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Hello Grabiner, I really miss the bogleheads especially during 'taxing' times. I have been busy working overseas - the travelling is tiring. I have noticed a lot of new poster names. Glad I could still recognised a few. Though have not seen "Livesoft," and "Sccritic" for a while....

I used 'H&R BLOCK @ HOME' which support FORM 1116 to do my tax this year. It was 'fairly' easy, I just answered the 'prompt' questions provided by the software, and plugged in my figures. My taxes are fairly simple, no sale of stocks wrt gain or losses to report or foreign accounts elsewhere. My...

This is the first year I am claiming foreign tax credit (FTC) on my wages. No other 'basket', just wages under general income. Have finished possessed the Fed tax with Form 1116 done. After using the Limitation amount allowed, there's still excess amount of $15,000. Questions: 1. Should I carry back...

Our thanks to all the die-hards bogleheads in this forum especially to Ms. Laura who helped us rebalanced our portfolio some months back. We never look back, or loose any sleep either. Now, we truly understand bogleheads' sentiment, "stick to your goals - Age to bonds and rest easy at night ......

Bottom line is all about NEEDS versus WANTS.

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Truly, SIMPLE is GOOD for us.

MekongTrader wrote:
I wish I could help in a meaningful way.

The Japanese people are very resilient and they will come back.

My prayers go out to them.

MT

Okage sama de
(we are what we are because of your kindness)

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The Carps

I found Threadneedle on google, but somehow my Safari will not go into their website. However, I used Bing to search for Threadneedle and have no problem getting into the site through Bing. I have been wanting to check out Threadneedle this week through google. Never use Bing before. Now, I'll just ...

This cat seems to like it. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ba2_1263070026 Our mini schnauzer is following the 540 all over. Ah, love at first sight! Shouldn't the Roomba be following the mini schnauzer to pick up the hair sheddings? Paul Our "Sophie" do not shed :D _________ Truly, SIMPLE ...

snodog wrote:This cat seems to like it.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ba2_1263070026

Our mini schnauzer is following the 540 all over.

Ruprecht wrote:http://www.hulu.com/watch/70317/saturda ... ive-woomba

That's too much. LOL

We bought a 540 roomba at Sams yesterday. After letting it charged up for about ?3 hours-4 hours. I let it go in our loft-like open plan 2500 sq ft kitchen-living room area. The roomba just "wander around like a drunken sailor" cleaning up whatever. At first, I was not very impressed, but ...

A roomba was one of my worst purchases ever. Bought it several years ago (forget the exact cost, but it was quite expensive for a vacuum). It would never manage to get an entire room clean, but would instead circle over the same area again and again. Within a few months it stopped working and we ha...

Appreciate the feedback guys. I've read the Amazon reviews. I was hoping to purchase one in Amazon via the BH link. Going to a brick and mortar place like Sears and Bestbuy this afternoon to look at the 530 series.

Have a good one ahead, everyone.

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Truly is SIMPLE for us.
The Carps

Silence Dogwood wrote:I BELIEVE IT IS AGAINST THE BOGLEHEADS FORUM'S POLICIES TO HAVE THREAD TITLES IN ALL CAPS.

What is this about? Are you speaking of this particular thread title? If so, do have a second look.

Have a good weekend ahead.

Appreciate the link and headsup.

Sincerely,
ajc8688

So my sis-in-law was telling my wife how wonderful her irobot roomba 530 is. Now my sweet wife wants one. Any Bogleheads has one? And what in the world is the roomba 530? I've checked their website about the products and they're more roombas! If any BH has a roomba ... would like to hear some though...

Thank ya'll for the input and headsup. I will do more digging around. The WIFI at the corporate hotel in Rio sucks. Usually it is a one night stay b4 I fly out to the rig. I have not check out my current AT&T cellphone intl plan yet - probably it'll be ridiculously high.

Best Wishes.

Also do check out Johnny's Poboys at 511 Saint Louis Street. Be prepared for a long line and find a place to sit .. it is a regular eating place not a fancy joint. Always crowded. Great food at a reasonable price.

Have a great time and stay safe!

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Truly, SIMPLE is GOOD for us.
The Carps

Dear Bogleheads, I worked in Brazil every other month. In the past, I use my laptop to SKYPE/video home. However, due to company's policy, private laptops is not allowed. I 'hunting' for a cellphone that will give me the best options to call home while in Brazil. Any idea a 'refurbished' IPHONE by A...

We finished our e-filed on Feb 21st - Monday. Instead of going to a human in H&R Block this year, we did it online using H&R BLOCK DELUXE. The experience is 'empowering'. The 'interviews'/questions asked by the software were simple and straight forward. We always go to a H&R Block office...

We used H&R Block every year. My wife organized all the needed paper work. The CPA at the H&R Block office just input the figures in the pc. No brilliant tax advices from the CPA, not even about maxing out 401k to reduce taxes. Last year, the costs was $377.00. The costs increases annually. ...

So, bottom line is better to underpay rather overpay our state tax to avoid a 1099G?

Got it. I did itemised.

Once again, appreciate the info from ya'll.

sscritic : will check out the website you've mentioned.



Sincerely,

A 1099G Form came today. The amt is $1402.00 for a refund for the year 2009. I recalled last year, when I did my tax with H&R Block, I had an overpayment of state tax of that same amount : $1,402.00. The H&R accountant asked me whether I want to use that credit towards my estimated state tax...

Thank ya'll for your feedbacks/response. maj: "LifeStrategy Growth for young teens? ... a superb investment re diversification and automatic rebalancing, especially since the recent reduction of the Asset Allocation Fund as a part of the portfolio." Exactly. A one-in-all-fund and AUTOMATIC...

Hello, We have two young sons. Ages, 13 and 14. Both of them have saved some monies in a money market acct. $3K each. I hv suggested to them that I could open a Vanguard UGMA acct for each of them and buy Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth Fund (VASGX). I suggested that fund because of the BH's age-bond t...

Dear Laura, Today I have finished my 401k rebalance for the new year ahead. We want to say a big thank you for walking us through the basics of investing for our future. We will support and will continue to learn from you and all the regulars in this truly remarkable community of Bogleheads! Best Wi...

laura,

started TR2015 with vanguard. that was easy.

i am so glad to hv found this forum.

looking forward to read the BH's guide to investing.

truly, SIMPLE is good for us;)

sincerely.

laura: "The banker will either have you invested in expensive mutual funds or you may be holding cash in a CD or money market type account" you're right. i just check online into my acct. it is NOT a self-directed TIRA. probably a mmarket at 0.7%. (man, i'm been such a numbskull these past...

laura: our 2 ira accounts are with capital one, 5 years ago. started with $4500 each. each year, we've put in monies to it. the 2 iras = 18k. truly, i am embarrass to say: i hv no idea ?what? is in iras or how cap. one does it. i hv not seen any breakdowns of our 2 iras, except the monthly bank stat...

thank y'all for the feedback. laura: besides the 401k. we hv 2 traditional IRAs. not qualify for private roth. however, my company does offer 401k (roth) regardless of income limit. i am not sure about the 401k (roth). i'm not a savvy investor, just an ordinary joe who works hard for a living and tr...

hello, this is 1st time. pls ignore or pardon any mistake i may hv unwittingly make. i really need help to rebalance my 401k since i hv not look at my 401k since 2008. did not do any thing too. age : 47 tax: MJF (wife - stay at home; he - working) fed tax : 28% : state: 6% todate 401k = $580K always...