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• Holding Cash August 1, 2021
  My son is in his first house. He has two small children and plans to buy a larger house but is happy to wait a year or two. He is saving for the next home and has about $ 150,000 in cash. He doesn't want to invest the money as he will need it in […]
  Beach Guy
• Re: Nearly all fixed income in cash: Wrong decision? August 1, 2021
  reln wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:10 pm Investing in bonds now is silly. I am proud to be silly.... and happy to be making money from my silliness.
  UpperNwGuy
• Re: Charter, NetJets, WheelsUp August 1, 2021
  Private jets do seem appealing, but the pricing for long haul is a bit much. For example, based on https://elevatecharter.com/charter-estimate and https://www.evojets.com/charter-flight-cost-calculator/, NY to Paris is around $100,000 round trip. Business for two people is usually 10% to 15% of that, sometimes less. For a larger family group flying a shorter distance, I can see […]
  Seasonal
• Re: Paying off mortgage on a vacation home August 1, 2021
  If you have bonds in your portfolio that are warning less than 3.3% after tax return, which is almost a certainty in today's low rate environment, it make sense to sell those bonds and payoff the mortgage. Not sure what mortality has got to do with the mortgage. Until you die you are paying more […]
  lakpr
• Re: Retiring in 2000 withdrawing fixed 5% ran out of money in 2016 August 1, 2021
  JoeRetire wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:17 am supersharpie wrote: ↑Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:12 am Also, some of you Debbie Downers act like your portfolio is your only source of income, when roughly 95% of Americans qualify for Social Security. Assuming you don't enter retirement with a mortgage, the Social Security benefit alone insures […]
  supersharpie