees/taxes question
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1891
Re: Invest with ICMA or not... fees/taxes question
It looks like Guided Pathways is a managed account per the fee disclosure document located at your link and I do not think you would need to enroll in it (it's optional). The Vanguard funds' expense ratios would be excellent at .04% without the added asset management fees. The fee disclosure documen...
- Thu May 04, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: ICMA [International City/County Management Association]
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1191
Re: ICMA [International City/County Management Association]
Your expensive ratios are much higher than mine also. You should follow sergeant's suggestion to speak with HR if you're unhappy. ICMA has a fee disclosure document. Click on "Access My Accounts". I have a menu along the left side of that web page. "Fee disclosures" is under &quo...
- Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:55 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Forced retirement advice needed
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5050
Re: Forced retirement advice needed
Assuming that the $75,000 year does not include income taxes, then you probably need $90,000 to $100,000 in income to maintain your current lifestyle. Let's say $95,000. That leads to a net of $75,000 needed after your pension. If you take no more than the consensus 4% safe withdrawal rate, then yo...
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:37 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Tenant Breaking Appliances to Get Credit
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3056
Re: Tenant Breaking Appliances to Get Credit
When is his lease up? You need a new tenant!
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 1:53 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Making most of pension and deferred comp options
- Replies: 3
- Views: 905
Re: Making most of pension and deferred comp options
I'm curious why you think the other options in your plans are not good options.
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 1:10 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Heart pacemaker patient forum
- Replies: 3
- Views: 873
Re: Heart pacemaker patient forum
Does your hospital have patient support group? That might be a viable alternative.
- Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:05 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Civil Servant 457b allocation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2135
Re: Civil Servant 457b allocation
Guaranteed Income Fund - ER 0.2 Prudential Stock Index PSIFX - ER 0.25 Maybe go with these two in the 457b and get international in his IRAs. Is that guaranteed income fund akin to bonds? His wife is a VA employee. I will have him check her benefits and what her options are. He is only putting in a...
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:06 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Civil Servant 457b allocation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2135
Re: Civil Servant 457b allocation
Are you positive those expensive ratios are correct? You have the expense ratio for PSIFX as 2.25%. Morningstar shows an expense ratio of 0.25%. You listed the expensive ratio for POSAX (another Prudential Fund) as 1.32% the same amount listed on Morningstar.