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Salutations Bogleheads, Over the last few years, I have gained tremendously from the collective wisdom of you all. And have also made a lot of progress on the personal finance front. And for this, I am sincerely thankful to all of you. I am now in a peculiar situation regarding my departure from my...

Go option “a”. In 1985 I made my first mutual fund investment with wedding gift money and have never touched it. It was one of the best decisions of my life! If you are inclined to do so, it would be cool to hear the details! I love these examples of compounding at work! Married in late 1984, had n...

I would pick one mutual fund and get them started. I did a similar thing with my kids, turned out to be a great thing for them. I setup a UTMA for each of mine, when they got jobs and their first vanguard accounts they moved them over. I decided against a 529 because that money is theirs when they g...

Go option “a”.
In 1985 I made my first mutual fund investment with wedding gift money and have never touched it. It was one of the best decisions of my life!

I would go HY savings account, and do quarterly transfer into local bank checking account for daily living expenses. HY’s right now are still north of 1%, safe and readily available for cash.

Just retired a month ago, 4/1 to be exact, Turning 59 soon. Worked most of my career for large publicly traded companies, was 21 years with the last one. Work was mostly enjoyable, but I’m WAY ready to move on to the next chapter😁 Welcome to the Bogleheads, Jtrob2, and welcome to this Venerable Ret...

Just retired a month ago, 4/1 to be exact, Turning 59 soon. Worked most of my career for large publicly traded companies, was 21 years with the last one. Work was mostly enjoyable, but I’m WAY ready to move on to the next chapter