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First off, the 4% SWR is for 30 years, so it is not appropriate for someone retiring in their 50s. I would calculate for what is needed above and beyond Social Security at 4% and then add the additional funds that I need to get to SS as a separate line item. 4% withdrawal rate is a great rule thumb...

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palaheel wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2020 5:45 am I find toms hardware useful for these types of questions. E.g.

https://www.tomshardware.com/features/amd-vs-intel-cpus

+1

Also see their CPU hierarchy

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cp ... ,4312.html

abracadabra11

It's been several years since I visited, but I really enjoyed the Rieslings from Hermann J. Wiemer vineyard on Seneca Lake.

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This is a simple decision and you shouldn't be discouraged by any guilt that anyone might throw your way related to not working. If she is going to collect more not working than working, then she should obviously forego the position and continue to look for a paying job that improves her future care...

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It seems that you're using an anomalous and completely unexpected and unprecedented event and somehow attributing that to the idea of a 10-year business/recession cycle. That's just as silly as pointing to the inversion of the yield curve that occurred about a year ago and stating that it was someho...

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Meh! Doesn’t belong in this forum. There are plenty here that would disagree. Lifecycle investing, though likely not appropriate for many investors (because of the various prerequisites laid out in the book), is worth discussing and considering. The ceiling for most glidepaths has been 100% stock, ...

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Less of an Excellent Adventure, more of a Bogus Journey if bonds don't bail out stocks. I don't ascribe to the adventure. It definitely piques my intellectual interests, but like many on this board, I remain on the sidelines and adhere to the prescribed safety of 3-fund portfolios (or similar) and ...

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Consider this, take a chunk of that money you are making and hire some help so that the 2 days you are home are 100% dedicated to kids and volunteering. You may find that all your time dedicated to meal planning and cleaning gets old fast and that you miss using your big words... so I hear :wink: ....

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I probably had much too rosy of an image of my wife, baby and I just relaxing peacefully there. :) I think most first-time expecting parents have a rosy picture in mind. I know I definitely did :) I feel a bit bad for you as some people are jumping on you a bit. From one side it's "How could y...

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I never thought I would see a DOTA thread on this board. Perhaps there's some strange correlation between being a boglehead of a certain age and playing the game. Or perhaps, and more likely, the game is just that popular. To answer your question, yes and like you I have never and will never purchas...

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I don't think you should take it as certainty that tax rates will revert to the previous brackets. Although it is correct that current rates are temporary since the TCJA had a fiscal ceiling that it couldn't breach, it doesn't necessarily mean that future legislation won't maintain current brackets....

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The mean estimated closing value was 3,056.25, which was still well below the actual closing value. So much for the wisdom of this crowd. "It's difficult to make predictions, especially about the future." - Danish proverb I actually see this as reinforcing the idea of crowd wisdom. In agg...

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Today, Ben Carlson shows the data for using a 60/40 portfolio from a market peak with 3 of the most challenging timeframes. The outcomes speak for themselves. https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2019/04/what-if-you-retire-at-a-stock-market-peak-2/ Dave The article is generally okay, except that it exp...

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Your workplace is wrong. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title50/chapter50&edition=prelim From 50 USC Ch. 50: SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF: §4001. Residence for tax purposes (a) Residence or domicile (1) In general A servicemember shall neither lose nor acquire a residence or dom...

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Why would this be of concern? If your ISP did this to every subscriber they would need thousands of analysts combing through everyone's data, and for what purpose? They collect, log, package and sell information they know about you. your interests & habits is their product, which they sell for ...

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I'll set the math aside, since that's been previously addressed.

I don't understand what would you do on paternity leave if you had a nanny during that time.

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Nummerkins wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 8:45 am If I'm not mistaken, isn't AES encrpytion built in to Reflect as an option?

Only the paid version.

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Doesn't seem like Duplicati would meet your requirement: "Failure that results in OS no-boot precipitating the need for cloud storage restore." From the Duplicati manual: "If you want to be able to restore a complete volume or hard disk, including the boot sector and operating system...

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Reporting back for anyone that has interest.

Currently doing a trial with Duplicati and it appears to work well for my purposes.

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I don't think you need it, but have heard Leo Laporte recommend Nord. It happens to be on sale for 9 hours from this post. Nordvpn.com Quick note on Nord 'sale'. They've been doing their best to harness the power of scarcity with these supposed limited sales, when it fact it appears to be a perpetu...

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How do you plan to back up the key(s) used to encrypt the data? Likely Boxcryptor. How secure is secure enough? What is the threat you're worried about? AES encryption is secure enough for my purposes. No specific threat - just unauthorized access. Why do you want to use the cloud at all? Best prac...

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I'm using Macrium Reflect on Windows 10 Professional to backup my computer and am trying to find a good encryption option that makes for easy recovery both locally and on cloud storage. The scenarios I'm trying to plan for are as follows: 1. Failure that results in OS no-boot precipitating the need ...

