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by HurdyGurdy
Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What YouTube channels do you watch?
Replies: 112
Views: 16225

Re: What YouTube channels do you watch?

Blondihacks (machining)
The History Guy: History deserves to be remembered
Forgotten weapons (guns and history)
Way Out West Blow-in blog (homesteading in Ireland)
3Blue1Brown (Math)
Crime Pays but Botany doesn't (Botany).
Cody's Lab (Chemistry and Ecology).
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Aug 24, 2019 9:32 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Bitten by a dog; owner took dog and ran away.
Replies: 19
Views: 5025

Bitten by a dog; owner took dog and ran away.

Yesterday I was biking; a dog was unleashed and out of control, and bit me. The owner and some other people were trying to corral the dog. While I was making a phone call to a nurse, the dog's owner took the dog and drove away. The dog's owner is a young person who seems to be in trouble. The person rents a room in a house, and housemates (also renters) say that this is not the first time the dog has chased and bitten people. The person has a driving licensed revoked, and may have a warrant. The police were called, and animal control too. I just want to know if that dog had vaccinations, and if not, we would need to have the dog quarantined. If the dog cannot be found in a week, the doctor said that they would need to put me on treatment, w...
by HurdyGurdy
Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:49 pm
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Effect of stock market volatility on participant's stress and health
Replies: 1
Views: 487

Effect of stock market volatility on participant's stress and health

A great question was asked in twitter: "Anyone ever come across legit medical research showing the long-term health (mental/physical) effects of financial stress...? " Mr. Jason Zweig gave (https://twitter.com/jasonzweigwsj/status/1154506641494237189) an awesome list of references. https://fisher.osu.edu/sites/default/files/worrying_about_hte_stock_market_evidence_from_hospital_admissions.pdf "Worrying about the stock market: Evidence from hospital admissions*" / Joseph Engelberg, Christopher A. Parsons‡ , March 2013 Abstract: Using individual patient records for every hospital in California from 1983-2011, we find a strong inverse link between daily stock returns and hospital admissions, particularly for psychological c...
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:44 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Please help friend with a Trad IRA/SS silly booboo.
Replies: 5
Views: 568

Re: Please help friend with a Trad IRA/SS silly booboo.

Katietsu, she tells me that they described and add those $300 to their other gross income in the tax forms they filed. However, she does not recall any 1099 or w2 form arriving in the mail.
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:28 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Please help friend with a Trad IRA/SS silly booboo.
Replies: 5
Views: 568

Please help friend with a Trad IRA/SS silly booboo.

Hi Bogleheads, would you please a friend with her possible mistake? This person is new to the US, married, her husband (US citizen) works and has a steady income. They file jointly. She is legally allowed to work, but she herself worked very little, except doing little odd jobs here and there, for a total of about $300 and an used computer. (Yes, it was about that, no more). After reading some websites, she opened a traditional IRA and put her $300 there. Now, at tax time, her husband dutifully included that traditional IRA when filling out that form. However she realizes that she did not pay Medicare or Social Security taxes on that tiny amount. Is there is something that she can do to correct her mistake and not put her under scrutiny of ...
by HurdyGurdy
Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:54 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Too Much Apple [AAPL] Stock
Replies: 70
Views: 10966

Re: Too Much APPL Stock

CyclingDuo wrote: Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:18 pm The death knell for Sears was at least a couple of decades ago. Apple is a long way from any death knell at the moment.
The collective intelligence of the market (thousands of very smart investors) have said that in Apple they will put 3.3% of the money in US stocks. No less, and no more.
by HurdyGurdy
Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:38 pm
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: How to bring this money to the USA?
Replies: 10
Views: 1889

How to bring this money to the USA?

