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I am trying to figure out what will get me to ER faster. Should I use extra cash to invest or pay down debt? Debt being a mortgage and mortgage on a rental house. Investing would be adding to Dividend reinvestment plans. Thank you for any suggestions.;D

Hello everyone, I was wondering if everyone could help make sure I have calculated what I need to accumulated to get to FIRE. Here is my process. 1 Calculate yearly living expense 2 Multiplied living expense by 15% for taxes. 3 Add total yearly expense plus 15% taxes =1 year cash reserve 4...

His anyone used these? See article Duke, GE Tempt Savers With Higher Yield Than Money Funds - Bloomberg I know GE, Duke Energy and Ford credit issue them. They are not FDIC insurerd just wonderring if I spread my money around to all three to diviersify a little to creat a money market fund...

Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone had experience with online savings accounts or CD. I am looking for a place to build up a cash reserve. Maybe get a little better return. What has been your experience? Who do you use? Ally Bank? ING? MetLife? Discover Bank? Any others? Any advice...

Hello Everyone, I am thinking of adding either small cap or international stock fund to my current mutual fund mix of BGRIX 45% mid cap FBIDX 55% bonds. This is a fairly new 401k. My old one has been converted to IRA and hold alot of large cap stocks and bonds. I really trying to use this 401k...

Do all insurance companies have EZ qoute like Berkshire Hathway group? How do they compare to others?

Does anyone read the article on this website or are most of these contributer pump and dump stock traders? just wondering what everyone thinks. Stock Market News, Opinion & Analysis, Investing Ideas -- Seeking Alpha Paws

What is the advantage/ disadvantage of Vanguards ETF compared to regular mutual funds?:coolsmiley:

Hello Everyone, My wife and and I have 4 life insurance policy we bought when we first got married. They now have a fairly large cash value. I am think of getting rid of the policy. My wife has been out of work for almost a year now and while are cash saving is no where near zero. I think...

Hello everyone, I have had an on again off again relathionspip with my FIRE plan. I start the plan follow through for a while and then life seems to pull me away from the plan. I need some help getting back into the planing and following through. I think my problem is as I track the planit...

Has any one read Retire On the House: Using Real Estate To Secure Your Retirement by Gillette Edmunds and James Keene. I checked it out of the library. Just looking for others opinion on it.

I have noticed Reit stocks dropped quite a bit. The three I own GGP went from 67 to 41, KIM went from 53 to 35 and WRE went from 43 to 30. Are these stocks entering a buy zone? Why or why not?

What is everyones opinion on bank stocks? With all the subprime fears it seams like bank stocks have been drivin down. For example one of the local banks (Huntington Bank HBAN $16.97 div $1.06) around me price has dropped now itsdividend yield is 6.2%. Key Bank (KEY) $33.22 div $1.46 yield 4.4%...

I have been thinking about this for a long time and am going to start planning in ernst for fire now. My wife and I have been saving and investing for a long time. Not sure if we are making enough progress. However I would like to really get started this working fore my goal. Any...