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From a decent loss from calls earlier in the week putting me negative for the year, then switching to Puts, today, back in the green for the year and week! submitted by /u/Responsible_Sorbet_3 [link] [comments]

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I have been seeing the worst posts with the slump recently as many people were swinging calls. If you are scared, sad, or lost, remember that money is something that has an infinite supply and can always be regained. In most countries, money is actually losing value! HOWEVER, your life is not. A life is priceless. My mates brother is a survivor. When his feet left the bridge, instant regret. Please just call. They are there to help, as we all are. USA - #911, #211, #988 UK - #999, #0800 689 5652 Each country has a line. Call it. submitted by /u/wallstchicken [link] [comments]

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Saylor goes balls to the walls in this one with nearly 7 mentions per page. This company has more outstanding convertibles than a car dealership next to an army base, and probably thinks a sinking fund is just another name for the Titanic. The amount of cash they have on hand might be enough to cover a night out at Dave & Buster’s, but would cover only about 1/10th of their current liabilities. They may say they sell software, but it sure is hard as hell to find. I’m trying to wrap my head around how the class A of a tech equivalent of a mattress store is trading at $1,204 per share and a generous PE of 46. I would be even more confused if I weren’t so impressed with the Shakespearean wordsmithing it took to fit that many Bitcoin references into that amount of pages. If you own MSTR please pitch your justification of the valuation to me like I’m 5, because after reading more into their balance sheet and operations that’s just about how many brain cells I have left. submitted by /u/2ndSifter [link] [comments]

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The fact that so many people are posting asking why the market is down 5% from the highs it hit this year prompted me to take a minute to explain. This is what you call "mean reversion". If you flip a coin 100 times and it falls heads 100% of the time, it's still a 50-50 chance on the next flip to be either-or. But if you flip that coin an infinite amount of times, it will be closer and closer to 50/50 with sometimes landing on the side. If your expected average on the stock market is 8%, it doesn't mean that it will be a flat 8% return. Some years it'll be up, and some, it'll be down. It can even have decades above or below that. In the short-term, sentiment matters a lot, but in the long-run, fundamentals are all that really matters. If earnings grow at a pace that justifies the increase in prices, the market will hold, but at some point they won't. TLDR: Don't panic, this is normal. There's always a way to make money, just figure out where the flows are going. submitted by /u/double_a_mtl [link] [comments]

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Iran is signalling they won’t retaliate and are downplaying the impact of the attack. War was priced in. Now that Iran is declaring JK, market go up? Also a lot of people on here were saying we should get puts yesterday, so theres an even stronger likelihood that the market will go up now. submitted by /u/ThisIsGSR [link] [comments]

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This strike wasn't a big deal. Israel was demonstrating force capability in regions with critical targets, they avoided nuclear/civilian targets which would have been extremely escalatory. Middle east conflict could still escalate but if anything, this strike made it less likely that it would happen tomorrow. If the casualty count is low/zero, its further proof Israel was demonstrating capability, not truly attacking. My guess is that this is why futures aren't tanking further. Looks like 3 drones were shot down over Isfahan, an important nuclear research/weapons development city. Israel might have been showing Iran that they could hit them if they want to. This after Iran showed the opposite, that even ~600 munitions can't meaningfully get to Israel. So this whole thing might have been Israel shooting at nothing 2 miles from a strategically significant target to prove to Iran they could get to a bunch of important military targets if they needed to. That could put to rest the current pressure for retaliation in Israel without forcing Iran to do the same. Especially if the casualty count is zero; there's no need for Iran to respond. Still, medium and long term this isn't great for middle east geopolitical stability but if it was WW3 time, the news would be different. My 2 cents All from this live feed Nuclear facilities are safe in Isfahan province, Iranian state-aligned media says US had advance warning of Israel's retaliation against Iran but "didn't endorse" it, US official says submitted by /u/quan42069quan [link] [comments]