Dear Bogleheads, A very dear friend of mine has this situation: my friend is a US citizen; he mostly lives in Colombia, but often comes to the US, for work and to check on a couple of rental properties he owns. My friend's father (not a US citizen or resident) is getting old, wants to liquidate some business assets and wants to give him about US$300,000 . As I understand, those assets are in Panama, in the account of a private holding company owned by a private foundation, whose beneficiary is the father of my friend. My friend wants to simplify his life, bring that money to the US, pay taxes (not too much!), open a simple personal account on his name, and get on with his life. Question: if a transfer is made from the Panama account to my f...
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Dec 29, 2017 5:39 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: 2017 hedge fund contest
Replies: 247
Views: 50009

Re: 2017 hedge fund contest

What's Tanelorn's secret sauce? why is he always on top? :confused
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:03 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Buying Real Silver and Gold (Not Bitcoin)
Replies: 201
Views: 28140

Re: Buying Real Silver and Gold (Not Bitcoin)

I like the fact that American Eagles and Canadian Maple Leafs are Legal Tender. It make them sound "official" and more trustworthy. [...] These are works of art for under $20. Plus they are Legal Tender. Real Money. :D :) :| :confused A naive question: what is the reason for governments to title those coins as legal tender? Good question. A more fundamental question is why does the government make them in the first place? The main job of the U.S. Mint is to produce coins for circulation. Why do they sell things like proof sets of uncirculated coins and coins made of Silver and Gold, when they are not intended for circulation? I know that coin collectors want to buy them and will pay premium over face value for proof sets. Does th...
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:49 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Buying Real Silver and Gold (Not Bitcoin)
Replies: 201
Views: 28140

Re: Buying Real Silver and Gold (Not Bitcoin)

grayfox wrote: Fri Dec 15, 2017 9:23 am

I like the fact that American Eagles and Canadian Maple Leafs are Legal Tender. It make them sound "official" and more trustworthy. [...]
These are works of art for under $20. Plus they are Legal Tender. Real Money.
:D :) :| :confused

A naive question: what is the reason for governments to title those coins as legal tender?
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:04 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Roof shingles do not match - Neighbor sent notice
Replies: 44
Views: 10591

Re: Roof shingles do not match - Neighbor sent notice

I have been nothing but good to my neighbor. For example - I mow the common part of the lawn since she doesn't have a lawnmower and is a single lady. I have been doing this for last 7 years. A few years ago, we did get into argument over splitting the cost of cleaning the fall leaves. I dont mind mowing lawn, but I cant do the fall leaves on my own. I requested her to split the cost - she said no - I eventually insisted on it and got my way. I suspect she has been rather cranky since that incident a few years ago. :oops: Did you consider to mow over the leaves? That is actually very good for the soil, no need to pay to rake and take them away. I'd be cranky myself to have to pay for something that is not needed and wasteful. http://turf.um...
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:37 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: I won the Lottery. Need sound advice.
Replies: 220
Views: 35544

Re: I won the Lottery. Need sound advice.

I'm not quitting my job, but I would like to be financially independent in the next 10 years - is that reasonable? I figured it would take 2.5M in the bank and zero debt. Thanks again, everybody.
Yes: if the life of financial independence is a frugal one, it can be done, by living frugally already, saving a lot from your salary.

Else, no, it would be very unlikely.

Take care, DrHotLunch!
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:24 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Teacher retirement fund in search of passive equity manager
Replies: 1
Views: 539

Teacher retirement fund in search of passive equity manager

Oklahoma Teachers names finalists for passive search, terminates MLP manager
By Meaghan Kilroy

pionline.com — Oklahoma Teachers' Retirement System, Oklahoma City, named three finalists in its search for a sole passive equity manager, said Tom Spencer, executive director, in an email. Northern Trust Asset Management, BlackRock (BLK) and Rhumbline Advisers will make presentations on Oct. 24 with a possible hiring decision on Oct. 25, subject to contract negotiations....
http://www.pionline.com/article/2017083 ... lp-manager
by HurdyGurdy
Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:36 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Eclipse Traffic: predictions vs reality?
Replies: 64
Views: 8266

Re: Eclipse Traffic: predictions vs reality?

Our initial destination to watch the eclipse was in Stapleton Nebraska; however, clouds were likely, so we ended up in the vicinity of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, still in Nebraska

After the ☀ most of the returning cars went south; however we went north, towards the South Dakota badlands and then East in I-90. Not much traffic.