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First of all - I love livesoft response. Such a parental view...do the wrong thing and learn accordingly. I’m going to join in the “get a GTI” camp. You can probably get a new GTI S manual for low 20s new with 6 year warranty. Is it the R? No, but it’s an awesome hot hatch that still delivers an ne...

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Cryptomator.

https://cryptomator.org/

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My boss is heavily vested in crypto and he has shared his views and supporting views of other sources with me. I must say, I am half tempted to dabble in crypto, specifically XRP-Ripple. Anyone else doing it? Have you had the "What ifs" like I am? Absolutely not. Don't assume that the exp...

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Black Tusk

Think it's near the upper end of your requirements, but well worth it.

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Thanks to Chip, I went this route and bought the Three UK SIM for my recent trip to Europe. Worked out great and the fact that I could activate and verify in the US was a big plus. I might have saved a few bucks if I bought in my destination city, but having it activated and available on arrival wi...

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For as good a job that this forum tends to do on many issues, I think that we seldom talk about risk appropriately and with sufficient detail, especially when presented with non-standard (i.e. non-Boglehead) portfolios. Some BHs are so unwilling to engage in discussions about non-standard portfolios...

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Are you taking requests for the spreadsheet? If so, can you expand the available retirement age selections to include 40? Abra Cadabra, Can you explain the magic that allowed you to become so highly efficient at what you do to generate so much wealth that you're able to contemplate retirement at ag...

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Are you taking requests for the spreadsheet?

If so, can you expand the available retirement age selections to include 40?

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Since most past results seem to focus mostly on the U.S market/ index, which has been the best performing market over the long term , and most strategies seem to advocate continuing to hold majority U.S indexes, is this just betting on the U.S economy on continuing to be the best performing? As we ...

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I've entered the majority of the information needed for my taxes for 2018 and it seems that there's something strange happening this year because of the QBI deduction. When I enter only the income from the property (i.e. not including any expenses such as Advertising, Travel, Cleaning and Maintenanc...

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Get snow tires. Rubber is more important than anything else.

Can you manage with AWD? Sure. But snow tires are the better option.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfuE00qdhLA

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I'll admit ignorance since I'm on the old system and not BRS. But are you sure that you can't max TSP and then get matching contribution above that? My wife's 401k works this way, so we're able to put ~25k/year with the company match. It's a nice expansion of tax deferred space.

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Hello, is there any way to get - $100k from like credit card cash advance or some other way - with 0 (or low) fees - with a year of 0% APR. I can pay it off before the 1 year deadline when the 0% APR ends. Basically, I am looking to pay off my 3.625% mortgage balance. Most of my current credit card...

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Cryptomator user here. I also have Veracrypt but use it primarily for whole disk encryption. The cryptomator desktop application for windows and linux is a bit basic and not particularly well integrated IMO, but its mobile app is great. Very easy to link fingerprint to password/database to get quick...

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jjface wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:09 am
gmaynardkrebs wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 7:49 am I'd keep the one that's paid off, and sell the second, which has a mortgage.
My thoughts exactly. Sounds like you are already set up with the first and it is working out. The second seems like the headache.

+2

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I got 25-50%. I am not only risk adverse by nature, but I also have no real need to take risk. I have had bad dealings with debt from individuals so that sways me far away from waiting to collect. All of which I believe skewed my answers different than the desired results ("desired" for w...

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Install Linux and then use it as financial only.

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...I will lean on my financial advisor for solid data & feedback

Recommend you use this board to post additional details about your financial situation and the work performed by your adviser. You may be able to retire more comfortably after reconsidering the nature of this relationship.

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Mods should just lock this thread.

Nothing actionable at this point and turning into every other forum on the internet with quipping/whining/complaining.

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These are likely the only services you should have had performed:
tires rotation: $27.95
$49.95 oil change
--> Total $77.90

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Really surprised by the negativity in this thread.

If there's one bogleism that rises above all - it's LBYMs and save. This guy and his wife did that.

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Recommend a trip to Quebec City. Only ~ 2 hours if I recall correctly and a really terrific place to visit. Went during the winter, so unsure if it becomes overcrowded in the summer.

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Surprised by the high bias here.
I would aim for $15-20k.

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Typical caveats about hindsight and internet advice apply, but it seems that the company may well have been signaling that their salary ceiling was 85k though flexibility existed on the bonus. Unfortunately, your recruiter appears to have made an error by establishing an artificial anchor that ultim...

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If a bogleheads stamp of approval existed, the Moto G5 Plus would be on the list.

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2 nights here: https://www.fourseasons.com/newyork/accommodations/specialty_suites/ty_warner_penthouse/ Money well spent. "Located between Madison Avenue and Park Avenue on Billioinaire's Row" They could at least have spelled Billionaire correctly. 8-) I didn't bother to read anything on ...

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2 nights here: https://www.fourseasons.com/newyork/acc ... penthouse/

Money well spent.

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International airlines/flights, totally different though. Would I pay the extra $5K between economy and business class? I'd probably have to travel economy first on a international flight, but most likely I would probably shell out the extra money. 15-18 hours on a plane not comfortable can drive a...

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