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- Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:22 pm
- Forum: Town Center
- Topic: ES to be executed?
- Replies: 30
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- Tue May 03, 2005 4:33 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hi beachbumz There was also some talk about tax consequences. With today's low rates, they are not a big deal (amazingly). Who knows how long that will last, but in tax planning you can only plan based on current law and adjust as changes are made. i agree with your concerns over using individual st...
- Mon May 02, 2005 5:19 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hi jwr did not mean for that to come across like a challenge (if it did). i do appreciate the critiques which i think are constructive but just wondering if the thread was becoming too fixated on the multiples contraction comment which seemed speculative and as beach mentioned didn't seem to be a co...
- Mon May 02, 2005 2:00 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hi kathyet If truth be told I am getting no valuble insight from any of this only a headache. I think most of us here can understand what is snake oil and what isn't. I will have to admit though some of this is bordering on rude, and it makes me wonder what the purpose is. i'm not sure anymore. lots...
- Mon May 02, 2005 5:54 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hey unclemick I seem to have missed something - ? isn't the whole point of a ladder to sell bonds(of whatever kind) as they come due. Who cares about market vs NAV in the stretch? i think that was sort of what i was trying to say a couple posts back- just start out using up the ladder from day1. i m...
- Sun May 01, 2005 6:27 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hi nfs You may have a different perspective than I do re income levels and tax rates. I think paying $8k in federal tax on $74k in income is a screaming bargain and would not worry one minute about taxes. i have similar perspective as you in your example but since i won't retire for decades i doubt ...
- Sun May 01, 2005 6:21 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hi jwr Please blurt out any ideas that you may have. i don't have any ideas but a very naive and poorly thought out question so bear with me. you propose (if i understand correctly) selling stocks in good (stock market) years and extracting tips principle in bad (stock market). your basis for this i...
- Sun May 01, 2005 5:46 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hi ataloss i might be dead wrong or maybe i was just unclear. to clarify, most dividends are not longer taxed at ordinary income rates (reits, other exceptions) but they are also not deductible 1 for 1 against realized capital losses either, correct? like i said i am clueless here. luckily (rather, ...
- Sun May 01, 2005 4:49 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hey unclemick Who is Reed and who is Kiosaki? And why should I care. kiosaki is a writer of popular financial books who had a rich dad and a poor dad. reed is a real estate investor iirc who slammed much of the contents of kiosaki's writing. not sure if you should care or not. i think reed felt he w...
- Sun May 01, 2005 4:43 pm
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
hey unclemick / nfs/ ataloss / jwr /es (or anyone else) still curious as to whether you use(d) lots/little/any tax loss harvesting in your portfolio execution. i admit up front i don't know anything about it at all so fire away at will. my impression is a portfolio of higher div. paying stocks, with...
- Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:26 am
- Forum: FIRE Board
- Topic: A TIPS Ladder Example
- Replies: 103
- Views: 754349
anyone know what book the reader is referencing here? http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/all/stories/042805dnbusburns.533ffdc8.html otherwise seems similar to tips approach. hi norbert Is it a good idea to put 80% of a portfolio into an asset class when you expect to lose 40-...