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Looking for a reality check… We currently have a 2 family that we have made architectural plans to renovate into a single family. Total renovation costs would be up to $275k. It’s also multi year disruptive as we’d renovating in stages. A real alternative is buying something else with $200k of cash that we’ve saved for 1st renovation phase, and renting out the current 2 family home. Current mortgage (2.9%) = $3,500/month Mortgage of the two homes would be about $9,000/month but rent would collect at least $4,500/month. After 30 years, I estimate that the situation where we rent our current home and buy another would net us at least $2MM more in net worth when we sell (in todays dollars), likely closer to $3MM+. The home we currently occupy is in a super prime location in a top school district in a HCOL MA suburb. It was fully rented when we bought and it is very rentable (though we’d probably do about $50k in deferred maintenance upgrades to make it more hassle free). TBH our heart was kind of set on staying and renovating, as homes in this neighborhood are harder to come buy. But the gut check of leaving that much money on the table is setting in. We are high 30s, 2 young kids. Total HHI is about $290k/year, but don’t see a ton of upward income movement frankly. I’m handy but being a landlord for a few years when we occupied just 1 of the units was inconvenient with babies. No significant debt other than mortgage. Currently maxing 401ks, IRAs, and HSAs, plus putting some in 529s and taxable when I feel like it. Am I a total idiot for not just renting out our current house and buying elsewhere (same town different neighborhood)? submitted by /u/benberbanke [link] [comments]

Tomorrow looking like its going to be absolutely devastating. What are the chances of a turnaround here or do y’all think tomorrow is gonna be doomsday? submitted by /u/fakeyfaked13 [link] [comments]

Not sure if this should be a meme or a discussion but anyway, the Architect has spoken and we are not getting cuts. submitted by /u/Sharaku_US [link] [comments]

Netflix (NFLX) financial release Price pumps up nearly 5% 0.001 seconds later drops 11.6% it really liquidated literally everyone of y’all😂 submitted by /u/DisastrousPlace1309 [link] [comments]

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But it’s down 5% AH…bear market is not canceled 😔 submitted by /u/Brendawg324 [link] [comments]

I am a full time W2 employee participating in a 401k account. I also have my own LLC, which allows me to do consulting. My FA(#1) set up a SIMPLE account for me, so that I could save and invest funds beyond traditional 401k annual limits. My CPA has recommended that I review this plan with the FA, but the actual adviser is now retired. His office is picking up where he left off. FA#1 (retired) told me something that my CPA and FA#2 potentially disagree with. Does anyone have two income streams who is currently contributing to both types of plans? And if so, do you have any links to references that clearly call out the contribution limits if both account types are used? submitted by /u/prof_dorkmeister [link] [comments]

My wife and I are 48 y/o DINKs who didn't meaningfully start saving (edit: which means we had maybe $100K, not including mountains of debt, in 401k up until maybe 41 or 42) until into our early 40s. Despite that, I can see a clear path to FIRE by some time between 4-7 years from now. We don't work in Tech and have (for now) our own student loan debt to pay off. I've seen an increasing number of 20/30-somethings in here and also older late adopters like us. So I thought I'd share this as a little nugget of hope. A few observations: Reddit has incredible communities filled with people who provide independent links to helpful insights. This and the various FIRE subs are invaluable. If you can afford to start saving and investing today, even a little money, do it. Time is better than a big salary/high revenue. If you can't yet save yet, spend less - right away. There are lots of free hobbies. I used to love relatively nice clothes and shoes, now that's all in a thrift store or wherever Salvation Army puts clothing donations. Spending less is habit forming. Learn to be good partners with your spouse if you have one - staying together avoids the biggest wealth killer. We have stared up at six figure debt a couple times. It sucks. But sticking to a good plan got us through. It can be overcome The Money Guy Show. Early Retirement Now. YouTube. All good sources. Being around people who are talking about saving and investing rather than spending makes it easier to focus. You don't have to live like a monk to build your wealth, even if you didn't start early. We have experienced reverse lifestyle creep because what we want most is health and the company of loved ones (and travel, but the travel hack world makes that possible for less). It obviously helps to invest in yourself with an education or skills that have market value. It helps to live in less house than you can afford and to drive paid off vehicles. But I'm just over the last six years applying the lessons more seasoned people on here suggest and have seen the power. If I'd started even 10 years earlier I'd probably be typing this from a flat in Lisbon or a beach some place. But starting late doesn't mean a secure future is out of reach. submitted by /u/chefscounterfan [link] [comments]

