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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Non-US Investing
- Topic: What is the difference between VFAWF and VWRP
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1054
Re: What is the difference between VFAWF and VWRP
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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:37 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: buying mutual funds seems easier than buying ETFs
- Replies: 64
- Views: 4884
Re: buying mutual funds seems easier than buying ETFs
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:26 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Contractors and construction costs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3197
Re: Contractors and construction costs
This topic is now in the Personal Consumer Issues forum (consumer goods and services).
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:15 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Long-Term Care/Protecting Assests
- Replies: 89
- Views: 4984
Re: Long-Term Care/Protecting Assests
Topic locked for moderator review.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: What Movie Have You Recently Watched?
- Replies: 11151
- Views: 2085851
Re: What Movie Have You Recently Watched?
We just flew back to the US from Paris (9-1/2 hour flight), during the flight I watched Oppenheimer. It’s a powerful flick, but I’m going to have to watch it again on my den TV in order to pick up on the nuances that fled me on the small seat-back monitor.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:47 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: 40 Minutes to Connect in DFW
- Replies: 61
- Views: 4655
Re: 40 Minutes to Connect in DFW
Remember, though, that the plane you’re going to be boarding is probably coming from somewhere else, and may be delayed by weather at that departure point. This happened to us in Frankfurt a couple of years ago; the plane that was our connection to Dulles was four hours late due to thunderstorms in New Jersey (its point of departure to Frankfurt).
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:20 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Does PNC Bank have a good reputation for financial advisors?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1765
Re: Does PNC Bank have a good reputation for financial advisors?
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:20 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Refund for downgraded seats on flight rebook (post-cruise)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2152
Re: Refund for downgraded seats on flight rebook (post-cruise)
Last fall, my wife and I were booked on a Viking cruise of the Mediterranean, flights booked through the cruise line by way of our TA. We were booked Delta Premium Economy from home to Atlanta to Amsterdam to Venice. The day before departure, KLM cancelled our flight from Amsterdam to Venice, and left us hanging (they did not rebook). We called our travel agent, who sat down immediately with us, Delta, and Viking, and got us a replacement booking, home to Atlanta to DeGaulle to Venice. Unfortunately, the long-haul from Atlanta to DeGaulle was in economy. After the cruise, we contacted Viking, and explained the situation. They asked us for copies of the boarding passes from the replacement flights showing that we had been bumped to economy, ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:10 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: New Home Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 819
Re: New Home Question
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Non-US Investing
- Topic: UK person US ETF investing (IBIT / bitcoin)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1106
Re: UK person US ETF investing (IBIT / bitcoin)
This topic is locked. Discussions of investments in cryptocurrencies are prohibited by forum policies. See: Greater Fool Investing Strategies
Discussions of investment strategies based on securities or physical assets that have no underlying value or negative expected long term returns are prohibited. Examples include: cryptocurrencies; lottery tickets; tulip bulbs; Ponzi, pyramid, and multi-level marketing schemes; affinity frauds; and market manipulation schemes.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Where and How to Rollover
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1110
Re: Where and How to Rollover
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Treasuries - Up or Down rest of 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1873
Re: Treasuries - Up or Down rest of 2024
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Successor beneficiary from pre-secure act - 10 year rule?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 299
Re: Successor beneficiary from pre-secure act - 10 year rule?
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Retired and escaping the grandkids?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1659
Re: Retired and escaping the grandkids?
This topic is locked. Interpersonal relationships are off topic for the forum. See: Acceptable Topics
This is an investing and personal finance forum. We also maintain a subforum that allow our members to discuss consumer goods and services and recreational activities. Anything else is considered "Off Topic" and is not acceptable on this forum.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Claiming AOTC - Advanced questions
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1016
Re: Claiming AOTC - Advanced questions
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum (tax question).
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: When did "gift" become a verb?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 869
Re: When did "gift" become a verb?
This topic is locked. See: Acceptable Topics
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- Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:18 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Why do large cap growth stocks have periods of outperformance?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3672
Re: Why do large cap growth stocks have periods of outperformance?
This topic is now in the Investing - Theory, News & General forum (general investing question).
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:15 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: SSA possible reporting error?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2754
Re: SSA possible reporting error?
