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I’m on the second leg of my 2+ week trip. I spent the first week in SoCal and am now in Honolulu and it is crazy here- absolutely packed with people. We’ve been here for two days and are already exhausted from having to deal with masses of people. Everywhere you go there are long lines...

So I've been sort of retired now for 6 years. I say "sort of" because the truth of the matter is that I never truly totally retired. 6 years ago when I hit 51, I "retired in practice". I'm a dentist, and when my youngest went off to college I cut my hours back in my practice to 3 or 3.5 days...

Is anyone still traveling right now in the time of the Coronavirus? I love to travel and had been taking around 6 trips a year for the past couple of years. This virus has put a real damper on things. We haven't done any traveling since we got back from Egypt in early March, but I've been...

I know it goes against conventional wisdom, and when I retired 2 years ago I paid cash for the house I moved into. But has anyone considered getting a mortgage in retirement for the sole purpose of pulling that equity out of their home and investing it? I was listening to Rich Edelmen and he...

I sold my practice in May 2018 at the age of 54 and I continue to work about 12 hours a week for the new owner. After a lifetime of saving, 2019 looks to possibly be the first year where I will need to draw a bit from my portfolio to live off of. I'm thinking that I could either liquidate my...

I had always dreamed of traveling more frequently and last Fall I started to do so when I shifted into semi retirement Since September I've been to Honduras, Israel/Petra/Mt Sinai, Puerto Rico, Scottsdale, LA, Iceland, and in a few weeks I head to the Delaware Shore. I have noticed a few...

I have been California dreaming most of my life. I thought about going out there when I was applying to dental school and again right after I graduated and got married but both times I chickened out. I stayed here in DC where I was born and raised mostly because my mom is mentally ill and I...

I have money both in our 401k's and outside of them. I have been parking most of my 401k money in bond funds while investing in stock funds outside, but now I'm thinking that was not a wise move. So what's the smart move here?

Not sure if this was posted already.... Why retiring earlier may equal dying later- MSN Money

The Statistics highlighted in this article absolutely blew me away. I'm pretty sure none of these people visit this forum 'High housing payments the new 'American nightmare' | - Business - The Orange County Register

....screw the people who saved diligently and don't really need it. Fixing Social Security — the right way - The Washington Post

I've never considered myself wealthy- financially comfortable? Yes- But not wealthy. To me the wealthy people are those with a NW of $7.5 million or more, which happened to be the threshold number that a Fidelity Investments survey came up with, or maybe at minimum a NW of $5 million if I...

50% of Americans can't even come up with just $2,000 in an emergency given a month's time. Got $2 000 in a pinch?- MSN Money

I'm reposting this link from another thread, but supposing the worst happens and the US defaults, where should I be putting my money?? US default: Doomsday for investors - 1 - politics & debt limit - MSN Money

So with all that is in the news about the debt ceiling, and Moody's possible downgrade of the US. Anybody clearing out of bonds right now? and if so, where are you parking your money? (I know I know- sounds like a dirty market timer!)

What it takes to get really rich - 2 - How to become wealthy - MSN Money Interesting Article

One of the top stories of recent has to be the big battle on the Hill about trimming the federal budget. Last night an agreement was finally reached that would trim the budget by around 38 billion dollars. This sounds great until you realize that it amounts to 1% of the federal budget...

On valentine's day our local paper ran a nice segment where readers wrote in to share their stories on how they met their spouse. I'd love to hear your stories. Please share in this thread or PM me. I'm thinking about possibly putting together a collection and eventually publishing it.

I haven't been shredding anything but my cabinets are getting full. What is everyone else doing?

Now that the Fed is committing to buy $600 billion more in government bonds by the middle of next year in an attempt to breathe new life into a struggling U.S. economy, what should we expect in the markets over the next few years and how should we be positioning our portfolios?

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This article just blew me away and got me thinking...... Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax - Yahoo! Finance If I paid off my house, cut my work down to make less than 50K a year, assuming Obama's gonna take care of my medical needs, I could live on 4k a month and pay no...

What are the ramifications should this happen? U.S., U.K. Move Closer to Losing Rating, Moody’s Says (Update1) - Bloomberg.com

I hear arguments for possible hyperinflation, and arguments for possible deflation. Real estate is not good, their is talk that the market is headed for another drop, MM and CD rates stink..... Seriously, what's a guy to do at this point with his money?

......it is quite intriguing, and, well, depressing. I know he's been discussed in passing on some threads but does anyone have any thoughts on his theories?