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Louis Winthorpe III

I often wonder what people will be doing in 40 years to pay the income taxes that give the dollar its value, as work is increasingly automated. When I was a child, my family would drive up to my grandparents cottage on summer weekends and holidays. Among other things, my grandparents had decades-ol...

Louis Winthorpe III

But the charts show this isn't the case: one is STRICTLY better off adding a small dose of SCV; you get both less risk and more reward. Even if you argue that the SCV premium is eroded, and the expected risk-adjusted return of SCV in isolation is no higher than TSM, that adjustment alone would not ...

Louis Winthorpe III

My spouse and I disagree on next steps. One wants to proactively take action in small claims court to prevent this going to a collection agency. The other thinks that’s using a howitzer to kill a housefly and that we should just pay half the bill even if it grates against our sense of principle. Yo...

Louis Winthorpe III

Ultimately, I would expect the questions to be variations of "Tell me about a time when you ______." For example, "tell me about a time when you led a project with a tight deadline." "Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a boss/coworker who disagreed with your prop...

Louis Winthorpe III

We've had some good threads on gold lately. I will go get some popcorn now (paid for with fiat currency).

Louis Winthorpe III

...I will spend every minute of my spare time dissing your company on every social media outlet, put a big sign in my yard telling what you did, picket your office (if they have one) etc, etc. I once had a customer threaten to do this to my company after I picked-up an item he had been renting from...

Louis Winthorpe III

I'm the technology geek of the family, but I use an ancient flip phone without a text or data plan. I have a strong bias against signing up for anything involving recurring charges and I could never convince myself, the extra $420/year was worth the benefit. For me, it was mostly a question of look...

Louis Winthorpe III

Your ceiling might or might not have asbestos. Here's how to check: Testing a Popcorn Ceiling for Asbestos The problem is you can't tell if a ceiling contains asbestos unless you test it. You can't tell by looking at it with your naked eye. Identification requires a microscope and a trained eye. Thi...

Louis Winthorpe III

Ordinary income.

Louis Winthorpe III

I'd put everything into a Target Retirement fund or a LifeStrategy fund. Or maybe taxable in Target Retirement and tax sheltered in Life Strategy. Someone will tell you you can be more tax efficient, but if you want to "basically forget about these accounts", that's the way to go.

Louis Winthorpe III

If you pay 5% up front, you'll have 5% less of whatever your portfolio will grow to in the end state. For every $1 million you plan to have in retirement, you're giving up $50,000. You'll have $950,000 instead of $1,000,000. To me that's a big deal, but I guess it's subjective. Stated that way, does...

Louis Winthorpe III

Would it be stupid to give up such a high paying job and the promise of early retirement to go into such uncertainty? The truth is we are just not happy with life out here and both the wife and I are falling into a state of depression very quickly which is not good and we need to get out. Any gener...

Louis Winthorpe III

Taylor, I am sure the fact that he was "very wealthy" played into his comfort with an all-bond strategy. If you are very wealthy, it is hard to go broke as long as you avoid scams and leverage. Even then, munis have credit risk. Meredith Whitney turned out to be wrong, but her fears don't...

Louis Winthorpe III

I'd pay the student loan off. Paying that loan off (assuming you refi it to 4.5) is equivalent to investing in something yielding a 100% guaranteed after tax return of 4.5%. If i could get a guaranteed return that good i'd probably put all my money in it right now. I agree. If you don't want to pay...

Louis Winthorpe III

rterickson wrote:
I would like to liquidate the account, I know taxes and penalties should be minimal, but I have no idea how to go about cleaning it up.

Any ideas?

Contact the credit union and tell them you'd like to liquidate the account.

Louis Winthorpe III

Smartphones make it difficult to manage work life balance, particularly when your workplace culture is one where people respond to email at all hours. One option to consider is a work phone and a personal phone. Turn off the work phone when you are not working. I have the contrary view - I have fou...

Louis Winthorpe III

Best way is to put money in TSM. Or a LifeStrategy / Target Retirement fund.

Louis Winthorpe III

Idle prediction: this is moot. I think 5 years from now we'll be in a similar rate environment.

Louis Winthorpe III

jeff1949 wrote:
I'm not so sure about your screen name however.

I hadn't noticed, but you're right.

Louis Winthorpe III

I would rather keep it in an IRA with Vanguard because you have more control and more choices than in your 401(k). The admiral shares of the investor class of total stock market have an expense ratio of 5 basis points, so you'd be paying 3 basis points more, not counting the $25 fee you mentioned. 3...

Louis Winthorpe III

I think you're in pretty good shape overall, but your portfolio is way too messy and complex. It's a shame there's no Target Retirement fund or something like Vanguard's LifeStrategy Moderate Growth, but in the absence of something like that, I'd try to get down to 3 funds. For your husband, I'd put...

Louis Winthorpe III

I'm sure you'll be surprised to hear that you're doing well.

Louis Winthorpe III

Yes, I think you can retire on $6 million.

Louis Winthorpe III

Sounds like you went from all cash to all stock, and it sounds like neither of those is an asset allocation that suits you. That's a much bigger issue than when you move to your new asset allocation.

Louis Winthorpe III

Interesting that the paperwork I signed to open the inherited IRA account states that "JPMS and JPMCC will generally not have fiduciary duties toward you". A fiduciary is responsible for managing your portfolio according to a certain legal standard. If they pick investments for you, they ...

Louis Winthorpe III

How many folks at age 22 (starting out career) know what their expenses will be at age 60, 65, 70? Saving for retirement without knowing the target is like using a compass without a map or guideposts to the target. Then, throw in all this rhetoric about Social Security not being there at retirement...