It took some phone calls, but yesterday night we found a motel with vacancies near Interstate 90 in the middle of S. Dakota, and this morning we drove towards central Minnesota. No complications whatsoever.
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Jul 09, 2017 12:10 am
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Shopping for first bike since I was a kid
Replies: 121
Views: 12637

Re: Shopping for first bike since I was a kid

This is very good advice: your city may have a bike coop. You will see many different kinds of bikes and learn how to fix very common problems, in addition to getting a good bike for the best price. OP me and my DW are in the same exact boat as you!! I found a program near where I live called Bike Exchange where people donate their bike, voulunteers fix it and sell it as used, cheap and with a 30 days return! I think if you have something like that it would be a fit to your budget and in the same time I presume it would be a decent bike (go for well known brands of course). I haven't visited them yet but soon we will. This is the web site for the them, not sure if the exist near you http://www.bikeexchangenj.org/ Edit: I just noticed it is ...
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:56 am
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: Incorporating uncertain pension amount into net worth calculation
Replies: 37
Views: 4811

Re: Incorporating uncertain pension amount into net worth calculation

An interesting observation from another thread : I think the basic shift in picture is for the investor/retiree to change the frame from wealth to income. The annuity directly addresses income. Trying to measure it as an investment forces the discussion into the wrong framework. So, along with this, wealth has to be assessed as a source of one's income rather than as wealth. To do that you have to delve into the esoteric world of withdrawal studies to understand how wealth can be materialized as income. In some ways this is the other side of the coin from people trying to capitalize income and turn it into wealth. The difference is the context in which we are having the discussion. If the context is how to supply income in retirement, then ...
by HurdyGurdy
Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:01 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: where to go to learn about investing?
Replies: 20
Views: 2691

Re: where to go to learn about investing?

A Random walk down Wall Street is an accesible book that presents the main point of view.

I have not read Bernstein's The four pillars of investing, but it is highly recommended.

Also, please read any decent investments college textbook.
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:35 pm
Forum: Non-US Investing
Topic: Argentina issuing 100-year bond.
Replies: 64
Views: 10614

Re: Argentina issuing 100-year bond.

Gene S wrote:
It not just the bond rate, you need to consider Argentina's currency. Argentina has been literally printing money to pay its bills. Even if you could get your money back before they default, you would get it back in Argentina's pesos, which would be worth much less than when you bought the bond.
Gene, I understand that this bond will be paid back in US Dollars.
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:47 am
Forum: Non-US Investing
Topic: Argentina issuing 100-year bond.
Replies: 64
Views: 10614

Argentina issuing 100-year bond.

Despite past defaults, the Latin American country has sold debt maturing in a century ... Argentina sold $2.75bn of the debt with a coupon of 7.125 per cent, equating to an annual yield of 7.9 per cent, according to a statement from the Argentine finance ministry late on Monday. The bond attracted $9.75bn in orders from investors. From an article on the US issuing 100 year bonds (https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-02/trump-s-100-year-bonds-contain-lots-of-risks-for-traders) No doubt there is demand for long-duration bonds among the institutional investors who manage fixed-income portfolios for pension funds and insurance companies. Are there good reasons for governments to issue 100 year bonds -- and for clients to buy them? :...
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:40 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: New Employer - New 401(k) Options
Replies: 12
Views: 1937

Re: New Employer - New 401(k) Options

Yes, it can be replicated very easily with these two:
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust (0.012%)
Vanguard Institutional Extended Market Index Trust (0.035%)
See
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Extende ... index_fund for an explanation.

By the way, your HR retirement plan deserves kudos: those expense rates are great and the inclusion of that Extended Market Fund is really helpful.

:sharebeer
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:35 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: LifeStrategy or Target Retirement Funds?
Replies: 17
Views: 5478

Re: LifeStrategy or Target Retirement Funds?

saltycaper wrote:
baw703916 wrote:Does Fidelity have an equivalent of TR that is made up of index funds?
Yes. Fidelity Freedom Index Funds. (Not the same composition as Vanguard.)
Don't forget "Fidelity Four-in-One Index Fund" FFNOX
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:22 am
Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
Topic: What Car Should I Buy My Daughter as a Graduation Present
Replies: 150
Views: 18780

Re: Any BHs Had Experience With the Honda Fit?

