Financial Planning

mobile financial apps a bad idea?

I wonder if financial apps for tablets or phones are a reasonable and safe practice? Some apps are known to be loose wi...

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posted by dumbstruc

2 comments posted 15yrs posted by dumbstruc

Tax package and Roth conversions

Does the package headed to the President include 2010's Roth Conversion benefits?

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posted by skip5700removethis

1 comments posted 15yrs posted by skip5700removethis

Curious about of VFSTX vs. VFIIX for conservative bond funds

(VFSTX is Vanguard Short-Term Corporate, VFIIX is Vanguard's GNMA fund. I understand generally what GNMAs are and how t...

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posted by rlc-news

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by rlc-news

Reboot Social Security

A change has been made to the Social Security rules which now restricts the possibly valuable SSA-521 technique for "re...

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posted by cowartmisc1

14 comments posted 15yrs posted by cowartmisc1

fixed income volatility

Fixed income is taking some wild swings in price lately, for example in a few days wiping out equivalent of a year or t...

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posted by dumbstruc

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by dumbstruc

Rental property

My understanding has been that a property owner has to limit his/her personal use of his/her rental property to 14 days...

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posted by skip5700removethis

9 comments posted 15yrs posted by skip5700removethis

Macro government economy

This is economic reality, not political side-taking. My crystal ball says there's going to be a lot of budget cutting i...

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posted by GeorgeCFL

15 comments posted 15yrs posted by GeorgeCFL

Trust - getting out of 1/5 ownership

My wife's family - 5 siblings - has inherited some properties when their parents passed away in the past couple of year...

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posted by pschuman_no_spam_me

5 comments posted 15yrs posted by pschuman_no_spam_me

2010 income tax forms?

Anyone know when these forms will be available online?

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posted by skip5700removethis

1 comments posted 15yrs posted by skip5700removethis

Tax changes under review

Just because Congress is considering changes to the tax code doesn't mean they will happen. Having said that, I'm tryin...

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posted by skip5700removethis

3 comments posted 15yrs posted by skip5700removethis

std deduction vs charity

With our house interest payment becoming tiny, and therefore our total tax deductions now crossing over into Standard D...

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posted by pschuman_no_spam_me

14 comments posted 15yrs posted by pschuman_no_spam_me

Index funds - what are your experiences?

I was talking with my sister last night and the subject of index funds came up, she is a firm believer and extolled the...

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posted by stonej

12 comments posted 15yrs posted by stonej

tax selling or not?

We approach the traditional time of year for deciding whether to realize capital gains/losses or not, partly based on t...

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posted by dumbstruc

11 comments posted 15yrs posted by dumbstruc

Can someone post Matt Badiali's latest recommendations?

I don't trust paying for a subscription to his service but might consider it later if I can independently verify results...

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posted by none

0 comments posted 15yrs posted by none

How would you invest a cash lump sum?

Although I'm not lucky enough to have won the lottery myself I can't help wondering "What if...?" So I'm just going to...

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posted by nospam

6 comments posted 15yrs posted by nospam