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Miriam2

how do I make an avatar that fits the requirements? From the FAQ button on the upper left of this screen - How do I display an avatar? Within your User Control Panel, under “Profile” you can add an avatar by using one of the four following methods: Gravatar, Gallery, Remote or Upload. It is up to t...

Miriam2

. . . A year ago I moved the $200,000 in my deferred comp account (457) from the 500 index to VDIGX. After reading a couple of Jack's books and discovering this wonderful website I want to be all in on indexing. The problem is that it seems to be working out and we seem to be moving into more of a ...

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I am wondering how hard it is to become a millionaire on an income of less than $100k? Is millionaire status still achievable by 50? by 40? At some point, expenses can't be reduced any further. At what point does income have to rise substantially in order to reach early financial independence goals...

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Teague wrote: ↑If you go, try not to think of the 1973 film Soylent Green.

Teague! You crack me up! From your Bourbon Soaked Fruitcake to Soylent Green

BTW are you still on the Retirement Roll Call?

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Jane Bryant Quinn has a recent book that is more up to date than "Making the Most of Your Money Now" . They are both excellent and I have read both several times. (Well, big parts of them.) The new one is "How to Make Your Money Last, The Indispensable Retirement Guide" and certainly worth buying. ...

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Best advice I can give to people wondering which way to go is to learn to do your income taxes BY HAND. This will allow you to work through all the intricate details that effect personal marginal rates and allow you to take all of these opinions and apply them to your personal tax situation. I agre...

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Until recently I have been invested in AQR Style Premia QSPRX and AQR Managed Futures. Style Premia has CS momentum and Managed Futures TS momentum. My advisor changed me to AQR Alternative Risk Premia Fund QRPRX . This fund adds TS momentum and variance risk premium to the 4 QSPRX styles (which in...

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Here's where I shop for comforter covers

https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/4094?pa ... ter-covers

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January 1st for me. I'll be 3 months shy of 61. Looking at doing several things and looking forward to researching it.....but taking my time doing it. :sharebeer Welcome to the Bogleheads, Tzoellner, and congratulations on your New Years Day retirement! Enjoy your retirement plans research :happy -...

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I just started my journey. This is my first weekend without having to think about going back to work on Monday (maybe forever). I always dreaded Monday. Now I don't have a good reason to dread Monday any more than Friday. :mrgreen: We're delighted you successfully made it to R-date :happy What a lo...

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Spindrift wrote: ↑Still on track for Feb but I'm 57 now.

Thank you Spindrift, we'll change your age upon re-boot, but 57 is still a great age to retire! Actually, any age is a great age to retire

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What about an AD&D (Accidental death and dismemberment insurance)? I don't have a risky job, but I guess you never know. Forum member and insurance expert BruDude says buying an AD&D (Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance) policy is like buying a life insurance policy that only covers you on M...

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1 July 2019. Final flight. 50 years a pilot . Done at 67 plus a few months. No more thunderstorms. Dear lacseul, Welcome to this Awesome Retirement Class! Wow, 50 years as a pilot - you've probably been up in the air longer than you've been on the ground :mrgreen: Time to grab some boots and tromp ...

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Count me in - today is my first day of retirement bliss! I have lots of plans, but the first one is just to relax and unwind. Many thanks to all the Bogleheads who have been so kind and generous answering my questions and helped me prepare for my second life! :sharebeer Ah! Retirement bliss! Congra...

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I want to invest my HSA contributions but not sure of the best way to go about it. I have a T Ameritrade account. I heard that I can transfer money from the HSA Bank to Ameritrade. Once I do that, where would I invest my money? Is there an equalivent to a total stock market fund there? Also how wou...

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It's my understand that the dividend will cover the annual premium within the next 5 years or so, but I have trouble making sense of the in-force policy. My intent is to not cancel the coverage until we have the appropriate amounts of Term Insurance in place. Why did you buy the whole life policy i...

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Last year, I opened up an HDHP from GEHA (I'm a federal employee). I was contributing $75 a pay period last year while my employer contributed as well. I have about $2k sitting in the HSA Bank. My deductible is $1500, so if I do have an unforeseen medical expense, I can cover the deductable from my...