170 k miles on it, we love it.
There was a valve problem with early models, it seems to have been fixed.
Not so great for winter driving.

Sometimes it has one of these :mrgreen:
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by HurdyGurdy
Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:10 am
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Attention Win XP users
Replies: 20
Views: 4645

Re: Attention Win XP users

When Victoria talks about computer security, I listen.
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Jun 17, 2017 2:07 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Adding new money to bond funds in rising interest environment
Replies: 28
Views: 3830

Re: Adding new money to bond funds in rising interest environment

I trying to decide what to do with excess cash that I have sitting around. Though I'm generally not a market-timer, [...] student loans at 3-3.5%, which I've kept around due to the low interest rates
Pay your student loans. 8-)
by HurdyGurdy
Sat May 20, 2017 3:25 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Convince me to get back into stocks!
Replies: 83
Views: 10369

Re: Convince me to get back into stocks!

It can go up, it can go down. Just put half in stocks and half in bonds.

Or do a "permanent portfolio" of equal parts of stock, long bonds, gold and cash, to cover all your bases.
by HurdyGurdy
Tue May 16, 2017 7:34 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Husband got a new job, need help with retirement and saving plan
Replies: 15
Views: 1739

Re: Husband got a new job, need help with retirement and saving plan

Hi imaconfused, In addition to the 457, your husband may have another plan, like another 401a or a 403b. Whether to transfer from his current 401a to the 457 would depend on the quality of the plan. Also, note that not only your husband can decide how much to contribute to an IRA and how much to allocate between a Roth (after-tax) and a Traditional (pre-tax) -- you yourself can also open an Spousal IRA and allocate its funds between Roth and Traditional. Taxcaster used to be a good tax simulator -- I have not tested its new version. Added: glide paths for Vanguard funds and Calpers target date funds: For Vanguard: http://i.imgur.com/G7MjhrN.jpg For Calpers: http://i.imgur.com/3uHGXNL.png As you can see, they have some differences at this ti...
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:58 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Need more investments?
Replies: 25
Views: 3508

Re: Need more investments?

According to the table in http://www.uab.edu/humanresources/home/ ... %20LLC.pdf do you have access to a 457 plan?
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:18 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Need more investments?
Replies: 25
Views: 3508

Re: Need more investments?

Akinyi, is this your retirement plan?

http://www.uab.edu/humanresources/home/ ... t-programs
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:06 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: 403B
Replies: 12
Views: 1491

Re: 403B

Akinyi35 wrote:Thanks everyone. So I have been informed that because I am enrolled in the pension plan, I cannot enroll in the 403b the llc but I have an option to enroll in a voluntary plans which is also a 403b( part TIAA and part Valic with a 5% match. The only way I can enroll in the 403b llc is by transferring all my funds from the pension to llc which I don't think is sound. These are the funds on the voluntary 403B.
Hi Akinyi,

this is all a bit unclear. What is an llc ?

what do you mean that your plan is part TIAA part VALIC?

Please ask your HR department if you have access to a 457 plan, also known as a Deferred Compensation plan.
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:45 am
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Larry Swedroe says "Goodbye."
Replies: 445
Views: 79741

Re: Larry Swedroe says "Goodby."

I'm sorry to see Larry Swedroe leave. :(

His posts were always thought-provoking.

This board should keep being one of lively discussion, but please let us be friendlier to each other.
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:36 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: 403B
Replies: 12
Views: 1491

Re: 403B

Hello Akinyi, sorting by expense rate I get this list, with my choices in red. For the safe slice of your portfolio, in a percentage that feels right (from 15% to 60%, I don't know), use "TIAA Traditional Annuity - Group Retirement Annuity", at the very bottom of page. Your's a good one. For the risky but like-to-grow part of your portfolio, use a mix of Vanguard Institutional Index, Vanguard Extended Market Index, (these two define your US stock market), 6 parts in total? TIAA-CREF international Equity index, 4 parts in total? optionally, TIAA Real Estate, up to 2 parts. Don' t worry about exact proportions. If you prefer to have an "all-in-one" fund instead, CREF Social Choice Account is a decent one; TIAA-CREF Lifecyc...
by HurdyGurdy
Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:39 am
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: quickest or best way to learn Spanish?
Replies: 39
Views: 10010

Re: quickest or best way to learn Spanish?

