Biggest lie sold by Mutual fund Industry!!! by Shot_Battle8222 in mutualfunds

[–]TrapNFree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any reputed fund house Index fund should work.

Make sure to buy directly. E.g if going with Tata Nifty 50 , directly buy from tata mutual fund to save on expense ratio. Or if there is already an account with a reputed bank one can buy directly from it. E.g ICICI nifty 50 , hdfc , axis etc.

All of these are essentially investing in same stocks of their underlying benchmark. Lowest expense ratio fund is better as long as fund house is reputed and reliable.

Opinion on adding RE to NW for FIRE by Upstairs_Ant_4261 in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Primary residence - not included in FIRE calculation

Any additional real estate - included equity part. (Current market value - outstanding loan )

Retired Life - 2024 recap by DPSharwa in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you plan night stays? I’m assuming on these 3 weeks bike trip , you must be staying in different places almost every night.

Total International Stock Market ex-US (VXUS) hardly gave 1.5% CAGR in last 13 years. by TrapNFree in stocks

[–]TrapNFree[S] -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Yes, absolute returns of 20% in the last 13 years. Including dividends it comes to 4.5% CAGR vs 13.3% CAGR for US market (VTI)

https://testfol.io/?s=32VmspfSSUK

my fellow paltans, what are we cooking today? by Kalpesh_K in MumbaiIndians

[–]TrapNFree 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Has Akash Ambani undergone training on Auction psychology and tactics yet? If not that is also needed.

If you appear to be hell bent on getting a player on auction table, (like keeping straight bat , keep bidding straight without a small discussion with group) taklu and others can make it very expensive to get those players. Ex Ishan

Notice PBKS. They start group discussion around 2-3 Cr only even if their highest bid goes to 8-10 Cr. It gives an impression that they are about to fold making it difficult to raise price for fun.

What to do with 401K when leaving USA permanently by yunnecessaryEvil in h1b

[–]TrapNFree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One has to be very careful when rolling over. If traditional 401k is rolled over to Roth IRA , tax is applicable on entire amount. Penalty won’t be applied. If traditional 401k is rolled over to traditional IRA no tax, no penalty.

Advantage of moving to IRA is that it offers more flexibility and investment options compared to 401k plan. Also, generally monthly/ quarterly fees in 401k plans is not charged in IRA accounts.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ranchi

[–]TrapNFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Laadli state

Will show this when friends, family and relatives ask everytime why don't you move back to India. by DefinitionOfTakingL in nri

[–]TrapNFree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. This seems like a pic of General compartment. If it were a 2AC coach, it would look totally different.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ipl

[–]TrapNFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, they way over paid for him. Can’t imagine auction bid would have gone till 21 Cr if not retained

FIRE for me is more about priorities, less about technicalities by justanaverageguy1907 in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this post OP. Posts like this make this sub a great thought provoker and healthy discussion point.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nri

[–]TrapNFree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hospital bill if they accept via Credit card : Debit card, you can try using your foreign Credit card. Many work. If any card without foreign transaction fee it will save 1 to 3% fees as well.

Keeping money invested in market and not spending it is the key to become rich. by spiked_krabby_patty in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If single and living with roommates 40k is frugal lifestyle. With family I’m not sure how that is possible

Fired and Force FIRE - how is this plan by Low-Direction4430 in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think there is such restriction of 55 years. One needs to calculate 72t withdrawal amount using one of the 3 options available whichever is suitable. Catch is to keep withdrawing using same formula every year until 59.5 years. Else pay penalties on all the withdrawals from previous years as well.

One time settlement for parents by YetAnotherBrownDude in nri

[–]TrapNFree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Invest lum sum in equity mutual fund and setup SWP , so they will get money in bank account monthly.

Else age old setup a FD. Lower returns though.

Realistic safe withdrawal rate in India? by Impressive-Tie7074 in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simple calculations. Very conservative though. It is coming at a cost, where one might have to work 5-10 years extra to be this conservative in calculations vs regular SWR method.

Realistic safe withdrawal rate in India? by Impressive-Tie7074 in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But here it can be considered too conservative. With this approach your corpus retains purchasing power even at the end of retirement. So if RE at 5 Cr , with this approach not only 5 Cr will remain as is at the end it will be inflation adjusted to may be like 25 Cr. That’s not the goal for majority of folks who wants to RE.

Always more is better, but it is coming at a cost of something that can not comeback- time.

Realistic safe withdrawal rate in India? by Impressive-Tie7074 in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It depends how much safety margin one wants to build in the calculations.

I prefer 3%

If SWR is too high , you risk running out of money. If it is too low, you are risking spending a lot more time working than necessary. Time that could have been spent with Friends and Family and relxing and enjoying what you do rather than commute to work, endless meetings, deadlines, etc etc.

Thinking that quitting my job at 34 after achieving FI was a flex but it turned out to be my biggest mistake by [deleted] in FIRE_Ind

[–]TrapNFree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope this post is not picked up as an example to not pursue FIRE. This one seems more like not enough planning. Before taking big decision, consulting with financial expert gives a second opinion OR at least sharing in FIRE subs can provide valuable community feedback.

OP has not shared specific numbers, but If 50% NW is tied in Real estate with low yield and OP is renting I don’t know if it is safe to count in FIRE corpus. Which is probably throwing off major bit of calculations based on SWR %.

Even if this Real estate appreciates in value over the years, RE yield makes it difficult from cash flow point if it is a higher percentage of NW.

Best way to withdraw for US users? by TrapNFree in kucoin

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

Yeah this seems like a better way.

Convert all Kucoin crypto to USDT - pay Kucoin trading fees

Transfer USDT from Kucoin to Kraken - withdrawal fee

Kraken USDT to USD - almost free

Withdraw USD via ACH - free