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Since I've seen a lot of threads on how to do a Roth conversion, I thought I would outline my process this year so that others may see one way to do this. 1) I decided the tax bracket that I wished to stay below or put another way the highest bracket I wished to pay taxes for this year. a)...

I belong to a non-profit group and have been their volunteer webmaster for the last year or so. This group is part of a larger group; we are a chapter which is part of a section which is part of a larger international organization. The previous webmaster built our site (domain registration, web...

Am looking at doing something like this in September of this year - has anyone done something like this? Any tips or advice? The company is Turkish/German and most of the trips start on a Turkish Island and then go to different Greek Islands. I would be renting the e-Bike and would do the...

Warning long thread! I wrote earlier that I was coming out of semi-retirement and going back to work. This job is overseas in Germany and will last 3-5 years. The process for applying and obtaining the job has been rigorous and long (6 months), but I am now down to my last week in the USA...

I am in the process of selling my house and since it is paid for, expect a 6 figure amount once the transaction is finished. I will not need those funds for 3-5 years when I return to the USA and will most probably buy another house with the cash from the sales proceeds and investment income...

After reading the thread on what this DB has given to the membership, I thought I would post on my update as I do consider this community a welcoming, generous and interesting one. If you look at my profile, I have been around for quite awhile...and I consider myself FI and could be RE. I've...

The WSJ had an article today about employers wanting leaving employees to keep their IRAs in their plans (paywall): https://www.wsj.com/articles/youre-ready-to-retire-but-should-your-401-k-keep-working-11551970800?mod=hp_featst_pos2 It features the TSP system as one of the employer plans and...

Report from Tau Beta Pi Convention "Managing Your Investments for Retirement" I was a voting delegate to the TBP convention and one of the seminars they had for the engineers (students and alumni) was called 'Managing Your Investments for Retirement.' Most of the presentation was a graphical...

Article here : https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/08/16/number-401-k-millionaires-hits-new-record/1000228002/ So, even with this market the way it is, only 1% have that balance at Fidelity - I would say Vanguard probably has a similar amount ( I went to their account holder meeting in...

I have been writing REWahoo about my situation and he suggested I post here. I had gone to several financial managers seeing if I should have them manage my portfolio or 'roll-my-own.' He convinced me to do it myself and I now have a spreadsheet for my IRA to Roth conversion plan as well as...

I’ve traveled a lot and realize that I could possibly help someone with my knowledge, so decided to go ahead and write a trip report on my last trip. It started out as a business trip to Odense, Denmark, and then ended up with a week vacation in Crete. I do get the benefit of having as an...

xkcd: Money Chart a look at the comparisons of costs in dollars - for Nords - the average yearly cost of bunny ownership is in the dollar area ($730 - although I imagine you probably squeezed that down quite a bit :-))- I haven't gotten over to the billions or trillions - still wading in the...

Global Lessons for Better Savings Habits - SmartMoney.com The use of social peer pressure to save - I myself am more inner-directed and don't necessarily respond to well to peer pressure (except when I declare something - I like to be true to my word). However, I can see how this might help a...

Is There a Retirement Crisis? by Nicole Gelinas, City Journal Autumn 2011 Most interesting to me was the percentage of households without debt had remained at 13% steady over 20 years. The rest is an interesting compilation of stats with some suggestions on how to get out of a hole for...

Just got back from Tromso - north of the Arctic circle - uhhhh, one of the more expensive places I've ever been. Beautiful, though. Part of the trip was for business. Best thing we did was climb the cable car hill looking over the city (Tromso) - exhilirating and great views. We also stayed...

Live Longer And Prosper | Big Questions Online Interesting premise - I seem to remember Nords mentioned Marc Freedman and his book Encore in another thread. This particular author considers the ideas in Encore valid, but the assumptions regarding the resources and means of resources incorrect...

Thought some of the board members would appreciate this. Got to love the baaing - however, is it fake? Surfing sheep // Surfing Videos

I just finished reading/skimming the book title in the thread title: summary is as follows: The author (PhD Prof of Psychology, Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr Professor in Public Policy and founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity) posits there are five myths of aging: 1) Older people...

Ran across this - interesting comments about retirement...some the same, some new. The assumption of poorer health is a new one to me. The Future of "Statutory Senility" - Edward Tenner Enjoy!

I loved the fact that the Beagle named Uno won the Dog show in Westminster - he looked so happy and just fun to be with - reminded me of the beagle we used to have when I was a kid - apparently he got a standing ovation when he won - first time a beagle had won the overall category - he also...

Hi, Just got back from vacation to Santiago, Chile, and wanted to share some possible expat info. First, we stayed with my godfather who is quite successful, lives in Lo Barnacheo, a very upscale, custom home only area with guards, etc. His house was one of the first built there eight years...

Was scanning the latest Money Magazine and saw the article "Can this retirement be saved?" I went to the bottom line and it showed: Income: Withdrawal from savings $123, 489 Rental Income $36,000 Total - $159,489 Outgo Mortgages $67, 164 HOA fees, Prop Ins $23, 682 Prop Taxes $22,300...

My husband and I went to Hawaii and took Nords up on his offer to teach us to surf - I've wanted to stand on a surfboard for a long time - well, I stood, for about 5 seconds and then spent the rest of the afternoon trying to stand again.  True to his word, Nords was a phenomenal instructor, we...

Hi, I'd just like to say I've enjoyed reading this board - great knowledge, although arcane at times. I wrote earlier on Young Dreamers, but I hope to ER in 5-10 years living off of after-tax investments and then at magic date of 60, have a pension kick in - I'm 40 so that would be 10-15 years...