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Thank you Victoria F and Miriam 2 for welcoming me to this distinguished class. After 45 years of flying, including 24 Navy and 35 airline (overlapping during many years in the Naval Reserve) I'm now firmly on the ground at age 67. My claim to fame is investing shortly after its creation in the Van...

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I’m determined to get us (my wife and I) more organized. We currently have our financial and miscellaneous documents spread across 3 old, cheap filing cabinets. None of them lock. I’d like to buy a metal filing cabinet of decent quality that has a sturdy locking mechanism. Based on product reviews,...

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I am age 75, no spouse, retired and have a portfolio of about $1.3 million 95% of which is with Edward Jones. This year I expect my EJ "fees and charges" to be about $14,500. Your "fees and charges" will add up to $72,500 in five years, assuming they don't raise their fees and charges :wink: Are th...

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DW has a work event at the Magic City Studios area next week. We've never been to the Miami area but hoping to eat some local food take some nice walks-hit a pub or two. Any suggestions on what to do there? Here's an older thread with good restaurant suggestions Help! I can't afford to eat on my So...

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treadingwater wrote: ↑Please add me. Last day was Friday.

My pleasure, I added you to this Awesome list with a R-date of October 26

I guess you're no longer just "treadingwater," now you're out in full swim

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Mountebank wrote: ↑1 December 2015. Mountebank

Congratulations on your retirement, Mountebank, and welcome to this Awesome Retirement Class! We added you to the list

What have you been up to for the last 3 years?

Miriam2

It depends on your age/years until retirement & risk tolerance. . . . I have advised my kids (mid/late 20s) to be 100% stocks in their Roth IRA & to convert to an appropriate target date retirement fund when they turn 45-50, 15-20 years before retirement. Very aggressive & others will recommend at ...

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Hi all, I’m new here and am simply hoping to get some direction with what I should do with my investments. It’s a bit all over the place at the moment. I’ll do my best to explain. . . . had been contributing to an employer provided Edward Jones Basic IRA/Roth for some years . . . Get out of EJ now ...

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Are you considering this fund for your taxable account? We own it in our 401k's and it certainly brings us delight :moneybag It's a stock fund, about 75/25 but not really a balanced fund, a stock fund with a kitchen sink full of other goodies thrown in, such as convertibles, bonds, junk bonds, forei...

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Yes, I see a "Store!"

Hats? Coffee mugs?

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Happy Halloween everyone! Don't get spooked :greedy https://scontent.fmia1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/c33.0.200.200/p200x200/64590_10151220809629736_1945703942_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent.fmia1-2.fna&oh=927f3c34736481c8bcfc79c33d19c6d8&oe=5C4142DE https://www.facebook.com/Vanguard/photos/a.19447...

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April 30, 2019 for me. Age 61 (62 in July) You're on the list - congratulations! As a CPA, I will continue to work a bit in preparing taxes until Medicare is an option, and maybe bit beyond that for "fun money". I don't do a large number of returns and they're easy money compared to the variety of ...

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Here is the Autumn update for the Retirement Roll Call for the Great Class of 2018 :D We now have 47 lucky graduates :beer and many who are itching to PUNCH OUT! :!: Already Graduated - CONGRATULATIONS!! 01 Jan - BigOldBear 02 Jan - Billionaire 12 Jan - RubyTuesday (51) 15 Jan - wwhan (64) <<== Welc...

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Please see above ^^^^ post for our next South Florida local chapter meeting

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Add me as another graduate with this being my first week of full-blown retirement. Saving and planning and waiting for this day my whole career, but leaving the security of a regular paycheck and a major shift in routine is a bit uncomfortable, to say the least. Anyway, full speed ahead, let the ad...

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Just for the record miriam2, I think static portfolios (for life) are superior to changing ones. Just as an example, take a Vanguard Wellesley for example. Who really needs more return than it provides? And who would actually consider it too risky (at any stage in life)? For question 1, someone gre...