As billaster noted, start with IRS and go from there. If the IRS numbers are right, send SSA a letter reporting the issue, with a copy of the W2's in question. I had to do this for my wife's Social Security account. A few years ago we were looking at her work record on the SS site in preparation for her retirement, and noticed that it showed no SS earnings for the years when she worked at a particular insurance adjuster's business (nobody you ever heard of). The W2s were correct, so it seemed the employer had withheld the correct amounts from her check, but either he had not reported it to SSA or SSA mishandled the reported numbers. Shortly after we sent them the letter and the W2s as proof, they corrected the error promptly to show her mis...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: The Retirement Rookies
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1293
Re: The Retirement Rookies
This thread is locked (not personal nor actionable). General comment threads are off topic in the forums with "Personal" in the title. See: A reminder that non-investing general comment threads are OT
If you have a specific question, please ask directly and provide sufficient information for members to supply appropriate advice.- It must be personal. In other words, you must be asking about your own situation. You can also ask on behalf of someone specific, such as a family member.
- It must be actionable. You must be able to do something specific with the replies that will make a difference in your situation.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Nice problem to have
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1487
Re: Nice problem to have
This thread is locked (not actionable). General comment threads are off topic in the forums with "Personal" in the title. See: A reminder that non-investing general comment threads are OT
If you have a specific question, please ask directly and provide sufficient information for members to supply appropriate advice.- It must be personal. In other words, you must be asking about your own situation. You can also ask on behalf of someone specific, such as a family member.
- It must be actionable. You must be able to do something specific with the replies that will make a difference in your situation.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:50 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: I want to pay off car using money from Roth IRA
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4638
Re: I want to pay off car using money from Roth IRA
MoolaGrow, I merged your two threads on this subject together. It's more productive to keep all the answers together in one place, and it helps the members give you better answers if they can see what has already been mentioned.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Another 5500-EZ Question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 538
Re: Another 5500-EZ Question
A post discussing proposed legislation was removed. As a reminder, see: Politics and Religion
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- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Non Highly Compensated 401k Contributions
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1315
Re: Non Highly Compensated 401k Contributions
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum (question about investment contributions).
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:41 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Medicare: 64 Year Old Eyeing 2025 Medicare
- Replies: 164
- Views: 11827
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Medicare: 64 Year Old Eyeing 2025 Medicare
- Replies: 164
- Views: 11827
Re: Medicare: 64 Year Old Eyeing 2025 Medicare
I've been on Medicare for over three years now. My decision process began with the free download Medicare & You that is published each year by Medicare.gov. From there I began to evaluate what was suitable for my particular situation. It's very tempting to look at all these Medicare Advantage ads on TV and online and be drawn in by the claimed "zero premium". However, you have to look at what you're getting for your premium. My wife and I travel quite a bit. Medicare and a Medigap supplement should work anywhere in the US where the doctor accepts Medicare, and you don't have to get prior approval. Medicare Advantage plans typically focus on your own home area, and from what I've read it's a nightmare to get coverage approved i...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Tax question re house sale in a different state
- Replies: 8
- Views: 941
Re: Tax question re house sale in a different state
Forum member stanleyjohn has a similar situation, living in NY but selling a house in FL. To avoid confusion between CT and FL state tax laws, I split his question off at Tax question re house sale [NY resident, sold house in FL].
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Might need to replace car: are used Tesla's the value play right now?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5775
Re: Might need to replace car: are used Tesla's the value play right now?
A trolling exchange was removed. As a reminder, see: Non-actionable or Trolling Topics
If readers can't do anything with the content of a topic other than argue about it, it does not belong here.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:43 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Find it confusing to leverage AOTC - 529
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2621
Re: Find it confusing to leverage AOTC - 529
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:30 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Talk me out of over-optimizing my portfolio
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3050
Re: Talk me out of over-optimizing my portfolio
frankenstein, I merged your follow-on topic back into the earlier discussion. It will be more productive to keep all the answers together in one place so members can more easily see the whole picture when giving advice.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: US Chapters
- Topic: Sad news: ObliviousInvestor's mother has passed away
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4340
Re: Sad news: ObliviousInvestor's mother has passed away
Mike, my condolences as well, and my thanks to you for the help you gave me at the last Bogleheads conference. I've locked the thread at your request.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Vanguard Cash Plus Account
- Replies: 511
- Views: 69491
Re: Vanguard Cash Plus Account
Jamthony19974, I merged your topic into the earlier discussion of this subject.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:43 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: AT&T outage affects other MVNOs?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 5136
Re: AT&T outage affects other MVNOs?
