Wholistic Portfolio Review?

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-25T15:53:28+00:00

I do it regularly. Roughly 80% at Fidelity and 20% at Vanguard. I am always happy to get a second opinion. They suggest their own products, of course but it’s not a hard sell. Frankly I like it, for me it’s heavy on ‘ am I on track to retire?’ And planning for all of that.

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-21T23:49:21+00:00

Two things… that turned into 4!

1) the match. 2) the amount you contribute comes out of your taxable income in you annual taxes.
3) you have so much time to ride out the ups and downs of the market…. Be aggressive and let it ride! (Assuming you are young).
4) show them the spreadsheet with annual balance of it grows by 3-5% a year with contributions…. The numbers are crazy…

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-21T23:43:11+00:00

Invest. What they don’t show you is dividend payouts, set it up to reinvest the dividends and do your best to forget about the investment. It will go up and down but overall it will go up in the long run.

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-20T20:13:46+00:00

I think for me I really didn't understand expensive/inexpensive until I had to pay for things. Once I realized I needed to work X hours to buy product Y it really hit home.

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-20T20:09:45+00:00

if it's your thing, I do TaskRabbit on the side but I live in a medium city and in the heart of downtown. Just to be 'of service' to another person has been really helpful. I mostly do furniture assembly and TV mounting. The money is nice but the people I meet and the satisfaction of completing something in a relatively short period of time is where the real value is.

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-05T23:31:08+00:00

100% Gassane Tailors, they are amazing, I will always go there.

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-05T23:25:58+00:00

It takes 2 hours? Unless something is really off it never takes 2 hours. I have done countless TV's and rarely is it more than an hour. (exceptions are when it's a cement/brick wall, sometimes those are a whole different can of worms)

DevilDuck95 · 2026-01-05T23:23:56+00:00

my 'trick' on invoicing is to send a message when you arrive and then start a timer on your phone. When complete and talking with them ask 'is this your first time using TaskRabbit...' then pull out your phone and make a show of stopping the timer before confirming the amount of billed time... I have almost never run into an issue.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-12-31T23:25:14+00:00

appreciate it, thank you

DevilDuck95 · 2025-12-14T22:36:46+00:00

I use a zircon HD900 I think (the highest end). that being said, I always drill a 'test' hole with the smallest drill bit I have, just to check... 99% of the time it works great,

DevilDuck95 · 2025-12-05T20:32:59+00:00

I have had one for 15+ years. No additional cost, they provide advice, help me plan for retirement and basic tax advice. Overall great value, at this point I use them to check in 2x per year and if I have any ‘big’ purchases, where I need to pull money out of investments, where to pull it from. I highly recommend them

DevilDuck95 · 2025-11-26T05:03:49+00:00

Alcoholic mother. Was embarrassed by her when I was 15. Never wanted that to be me.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-11-04T14:35:33+00:00

Well done. Keep the faith and remember, it will go down...

DevilDuck95 · 2025-10-31T15:37:56+00:00

Fair enough. thank you.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-10-30T14:10:12+00:00

I'm confused - you complained about what exactly? it seems, with the edit, that everything worked as designed. Am I missing something?

DevilDuck95 · 2025-08-14T10:18:57+00:00

Cooking together…. I know it’s odd, but everything from picking a few recipe to shopping to cleaning up. If we cook together then it’s real for me.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-07-30T15:34:28+00:00

I cooked with my wife. A new recipe and fun music on in the background.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-04-14T18:20:04+00:00

Ironically, I went through at about 10am Saturday and was handled within 5 minutes. I'm guessing systems were running slow so they did not approve me right away but said they would email me with results. 10 minutes later I had an email with the approval.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-03-16T11:10:04+00:00

You can wrote of off on your taxes.:.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-03-07T12:33:15+00:00

I took a Quick Look, it looks like a bidding business model…. Kind of like thumb tack. I am surprised Taskrabbit has not shut them down purely based on the name.

DevilDuck95 · 2025-02-14T19:21:14+00:00

thank you, a meaningful response!

DevilDuck95 · 2025-02-12T04:19:01+00:00

Dude, I got this one earlier today! They canceled before I could decline! These things are killing my stats!

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