Recent content by Woodman53

I am getting ready to rebalance my portfolio and need to move about $40,000 from stocks to bonds (or some other fixed income vehicle). I am considering using this rule to determine if I should buy the Vanguard Total Bond Fund (VBTLX) or a CD/Tres/MYGA. Here it the rule; If the distribution...

Hi Retired Happy, Thank you for your response. I also though "85% of your Social Security income is taxable when you and your spouse have a combined income of $44K or more when filing jointly." If you look closely, it says may be taxed. If you run the calculation with my scenarios only 69%...

Thanks for reading. I factored in that the 750K would grow by 5.1%. It is in traditional IRA. I also factored in that IRMAA brackets, tax brackets and IRMAA penalties would grow by 2.5%.

Hi Everyone, I have been reading the forum for many years and finally joined today. This is a great forum and is always very interesting. Love all the topics that are presented. Let me tell you about myself. I took a buy out and retired in 2014 at age 61 from a mega corporation and then...