Recent content by John Galt

I saw on Vanguard that my current setting is to reinvest capital gains in all of my funds. I didn't even know what this meant, but after a bit of research I figured out this was the decision on what to do with profit from a stock that was sold at a higher price than it was bought. So my...

Thanks for all the answers.

2 questions, 1. I am 20 and have been investing for one year and so far all of my money has gone into Total Stock Market Index until I figure out my proper asset allocation. I know most of the Boglehead advice you'll see advocates at the most 10% of your assets to REITs, but looking at the...

if you're a chick, try to flash a little boob.

First, I've never seen a good female standup comedian and I watch a lot of standup. That Silverman chick is supposed to be one of the best but she just isn't funny to me. There was a girl in high school that was cool and funny, but she was more viewed as one of the guys, none of us felt...

what do you mean?

As a far right conservative I also enjoy getting emails from liberal friends.

if you really cared about this you would short the socially irresponsible companies

"You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer" - Abraham Lincoln

What do you mean by more socially responsible? Jim Cramer does a segment on Mad Money called 'Am I Diversified' where people send in there 5-stock portfolios and he tells them whether they're diversified across different sectors. So maybe even 5 stocks is enough?

I have a couple questions about the TSP. How long are you allowed to contribute to it, only as long as you are on active duty? Also, what happens to it when you leave, do you get to keep your money in those funds or do you have to cash out? Like, if I roll my TSP into a Roth IRA (is that...

he said it's in 2007 dollars, read the post before you talk

That makes sense. There's probably a ton of gay relationships going on right now on the all-male submarines, but as soon as they bring in the girls all of that nonsense will stop!

provides a way for the men to release tension at least

Monthly DCA would mean investing a larger sum at the beginning of the month as opposed to that sum distributed throughout the rest of the month. Monthly DCA actually involves investing more in a rising market, since you're investing more sooner. Part of the reason that this DCA worked in favor...