Recent content by Wds0410

Being of Italian descent I have a one word reply: Yuck!

When I make the leap, I am going for the Italian: "La Dolce Vita"- The Sweet Life.

Please add my wife and me. Date is February 28, 2014! Very excited.

Remarks like this!

I loaded a UPS truck one night and quit the next day while in college. It helped me value my education.

Four. The third one hurt and changed my attitude from "I used to think to think I wanted a career" to "it turned out all I wanted was a paycheck." Won't happen again though. I will FIRE first!

Meet the Beatles. I think they went to be fairly successful after that. :)

AC/DC "Highway to Hell"

I think a trip like yours and maybe a similar one to Italy could easily make it to my bucket list. Let me know how it goes. I would be interested in details also. Bon voyage and Bon appetite!

The high road response was not directed at you but rather another post. Bad job on my part. I came to that conclusion over several years based on how I was treated, the advice I received, and the overall performance of the portfolio.

I am going to take the high road and say this has not been my experience at all.

Nice to have the code book. TY. :)

Jerome, Thanks for the demographic update on the group's view point. It wasn't apparent until you mentioned the Boglehead leanings that I noticed the trend which is unmistakable. Rex, I think your advice is sound. We have been happy with our ML adviser as well. He helped with my wife's 401K and...

Thanks for the feedback. I should have been clearer that the meeting with our financial adviser is not a sales pitch. We have been working with him for about 8 years preparing for retirement and are fairly comfortable with him and the advice we have received over this time. I was most...

My wife and I are hoping to retire in February, 2014. We are planning on meeting our financial adviser from Merrill Lynch in early October to review our financial situation to determine if we have go/no go decision and if it is a go, how will the financial aspect of the retirement work? What is...