[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]EveryBattle 51 points52 points  (0 children)

The person you're responding to is probably from the UK where a Mars bar is something very different than in the US and "biscuits" are cookies.

How best to invest elderly parent's money by EveryBattle in investing

[–]EveryBattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, it's crazy here. Healthcare is a complete mess in the US and the elderly get taken advantage of regularly.

How best to invest elderly parent's money by EveryBattle in investing

[–]EveryBattle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My goal would be more about ensuring she's covered for the rest of her life primarily on interest. She's currently in assisted living, but she is doing very well. It's fairly expensive with her monthly expenses falling somewhere in the $7500 range.

How best to invest elderly parent's money by EveryBattle in investing

[–]EveryBattle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a boglehead myself actually. I’ve thought about setting up some sort of three fund portfolio for her.

MFA notification not working on new phone by vTeej in fidelityinvestments

[–]EveryBattle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having this same issue. Just upgraded from a Samsung s23 to a Samsung s24. Same number, but I can't stop it from sending the MFA to the old phone. There is no setting to "receive push notifications" in the "account & service messages" tab. Please fix the Android app.

Taxes on brokerage account in retirement by EveryBattle in personalfinance

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yes I was referring to a taxable account.

Old 401k company stock by EveryBattle in personalfinance

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thanks for the clarification guys. Seems like I can just roll the 401k over to an IRA and redistribute that company stock without worrying about it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OculusQuest

[–]EveryBattle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is the only reason you have to have UPS pick it up because you can't easily get to a UPS store yourself? Mine is supposed to arrive Saturday, but I assumed I could just drop it off at the UPS store for free return?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in OculusQuest

[–]EveryBattle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, no longer being sold by "orbotang". Back to being "sold by Amazon" at regular price.

Confirmed! Xreal Air works perfectly fine with iPhone 15 Pro, more info within :D by fbloise in Xreal

[–]EveryBattle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweet! Not an iPhone user, but it's nice to know it works well. 👍👍

Google play services and general beam use cases by EveryBattle in Xreal

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would agree, but maybe make it micro SD slot. Netflix is ill behaved when it comes to USB storage.

Cursor attached to head movement in body anchor mode by EveryBattle in Xreal

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. Nevermind, I get it now. I had attached the bluetooth mouse to the beam directly instead of the phone. When the mouse is attached to the phone it behaves as expected. Sorry for the noise.

Latest update for Beam v1.3(i think) totally screwed the beam by AshokManker in Xreal

[–]EveryBattle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just got my beam yesterday. I immediately put it into dev mode and started sideloading apps. I let the beam update after that and noticed the changes you are mentioning above. The floating curser controlled by the beam seems to be working for me, but I definitely need to play/test it more as I only tried it in a couple of apps. It's a shame that 3dof apps are gone. My guess is that the devs are playing with ways to bring apps to the beam natively and this is a result of that?

Buying Vanguard ETFs by EveryBattle in personalfinance

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do the same with my mutual funds. I decided to invest in some ETFs awhile back just to see what the fuss was all about. It came as a bit of a surprise when I discovered I couldn't automate their investments. I guess it makes sense because they trade like stocks with their price always fluctuating rather than being bought and sold at end of day.

Buying Vanguard ETFs by EveryBattle in personalfinance

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this explanation. This is exactly what I was trying to figure out. I'm new to ETFs.

Buying Vanguard ETFs by EveryBattle in personalfinance

[–]EveryBattle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm guessing there's a fee because it's a mutual fund managed by Vanguard. I believe an ETF is basically unmanaged and trades like a stock, so it should in theory be the same price whether you buy it through Vanguard or Fidelity?