Long time lurker, throwaway account just in case Found out through the grapevine yesterday that I’m gonna get fired later this month. Have been FI for a few years now and honestly haven’t been working as hard as I could be, so guess I don’t really blame them. That being said it was still kind of sudden/shocking so I don’t feel super prepared. Thought I had at least another year, but guess these things happen. Figured I’d use this opportunity to go ahead and try out RE, at least for a few years and see how it feels (For the curious, I’m in my late 30s, NW 3.6mm, annual spend hovers between 80-100k, partner not currently working but may again in the future. Worked in tech that whole time, mostly steady accumulation, had some luck with some startups but not any one huge windfall or anything like that. Happy to share more details too if people are interested) Anything I should be figuring out over the next few months? Some things that came to mind: Stop my vanguard auto invest and figure out how to start selling instead of buying. Thinking of just selling enough every quarter to replenish our bank account, I guess from the oldest tax lots first. Maybe I should take advantage of being in a lower tax bracket these next few years and just sell more than we need though, in case one of us goes back to work later Figure out health insurance - I think I can stay on COBRA for a while but may be cheaper to shop for a marketplace plan? Honestly have no idea so need to look into this more, have just always used the company health insurance since I graduated lol. Need to add this to our budget too Already maxed out 401k for the year luckily so not much to do there (probably no time to make changes anyway though) Maybe tweak our asset allocation - I always envisioned doing a bond tent leading up to RE but guess that requires you to control when you RE lol. Currently ~95% equities (70/30 VTSAX/VTIAX) and the rest in bonds/cash. Not sure I wanna take the tax hit of moving to something like 40% bonds immediately though, so I may just leave it as is. Or sell only from the stocks every quarter so the bond % goes up over time. I feel like we have enough buffer in our SWR that it may be fine to just stay 90%+ equities though, need to think about this more We’re currently renting, we were sort of toying with the idea of buying a house but haven’t found anything we liked. Not enough time before they pull the trigger so guess getting a mortgage will be more annoying if we end up doing that, but guess we’ll figure it out later Get over negative feelings about being fired - kind of surprised myself but I’m more upset about this than I thought I’d be, don’t really blame anyone but still doesn’t feel great. Don’t love that the end note of my career will potentially be being fired. Guess it doesn’t bother me so much that I’m gonna go get another job though 🤣 Sorry if this is a bit rambling haha, actually surprised at how much more existential I’m feeling about not working anymore, so still kind of processing things. I always thought that since I was already FI and not working very hard that it would be a smooth transition, but still feeling a lot more uneasy than I thought. Just keep telling myself to trust the math I guess haha Let me know if there’s anything else major I should be figuring out. Hope it was an interesting read! Promise I’m not just fishing for GFYs lol submitted by /u/More_Supermarket1193 [link] [comments]

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I'm trying to decide whether to stay in Georgia or move to Seattle or LA. Some people say that the higher rents are worth it because you'll make more, which is what made me consider Seattle and LA. Even then though, I've found most of the jobs still pay similarly, or not that much of a pay boost for how high the rents are. There's a couple outlier jobs that pay 120 to 150k, but those require tons of experience. And it's not a given that you'll get a job that pays that much. I've even seen some tech jobs in Seattle and LA that only pay 60 to 70k. Which, in most cities isn't too bad of a salary. But, in Seattle and LA where the homes are 650 to 850k, it would take forever to save for a house. Or, I'd be spending all of my salary on rent. They had some 200 to 450 sq foot apartments in Seattle that were 1500 to 700. But, idk how realistic it is to live in a 400 sq ft apartment? My other option was to stay in Augusta with family. While homes here are cheaper at 250 to 400k. A lot of the jobs only pay 40 to 50k. So, that low of a pay is what made me consider LA or Seattle. Also, the fact that dating is tough here, not many things to do, and it's hard to meet people. My family says moving to the city isn't worth it for the crime and costs though. Do you think that Atlanta or Charlotte could be a good middleground? Instead of going all in and moving all the way across the country to some of the most expensive cities? submitted by /u/ElectricOne55 [link] [comments]

