Recent content by BurnedOut

Forgot to mention, on the way out, he also told me "have a nice life." I told him to give me a call in 6 months... maybe I'll want to come back. Pretty sure he knew I was joking. :laugh:

Yep. My former FA was complaining about the fiduciary rule negatively affecting his business. :laugh:

If only a letter like that could get me a refund on the "account transfer" fees and the pro-rated quarterly "management fee" they charged me. They get you on the way out, too. :mad:

I have about 20 bitcoin. I "mined" it myself back in 2011. At one point, I had close to 100, but spent it on stuff online, gambled some away, sold some, etc. This was back when it was below $50. Who knew what it would be worth!

I've finally ditched Amerprise and moved everything to Vanguard! It look me long enough, but thanks to a friend and some of the threads on this board, I finally did it. I was an Ameriprise client for around 15 years. Basically, a friend from high school "recruited" me when she got a job there...

Thanks for the advice everyone. I actually just changed jobs about 5 months ago. I'm going to cut back on the side work (basically, finish my current projects, not take new ones) and see how it goes. I'll reassess things at the end of the year and see if the corporate life is any better. If...

I've been working "for the man" since age 21 or so. Also have dabbled successfully with my own part time business (web dev / software consulting.) Basically I'm getting burned out with the corporate life. My stats: Age 35 No wife or kids Retirement savings: 375k, mostly mutual funds...