Newgene
Favorite team: | LSU |
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Registered on: | 11/23/2005 |
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re: Is there any reason to have an IRA and a 401k?
Posted by Newgene on 4/6/24 at 10:33 am
Also, make sure you understand the pro rata rule for converting traditional IRA funds. It just means you can't target parts of your IRA when rolling over to Roth. It looks at all traditional IRA funds collectively and averages the tax bill in a rollover. Could leave you with a nasty unexpected ta...
re: A 32-year market vet warns the S&P 500 is set to fall 50% - 70% in the years ahead
Posted by Newgene on 4/1/24 at 6:41 am
Is this the same guy's article from 2021 predicting the same thing? [link=(https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-this-veteran-analyst-sees-stocks-headed-for-the-biggest-bear-market-since-the-great-depression-11633432477)]LINK[/link]...
re: Help Me Understand This (Louisiana Welfare Incentives)
Posted by Newgene on 2/17/24 at 7:39 am
Mass quantities of money given to non-workers --> Government can't increase taxes enough to cover --> They print mass quantities of cash --> Inflation goes through the roof --> Non-workers complain they can't buy as much stuff --> Repeat...
re: Looking for advice on credit cards
Posted by Newgene on 2/17/24 at 7:28 am
I would checkout the forums, Churning on reddit or the Manufactured Spending forum on flyertalk. Churning keeps a list of the latest sign up bonuses and rates for all cards out there now.
As for cards like the Amex platinum, I found it was great when traveling a lot and hitting the centurion lou...
re: Here's the budget breakdown of a couple that make $500K and still feel average
Posted by Newgene on 1/27/24 at 10:48 am
Taxes are wrong, and statistically impossible. I'm not sure what state they're in, but there is no reality that gets a tax bill that high. 40% effective tax rates don't exist for families making $500k. It could be the author is confusing an effective rate with a top bracket. Social Security has a...
re: Payoff Vehicle with Pension Payout
Posted by Newgene on 1/13/24 at 12:40 pm
[quote]If he's in the 22% or higher tax bracket now, Roth may not be better than traditional. The reason is that when he retires, the first $94K of his income if he's still married will be in the 12% or below bracket. To get that much income he'd have to save $2 million in an IRA. In a Roth he could...
re: Money Market Interest going down?
Posted by Newgene on 12/9/23 at 1:29 pm
Your banker is really just telling you what's been happening with treasuries in the past few months. No epiphany here. Most MM rates have already started crossing below 5%. There is a common belief of a ~1% fed cut over the next 12 months. This is a good prediction site. [link=(https://www.cmegr...
re: Another “can I retire comfortably” question
Posted by Newgene on 11/17/23 at 9:04 pm
53 is the year you are eligible to retire from your employer I am assuming? If not, 53 is such an oddly random year to select in the future.
Assuming a serious post, $3.3M is certainly doable. It's all about lifestyle. Nice vacations can be done on the cheap, too. There must be a million blog...
re: How/why do wealthy people vote Democrat.
Posted by Newgene on 9/23/23 at 7:50 am
[quote]Follow the money.[/quote]
Do this, and you will understand every war, election, pandemic, etc. throughout history. Just stop and look at the ways money moves in these, and everything makes complete sense....
re: Should I wait to buy a used vehicle?
Posted by Newgene on 9/8/23 at 10:34 am
Lots are starting to fill more and more by the day for every brand. Dealers are losing the ability to charge whatever they want because people can find something else. Sure, you'll have your hardcore brand supporters buying in a niche, but many consumers will move between Nissan, VW, Honda, etc. fai...
re: This August downturn has cost me a comma
Posted by Newgene on 8/20/23 at 10:04 am
There's always a strategy for every market, bull or bear. Mine could be dead wrong, but this is the route I'm going. Right now, you're getting good returns on treasuries, etc. due to the interest rate hikes. Those hikes have probably leveled off. So, I would just keep the new money going into a m...
re: $122k to invest
Posted by Newgene on 8/20/23 at 9:47 am
Vanguard total stock market fund is always a good choice....
re: Should I incorporate my 1099 income?
Posted by Newgene on 8/20/23 at 9:22 am
I would look into a few things:
- Are you sure this is "earned income" and cannot be considered a cap gain, dividend, etc. Sounds like income, but just checking.
- With income to report, do you also have expenses that are not being reported? After all, it's business income. It's not reasonabl...
re: CNN - Biden administration to invest $1.2 billion in projects to suck carbon out of the ai
Posted by Newgene on 8/13/23 at 12:40 pm
When we believe all human life has to grow and expand at will, are we looking at global population of CO2 emitters and asking if that makes sense? I know it sounds great to some for all human life to just continue to grow at will, but what happens when you are accelerating the people on earth by bi...
re: Oh boy, Donald. You sure are spending a lot on lawyers.
Posted by Newgene on 8/12/23 at 7:52 am
There are some people commenting here who believe spending money on legal battles is a bad thing, while believing a weaponized DOJ is a good one....
re: Anyone in the sno-ball stand business?
Posted by Newgene on 8/6/23 at 9:02 pm
In that business it’s not about getting your starting costs back, as much as it’s about justifying your time. You’ll either pay labor or you have the opportunity cost of spending all your personal time there. Make sure you factor in what you’re worth per hour. You’ll be surprised how much time yo...
re: Jay Johnson is about to become the Nick Saban of college baseball
Posted by Newgene on 7/30/23 at 4:30 pm
[quote]Jay Johnson is about to become the Nick Saban of college baseball[/quote]
So, he's going to now leave and fail in the majors, and then return to an SECW team? I hope you're wrong....
re: Should car dealerships have the capability of negotiating via email or text?
Posted by Newgene on 7/21/23 at 7:07 pm
If it's a car company with a ton of dealerships in a few hour drive from you, follow this procedure:
1.) Google all of the car companies, create a simple spreadsheet to log who you have reached out to. You will need to start with between 50-100 dealerships. Use a junk email account. You will g...
re: Employer Offering Roth 401K
Posted by Newgene on 7/15/23 at 8:39 am
[quote]That would mean I’m contributing more to retirement than a traditional right?[/quote]
Effectively, yes. Side by side, you wind up with the exact same amount when you retire if you max both, but you pay no taxes on it when you take it out. So, you wind up with a bigger after tax retiremen...
re: Rank the Top 10 college baseball programs OF ALL-TIME
Posted by Newgene on 7/2/23 at 12:24 pm
[quote]Objectively,Texas is ahead of LSU all-time. LSU has one more title, but Texas has 19 more CWS appearances. Unless titles are all that matter, in which case ranking them doesn't take much thought.[/quote]
Yeah but it’s a similar analogy again of Ivy League football. 23 of their appearances...
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