Recent content by Blue Collar Guy

You took a shot to make it big, I like that idea. I rode things into bankruptcy trying to hit it big. But at least we tried.

Now to play devils advocate, I have been giving this situation some thought. You sold a certain amount of stock to stay below the ACA limits. Had you not worried about losing the ACA you might have sold more. Thus have ACA subsidies in your case might have earned you a bunch more. Either way...

1- I never heard of this stock 2- I think you win the best stock pick of the year 3- I understand not wanting to lose ACA subsidies, but how does one evaluate maximize earnings vs loss of ACA help. I dont use the ACA so I dont know the ins and outs, but one would think If...

I think I had just seen a different movie, and we were out to dinner and I asked him about it. That was his answer to me. If he was pulling my leg I dont know.Most of the stuff he talked about confused me anyway. Oh and everybody had a title, Assistant vice president, associate vice president...

I was crying when I saw the title of this post "f/u to comments", hahah, I thought you were unhappy with some of the answers. When I sit down with pencil and paper, I take 30 % off from the top for taxes. I know its over kill. So when I pay the tax man I'm under what I thought i was going to...

I probably dont know what Im talking about, but here it goes anyway. My son worked on Wall Street. Seems some firms have people that their job was to look at situations you just described. Companies that if you buy today and break apart/sell tomorrow you would double your money or more. I...

It does in New York

I like this, and since its late at night, I think its a nice way to end the evening, on a nice positive note, ty.

Wow, congrats, I think all veterans should retire as millionaires, especially the combat ones.

Thank you Sir for the kind words. You have to love those small caps, and the fact I took my lump sum in December 2008, and put it to work. I only had 60 days to invest it, we took an AA and dumped it. It wasnt timing it was what we were forced to do at the time.I think its tripled-ish since...

+1, When I went to the social services office at the hospital, to arrange for a private "nurse"(aide) for mom, the lady told another patients family, "get medicaid, its the gold standard. They pay for everything". Maybe they got a nurse for free, I had to settle for an aide that we pay for. BTW...

Maybe he wasnt ready to go.

Google Loyalton, Calif vs calpers, drink a glass of wine before you start. Someone way smarter than me said to view my pension as 1 leg of the stool, my savings as another and soc sec as the 3rd. BTW, I love this idea. If all 3 collapse, my stool has 4 legs, I can go back to work tomorrow...

I resembled the schmuck too, thats why I said it. I love the lavish affairs . Especially the ones Im not helping to pay for. And yes, how they spend it on a wedding or any other purchase is certainly up to them, even when they cant afford it.

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