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- Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:09 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Asset allocation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1050
Re: Asset allocation
Try a balanced index fund.
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:29 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Asset allocation
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1050
Re: Asset allocation
Your allocation looks good. I'm at 60/40 using the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund. Note its low ER.
- Wed Jan 02, 2019 12:22 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Does alimony count as income for IRA
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2497
Re: Does alimony count as income for IRA
Thanks, Alan.
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 1:58 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Dumb, simple question? nonVanguard funds in Vanguard account?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 862
Re: Dumb, simple question? nonVanguard funds in Vanguard account?
no question is dumb - it got you some good responses.
- Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:57 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Financial reading website with regular updates
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5827
Re: Financial reading website with regular updates
Grt2bOutdoors, glad to be back occasionally.
Chaz
Chaz
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 11:11 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Financial reading website with regular updates
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5827
Re: Financial reading website with regular updates
i owe a lot to Bogleheads.org.
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:48 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
- Replies: 102
- Views: 29309
Re: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
learn by experience.
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:06 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
- Replies: 102
- Views: 29309
Re: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
no one size fits all.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:54 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
- Replies: 102
- Views: 29309
Re: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
The 10% is too low for most people.
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:31 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
- Replies: 102
- Views: 29309
Re: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
it is very good to avoid stress.
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 5:31 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Which Med school?
- Replies: 162
- Views: 27130
Re: Which Med school?
hi Gordon.
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:19 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
- Replies: 102
- Views: 29309
Re: Roll call Warren Buffet 90/10 portfolio
I like 60-40 and the Vanguard Balanced Index Fund.
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:14 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Which Med school?
- Replies: 162
- Views: 27130
Re: Which Med school?
privacy on the internet is a rare thing.
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 9:22 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Which Med school?
- Replies: 162
- Views: 27130
Re: Which Med school?
nice to get a full scholarship - makes parents happy.
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:04 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Which Med school?
- Replies: 162
- Views: 27130
Re: Which Med school?
She is amazing - brilliant, and on a terrific journey for the rest of her life.
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:24 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Bitcoin knockoff
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5561
Re: Bitcoin knockoff
Your postings show your brightness, which is my subjective conclusion about you.
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:30 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Bitcoin knockoff
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5561
Re: Bitcoin knockoff
Re: Bitcoin knockoff
by Valuethinker » Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:02 am
nisiprius wrote:
Right. A medium of exchange, a store of value, a unit of account. And what bothers me about bitcoin is that I see not the slightest bit of evidence that there was any engineering goal to stabilize its value, so that it can serve well either as a store of value or a unit of account.
And it's usefulness then is to those who care less -- money launderers and "dark money" in all its various forms. Which the authorities presumably have a view about.
Nice to read the comments of two very bright people.
by Valuethinker » Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:02 am
nisiprius wrote:
Right. A medium of exchange, a store of value, a unit of account. And what bothers me about bitcoin is that I see not the slightest bit of evidence that there was any engineering goal to stabilize its value, so that it can serve well either as a store of value or a unit of account.
And it's usefulness then is to those who care less -- money launderers and "dark money" in all its various forms. Which the authorities presumably have a view about.
Nice to read the comments of two very bright people.
- Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:26 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Bitcoin knockoff
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5561
Re: Bitcoin knockoff
None for me either. Protect your capital.
- Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:12 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Keep two cars for one person to drive
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8627
Re: Keep two cars for one person to drive
we have 1 car for the 2 of us.
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:43 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Turning 50
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2821
Re: Turning 50
steve, looks like you are ready for retirement.
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:40 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
- Replies: 158
- Views: 24364
Re: Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
i like using vpn.
- Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Tax Issues -- Should I Move From Nevada To Idaho?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5879
Re: Tax Issues -- Should I Move From Nevada To Idaho?
Hello Gordon.
- Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:46 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Tax Issues -- Should I Move From Nevada To Idaho?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5879
Re: Tax Issues -- Should I Move From Nevada To Idaho?
Though this thread is seven years old, it is entertaining.
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:06 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Move IRA from T Rowe Price to Vanguard
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5844
Re: Move IRA from T Rowe Price to Vanguard
I'm glad to still be around on occasion.
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:36 am
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Move IRA from T Rowe Price to Vanguard
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5844
Re: Move IRA from T Rowe Price to Vanguard
a very good suggestion.
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:45 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: "Dow 36,000's" stock picks
- Replies: 58
- Views: 9743
Re: "Dow 36,000's" stock picks
consider VBIAX, a fund of stocks and bonds, both indexed.
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:49 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
dcdowden, glad to see you avoided bad advice.
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:43 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
Victoria, I spend my days on the computer and reading novels by Coben, Baldacci, Nesbo, and some others of this genre.
- Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:07 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
Victoria, retirement is very nice. 12 years now for me.
- Mon May 30, 2016 1:24 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
523HRR, do you keep busy as a volunteer or pursue hobbies?
- Thu May 26, 2016 2:43 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
Retirement is great at any age. Enjoy your time while you can.
- Thu May 26, 2016 10:33 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
I was in the public sector, and I did not retire early.
- Wed May 25, 2016 10:22 am
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 20513
Re: Did you retire before normal retirement age?
I liked my work, but I decided to retire at age 74.
- Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:53 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: If you could retire anywhere, regardless of healthcare, etc.
- Replies: 118
- Views: 18006
Re: If you could retire anywhere, regardless of healthcare, etc.
Las Vegas is very nice.
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:55 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: Liking the new Citi CC at Costco
- Replies: 204
- Views: 52966
Re: Liking the new Citi CC at Costco
A good card to combine with the Citi double cash card for 'other' purchases.
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 5:37 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: How much do you spend on groceries?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 18513
Re: How much do you spend on groceries?
I do not keep track of the small stuff.
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:45 pm
- Forum: US Chapters
- Topic: Chaz Watch
- Replies: 80
- Views: 17885
Re: Chaz Watch
Thanks, Nisi.
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:23 pm
- Forum: US Chapters
- Topic: Chaz Watch
- Replies: 80
- Views: 17885
Re: Chaz Watch
On the internet.
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:11 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: 70 is the New 65
- Replies: 106
- Views: 18273
Re: 70 is the New 65
I retired at 74, and very happy since then.
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:22 pm
- Forum: US Chapters
- Topic: Chaz Watch
- Replies: 80
- Views: 17885
Re: Chaz Watch
I'm here - thanks for the kind words.
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:55 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: 5 Investing Myths
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2351
Re: 5 Investing Myths
I like the Balanced Index Fund.
- Tue Feb 17, 2015 10:26 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Recommend a movie for a lonely Boglehead on Valentine's day
- Replies: 87
- Views: 9521
Re: Recommend a movie for a lonely Boglehead on Valentine's
A very good movie.rustymutt wrote:The African Queen. One of our favorites.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 4:12 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: What Movie Have You Recently Watched?
- Replies: 11152
- Views: 2086144
Re: What Movie Have You Recently Watched?
Saw Jersey Boys. Sad story with good songs.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:31 pm
- Forum: Personal Finance (Not Investing)
- Topic: tax dependent vs $3950 vs income
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2674
Re: tax dependent vs $3950 vs income
Since he is 24 and earned over $3950, you should not give false info to TurboTax. The IRS is lurking.ps56k wrote:Didn't think that mattered - he is 24 -Sidney wrote:How old is he?
and when I told TTax that he didn't earn over $3950, the exemption & deduction on my 1040 re-appeared...
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:23 pm
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: Free online news
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3794
Re: Free online news
www.cnn.com is good.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:54 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: What 3 MATERIAL things would you take with you?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4174
Re: What 3 MATERIAL things would you take with you?
The only small thing would be my iPad.Chan_va wrote:That is a given. Everyone gets to go. The question is more about the everyday small things that you value after family, friends etc.chaz wrote:DW and our 2 daughters.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:51 am
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE BOGLEHEADS FORUM
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7255
Re: Happy Birthday to the Bogleheads.org Forum
I agree. Sand in the hourglass.Norris wrote:Thanks, Mel. It's also amazing how fast the eight years has gone by!
Norris
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 10:47 am
- Forum: Personal Consumer Issues
- Topic: What 3 MATERIAL things would you take with you?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4174
Re: What 3 MATERIAL things would you take with you?
DW and our 2 daughters.
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:54 pm
- Forum: Personal Investments
- Topic: Consolidate 2 or 3-fund to single fund in taxable
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1836
Re: Consolidate 2 or 3-fund to single fund in taxable
I like the Balanced Index Fund - easy for DH when I pass.
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:51 pm
- Forum: Investing - Theory, News & General
- Topic: Vanguard sued for [failing to charge market rates to and then paying taxes on services to its mutual funds]
- Replies: 806
- Views: 174017
Re: Vanguard sued for charging too little
Barry, thanks for the news update.Barry Barnitz wrote:Hi:
News update, Feb. 13, 2015: Judge quizzes both sides in Vanguard whistleblower case
regards.New York Superior Court Judge Joan Madden grilled lawyers for Vanguard Group and for former Vanguard tax attorney turned whistleblower David Danon this afternoon before promising to consider Vanguard's request to throw the case out...[lawyers] said they don't know when the judge will rule.