Recent content by AZSunset

I was hoping that someone out there might be able to give me some advice. Recently, I had to retire due to a health issue. This was unexpected. I truly enjoyed by job and I had every intention of working an additional six years until my FRA of 66. Currently, I am drawing a monthly income from my...

I have suffered from back pain for the past 35 years. I've gone through surgeries, epidurals and radio frequency nerve ablations. I also had a Neurostimulator implanted 2 1/2 years ago. That said I have been able to markedly reduce my pain by following a 21 exercise program that can be found...

To All; As I stated in my first posting, I am fully invested in passive index funds - all from Vanguard. I have always tended to follow folks such as Rick Ferri who is a strong advocate of passive index fund investing for the long term. I have always managed my own investments. Fifteen years...

Point well taken. Thanks for the courtesy of your advice. However I would like to think that if companies such as McDonalds, Coke, Johnson & Johnson, etc., were headed towards bankruptcy it wouldn't come as a sudden surprise - that there would be more than enough "warning" to give one ample...

I am new to this forum - in fact I'm never written to any forum asking for advise. I am close to retirement and could actually pull the plug today if it became necessary. I am totally invested with the exception of approximately one year's worth of cash which is in a mm fund. I'm roughly 44%...