Recent content by jdmorton

Started collecting SS last year at my full retirement age. This year my gross monthly SS amount is $3,418.90 and the net is $3,254.00. As jebmke posted, what have we learned?

fh2000 - I am in a very similar situation as you as I started Medicare on January 1st this year and have a supplemental policy similar to Plan G. Also I have been seeing the same primary care physician for the past 25 years. I had to schedule a 'Welcome to Medicare' visit in late February in...

I am a very recent convert to having my sleep apnea treated. My DW has for years complained about my snoring and stopping breathing/gasping for air while sleeping. This year I finally did a sleep apnea study. I have a BiPAP device (with a humidifier) with the nasal pillows and a chin strap to...

If You Are Interested in a Soundbar/Speaker Fix, Check Out ZVOX I have two different soundbar TV audio systems from a company called ZVOX. These are all-in-one systems that connect directly to your TV, usually with one connection. Recently, they have offered systems that reduce the volume of...

I saw this on the bogleheads.com website tonight. Rick Ferri, a regular contributor over at bogleheads.com and a writer on retirement issues, is offering his first book as a free .pdf download on his website. Although published in 1999 (it was his first book), some might find it contains...

Unfortunately it appears that way.

Unfortunately, the report is sparse on specific data which makes the estimates uncertain. There are significant assumptions made that may or may not turn out to be accurate. The red font is mine.

According to the 2016 SSA Trustees Summary Report, the Projection is Still 2034 Tadpole's post lists the historical projected year benefit reduction should occur from that report, including 2016's projection. What I found interesting was the write-up in the 2016 SSA Trustees Summary Report to...

A Different Take on the Turkey Trot One of my kids sent me this link. Didn't know wild turkeys knew dance moves... Turkeys Circling A Dead Cat Are Probably Wary, Not Working Dark Magic : The Two-Way : NPR

It's been quite a while since I had to study rudimentary dam and spillway design in college; however, I would guess cavitation was involved. Cavitation is the bane of spillway design. It is a well known phenomenon in water hydraulics and is extremely powerful force that can erode concrete...

Bill Bernstein's "If You Can" Kindle Book for Millennials Free Today and Tomorrow Bill Bernstein's book for millennials titled "If You Can: How Millennials Can Get Rich Slowly" is available for free downloading as a Kindle book at amazon.com today and tomorrow (January 29 and 30)...

Might as Well Make it a Trifecta - WSJ Blog on Friday Are Index Funds Eating the World? - MoneyBeat - WSJ. This one by Jason Zweig. Must be the end of the (mutual fund) world. Where's Slim Pickens when you need him?:hide...

Geez - What Is It With Bloomberg.com and Index Funds Being Marxism/Communism? Yesterday another Bloomberg.com columnist wrote about this same subject, only this time the title of the column is "Are Index Funds Communist?" Link...

How about this for an article published today on Bloomberg.com: Bernstein: Passive Investing Is Worse for Society Than Marxism - Bloomberg. The article is about a note written by the research and brokerage firm Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC. Here's a quote from the article - "In a note...

I know there are some of you who have formed a limited liability company (LLC) for various and sundry reasons while near or during retirement - me included. For my LLC, I need to have various types of insurance - general business and professional liability. One thing I did not have is business...