This is a throw away account. I am 33 year old with a net worth of ~$1.2M looking to fire as soon as humanly possible. I have been working about 60-70 hours for over 7 years old and to say burn out is an understatement. I am looking for some heartfelt advise on life and how I should proceed. Current living condition: We just brought this home. We have a unique setup where my wife and I live on the top and we rent out all the rooms at the basement . This offset our mortgage and pays for all the utilities. This is our 2nd home, we also “househack” in the last home before turning it into a rental. Anyway, i feel kind of embarrassed to live with other people at 33 years old but i did it because I wanted to have the passive income to fire sooner. All my friends think this is weird at my age. The job: The long hours are impacting my physical and mental health. Wife and I are having a tough time with having a baby because of all the stress - been doing this for over 7 years. Doctor pretty much told me to chill out and it’s mostly because of me that’s were having issues. I am thinking about quitting next year but not sure if it’s the right move financially. But I really need some time to rest and heal…. So tired. If I do quit, I plan to travel for a month before finding a normal / less stressful job. NW Breakout: — I make ~250k and my wife ~150k — $700k is in home equity in 2 houses. 250k in one rental home and 450k in my current primary home. — 420k in all retirement related accounts — 85k in Robinhood, sitting in cash — 40k in checking accounts Rental Income: — my rental home can cash flow 500/month — I have a duplex like setup at my current home where I live at the top and have roommates at the bottom. It’s completely separated with its own entrance. I can get 3.5k - 3.8k a month from renting out all the room. Expense: — mortgage and utilities for the rental home is covered by the rental income and still generate $500/month in cash flow — mortgage and utilities for my primary cancel out my mortgage and all utilities. I live for free effectively. I can cash flow if mortgage rates drops. — 1k/ month for groceries and restaurant — 1k/ month for misc one time Amazon and home improvement needs. This is pretty much the everything bucket. — 300/ month to budget for future travels - we travel 2-3 times a year. As you can tell, we work hard and been living atleast what I think to be a somewhat minimalist style for our income. I guess I am looking for some advise on how soon I can fire, and what you would do in my situation. I hope I am not coming across as bragging or whatever - I’m just lost, tired and need some advise. submitted by /u/Capitalist-slave-365 [link] [comments]

