Personal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: worth paying full price for a top 10...
Not an MD, but have been associated with several medical schools. One thing I think missing in the analyses so far is that elite schools have access to more institutional support which translates to...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Vanguard Cash Plus Account
I moved it to Cash Plus. My funds are invested in Vanguard Treasury Money Market, currently paying 4.25%, i.e. .55% more than Ally Savings. Once a month (for me tomorrow), I move money to cover the...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: What's up (or down) with TIPS?
Is there a TIPS chart or table that shows duration vs yield? With long TIPS coupons ranging from .125 to 2.375, duration might be more useful than maturity. Though maturity date would also be needed...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: MF to ETF conversion - am I missing anything?
IIRC, the one time I converted a VG MF to an ETF they mucked up the cost basis. Everything wound up average cost basis instead of the spec lot basis I had and desired.That's horrible.I don't like...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Recent Timeline with IRMMA?
Submitted in January, received a request for additional documents, which were already sent in the first batch with request. Sigh. The February deposit was still the reduced amount. Received letter...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Should I get rid of my Tesla? And replace it...
I just leased a model 3 to go with my model S. Just waiting until Tesla builds a minivan. In Scottsdale, it appears that every third car is a Tesla. Almost as many as 911s!Everyone knows EVs are...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Bird watchers – what birds are you seeing?
I saw a pileated woodpecker in two different locations recently. In the past, I've only seen or heard them in the woods in my area, so it was amazing to see them relatively close to human habitation....
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Considering jumping to Fidelity from...
I have been with vanguard for 19 years. I have a brocherage account, SEP IRA and Roth IRA accounts. I had a separate cash balance defined benefit plan that got terminated and liquidated 3 weeks ago (I...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: where can I find real time...
You could try the fund composition. Here is the link to VOO on the Vanguard website.that tells him about VOO, but the OP is asking about the ratios of VT (total world). In that case you would have...
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Personal Consumer Issues • Re: "Destroy if Dead" box
Thanks all - I wasn't sure if/how to respond but will say that this thread definitely seems to have brought out the inner mischief from many Bogleheads! (Timed grenades, mousetraps, creative...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Re: (UCITS) Boglebot: Seeking for opinions
Rebalancing should not be an issue neither, I have been thinking of simply buying more of one fund when the other fund(s) value grows disproportionately to balance it back. I would not be selling to...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: SP500 corrections and bear...
I'll bite, what is the difference between a healthy and an unhealthy correction, and why in the world do you think this correction is "healthy"? Also, per the quotation, apart from ignoring financial...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: A time to EVALUATE your jitters
10% gain. The vast majority was not taxable in order to avoid taxes. I guess I'll just live with the sellers remorse in the short term in order to be more comfortable with my AA in the longer term....
View ArticlePersonal Investments • How to spread treasuries across taxable / tax...
Hello, I am heading into retirement/draw down mode in the next year, so I am doing some shuffling around as best as possible since I cannot shift the % to much with additional investments. I do not...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • How do you rebalance a portfolio?
Context: still new-ish to investing. In my late 20s, so I have time. I have been mindlessly buying all-VTSAX this whole time so my only international exposure has been in my 401k target retirement...
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Investing - Theory, News & General • Re: S&P500 up today 3/14/25...
I ignore both RBDs and RGDs (that's 'really bad days' and 'really good days' for those playing along at home) as neither is predictive of how much my portfolio will be worth when I actually need to...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Thinking of moving my "number" all into...
Few thoughts.You are in your mid 40s and already hit some huge number that means you can retire and live happily ever after. You're extremely fortunate.Anything that bothers you, change it. Move your...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: 8 figures to invest. Talk me into or out of an...
You do not need an investor but talking to an investor, or two, would be a drop in a pond to you. So if it makes you feel better, see what they have to say. Sometimes a brief conversation can give you...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Questions about a Cash vs....
Good explanation here, margin eliminates some violations: https://us.etrade.com/knowledge/library ... iolations.Statistics: Posted by Kagord — Sat Mar 15, 2025 4:47 am
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Do I have too much insurance (life,...
In your scenario, kids done and assuming FI, the only insurance I would have, besides health, is a $5M umbrella policy with the underlying auto/home policies insured at the proper limits for the...
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