Recent content by JP

Thanks Helen - added socialize.morningstar to our list - especially liked the posting "Should I wait for the next big drop" B12345 - went and searched PCRIX - (is doing well) and that most likely is an area we may want to look into - THANKS! Responding to both wildcat and nfs - good catch ...

Thanks for your response B12345 - we do not have any health concerns - and when asked we opted for taking a more conservative route - guess we just felt safer at least right now. A little nervous on which way real estate is going as well as current market fluctuations. We posted here several...

We have recently joined the wonderful world of retirement and have been reading up on the postings here for a few months (so appreciative for all of the good advice and suggestions that have been posted - thank you!) We have contacted a Vanguard financial planner who provided us with the...

Hi JG - as I said - so glad we put a hold on meeting with a FP - if we learned anything at all over these past few months - guess that is Numero Uno. Weekend's over - you have a good week, we know you will and we're full of envy!! .......heigh ho heigh ho.........it's off to work we go. (At...

Shucks - we'll pretty much read the books that are being suggested - and one will lead into another. This is important to us. Just didn't know where to start - everyone has different techniques they have used to help them into ER - and that is where we want to be. We posted here seeking...

Thanks again Petey especially for breaking it down for us for easier understanding. JP And, Mr. Galt - kind of surprised - thought ***** was the one to beware of..........but we'll take your comments in stride. ;)

Petey - WOW extremely informative and helpful - gave us a lot to think about and we thank you for taking the time to jot all that down for us.....and like a sponge we are absorbing all that you wrote. Tomorrow we start our reading and researching - putting Bernstein aside for now as we don't...

Hi Eridamus and JGalt - thanks for replying - Eridamus $32k a year seems a bit tight - is it doable? Don't really know yet but we're gonna give it our all to try and have it work out for us. We definitely will add Warner's Get a Life - - as suggested. Feel like Vanguard might be the place for us...

Thanks for responding back Ben - and the tip re total net worth 1.1M of which $250 in paid house. Says it all without all the ramblings on. See? It's a start and we learned something already. We plan to pick up Bernstein's 4 pillars -- and start reading it. Noticed that Vanguard is mentioned...

First - would really like to mention how valuable this forum has been to us over the past months and we thank all of you for posting so much helpful info – a brief history and our apologies for such a lengthy post – both employed (he 56, she 55), within days merger will be finalized at husband’s...