Long time lurker first time poster. Sharing my journey thus far partially for myself to reflect on my misguidedness and to update periodically, and partly for anyone who may resonate with my situation. TLDR and graphs at the bottom. For some background - I’m 31M and live in Toronto with my partner. I grew up in a small town and was the first person in my family to go to university. My parents struggled with work and likely instilled many bad money habits in me that I’ve been working to break (more on that later). At my lowest point only a couple years ago I had a NW of -212k mostly in a high interest LOC, and I was sure I would never turn things around and dig myself out of this hole. Now I’m sitting quite happily at just shy of +$15k and hoping to now make up for lost time. Onto the story… The Student Years I’m a pharmacist by training, and currently work in the pharmaceutical industry. I took quite an extended path to get here, and all of my schooling was payed for by myself since my family could barely afford to keep themselves afloat let alone fund my schooling. I guess I never really knew what I wanted to do for work - in fact I didn’t like the idea of working at all and had a vague idea that I’d love to retire early. I loved being a student, and was happy to meander my way through various programs semi-aimlessly simply because I enjoyed learning. And I felt (naively) that since I was studying something in STEM, everything would magically work itself out - no worries. So from 2011-2015 I worked on my bachelor’s degree. During my time in this program I lived at home. This was perhaps one of the few wise financial choices at the time, although sometimes I do still wish from a life experience perspective that I had chosen to live in residence to get the full experience. And I sometimes wonder if having to be responsible for my own cost of living would have lit more of a fire under me (maybe? maybe? probably not.) By the end of this degree I only owed roughly $20k in government provided student loans - thanks to lower tuition up north combined with a few thousand in grants and bursaries because I was low income. Next, I decided to complete a Master’s degree from 2015-2017, essentially to kill time and delay making any real decisions because I hadn’t the slightest clue what I wanted to do. During these years I lived with an ex-partner, and had a modest stipend that I used to pay the bills. By the end of this degree, I now owed around $35k and still didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I ultimately decided that working in a lab was boring as shit and I wanted more human interaction, so I wrote my PCAT and went to pharmacy school in the fall of 2017. At the time I thought this was a smart decision, since at least going to pharmacy school would end in a professional degree and it would lead to a defined job - right?. Turns out the joke was on me - I never actually stepped foot in a pharmacy to get a sense of what the job was really like. Turns out it SUCKS. Now’s not really the time or place to get into how soulcrushing the job is (/r/pharmacy is that way) but at least in the US they pay pharmacists quite well - up here in Toronto by the time I was graduating, there were job postings for <$40 CAD an hour and declining due to oversaturation. Anyway, I digress. I did my 4 years of pharmacy school from 2017-2021 while living on my own in Toronto. The bank gave me a professional LOC of $175k to pay for tuition and living expenses. Someone with better financial sense than me would have treaded carefully with that amount of cash available knowing that it accumulates interest and it would need to eventually be paid back. I was not that person. I took this as a blank cheque to spend $175k and buy whatever dumb shit I wanted. My schooling during these years cost around $90k in tuition - about half of this was covered by government student loans, partially as loans and partially as grants. The other $45k came from my LOC, as did my roughly $20k/yr in living costs. This was already pushing my LOC dangerously high, but during COVID I made the highly regarded decision to take a bunch of money out of my LOC thinking I could make a shit ton of money on memestocks and crypto. Obviously, I did not succeed. My net worth at this time was around -210k. And in case you were wondering, to add the cherry on top of all of the above nonsense, I was not in fact working at all during my schooling. Transitioning to work life Flash forward to 2021. I decided pharmacy sucks, and decided to work in the pharmaceutical industry instead. This was the first actual good decision I made - not just for my own day to day QOL, but I came to realize this would make for a better life down the road as well. Pharmacists often make around $100k, sometimes a bit more or less, and often do not have perks, full benefits, or a fair amount of vacation time. The first step to make this transition was to complete an internship. I made ~55k during this year with no benefits. Enough to live and not much else. Thankfully my government and bank loans still counted this internship as schooling so they weren’t coming to collect on my debt just yet - but I was starting to feel the weight of what was coming my way. I was 29 and felt like I was just starting my life but with a small mortgage hanging over my head with very little to show for it. Once my internship was done, I landed my first gig in pharma. Got a salary bump up to 120k, and shortly after received a COL adjustment to 124k. This job also came with a company car, good benefits, RRSP (401k - i think?) matching, and a 13% bonus. I felt really great when signing the offer letter, but soon enough the debt repayments came around and I felt like I was drowning and didn’t know how I’d ever build myself towards retiring early. My cashflow looked something like this: Gross income: 124k. Take home income (after all taxes and deductions): 72k/yr or 6k/mo Monthly expenses: Government loan repayment: $500 Bank loan repayment: $1450 towards principal on a 10 year payback period + $1000 interest = $2450/mo Rent: 1900 (quite low for 1 bdrm in Toronto now) After these expenses, this left me ~$1100/month to cover utilities, food, home items/toiletries, public transportation, and health costs that my work plan didn’t cover. At this point I saw what my future would look like at it was not at all what I’d been envisioning for myself. I thought when I started working I would be finally free to do all the things I had been postponing through my education - saving for retirement, travelling, going to restaurants. Just living a solid middle class life. Instead, I realized that for the next 10 years, until I was 40, I would be just skating by with $1100/mo to cover my expenses due to the heavy burden of my loan repayments. I was extremely anxious that I wouldn’t be able to retire at all, let alone retire early. Consumer proposal and the recovery If you’re still with me - thank you. I know it’s been a lot but personally it’s been cathartic to write this all out. Based on the situation I described above, in 2023 a few things happened which have been monumental to turning things around. The first is that I decided to file a consumer proposal - which is basically a bankruptcy-lite. It’s specific to certain lenders (in this case, the bank with which I had my private LOC), and the insolvency trustee works to find a middleground debt repayment amount to the lender at the expense of tanking your credit score for a maximum of 6 years, depending how quickly you pay it off. We landed on a repayment total of $70k (out of my almost $175k LOC) which would be paid back over 5 years interest free. This gave me a lot of room to breathe due to lower monthly payments and not throwing $1000/mo into the interest black hole. My focus has been to pay it off as quickly as possible. The second, is that after filing my proposal - I’ve been focusing on increasing my income. I managed to job hop to another company and am now getting paid $141k (up from $124k) and with better benefits. The last, and most important, is that I met my current partner who has been amazing and beyond selfless in helping me recover. We connected very strongly and were aligned on working to build a life together. She entered the relationship coming from a more financially secure position than myself (not a high bar lol), and partway through the year she offered to have me move into her condo that she owns rent free (while still contributing to all our other shared expenses). I initially felt quite guilty about this, but after many conversations, her position was that the sooner I can clear myself of my debt - the better it would be for us as a family. I cannot describe how lucky I am. With that, I’ve been taking all the money I was saving on not paying interest on my loans together with the money I was saving on rent, and have been relentlessly piling on to my debts. As of tomorrow, my consumer proposal will be paid off in full. I now have roughly ~45k left in government student loans that are interest free, so I am in no rush to pay those. Now my focus is on building my wealth through index funds and investing large portions of my income, as well paying back my SO. And so begins my true journey towards financial independence. Bonus: Here’s a chart of my net worth as tracked since I started using YNAB in 2021. TLDR; Came from poor family, made poor choices with schooling and student loans, hit rock bottom at ~212k, filed consumer proposal, got good job, met dream partner, feeling optimistic about the future. submitted by /u/AbsolutBalderdash [link] [comments]

