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Current job: No stress, pays enough money, stable, good hours, good co-workers/boss, acceptable commute. Negatives are no growth and no learning. My boss personally told me I won't go anywhere unless he leaves. Other Opprotunity: Little stress, 20% more money, stable, good hours, good...

Based on your career experience, which of the two paths would you take? 1. Stable company, pension/good benefits, good hours. Most likely stay in one company until retirement. 2. Change jobs every 2-5 yrs. More interesting than #1. No pension. Uncertain hours. Salary 30% higher than...

How much of an impact does school quality have on kids? Lets say there's a really good school and a mediocre one, will kids perform the same in both of schools or perform better in the better school? I'm not comparing good to an inner city school... just a mediocre one. If school quality is...

I'm in the accounting field and wondering how I can eventually get to a CFO position? I've been doing this for 8 yrs, public/private experience, CPA, pretty good coverage of experience… only thing missing is 10k/10Q. I know that I can eventually get to controller level but not sure what it...

I'm 32 with 2 kids. They're 2 and 1. My wife and I have been talking about advantages vs disadvantages to owning a home and we're wondering why in the world anybody would buy a house. A lot of our friends with kids bought a house and one even said she won't have any kids until she gets a house...

I have an account with Ameritrade and they started offering commission free ETFs some months back. A lot of ETFs from Vanguard and iShares so good choices. I have 11 ETFs in my portfolio so I've been paying quite a bit when I contribute or rebalance to my acct and my wife's acct but it's free...

Hi, My in-laws are in their early 60s and have about 200k in rollover ira. This is their only retirement money so it needs to be invested conservatively. They don't want anything more than 10% dip. Also, they're not interested in diversifying on their own so it'll have to be a balanced...

Can you guys recommend a good investment book? Any topic is good but preferably in asset allocation. But again, any topic is good as long as it's worth recommending. Thanks

Hi, I wanted to get your feedback on on this situation. My parents-in-law (both 61) are currently not working. My FIL is collecting UI and will run out end of next year. They watch our kid while we go to work and we give them $1,000 / month. No other source of income. My FIL is telling me...

Hi, To introduce myself, I'm 31 and married with 2 kids (16 months and 2 months old.. very cute). Been saving since college and lived a frugal lifestyle every since I can remember. I've relaxed a bit but still living within my means. Had some money fights b/c my wife was a bigger spender...

Did many of you start off your career liking what you do and, after years, just ended up hating it? Is this a natural progression? I ask because I'm in my late 20s and I like my job. Right now, I can see myself working well into my 60s or 70s if possible because this is what I like to do. I...

Hi, My company is offering both of these 401k and wanted to get some feedback. Right now, I'm at 28% fed and 9% state. I know this decision depends on my future rate at retirement but I'm 27 and who knows what it'll be 30 yrs from now. What I know currently is the following: - I can afford to...

Hi, Me and my wife have about $50k in cash sitting in ING right now and wondering what to do with it. Our monthly expenses are about $4,700 a month. We make decent income with very stable jobs where we don’t really need a huge emergency fund. Probably won't buy a car for at least 5 years. Have...

Hi, Seems like there's a quite a bit of CPAs here so just wanted to get your feedback. I jumped ship from public acctg (audit) after getting senior title and my CPA.  Now I'm working in private industry.  It's been a month since I started this new job and, so far, it's pretty fun.  However, in...

Hi Everyone, From reading the boards, it seems like there are good number of people who retired through gov't pension + healthcare coverage. I'm currently working in private industry as a CPA and thinking about working for the gov't lately. I'm 27 and making pretty good money right now. I think...

Hi, I live in LA area where housing price is just crazy. Forturnately, me and wife can afford to pay the mortgage and max out our 401k and roth. However, once we have kids, we probably won't be able to max out our retirement accts. We LBOM, only have 23k in non-mortgage debt and have our cars...

Hello, Just wanted to introduce myself to the group.  I'm 27 yrs old and hoping to retire by the time I'm 50.  At this point, it does seem possible but who knows what life can throw at you.  I'm a CPA and my wife is an engineer (26 yrs old) and our combined income is $140k/yr.  Here's our...