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Got a statement earlier this week from one of the banks where I have accounts and saw when I transferred about a little more than $2000 from them in an IRA to TIAA, the bank charged me $50. I transferred the amount because they were paying such a miniscule interest rate. So they had my money...

I have read through the various threads and looked at the various Internet sites. With all the companies, options, and price variations, I simply am confused.:banghead: My wife and I are planning to go to Alaska next summer for about ten days---not on a cruise and after flying in to Anchorage...

I am faced with cashing in several series EE bonds this year since they will no longer be paying interest after thirty years. I have purchased as much as I can of the Series I bonds. The EE bonds were paying 4%. Now with inflation, I am concerned about just letting the money stay in the bank...

I am on the board of directors of a local nonprofit organization. We have historical buildings that need serious repair and I have been working with another board member to get estimates from tradesmen/contractors. This past week after a contractor and I had spend quite a bit of time out in...

Perhaps I am asking a no brainer but I am wondering what is the catch? My DW and I have Plan F through Nebraska Blue Cross-Blue Shield. It is over $200 a month. Now I understand I can switch to plan G with same company. It will have about $200 deductible but then we save about $200 a month...

I see that Scott Burns (who used to write a financial column for the Dallas newspaper) recommends Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities as part of his Couch Potato investment portfolio. The returns look good for what I assume is a relatively secure investment. So, please school me on this...

Last few days I have had trouble getting on the forums/website for the Early Retirement Forums. It is the only forums/website that I have had that problem, so I would guess it is not my computer(s) or a local problem. Anyone else having this problem? Bookman

Usually I am occasional lurker but I cannot resist asking a question and showing what I don't know. In reviewing my end of the year portfolio results (and I knew this before but waited), I see that the 403(b) money my wife and I put into a Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund several years ago is...

Folks, I am in the process of retiring (early 60s). Since I am leaving my employer, my wife and I applied for health insurance via Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Nebraska. She was rejected for a diagnosis of sleep apnea, spastic dystonia, and rheumantic heart disease. We have been assured by our...

Just got word three months after applying and 8 days after the end of my health insurance coverage that my wife will not be covered under the health insurance I am trying to get from Blue Cross-Blue Shield.  She has some pre-existing conditions but nothing I (or her doctor) considers...

I got this via a local financial planner.  Anyone familiar with Employee Benefits Research Institute and the validity of this study?? "Conventional wisdom, like everything else, is subject to change.  One retirement rule of thumb that needs to be updated is the idea that you will be able to...

I see that yesterday AltaRed listed on another topic several part-time jobs (is that at four-letter word??) for $10,000 to $15,000 a year.  Rather than hijack aother topic, I am going to start a new one.  What would folks suggest as a part-time job (either outside or working at home) for that...

I posted a while back, but I am getting more serious about early retirement.   I feel just burnt out and ready for something else.  Almost age 59 and wife is 58.  We are both in good health right now.   Trying to figure out what all we need to think about if we retire. Assets are largely in...

I have been a lurker for sometime but more and more I am thinking about retirement.   I have read lots of the posts and some ideas but let me provide some specifics in my situation. My wife and are 58 and both have worked in professional positions all our careers.  About a year and a half ago...