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My wife is currently facing the following predicament as she can’t afford to max both her Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the traditional 401(k) on her current income. Her ESOP gives her a 10% discount on the lower of the beginning stock price and the ending stock price during the purchase period (every quarter). Her 401(k) match is capped at 6% of her salary + bonus, which she is getting the full amount of. We are in the 24% tax bracket. Which account should we prioritize maxing out? submitted by /u/Mr_Big_Garnet_Bear [link] [comments]

Married, 36 and spouse is 27. Our combined networth sits at 3m. We plan to retire early within the next 3 years. I am a self employed w variable income, spouse is a gov employee. Each of us makes roughly 120k, for a combined income of 240k My accounts: Taxable 2.4m (large capital gains) SEP IRA 60k ROTH IRA 60k HYSA 150k Spouse's accounts: Taxable 100k 457b 25k 403b 25k ROTH 60k DCP (tax deferred) 60k HSA 15k We are looking to buy a house in VHCOL to possibly MCOL (depending on financial picture and housing market) in the near future (2 years), and retire. My question relates to my spouse. What is the optimal account for my spouse to invest in first, given our financial situation? Keep in mind, my spouse has the option to backdoor the ROTH IRA, up to 69k. I think my spouse should take advantage of the backdoor roth, and then the 457b, and then the 403b. My spouse disagrees, citing our somewhat large age gap, desire to be able to support family abroad if needed, and liquidity (without large cap gains) to buy a home. Because of that, my spouse wants to focus on building the taxable account further and not lock up funds into retirement, when I could already be near the end of my life, or worse, already gone. I can see my spouse's arguments, esp considering that we want to FIRE so early, but I also think its silly to not take advantage of all this government allowed tax advantaged space that I never had access to. I also want to make sure she is set for life in case the worst does indeed happen to me. Looking for feedback, any and all appreciated. submitted by /u/Encrypt_Secure [link] [comments]

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Hey everyone! I’m a 31-year-old male military pilot with no spouse or children who just surpassed $1 million in net worth. My purposes for posting are to: Brag. Provide a data point for other military officers on the path to FIRE. Show that the military can be a very lucrative profession, contrary to the general public opinion. How I got here I was raised in an upper middle-class family in a major metropolitan area of the U.S. My father was born in a politically unstable country and fled to the U.S. as a young child. From his upbringing in a refugee family, he developed strong values of saving, work ethic, and independence which have since been instilled in me. I’ve always been naturally frugal and forward-thinking. In 2015 I graduated from a U.S. military service academy with a STEM degree. Service academies are completely free and actually pay students a small salary to attend. While in college I took out a $35k “Career Starter Loan” from USAA at 0.75% interest and put about $30k directly into the S&P 500 (this was 2013). In 2016 I heard about Mr. Money Mustache and started listening to FIRE podcasts with the goal of simply optimizing my long-term wealth. In 2021 I purchased a house that has grown nicely in value. I currently work as a military pilot with an annual income of $151,000 (will increase to $163,000 by the end of this year). 41% of my income is non-taxable, and I pay no state income taxes. Assets House: $622,000 Brokerage: $314,000 TSP: $251,000 IRA: $161,000 Checking: $9,000 Debt Mortgage: $342,000 NET Worth $1,015,000 Strategy My strategy is simple: I have been persistently frugal in the categories that matter most (housing, car, dining, and insurance IMO) and have aggressively invested 100% of my extra income into boring index funds starting at a young age. I’ve always had roommates, drive a 14 year-old sedan with 100k+ miles, and rarely go out to eat. I don’t particularly enjoy owning expensive things—I like to spend my money on experiences like snowboarding, backpacking trips, and international travel. I try to keep $5,000 in my checking account, and any time I see more than that I’ll throw the remainder into either VTSAX or VFIAX. The “remainder” generally adds up to about $40k annually in recent years. I calculate my net worth on the 1st of every month and keep serial-killer-level spreadsheets of my financial records. I own 8 credit cards, all of which have zero annual fees for military, and I’m currently sitting on over $10k worth of rewards points. I max out my TSP and Roth IRA every year. Future I was recently assigned to a new unit in a HCOL area, and during that process I happened to read “Die With Zero” by Bill Perkins which has seriously changed my spending outlook as I’ve loosened my grip quite a bit. In 2.5 years I’ll be eligible to leave the military and I’ll likely pursue a career as a pilot in a major commercial airline. I have no plans to retire early since I believe my job gives me a sense of purpose and access to the majority of my social groups, but I could see myself working part-time and/or starting a business on the side. I’m extremely grateful to have come across the FIRE movement, and posts like these have motivated me to join the double comma club—I hope it does the same for you! submitted by /u/FIREthrowaway384 [link] [comments]

