Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Has any one invested with Masterworks?
BHs:Any BH art connoisseurs? https://www.masterworks.comIs this legit and if so what has been your experience?Thanks.Statistics: Posted by worthit — Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:03 pm — Replies 5 — Views 395
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Adjustable base for a new bed/mattress, anyone...
Hi,I was just about to purchase a twin or full size bed when I realized that an adjustable base was available too, but not for a twin, just a twin extra long or queen in the Naturepedic bed line. I...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • New 401K Rules:
From an article:“Higher catch-up contributions. Starting January 1, 2025, individuals ages 60 through 63 years old will be able to make catch-up contributions up to $10,000 annually to a workplace...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • California Tax Forms
I'm an Illinois resident that sold real estate in California (for a loss) back in 2019. California reached out stating that I owe taxes as they believe it was a gain. They are stating that I need to...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • HVAC Germicidal Air Purifier - Feedback?
I live in South Alabama, about 20 miles from the Gulf. HVAC works pretty hard in the summertime. During today's semi-annual HVAC preventive maintenance service call, the Technician showed me photos of...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Helping my mom rollover IRA from ML
Hi all,I'm trying to help my mom rollover one of her IRAs out of Merrill Lynch. It's a pretty sizable account, approximately $500k, and it's been underperforming the market considerably for a while...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Has anyone used JoinSave.com and what was the result
I saw an ad and went to the website joinsave.comI noticed a couple of posting with 0% interest rates. Now they are offering 3% for 3 years plus SOME percentage of market gains.What are the gothchas...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Social Security and Government Pension...
When I file for SS at 70, I will collect $4614 monthly. My spouse will collect $3188 monthly from Calpers from a local/city government job's pension. Total we will collect $7802 total monthly when we...
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Personal Investments • Empower and SIU 401K
Getting alot of questions and I feel this Seafarers Union 401k is bad news. BTW No Match... They provide a Pension.looks like .48% fees on top of the ETF Expense Ratio and look at some of them Expense...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Where to break $500 Euro notes in the states?
My son will be traveling to Europe this summer for a college program. I happen to have a few 500 euro notes from doing business in Europe years ago. Is there any place here in the U.S. to break the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Advance Medical Directive - who gets it, how?
My husband got admitted for a heart related problem and got a pacemaker implant today. He is still in recovery and hopefully I can bring him home tomorrow if he is ready to be discharged.This made me...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Should I be using municipal bonds in my situation?
Hello,I am not sure if municipal bonds (national munis as I am in a low tax state) would be useful in my situation. Here is my dilemma:I am currently in a high marginal bracket (right at the top of...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Studying for CFP exam just because?
On my to-do list for the year is to find a CFP to fully review our portfolio and strategy for Fl. After some preliminary research, I see that it will cost approximately $3k for this one-time service...
View ArticleForum Issues and Administration • Cannot stay logged in?
Not a huge deal but for some reason I cannot stay logged in via a webpage on my Android phone. Every time I come back to the page after an hour or so it is logged back out and I need to enter the...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • 20 year FHB bond not call able until...
Pretty happy finding this. Most of these are callable in 3 to 6 months.Statistics: Posted by hoops777 — Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:37 pm — Replies 5 — Views 349
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • How to sell unique audio equipment
We just picked up an old record player from storage. The box has US customs stickers on it and it appears to have been shipped to R A Watch Assts of 5722 West North Ave in Milwaukee. Says made in...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Making the Switch. Slowly or all at once?
Wife and I started investing about 4 or so years ago. By the end of this year, without the market going up from current levels, we will have over 200k invested between all our retirement accounts. All...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Goldman Sachs' Marcus Invest...
Title is self-explanatory. Here's the article link Goldman is getting out of the robo-advisory businessand a second article Betterment to Acquire Digital Investing Accounts from Goldman Sachs For...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Reporter doing story on estate...
A reporter for a national publication is looking for stepparents willing to share how they are approaching estate planning/wealth transfer for their blended families. If you would like to be...
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Personal Investments • Today I gave up on factor investing
Was: 70% VT* 20% AVUV 10% AVDVNow: 100% VT* *Except split between VTI/VXUS in Taxable at market weightsBond portion is made up of TIPS ladder/I-Bonds/T-BillsI have had a tilt since 2018.My rational:1)...
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