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New Moderator
Meanwhile, we earnestly solicit nominations from the participants. PLEASE DIRECT NOMINATIONS BY EMAIL to using the heading "MIFP Moderator". Nominations will be confidential, together with any...
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2013 Medicare Tax
Will this tax be on 1- pension income? 2- social security income?
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Life insurance vs. 529 plan
I've just had a fascinating e-mail. A grandparent had mentioned to a friend (who happens to sell insurance) that he was thinking about starting up a 529 for his recently born grandchild, as he'd done...
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12 years ago
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New Moderator
For some time Edward K. Zollars and H.W. "Skip" Weldon have served as co-moderators of (MIFP). We have decided it is time to resign and appoint a new Moderator for MIFP. The process for selection of a...
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rent vs. buy calculator from Cleveland Fed
I have not tried it, but the description on the site seems reasonable. whether buying a home is a better financial move for a family than renting requires a consideration of costs and options that...
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12 years ago
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New Moderator
For some time Edward K. Zollars and H.W. "Skip" Weldon have served as co-moderators of (MIFP). We have decided it is time to resign and appoint a new Moderator for MIFP. The process for selection of a...
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12 years ago
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Certified Checks
Do banks still certify checks? Does any recipient care (vs. money order, teller check, etc.)? I recently tried to get a check certified at Chase (formerly WaMu). The teller first told me that a bank...
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stocks - buy & sell upside vs hold
I'm wrestling with a "sell strategy" for certain growth stocks that start as small green shoots and then climb and grow over a couple of years. Lately, I've seen a couple climb nicely and then get...
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12 years ago
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SEC yields "are like the square root of negative-1 in algebra"
I really liked that quote from Frank Fabozzi in this Intelligent Investor column by the always-worth-reading Jason Zweig: Inflation-Protected Funds Get to Inflate Their Yields By JASON ZWEIG -snip-...
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12 years ago
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Term vs. whole life
We just had a life insurance agent visit us a few days ago, because we thought of buying a certain term life insurance. The agent kept pushing a "whole life" policy on us and he just would not shut...
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12 years ago
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Term vs VUL
I have been reading through the forums here and have found much information regarding this topic of term vs VUL. Mostly I buy into the idea of buy term for insurance only, invest the rest (which I am...
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12 years ago
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Inflation?
While we are inundated with experts who point to gas prices, commodities, etc., and scream "inflation", I wish some of you economists out there would explain to me how we can have inflation with the...
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12 years ago
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Income Tax Distribution - Real Data
I am hearing peole say things like, "The top 2 % of taxpayers pay 90% of the income tax." and "50% of the tax payers pay no taxes. "Increasing taxes on the wealthy won't help the deficit." Where can I...
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12 years ago
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403b vendor - mutual funds vs annuities
My wife is a teacher and the school district has a 403b plan avail. There doesn't seem to be any magic to setting up a 403, as it appears to look like a normal account or IRA. However, the list of...
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Tax Foundation releases its marginal rate graphing tool
It's at: neat! See marginal tax rates on your income.
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