Search results

Hello everyone, So I am around 7 years out I am thinking. At present, I have 1.4mil in retirement accounts. Goal is to hit 3mil by then. Should be 50/50 Roth and Traditional 401k. A bit ambitious, but we will see. So at the moment, I am almost 100% stocks. I fully understand that the...

So I had this thought this morning. Went looking on the internet and did not see what I was looking for. Maybe someone here in the forum knows. So… my goal is to retire at 55. And to avoid penalties where I can for early withdrawals. I should have enough personal contributions in my Roth 401k...

Not that I will do anything like this. But it was more of a mental exercise. Please feel free to tell me if I have gotten any of this wrong. So with all of the craze of buying meme stocks like AMC or GME. I got to thinking. What if I gambled a bit, just to see what would happen. You never...

So it occurs to me that now being much closer to the end of my career, than the beginning. I might want to try to give back to some of the people just starting out. Obviously we all wish we could go back in time and say “What do you think you are doing??!!”, to our younger selves, but I figure...

I found myself wondering about this. And I figured many others might find themselves in this situation, so I thought I would post about this to the group. Surprisingly, this information was difficult for me to find. So the Rule of 55 as it applies to a standard 401k is pretty simple. In the...

This is something I have been thinking about for a while now, and I thought I would ask the forum. There might be others here who were in the same situation. I think I have done a pretty good job so far in saving and investing. So much so, that there is a very good change in my early 50’s. I can...

I saw the following article this morning... Geithner: No caps on pay for corporate executives - Yahoo! Finance Interestingly enough.... just an hour before I saw another article that said Obama was going to seek a limit of 750k max for executives. I guess someone told him that would not go...

12 pct. are behind on mortgage or in foreclosure - Yahoo! Finance= Ok... so now the numbers are out. More fixed rate mortgages are failing than any other type right now. So maybe that cry of "predatory lender" can go away now? At a fixed rate, people knew exactly what they were getting...

pay-dirt-the-executive-pay-system-is-broken: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance This is the sort of thing that I guess I will never be able to understand. Why do some people have a problem with people that make more than they do? I see all of this talk about "exploitation of workers...

Obama to meet with credit card execs, make his case - Yahoo! Finance= This sort of thing really makes my blood boil.... So now the govt is going to step in and tell a private business what they are allowed to charge for their services? Last time I checked, no one has forced anyone to get a...

Every now and again Yahoo has a really good article. This seems to be a clear and un-hysterical piece on what it means and does not mean to be "rich" in the US... enjoy... Wealth-Less-Effect-Earning-Well-Feeling-Otherwise: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

Just wondering if anyone else feels strongly enough to attend one of these this upcomming Wed. I am gathering a group of people to go here in Phoenix. We do not believe in weath re-distribution and massive bailouts funded with tax payer money, and plan to make our voices heard. Just wondered...

I just found out that for 2009 the energy credit tax examption is being upgraded and expanded. I talked this over with my tax person last week, and it looks that for 2009 you will be able to deduct 30% on all home improvements having to do with energy efficientcy. All manner of things from...

I just watched Face the Nation today, and that was a direct quote from Barney Frank. That if the execs decide to quit over the bonus deal, it is an act of extortion against the american people. Interesting... I always thought an act of extortion was when someone threatens you harm or damage...

I have not really posted in a while. But I thought I would take a moment and weigh in with this one. In all of the "fixing" that the govt wants to do, they seem to miss the problem that the very nature of govt "touching" something causes. The govt wants strings attached to the money that they...

Well.... now that the stockmarket has dipped below 9000, (although on a massive upswing today), I am thinking how can I capitalize on this situation. I have been reading others opinions, and thought I would ask the group their thoughts. After all... the combined financial knowlege and experience...

Saw this article today. I thought it was interesting.... especially the fact that only ~ 3% of the rich inherited that wealth.... a good read anyway... http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/105626/10-Things-Millionaires-Won't-Tell-You

I saw the following article today. When will people learn that more regulation is rarely the answer. If you try to regulate to the point that almost no can really fail... then you have also designed a system in which almost no one can succeed either. If the govt is truly going to get involved...

I read this online today. I thought it was one of the best articles I have read in a long time. It did not play favorites, and very clearly explains and contrasts the opposing viewpoints of both sides. It was so good... I felt the need to share it with the forum. :)...

Ok.... this one really gets me steamed. I would imagine that it would for everyone here on the retire early forums. The company that I work for has been playing games with my 401k money:rant:! I am currently putting in 12% every two weeks, and the company match takes it to around 14%. A nice...

I have enjoyed reading and debating various issues here on the forum for a while, so I thought I might start a thread to find out what some of us are planning on retiring to. Are there dreams, goals, places to see and things to do? I am a bit further away from some others here from ER, but I...

I currently have my Roth IRA with Vanguard. Low fees, lots of choices, a no brainer there. I also currently have 1/3 of that Roth IRA invested in VEIEX, that is their foreign emerging markets fund. Wow... did I ever hit the jackpot on that decision when I invested in it last year! As of today...

I have been reading a lot recently about the subprime mortgage bailout that is being proposed in Congress. I must say that this whole concept in making me frustrated. In the US, in a democratic society, we all have the right to choose how we live our lives, and the decisions that we make. I...