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But if I must be serious, as most of you know, Bogle hasn't always stayed the course as he didn't in late 99' as I pointed out, but he implores us to do so nonetheless. . . . This is not accurate. As you know, Jack Bogle has changed his asset allocation over the course of his 89 years, which is pre...

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The History of the Bogleheads: www.bogleheads.org/wiki/The_Bogleheads%C2%AE

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Markets(Capital assets) and your related accounts do not compound. The gain is selling minus cost (plus dividends). Compounding magic works only in fixed income instruments like a cd. I'm not so sure about this . . . From "The Little Book of Common Sense Investing" by Jack Bogle, pgs. 65-66 (10th A...

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Greetings All ! I'm joining the Retirement Class of 2018 as of 10/15/2018 at 64 years young. DW (62) will retire 6/2020 . . . I'm taking it a day at a time but it feels good. Decision to retire was mine; I just felt it was time after 41 years of corp. life, travel, etc. Congratulations "When i'm 64...

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Thank you for this. Using these retirement calculators and projecting a conservative 3%-5% return rate assumes a simple return but the annual rate of return of an investment is usually the effect of a series of returns (geometric mean). So if I am saving heavily, could it be that over time that my ...

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Please help me understand how saving heavily and compounding returns positive growth when I see losses in my accounts? Don't the losses wipe out the power of compounding in other words? Here is a neat article that describes saving and compounding, especially saving that first $100,000 :happy Charli...

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:musical_note: " We're movin' on up... " :musical_note: (theme from the tv show: "The Jeffersons"). Just reached a final agreement with the boss. January 15 is my last day. The day I turn 62. On the 16th I'm going to call in "well". David Jay is a musical Boglehead, music gets him going! Congratula...

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I did it! Retired from FT federal employment yesterday (technically today per pay period.) This no doubt triggered the hiccups in stocks this week, so I apologize to all who were unsettled, temporarily or otherwise. :D Congratulations Bayview! Looks like you punched out several months earlier than ...

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This is a very confusing subject. Note that contributions are not treated the same as conversions, and there are differing rules for ¨tax free¨ vs ¨penalty free¨ distributions. Also Roth 401k rules are different from Roth IRA rules. Michael Kitces is a generally excellent expositor and I would reco...

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This is often presented as a exemplar of marital devotion so perhaps someone can explain why? It's the selfless act of one spouse taking the time out of their schedule to prepare something that their spouse considers special, then lovingly deliver that product to their spouse when their spouse real...

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Forgive the off-topic question... DW is planning to punch out early 2020. Would it be permissible to announce for her here on Bogleheads when the 2020 list shows up? (She doesn't have a login here.) The Retirement Roll Call uses the protocols set forth by Lady Victoria, our founding mother 8-) Lady...

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Retired at age 64. Now, everyday is Saturday. I used to look forward to the weekend, now I look forward to the weekday when everything is open and less crowded. Put my R-date as January 15, 2018, since that is my first day of not working at a job. wwhan - I sent you a PM back in Sept. but you haven...

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Have been looking for a firm target date. Had been looking for an end of pay period in July or August and have settled on the perfect date. July 4, 2019 is the end of a pay period and what could be more appropriate than Independence Day? Jeff The most perfect time to retire! We'll log you in for Ju...

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Bogleheads: Words of wisdom from Warren Buffett: You will continue to suffer if you have emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe ...

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^^^ Another fabulous Duckie step-by-step

Duckie wrote: ↑You open a Roth IRA and either online or on the phone transfer the dollar amount you want to convert from the TIRA to the Roth IRA. . . .

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munemaker wrote: ↑I relocated about a dozen earlier in the summer. They were gone, but now more are back. Time to get the Chippee Relocation Program (CRP) i.e. "catch & release" back in gear.

Make sure to dye them so if they return, you know who the repeat offenders are

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My suspicious nature appears again - if the CIT reinvests the dividends automatically and it never shows on any statements, how do we know they ARE doing what they say they're doing :annoyed In my case, these details are all reported on the plan's annual report, and I can also check their math afte...

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