Try listening to audiobooks in Spanish of works that you already know in English.
by HurdyGurdy
Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:48 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Weathering sell-off days like today
Replies: 107
Views: 10559

Re: Weathering sell-off days like today

Was there a sell-off today? I had no idea. 8-)
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Mar 26, 2017 3:14 am
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.
Replies: 43
Views: 7500

Re: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.

It is very rare to be instantly overcome by exhaust fumes. Rather than raging at the neighbor, who you cannot control, take measures to protect yourself that you can control. Since this is a detached garage, as you approach the garage, listen for the sound of a car motor. If you hear a car running and no doors are open, open the doors and move away to a safe distance while it airs out. So you have to wait a while to get to your workshop. A minor delay is something you can control. Trying to get the neighbor to change by yelling at them or trying to get them evicted when that is the landlord's decision are wasteful, emotionally draining behaviors. Focus on what you can control: which is to move (as others have repeatedly suggested) or to ch...
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:59 am
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.
Replies: 43
Views: 7500

Re: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.

researcher wrote: Why would you get so irate if there was no risk to you, your family, or your home?
I was entering the garage, looking for a tool. I have a workshop there.

Furthermore, this was not the first time the neighbor did that and I had assumed that my wife would have talked to this person about it.

To imagine that I could have died for someone else's repeated stupidity was very upsetting.
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:43 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Which of these funds for new 401k?
Replies: 9
Views: 1324

Re: Which of these funds for new 401k?

Are you sure you did not misplace a decimal point?

This one
Any Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement fund....~0.9%
seems to have a high expense rate.
by HurdyGurdy
Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:05 am
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.
Replies: 43
Views: 7500

Re: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.

Added: this was not the first time I'd noticed the car running. I had mentioned the problem to my wife, and I assumed that my wife would have talked with the neighbor and ask her not to do it again. Under such assumption, I was very angry at the neighbor. However, my wife had not mentioned this to the neighbor. Of course I would not have been so upset if this had been the first time -- my reaction would have been, and it fact was, to mention it to my wife.

So, yes, now I see that, from the neighbor's point of view, I overreacted.

The neighbor came some hours ago, and left her garage door wide open for the night. My old bikes and tools are there. I just went and closed it. :annoyed
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Mar 12, 2017 8:12 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.
Replies: 43
Views: 7500

Re: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.

Excellent insights. I take note.

Just to clarify, this was originally a single family house. There are no more units: just one apartment in the first floor, and a studio apartment in the basement.

The garage is not attached to the house -- there was no risk of fumes getting in the house.
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.
Replies: 43
Views: 7500

What to do about a bad neighbor in same unit -- both renters of same landlord.

May I ask you what to do? We (wife and I) have been long-time renters of the first floor of [Added: what used to be a single family] house. The basement is now rented to someone else, person X. [There are no other units in house. There are no children in either household]. Person X smokes stuff that I don't recognize -- my wife says that it is marijuana. (It sure smells different from the weed that exists in my home country.) In this state [Minnesota], recreational marijuana is not allowed, but medicinal marijuana is. I can't stand the smell and I don't want suspicious people connected to my home address, but I don' t want to send someone to jail for marijuana, so instead of calling the police, I complained to my landlord a couple of times....
by HurdyGurdy
Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:02 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Mimic Total Stock Market fund
Replies: 28
Views: 3059

Re: Mimic Total Stock Market fund

Hi

You'd do well enough by mixing

4 parts of SWPPX - Schwab S&P 500 Index .03
and
1 part of SWSSX - Schwab Small Cap Index .03 (since it represents the Russell 2000)

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Approxi ... ock_market suggests, with equivalent funds a 85:15 mix.

