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 Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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 Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:17 pm Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| Thanks to oldguy for all his posts on this. I did go to safety in my IRA, at the end of January, 2016, and put all my long buys into a laddered CD, a few days later, to cover about 9-months. This t ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:29 pm Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| Update: I moved my IRA Retirement ETF's(75% IRA portfolio) to cash early mid-day on Tuesday, Jan. 26th, 2016. The market was up on Tuesday and got some gains back. I was reading around earlier in ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Fri Jan 22, 2016 7:07 pm Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| I haven't moved any investments so far. After really studying my portfolio, I can't see much to move. I really can't find the down side to my buys. I am heavy into low cost ETF fund(s) and they hav ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:12 pm Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| I will be in the Lewis and Clark Valley on the WA side of the river. Quite conservative and they don't put up with a lot of Western WA's politics and BS. Spokane and eastern WA sail their own ship ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:42 am Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| The property I want to buy is in another state. It will be a second home there with a mother-in-law apt. I want rental income to pay my property taxes and any other subsequent taxes there. I have l ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:48 am Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| I have decided to not buy the rental property until later in the year. This will give me time to save up more money to pay cash. I am also thinking about going back to work. I have been retired now ... |
| Topic: use tax |
raemart
Replies: 2
Views: 26740
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Forum: Taxes Posted:
Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:48 am Subject: use tax |
| Bump. |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:24 pm Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| Thanks oldguy, I understand not to time the market. And would never unless I needed the money. I wanted to see what the market might do the first week of 2016. It tanked. 2nd week, it tanked. I ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:36 am Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| Thanks oldguy, I spoke to a rep at the brokerage company at the end of the year and he seemed to think there would be a tax event if not left in equities or bonds. I knew that couldn't be right. Th ... |
| Topic: Ready for Safety...... |
raemart
Replies: 13
Views: 40311
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Forum: Money Watch Posted:
Sun Jan 17, 2016 8:30 pm Subject: Ready for Safety...... |
| Hello, I have been here before and everyone helped a lot with good info. Thank you. I would like to take part of my investments to safety as I need this money within a year's time from now. I have ... |
| Topic: Doing my own 'Last Will and Testment' Can I do this.....?? |
raemart
Replies: 7
Views: 14387
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:31 am Subject: Doing my own 'Last Will and Testment' Can I do this.....?? |
| Thanks, I got a state-specific kit for about the same amount $29 thru Dave Ramsay's group. I have a legacy box ready to go. It has all my accounts there; IRA's, Roth, personal brokerage, several li ... |
| Topic: Doing my own 'Last Will and Testment' Can I do this.....?? |
raemart
Replies: 7
Views: 14387
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Thu Jan 29, 2015 2:02 am Subject: Doing my own 'Last Will and Testment' Can I do this.....?? |
| Thank you for your prompt answer! I called my credit union and I have had a Pay On Death(POD) with them since 1986. Next year will be 30 years! This was before my marriage and I had my father as ... |
| Topic: Doing my own 'Last Will and Testment' Can I do this.....?? |
raemart
Replies: 7
Views: 14387
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Forum: Personal Finance Posted:
Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:39 pm Subject: Doing my own 'Last Will and Testment' Can I do this.....?? |
| Hello, my IRA, Roth and personal brokeage accounts have designated beneficiaries and contingents so they are not in question upon my demise(long way out, I hope). However, homes and bank accounts ne ... |
| Topic: Gains as Income..... Realized or Unrealized |
raemart
Replies: 4
Views: 8757
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Forum: Investing, Stocks and Bonds Posted:
Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:14 pm Subject: Gains as Income..... Realized or Unrealized |
| Thanks! (At this moment in time), I probably would not take any amount to a money market within this account nor my IRA. To me, money markets are like sitting on the sidelines making very little pro ... |
| Topic: Gains as Income..... Realized or Unrealized |
raemart
Replies: 4
Views: 8757
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Forum: Investing, Stocks and Bonds Posted:
Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:04 am Subject: Gains as Income..... Realized or Unrealized |
| Hello again. You all helped me immensely when I retired last year and moved my 401k to an IRA. Through the years, I managed to put away a good some in both 401k and personal monies. I always had a ... |
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