Recent content by glock35ipsc

My forevers are GE, CAT, PG, and KO.

For what it's worth, I have a Roth with Scottrade. It consists of: VTI - Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF 70% VEU - Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF 20% BND - Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 10% I am 37 years old, and basically rebalance semi-annually. I add new funds twice...

And if I remember correctly (and that's a stretch! :laugh:), he describes himself as a best "selling" author. It seems as though his is more of a salesman (someone mentioned snake oil??) than a real estate or financial guru.

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. (My favorite) To become wealthy, make, save, and invest your money in assets. To be poor, spend your money. Don't climb the corporate ladder, own the ladder! Too many people are spending money they haven't earned, on things they don't need, to impress...

I wanted to be a firefighter ever since I could remember. Immediately after high school, I joined the fire department and spent 14 years as a volunteer firefighter (served in almost every position from firefighter, to company officer, to assistant fire chief), EMT-I, as well as a volunteer for...

Stocks are not an option here. ;D I did tell them about CD's and how they could ladder them, treasuries, and bond funds. I gave them some ideas and recommended that they contact my former financial planner to give more ideas and if they decided to do anything, they could have him set things...

I should have followed that up by saying that was some time ago. They are both now interested in seeking something better than a bank savings account at less than 1%. They were more than blown away at what my wife and I have in our retirement accounts at our age, and now after seeing what they...

On New Years eve, my Grandmother passed away. From the initial reading of the will, my Dad and his two brothers should each receive about $50,000 each. In casual conversation, I asked my Mother where they planned on putting it. She said they would put it in their "retirement savings account"...

I spent 14 years not only as a volunteer firefighter, but with the sheriff's department mountain search and rescue, and water/dive rescue teams. In Colorado, there is a $0.25 "Search and Rescue Fee" added to fishing and hunting licenses, ATV and snowmobile licenses and things of that nature...

Thanks again everyone!! I feel the same, although a "smaller" house will make me much happier when I retire!!!

Thanks for all the replys! My first though was to include anything of significant value that could be turned into cash if needed. Take my firearms collection, that is in the low 5 figure range. I also have shop equipment (personal) that exceeds 5 figures. I will probably include our house...

Hmmm, guess I got a little more than I bargained for.......

Thank you. It seems like I need to work on my searching abilities! ;D

It seems everyone has there own way of calculating their net worth. I am not sure if I should be including some things or not, such as vehicles, home equity, jewelry, household items (big ticket things like TV's), collectables, etc? What is everyone elses opinion? I did some searching first...

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