Personal Consumer Issues • Re: Billed for services I declined
Lab did what doctor ordered but patient was OP and you won’t find any paper work where doctor agrees to pay anything. But I bet you can find paperwork saying and singed by OP takjng financial...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Is there any thought on an end to the housing...
I personally feel like a dummy just for having bought a relatively modest home, and paid it off, rather than stretching myself to the financial limits like so many peers that have gotten a crazy ROI....
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: What do you all pay for TV and internet? rates...
Internet: $49.95 per month for DSL, 7 Mbps down, 1 up. Local provider, but CenturyLink copper. It’s my only option outside of satellite service like Starlink. It’s perfectly fine for my...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Coverage for hearing aids with Medicare...
Mostly just curiosity. Are there--I assume there must be--Medicare Advantage plans with hearing aid coverage? If so, if you have one or who have shopped plans and know the details, what is actually...
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Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Retire in France, Shall I move my...
The thread immediately went to tax status (understandably) but the OP just asked about updating addresses.I have at Times used a family member address and as long as you have a good relationship it...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: One more year or four more year -...
If you can go out now, why not ask if the company will let you work 3 days a week starting in a year?That is hard, as it is a FTE, still have the do the 40 hours worth of work in 3 days...To be honest...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Vanguard to Exit Individual...
You are the administrator/trustee of your own plan now. There will be work involved for sure.I was the administrator of my plan already...including filing 5500-EZ via EFAST2. Being the trustee won't...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Heading back to Work
Since I'm starting mid year their won't be much of a tax hit. I'm probably going to put most of the 401K money into tax deferred and not Roth since I should have about 6 years where my income will be...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: T-MOBILE 5G home internet service, any users?
I did the trial of their small business internet product (which I think is the same thing) this January.The good: it was like 500+ mbps down, pretty good up, and latency was good while it was...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Is your long-term goal to stay...
The book reaffirmed our general ethos.In fact, after paying off the mortgage a few years ago, we’ve spent that gap with more travel. Priceless while kids are in the house.Spending money on experiences...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Are solar panels a good investment
With the solar system, after the payback period, not considering deprecation, I'll be getting ~1k savings per year. So after 10 years, I'll have the 20k in the solar panel itself + 10k total in saving...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: [Another] Per stirpes and Vanguard...
From Vanguard's website for naming beneficiaries:Family or friendsChoose an optionIndividual by nameYou can name anyone, whether it be a family member, friend, or someone else. We just need their name...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Is adding REITs not hypocrisy?
Also the majority of real estate is privately held so you can’t hold the market basket. Hence overweighting public REITs to restore the balance.Would you use the same rationale to invest in private...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: How to place box spread orders...
Interesting question. Has already been discussed in the box spread threads. Try walking down the limit every few minutes, starting slightly above the indicative mid price. (But it is still unclear if...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Re: What are you listening to now
Gary Clark Jr. - Habitshttps://music.youtube.com/watch?v=t23xV ... FlYYxY1FcMHe's playing somewhere about 20 minutes from me. It's sold out but I would not have gone since it's the first game of the...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Re: Switching from US domiciled ETFs to Ireland based and...
Thank you very much for a very detailed answer! I will review the sources and will try the steps you outlined.Statistics: Posted by ingy — Thu Jun 20, 2024 12:50 am
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: How close are we to financial...
Great post from Watty above.Being a few years older than OP (self and kids), I’ll say we inflated our budget and spent it on travel mostly these past few years.I’m looking forward to our budget...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Advice for what to hold in taxable account
USPIXStatistics: Posted by AbelArcher — Thu Jun 20, 2024 12:54 am
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Personal Investments • Help Me Understand my Bond Allocation and Develop a...
Hi folks,First apologies for not continuing to plow through old and current threads about bonds and bond funds. I've read plenty and will continue my education in the various flavors of bondage (sorry...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Divorcing my SCV spouse - A few questions
A rhetorical question: What’s the point of having an Investor Policy Statement if one so easily sets it aside? For this reason I’ve never made such a statement myself.I reserve the right to...
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