whitestick
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2005
- Messages
- 415
Not sure of forum for this section to introduce me, but here goes.
Age 57 - planned FIRE at 60 1/2
Investments range from buy and hold individual stocks with dividend and capital appreciation, and some company stock, to options trading. Currently no allocation in bonds, and mix of wrappers is IRA, ROTH, 401k, and taxable (largest), along with planned Defined Contribution pension for me, small DB for wife, and SS probably at 66, altough that is still under review. Not the conventional wisdom, but it has held up pretty well for me through bull and bear markets, so I'm either very lucky, or very good - I'll vote for lucky.
RE plans are to sell house, pay off RV motorhome, rent aprtment in Texas to be close to grandkids, and spend 6-8 months on the road in RV. Would like to do the backpack through Europe staying in adult hostels, which a flight attendent told me about; that will take about a year - still working on the DW to go for that one.
Personal - 1 cat that insists on typing on the keyboard, when I'm trying to type, and she keeps misspelling words, 1 daughter and SIL expecting their first, 1 DW - never found a better one - thus I convinced her to keep me around.
Hobbies - Golf, woodworking, some fresh water fishing, computers & electronics, amature radio, and discovering something new that I hadn't done before.
Really enjoyed lurking and learning from the posts, and observing the personalities and styles of the posters. Hope to contribute where I can bring value.
p.s name is a hold over from ealier days of CB radio and the antenna that I used. Or any other story that sounds better to explain it.
Age 57 - planned FIRE at 60 1/2
Investments range from buy and hold individual stocks with dividend and capital appreciation, and some company stock, to options trading. Currently no allocation in bonds, and mix of wrappers is IRA, ROTH, 401k, and taxable (largest), along with planned Defined Contribution pension for me, small DB for wife, and SS probably at 66, altough that is still under review. Not the conventional wisdom, but it has held up pretty well for me through bull and bear markets, so I'm either very lucky, or very good - I'll vote for lucky.
RE plans are to sell house, pay off RV motorhome, rent aprtment in Texas to be close to grandkids, and spend 6-8 months on the road in RV. Would like to do the backpack through Europe staying in adult hostels, which a flight attendent told me about; that will take about a year - still working on the DW to go for that one.
Personal - 1 cat that insists on typing on the keyboard, when I'm trying to type, and she keeps misspelling words, 1 daughter and SIL expecting their first, 1 DW - never found a better one - thus I convinced her to keep me around.
Hobbies - Golf, woodworking, some fresh water fishing, computers & electronics, amature radio, and discovering something new that I hadn't done before.
Really enjoyed lurking and learning from the posts, and observing the personalities and styles of the posters. Hope to contribute where I can bring value.
p.s name is a hold over from ealier days of CB radio and the antenna that I used. Or any other story that sounds better to explain it.