Personal Consumer Issues • India Pharmacies
Does anyone have a positive experience with an Indian Pharmacy that will ship to USA?I have found an USA approved product manufactured by their India subsidiary at about 1/10 the price.Most of the...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Career Advice: Finish CFA and get new job...
Hi Bogleheads,I'm contemplating a career change and hoping maybe some of you could help me. I'm currently employed in a government job and have 12.5 years till retirement. Upon reaching full...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Buy fewer expensive funds or more of cheaper?
Share price is totally irrelevantStatistics: Posted by jebmke — Wed Jan 29, 2025 7:25 pm
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: IRS Direct File experience ??
I've used Fillable Forms for a while (but this year not yet -- Vanguard doesn't have my 1099 yet). Fillable Forms works well. I would imagine that Direct File is good if you qualify, but I don't this...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Recent experiences with Imaging Software for...
Another good practice is to separate to the greatest extent possible your personal data from the operating system and do less frequent OS backups, more frequent C:\User\... and D:\ (personal data) or...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Is Costco worth the $120 membership?
YesNoMaybeIt dependsStatistics: Posted by beernutz — Wed Jan 29, 2025 7:28 pm
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: How much TIPS to purchase?
...So now i'm wondering if i should purchase more TIPS (to cover more than just basic living expenses)... It is generally advised to only hold TIPS in tax-deferred accounts. If you hold TIPS in...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: What Book Are You Currently Reading? Part VI
Graham Hancock --America Before. I liked the netflix series, so I decided to get the book. Had to get it in hardback. Too many pictures that would not work on my kindle. I really hate reading...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Accountant Fees
Separating the bookkeeping or finding another CPA both have substantial risk. And, no, I'm not inclined to take the risk of things getting messed up, being disatisfied (in a different way than my...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: EV Used Clean Vehicle Credit - income...
This thread is now in the Personal Finance (Not Investing) forum (tax credit).(Thanks to the member who reported the post and explained what's wrong.)Statistics: Posted by LadyGeek — Wed Jan 29, 2025...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: Vanguard Customer Service...
Results from 2 hours and 15 minutes from when I made my phone call to when it ended.Spoke to 5 people.1. Got verification that once you get your business / organization account all is the same as...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: better.com, amerisave, rocket mortgage...
Thank you for guiding me with my first refinance. Me not knowing anything about refinance to being done with refinance in just a few days. I refinanced with aimloan.com as they show the interest rates...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: How to withdraw from 401k incurring least amount...
Your taxes are gonna be what they gonna be; the withdrawal from the IRA is fully taxable income. There are no angles to work here. You can use any of the free tax models to estimate what your taxes...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Where else to visit on a work trip to the...
If you have the resources, stay at the Rosewood Hong Kong in a harbor-view room. You won’t be disappointed. And, stay in a club room. Great breakfasts and evening snacks. Two Michelin restaurants...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Can you really get out of massive debt?
Can someone explain to me how people get talked into a 6 figure student loan debt and not have a MD, DDS/DMD, or MBA/JD (from a top 10/20 school) at the end of it? Why does anyone think this is a good...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Tracfone Woes - alternatives near term/long term?
Strangely if I log into Tracfone it shows her account with the minutes, texts, and data. Shows the new number. But the phone itself won't make calls. Or texts. Much as I've loved the value of TF, I...
View ArticleInvesting - Theory, News & General • Re: How many Bogleheads change their...
I've been in US Total Bond throughout (with the exception of a portion in my wife's 457b, which has only actively managed bond funds). For me, it's not worth making big changes on a regular basis...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Move VG Roth to Fidelity for ZERO fund?
This is the first time I recall the dividend payment schedule being brought up as a negativeAs the person who first brought it up: if you re-read my first post you'll see that I was asking a question....
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Vanguard 1099-DIV, -INT, etc. available (taxable...
For me, I see an announcement stating that I will not be receiving a 1099 form. I understand the reason as the amount is under $10. Yes. I will report it on my tax return as I am required to do so. I...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: How to get an unrequested withdrawal restored to...
Reply to Silk McCue: Am very pleased to learn that I can do an RMD/QCD myself. Thanks very much for that info. Interestingly, I've I've expressed my annoyance to at least two Vanguard staffers about...
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