Investing - Theory, News & General • Re: Gap year interest calculations
... I see an inconsistency in the way the gap years that use the 2034 are handled, ... The Real interest income is calculated in a consistent manner where the 2040 is used (2038-2039), but not where...
View ArticlePersonal Finance (Not Investing) • Re: Help! My late father bought me a...
I have had a similar situation and my advice would be to cash out the policies and never return to this kind of insurance product. Simple term life for the win.Best wishes.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: investments for custodial Account
I have a custodial account for a daughter for college. She is a freshman in high school. What investments would be prudent? I was thinking 50% VTAPX (Short Term TIPS) and 50% VFIRX (short term...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: 5 Day Trip To London
Churchill War Rooms is a must visit. Stonehenge was kind of a disappoint to me (but the trip out to Bath is nice). Spend as much time as you can walking around Chelsea, Marylebone, and Notting Hill....
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Personal Consumer Issues • Re: Retrofit/removal of touch screens in cars?
There is such a thing as human factors/ergonomics. How the human interacts with the machine. It matters in aircraft design. Apparently it matters in warship design. And it should matter in cars, as...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Portfolio Ideas/How am I doing
Your portfolio is a bit messy and really would not align with my personal philosophy. 1) decide on your international equity allocation. If 30% for example then my default equity portfolio would be...
View ArticlePersonal Investments • Re: Concerns About SIPC Coverage Limit
typical bankruptcy, over 95% of assets are recovered. This means that 500k coverage in a typical bankruptcy will ensure that nobody ... under $10MM will lose any money.SIPC info on how it works:As an...
View ArticleNon-US Investing • Re: US Nonresident Aliens - Vanguard freezing legacy accounts
Apologies for the long posts.Absolutely none needed. More is better. Thank you for all of this.In short, on the call today and in writing, Vanguard insisted that we can continue to maintain the...
View ArticlePersonal Consumer Issues • Re: Instant Pots
Chicken Chile Verde - https://www.seriouseats.com/pressure-co ... rde-recipeThis is one of my favorite pressure cooking recipes.Outside of that I don't do stews/soups/sauce-heavy cooking often, so I...
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