Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Revocable Living...
Amica just told me today that they would not add my revocable trust to my umbrella policy. Although I have had Amica for many years, I might have to get my umbrella coverage from another...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Help with leisure car budget
I think $55k vs $25k shouldn’t be a big deal, but be aware that new cars could easily be in the $35k range for a non fancy car. Perhaps this decision reflects anxiety over your other spending and you...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Parent fell for Online Scam - Is there a Vanguard...
My 81 yr old parent apparently fell for the dang scam where a webpage pops up claiming your PC is "infected" and then they called the "Microsoft" number and away they went....Spent an hour on the...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Still Trying to Understand Bonds
Bond funds have a place for an awful lot of folks.They just get shepherded into them and I suspect a lot of them really don't understand bonds. And when someone does ask why after getting burned, they...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Gold vs. TIPs
If a dollar is backed by the full credit and faith of the United States, what does MMT mean for the value of the dollar?I have no answer, other than "whatever the supply and demand for dollars in a...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • The mechanics of selling my half of...
My sibling and I inherited my deceased father's house a couple months ago, in Washington State, as beneficiaries via TOD (outside of probate).My sibling wants to buy my half and i want to sell.We've...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Can I make this small credit card...
Why do you want/need to close one of the cards?If it's to avoid an annual fee, could you instead ask them to change the card type to a "no annual fee" version, if there is one?But check that the...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Opinions on 90/10 Portfolio by Warren Buffett
At 33 you should be 100% in either an S&P500 index fund or Total Stock Market Index fund. No further discussion needed.Statistics: Posted by Buzzman — Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:00 pm
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: The Final, Definitive Thread on...
Planning where I could park $500k when TT matures 5/1, then HSBC 5/31. Unfortunately, can't do the Wells as my last term ended 1/24. Looking at the Citi, despite all the warnings here that Citi is a...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • All or None Limit Order Selling Shares
Anyone have experience with placing limit orders with the all or none option selected?Is it difficult to sell shares with this option selected?Statistics: Posted by playboy_number9 — Wed Apr 24, 2024...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Who has roadside coverage experience...
Is the coverage actually provided by Chase or is it Visa’s coverage? I used Visa’s coverage from my BoA card twice last year. About an hour for driver to show up and cost $80ish iirc.I had AAA gold...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: What to do with WL insurance policy...
Hello,My wife's father took out a whole life insurance policy on her with Western Mutual when she was a child. He is a physician, talks of retiring to become a day trader, and now that my wife is 40...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Robinhood 3% IRA Match
All of the sending custodians have reported that the assets have departed although I had requested a full transfer of the traditional ira at fidelity although $8 was still in the premium mm funds...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Purchasing an crane at auction to flip at a better...
Just a quick note to close the loop on this thread.Insurance to move this crane ended up being nearly unobtainable.While I was trying to find insurance to move this machine, I ended up learning about...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Re: How to open a foreign brokerage account as a US citizen?
Worst case I lose money deposited.No, the worst case is you, weeping in your CPA’s arms.Is there a super specific stock that you are interested in? Do they have ADRs listed in the US? That is the easy...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Moving to San Diego from Sleepy Low Cost Area
Some of these apartments are super small and super expensive. Almost $4,000 per month for something 700 square feet!! Are there cost effective ways to navigate???Statistics: Posted by JustGotScammed —...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: What are ramifications of retitling...
The prepaid legal covers most of the items, however, to retitle the house if getting a revocable trust will cost about $550. To get extra deeds cost about $400. I called my home insurance company and...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Vanguard to Exit Individual...
presumably the fees charged by My Solo 401k would be deductible business expensesWould that be true of the fees charged by Ascensus as well?Intuitively, I would think so, but I'm not a qualified...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Help me maximum income tax savings on...
I am an individual who is going to start a new job with base income of around 180K and 50k in stocks each year. I grew up with no money, so this is a great opportunity for me to figure out how I can...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • ibond gift for child
Grandparents bought ibonds for my kids (age 9 and 12) in October 2022. The interest rate is 3.94% now (according to chart in this article https://www.investopedia.com/have-i-bon ... ut-8386383 . Is it...
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