You could also get an Extended Market index fund in your IRA.
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:14 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: issue left unexplained in Warren Bufett's 2017-02-25 letter
Replies: 9
Views: 2087

issue left unexplained in Warren Bufett's 2017-02-25 letter

In his recent letter to Berkshire-Hathaway shareholders ( http://berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2016ltr.pdf ), Warren Buffett wrote this in the 1st paragraph of page 24: If Group A (active investors) and Group B (do-nothing investors) comprise the total investing universe, and B is destined to achieve average results before costs, so, too, must A. Whichever group has the lower costs will win. (The academic in me requires me to mention that there is a very minor point – not worth detailing – that slightly modifies this formulation.) And if Group A has exorbitant costs, its shortfall will be substantial. Is this the same as Bill Sharpe's argument in 1991' "The Arithmetic of Active Management" https://web.stanford.edu/~wfsharpe/art/ac...
by HurdyGurdy
Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:39 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Recommended books and resources to fully understand how the world stock market works.
Replies: 36
Views: 4678

Re: Recommended books and resources to fully understand how the world stock market works.

tchasteen,

the videos at https://www.youtube.com/user/Thesensibleinvestor are quite good.

Many colleges, if they have a Finance program, will have a class on Financial Institutions. The textbook used for that class may be useful.

Do you have a public library nearby? If you tell us what it is, we could look up in their catalog and see which ones look like good books.
by HurdyGurdy
Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:41 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: "Speculation Blues" -- very funny and educational
Replies: 2
Views: 906

"Speculation Blues" -- very funny and educational

I just found the Speculation Blues! (an educational video by IFA.tv)

Highly recommended :mrgreen:

Image

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqsf12f7NJk
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:25 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Mother's finances... lots of stuff spread all over
Replies: 10
Views: 1990

Re: Mother's finances... lots of stuff spread all over

If she gives to charity, she could use some of her appreciated funds and pay less taxes:

https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Donatin ... securities
by HurdyGurdy
Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:03 pm
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Which is best path to max 401k contribution and 401k/Roth-IRA/Taxable Asset distributions, among other questions.
Replies: 1
Views: 628

Re: Which is best path to max 401k contribution and 401k/Roth-IRA/Taxable Asset distributions, among other questions.

Financial planning is very tricky when the person is a non-US citizen using US retirement plans.

Please check if your home country has a tax treaty with the US.
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:36 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Drawbacks to using rack server unit as desktop computer?
Replies: 30
Views: 5174

Re: Drawbacks to using rack server unit as desktop computer?

Got it.
Very good info, thank you everyone!

-j
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Feb 05, 2017 7:22 pm
Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
Topic: Drawbacks to using rack server unit as desktop computer?
Replies: 30
Views: 5174

Drawbacks to using rack server unit as desktop computer?

[This 2017 thread has been bumped in 2021 - see below. --admin LadyGeek] I saw this ad for a used rack server unit. $150 for a machine with 64Gb of RAM! It does not mention a video card, but I have some spares. Linux could be installed there, very likely. Have you used a server like this as your computer desktop? Are there drawbacks to such setup? (electricity bills, noise, grounding? ) Used Dell Poweredge 1950 II 1U Rack Server with Dual (Two, 2x) Intel processor E5355 2.66Ghz/8M Quad-Core Xeon CPU - with Intel VT technology to improve performance in a virtual environment (Windows Server 2003 R2 / 2008 R2 / 2012 R2, ESXi) Dual (2 physical CPUs, total 8 cores) Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor E5355 (2.66 GHz, 120 Watts, 1333 FSB) CPUs instal...
by HurdyGurdy
Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
Topic: Costs of the TSP? is it self-sustained?
Replies: 33
Views: 4885

Costs of the TSP? is it self-sustained?

From another thread,
mrc wrote:
dm200 wrote:I am not (nor have ever been) a TSP participant. I am a taxpayer and participant in various retirement programs.

I see NO reason that the employer (federal gevernment, taxpayers) should further subsidize the TSP.
The participants pay the expenses.
Without entering in a political debate, are the costs of the TSP paid by the savers? in other words, is the TSP self-sustained?

I wonder if the TSP could be a model for some components of the pension system for other countries.
by HurdyGurdy
Thu Jan 26, 2017 2:21 am
Forum: Personal Investments
Topic: Year 4 as a Boglehead: Stay the Course
Replies: 8
Views: 2515

Re: Year 4 as a Boglehead: Stay the Course

Whoa, you had a lot of debt at the start. Good job, congratulations!