I don't believe this is correct. My wife and I are on Consumer Cellular, my phone is on the AT&T backbone and hers is on T-Mobile. When AT&T dropped out on Thursday, my phone lost service and went to "SOS", hers still worked (had three bars of signal).SmileyFace wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:39 pm From what I read ALL Consumer Cellular customers where moved to AT&T as of January 2024.
I also don't think that moving a customer from T-Mobile to AT&T is something that they can do on the back end; from my experience with them and with dealing with both backbones, I think that a physical SIM swap is necessary to change the underlying provider.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:04 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Mobile number verification fails (Consumer Cellular)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1612
Re: Mobile number verification fails (Consumer Cellular)
This topic is now in the Personal Consumer Issues forum (consumer services).
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:48 am
- Forum: Non-US Investing
- Topic: Understanding Annuities
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3351
Re: Understanding Annuities
This topic is now in the Non-US Investing forum.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:33 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did we miss anything?? Looking to retire next year!
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3608
Re: Looking to retire next year - please hard critique our plan!
BHNewbie, I merged your two threads on this topic into a single thread in our Personal Finance forum to keep the answers together.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:04 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Investing in bitcoin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1218
Re: Investing in bitcoin
This topic is locked. Discussion of investing in cryptocurrencies is prohibited by forum policy. See: Greater Fool Investing Strategies
Discussions of investment strategies based on securities or physical assets that have no underlying value or negative expected long term returns are prohibited. Examples include: cryptocurrencies; lottery tickets; tulip bulbs; Ponzi, pyramid, and multi-level marketing schemes; affinity frauds; and market manipulation schemes.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:11 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Should I get a Lexus ES for its V6?
- Replies: 96
- Views: 8717
Re: Should I get a Lexus ES for its V6?
Several posts that had derailed the discussion over vehicle emissions were removed. Please keep the discussion focused on the OP's original question.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: What I just learned from the BH's - What about you?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2909
Re: What I just learned from the BH's - What about you?
This thread is locked (not personal nor actionable). General comment threads are off topic in the forums with "Personal" in the title. See: A reminder that non-investing general comment threads are OT
- It must be personal. In other words, you must be asking about your own situation. You can also ask on behalf of someone specific, such as a family member.
- It must be actionable. You must be able to do something specific with the replies that will make a difference in your situation.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Great call Vanguard
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2287
Re: Great call Vanguard
This topic is locked. Discussion of investing in cryptocurrencies is prohibited by forum policy. See: Greater Fool Investing Strategies
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- Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: New Business Owner Tax Questions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1220
Re: New Business Owner Tax Questions
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum (tax questions).
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Crypto Taxes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 942
Re: Crypto Taxes
I merged SpudMuffin's update post into the previous topic, which remains locked for the reasons shown above.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Is my company doing something illegal?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2290
Re: Is my company doing something illegal?
This topic is locked. The OP's question as asked (whether the employer's pay scheme is legal) is concerned with aspects of labor law, which is off-topic for the forum. See: Acceptable Topics
This is an investing and personal finance forum. We also maintain a subforum that allow our members to discuss consumer goods and services and recreational activities. Anything else is considered "Off Topic" and is not acceptable on this forum.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:08 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Does this build credit for kids, add as user on credit card
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1368
Re: Does this build credit for kids, add as user on credit card
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:33 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: open to portfolio suggestions
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1344
Re: open to portfolio suggestions
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: VXUS - terrible
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1609
Re: VXUS - terrible
This topic is now in the Personal Investments forum and is locked (general complaint, not actionable).
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:58 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Retire in Florida or Alabama?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 17916
Re: Retire in Florida or Alabama?
Topic locked for moderator review.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: High Yield Savings Account for HOA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 667
Re: High Yield Savings Account for HOA
This topic is now in the Personal Finance forum.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Turn around time on passports
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1929
Re: Turn around time on passports
This topic is now in the Personal Consumer Issues forum (consumer services / travel).
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Faith-based Investment Options, Tools, and Resources
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8489
Re: Faith-based Investment Options, Tools, and Resources
A post containing an unfounded accusation was removed.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: SALT has been around for awhile but Turbo Tax puts it in the forefront now?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4236
Re: SALT has been around for awhile but Turbo Tax puts it in the forefront now?
Please remember that speculation on changes in legislation is not allowed under forum policy. See:Politics and Religion
Please keep the discussion focused on the law as it stands today.In order to avoid the inevitable frictions that arise from these topics, political or religious posts and comments are prohibited. ... Note that discussions of proposed laws or regulations are prohibited.