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  1. FinanceDude

    Greensboro, NC First week of July 2015........

    Hey there: I read the old Greensboro threads, but I have a more specific question. My 7th grade son's AAU basketball team has been invited to Nationals the week of July1-8, 2015. The head coach and I are brainstorming and trying to find events for the boys to do in their downtime. I...
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    Worst life insurance EVER!!!

    When I worked at AAA for a college night telemarketing job a million years ago, we sold an AD&D policy that was added to the membership..........for $5 a year you got $1000 coverage. Some nights we would sell 50 of those with 3 reps...........:laugh:
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    Should your robot car kill you to save others?

    Knowing how many problems a lot of the car makers are having, I imagine they would use Internet Explorer as a staple, and a lot of us would be dead before we even got home..........as you would always be "crashing".........:)
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    Worst life insurance EVER!!!

    Almost sounds like one of those old "vanishing premium" whole life policies sold by Jackson National. DW's dad bought one in the late 70's. He paid a bunch of money into it and then they told him he didn't have to pay anymore. Then 3 years later he got a premium notice. Apparently their...
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    Inherited IRA

    100% correct....I am late to the thread but that is standard procedure. Be sure to take those RMDs and reallocate to a vehicle that matches your goals.............TOO many people forget and just have the RMD amount roll to a bank account paying .001%..........;)
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    If I had only known.....

    "Experience breeds wisdom" (personal saying)
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    Mr. and Mrs.

    +1 I am one to keep the "Ma'am and Sir" sayings alive. It is how I was taught. When I hung out in the nursing home as a kid while my dad was working, I used to visit all the residents and call them "ma'am and sir"...............they REALLY liked it..........and that was almost 40 years...
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    taxable vs. tax deferred account withdrawals--question for you all

    This thread reminds me of an old saying: "Capital gains are the cost you bear for doing WELL"...........:)
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    Is TIAA Really Different? Universal Life Ins

    TIAA-Cref is a good company. However, they are an insurance company first and foremost. The fact he is pushing it so hard means he gets a bonus or something to sell it. Life insurance, no matter what kind, is NOT an investment, NOT a savings account, Not "the bond portion of your asset...
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    How Much Do You Share Here?

    Much LESS than I used to............:)
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    Chase Private Client

    Nothing special about Chase Private Client. You don't need to pay 1.3% to get "institutional account" access..........Brewer can vouch for that.......:)
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    19 and addicted!

    Please elaborate.........I always am willing to learn something new...........;)
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    Obamacare premiums in 2015

    I would expect future prices to go up even steeper than before ACA. All those "young healthy people" needed to subsidize the unhealthy ones are NOT running to sign up.........and if that trend continues, the policies going forward will have to increase substantially..........;)
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    Obamacare premiums in 2015

    There is an easy explanation: The Obamacare legislation "invited" all insurers to participate in the new exchanges. However, it did not dictate how much the insurer can charge. All the insurers did was reprice their policies based on the fact they have to take ALL pre-existing conditions...
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    Midlife Crisis?????

    Micromanaging their spouse/SO? :laugh::laugh:
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    How Do I Find a Hourly Fiduciary CFP?

    I don't think what you are looking for exists. When you pass the CFP, you agree to a code of ethics that you will act in a fiduciary interest.......kind of a Hippocratic oath for advisors. I doubt such a contract exists. Such a document would make it very easy to sue them with no...
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    Stop telling me the market is up 170%

    The market can go down..........;):laugh:
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    What will you do with your primary residence?

    We will sell and we will get the hell out of the cold weather forever!!!!! :)
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    Poll for retired men- housecleaning

    No way I could get away with a housekeeper if I retired and she still worked...........heck I can't getaway with one now.........:)
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    Poll:What is the most you've ever spent on a pair of shoes ?

    $250 for the nicest pair of Allen Edmond golf shoes you can imagine........:)
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    Bank On Yourself (770 accounts)

    It sounds a lot like the "Bank on Yourself" mantra...........I got that book free from a friend.........sounds like a total scam......... You could accomplish a similar thing If you applied and got accepted for a whole life policy from NML, they've averaged about a 6% or more dividend rate (...
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    Hi! Ameriprise client needing advice...

    Did you debate Dr. Markowitz and Sharpe too? :laugh: I suppose MPT is a fallacy? :laugh: Well, at least you were amused...........;) maybe you would have had more fun with a DFA advisor? :laugh:
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    30 yr old Atlanta young professional looking to retire abroad at 55

    You have a lot of dreams and plans, which is good. However, it seems to me that YOU seem to have all the plans, and she is "going along with it" at this time. make sure she is totally on board will these plans, or your life will become miserable real quick. Number one priority is get...
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    Hi! Ameriprise client needing advice...

    I worked with a woman once who when she got married, took her husband's name and became Mrs. Rack.........:)
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    Laid off at mid age and can't find employment

    They are honest about their occupation, but they too have a problem with middle age employment....ever see a very attractive middle age hooker? I haven't..............:laugh::nonono:
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