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I'm at a loss as to what I should do -- what would you do if you were in my shoes? If your future expenses will be USD denominated, you have no reason to hold foreign currency. You have FX risk without any reason to have it. In that case, I would swallow hard, convert everything next week and go on...

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I'm very curious what this community thinks of this issue. I won't speak for the community, but I think the arguments you've linked are absurd. People get paid to say something, anything, and this was a reach. But it worked. People are reading the nonsense, and you're actively trying to debate it.

Louis Winthorpe III

Some factors which have not really helped: - My propensity to dine out instead of stay home and cook Anyway, just wanted to share! Any advice on ways that I can improve, PLEASE let me know! And also share what worked for your path to net worth progression, what didn't, etc. First, congrats, and kee...

Louis Winthorpe III

Seems like a policy that would increase costs for Vanguard. Oh well.

Louis Winthorpe III

Fortunately, all of the alternatives you listed are good ideas. It's not like there's a right choice and three wrong choices among them, and which is "best" is largely subjective / based on personal preference. Typically, when people talk about prepaying the mortgage, I see most people adv...

Louis Winthorpe III

You have 9 holdings in your taxable account. You should make sure that complexity is earning its place in your portfolio.

Louis Winthorpe III

Curious if anyone has used a company like SimpliSafe that only uses cellular. The cost is substantially less because they don't have to wire your house.

Louis Winthorpe III

This may be a good, simple rule of thumb, but one's income needs in retirement are more complicated. Depending upon living expenses, SS, pension, debt, expected longevity and other factors, one may need more or less. It is not that hard to factor these considerations in and come up with a better id...

Louis Winthorpe III

I have a 401k with my new employer and the options are somewhat limited. I also have a rollover IRA with Fidelity and a Roth IRA with Vanguard. How would i go about setting up a 3 fund portfolio (80-90% stocks is what I've decided) with the following options from work along with my other 2 IRA acco...

Louis Winthorpe III

I think the table is too simplistic These tables are really simplistic. I fail to sympathize with the simplistic formulas that say that savings at a given age should be a given factor of current income. Or maybe it's just sour grapes for me since I don't show up as a "prodigious accumulator of...

Louis Winthorpe III

ArthurO spawned a long thread about expensive watches. He wasn't viewing it as an investment, but he concluded there were other expensive watches that were better value. The thread, along with his other threads about what he planned to wear at his wedding, was entertaining. https://www.bogleheads.or...

Louis Winthorpe III

You haven't explained how you're going to grow your portfolio from $700,000 to $12 or $13 million. That's going to be very difficult to do.

Louis Winthorpe III

If you want one fund, I'd pick LifeStrategy Moderate Growth (60-40) or Life Strategy Conservative Growth (40-60). With that time frame and not knowing anything about your risk tolerance, something close to a 50-50 strategy is a good starting point.

Louis Winthorpe III

Have you used Blue Nile before? I'm leery about making such a large purchase online, but the local selection is lacking. I also am the type of person who really has to analyze big purchases, and that is difficult for me in a retail setting. Yes, as I said, I spent about what you're planning to spen...

Louis Winthorpe III

I don't think about it. I like the idea of owning everything, so I own TBM. I'll choose more diversification over less unless I can think of a compelling reason not to.

Louis Winthorpe III

I'd use a rewards card or a cash back card, and I'd buy from Blue Nile. Side note: Don't apologize for the cost of the ring. Inflation-adjusted, I probably spent about the same or a little more, and my wife and I both still love what I bought. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Side note 2: I can't ima...

Louis Winthorpe III

Minimum spending requirements are irrelevant to me with the amount of manufactured spending I do. I'm not sure what I'll do when the annual fees come due, but I may actually be better off paying the fees. I do so much MS that I may actually lose money by cancelling them since I will have less avail...

Louis Winthorpe III

Also, I just really feel 60/40 is right for me right now. My granddad advised I'd be crazy not to be 100% stock at my age and I was leaving money on the table, but it wont do any good to invest if I freak out and sell next time the market takes a dive Stick to your guns. If you know yourself, you'r...

Louis Winthorpe III

That one fund is all you need. I forget the actual number, but I believe it holds approximately 20,000 individual securities. It's very diversified, and it's beautiful in its simplicity.

Louis Winthorpe III

Twice a year I calculate my net worth and enter everything into a spreadsheet.

Louis Winthorpe III

If you look at valuations and know the market is undervalued, you can simply wait until the valuation is higher . . . So by a combination of patience and flexibility, one can virtually entirely eliminate the speculative return component. I know you're planning on accumulating 50-100x your annual ex...

Louis Winthorpe III

I disagree strongly that one should own individual bonds rather than bond funds. Did the show say why they think bonds are better? Sometimes the argument is made that bonds are safer because if rates rise, you can avoid the loss on an individual bond by holding to maturity, whereas bond funds don't ...

Louis Winthorpe III

1. My Roth IRA is currently invested in the Vanguard 2050 Retirement Fund (VFIFX). The ER is 0.18 however if I were to switch to a 3 fund portfolio I could get the admiral shares which would drastically lower the costs. If I did 60% US Stock, 30% Intl Stock and 10% Bond I would be able to reduce th...

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rgs92 wrote:Isn't some small percentage of the Total Stock Market index in gold or precious metal stocks?

Yes, but I don't think the physical buyers of gold invest in TSM in order to get the market weight of those companies into their portfolios. The OP is asking why people want the physical metal.

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