Financial Planning

Withdraw early from IRA for disaster preparedness

My spouse is urging us to withdraw about half of our retirement account in order to stock up with food, seed and livest...

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posted by edrobertsjr

24 comments posted 15yrs posted by edrobertsjr

A/B trust do-it-yourself?

Hi folks, My wife and I own our home in California and have good retirement accounts. I think we would benefit from an...

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posted by joe.weinstein

8 comments posted 15yrs posted by joe.weinstein

Great chart on SP500 returns over time

My apologies if it made this group when the chart was first published: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/01/02/bu...

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posted by rlc-news

41 comments posted 15yrs posted by rlc-news

Semi-hypothetical pension question

Dear financial gurus, If one were faced with the choice of taking a regular single life annuity pension payout or a lum...

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posted by Xworrelldk

14 comments posted 15yrs posted by Xworrelldk

What Type of Trust?

A wealthy person wants to leave a lot of his wealth to a close personal friend for her to live on (assuming he dies fir...

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posted by dan

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by dan

Sell house at a loss, or rent to own at a loss then sell?

I was presented with a problem from a friend which we have talked through and the decision was rent to own instead of s...

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posted by big_bills_fan

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by big_bills_fan

tax software changeover?

How hard is it to change brands of tax software? Besides carryover balances across years, I think you are losing by mis...

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posted by dumbstruc

9 comments posted 15yrs posted by dumbstruc

Cash Back vs 0% finance

I'm looking for a reality check. I'm considering buying a new car. I can purchase it with cash and get a $3,000 rebate;...

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posted by ron

17 comments posted 15yrs posted by ron

ETF

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup. There is more activity here than in the mutual-fund group. What does everyone her...

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posted by no

16 comments posted 15yrs posted by no

Father passed away, what should I do with inheritance?

Hi there, A few weeks ago my dad passed away. He was my go-to for all financial advice and now I am not sure how to ask...

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posted by Lgmariposa22

5 comments posted 15yrs posted by Lgmariposa22

Why the big SEC/actual field spread for VFSTX?

Apologies for this trending into misc.invest.mutual-funds territory... For the past several months, the SEC yield of Va...

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posted by rlc-news

3 comments posted 15yrs posted by rlc-news

Home v. gold chart

Homes prices have lost 80% of their value when priced in gold. http://www.chartoftheday.com/20110311.htm?T Is there a b...

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posted by GeorgeCFL

4 comments posted 15yrs posted by GeorgeCFL

Podcast discussion about National Debt worth listening to

I just listened to this over the last couple of days in my car and thought some folks here might find it worth listenin...

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posted by BreadWithSpam

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by BreadWithSpam

Contest to Improve Tax System

Joetaxpayer has an interesting little contest going on at http://www.joetaxpayer.com/tax-breaks-college-students-giveaw...

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posted by honda.lioness

26 comments posted 15yrs posted by honda.lioness

Shorting Inverse Exchange Traded Funds

Is there any advantage of shorting Inverse Exchange Traded Funds if you are betting on an up market or does it just mak...

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posted by annaliddell

1 comments posted 15yrs posted by annaliddell