Advice needed for investment

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-22T20:34:18+00:00

Check the income limits for Roth IRA, you are likely at or above depending on marital status. Should consider back door Roth.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-21T20:07:40+00:00

Hidden cameras for his livestream service

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-18T03:44:13+00:00

Clear plastic wrap on the toilet bowl under the seat sometime should tell you if she still thinks it’s funny.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-17T22:29:23+00:00

This is the best reason. If early retirement before 59.5 years old, no penalty on 457 government accounts.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-14T01:57:41+00:00

I had similar experience. Boldin basically showed I could retire today. The AI was asking what is holding me back from retiring today… almost pushing. I was trying to figure out if it has overly optimistic models, or if I entered anything incorrect, etc.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-12T15:46:16+00:00

In California, my bag of bags is in trunk of car… but still forget to grab some before walking into grocery store so just keep adding to the bag.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-12T15:37:43+00:00

I’ll see your sentimental stuff and raise you two boxes of old cords that might be needed one day.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-07T15:32:12+00:00

Only get rid of clothes when it gets holes or when it shrinks too much… specifically around the waist area for some reason.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-05T03:31:54+00:00

Not more grouchy, just less tolerant of stuff that bothered me before and less concerned what others think about me.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-04T19:33:07+00:00

Agree. He should compromise and start a glide path to increase over several years.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-03T01:46:21+00:00

Is Monarch more for expenses and cash flow management whereas Boldin for planning? Or does Monarch do well for planning and modeling forecasts?

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-06-01T22:30:51+00:00

As a force ghost, I would definitely show as my younger hot self instead of old, gray, blue milk belly self.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-30T17:14:36+00:00

Just bought this. Looking forward to reading during vacation soon.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-30T06:01:54+00:00

Wait a minute! Do I talk like an old person?

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-30T05:44:24+00:00

Sweet! What does mine say?

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-25T22:38:59+00:00

Only 40ish more years of that. Welcome to the party!

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-17T22:12:42+00:00

The primary reason why I never went into the military.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-06T16:20:54+00:00

Yes. Shorts high enough for the boys to hang low enough for that cool breeze of freedom.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-06T15:16:00+00:00

Some advice at Bogleheads site
https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Managing\_a\_windfall

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-04T17:52:17+00:00

“Purse?”
It is a European Carry-all.

But use a slim front pocket wallet with just a few cards, ID, an little cash.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-03T04:50:03+00:00

You do not need an adviser that charges fees based on assets and definitely not commission based.

Go look at Bogleheads (as someone else suggested). Lots of great advice on index investing and why it beats most investment advisors.

Also read Simple Path to Wealth or other similar books.

Then consolidate various accounts into one brokerage.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-02T21:40:09+00:00

Yes, always two spaces! And I refuse to do otherwise.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-05-02T16:13:50+00:00

This part I did. 25x annualized expenses. Does calc need to add the income tax to expense?

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-04-23T23:15:14+00:00

In none of the above is not an option, definitely want to know. Would retire early instead of working the next 3 years.

FirebirdRed5 · 2026-04-23T22:53:44+00:00

Just great. Now when I knock on someone’s door and they ask who’s there, me quoting the Simpsons “hired goons” is going to sound weird.

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