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Gov employee w access to the following accounts. DCP (7% EE 8% ER match) (pretax and tax deferred) Any funds contributed beyond 7% are considered post tax, with the additional benefit of being able to rollover to my ROTH IRA. Maximum allowed contribution for 2024 is 69k. This amount includes the pretax, employer match, and posttax contributions. 457b. Max of 23k. Can contribute pretax OR ROTH contributions. 403b Max of 23k. Can contribute pretax OR ROTH contributions. What should I be focused on maxing first? Currently I'm doing the obvious employer match 7/8%, and then stuffing all extra income into the DCP as posttax contributions. Then once a month I call fidelity and tell them to roll the posttax contributions into my ROTH IRA. Should I be taking advantage of the 457b and 403b at all? Or should I wait until I max the 69k in the DCP? If I should be doing the 457/403b, which one should I focus on first, and should I do pretax or ROTH contributions? If I do ROTH, does that mean it is also posttax, and I can roll it over into my Roth account? submitted by /u/roastedtrade [link] [comments]

(Posted this on FICan, then realized it has a wider than national focus / broader appeal) So I was forwarded this: https://www.richmondquant.com/news/2019/11/21/static-vs-dynamic-why-your-buy-amp-hold-portfolio-could-be-missing-its-mark ...by somebody who I think was well-intentioned. Essentially, this is a criticism of a "buy and hold" strategy with a fixed percentage portfolio strategy (e.g. a 60/40 portfolio that you balance every 6 or 12 months). The author of the article claims that one can look back 60 days to what is happening in the market, and then "dynamically rebalance" one's portfolio (doesn't say how frequently, using what technique / algorithm, or describe fees, tax complexity or anything else) in such a way so as to reduce volatility ... essentially to achieve a higher expected return for a given level of risk. Actually, it seems that it is being claimed that by using said techniques, one would have a portfolio (gross of fees, I am assuming) that is roughly 50 % greater over the period in question (in this case, 1994 to 2018). This looks like some version of "technical analysis" to me. It appears to be a pleading toward "secret knowledge" and "fancy techniques" for which one can presumably pay "a money genius" (probably via an AUM model) and have him buy and sell within the portfolio according to the above. I am clearly not smart enough to directly argue against the above or explain why I don't believe it. Other than to ask ... "If this is true, and this article was written 6 years ago ... why isn't everyone doing this?" (And why hasn't Ben Felix talked about it?!) To those of you who are more educated on such topics than I, your feedback is appreciated. Thanks for reading, and have a great day. submitted by /u/Fringe_Doc [link] [comments]

Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone has expertise to share on bond funds. I'm conservative with my money and so I'm diverse, approximately according to Boglehead portfolio, so some bonds in there. But it feels like no matter what happens, my Vanguard bond funds go down. That must not be true, but the annual returns are ridiculous--VBTLX is down on the year, up 1.7% for 1 year, down for 3 years, and giving 3% yields since inception 23 years ago. VCOBX is down on the year, up 1.7% for 1 year, down for 3 years, up 1.5% since inception 8 years ago. My point isn't that I expect everything to do well in a 20 year window, or that I expect bonds to do as well as stock (I don't!). I just don't understand how I hear "bonds are looking good" every now and then (just read a story today! but my bond funds are, of course, down), but whenever I check (and seemingly over the last 23 years) the broad bond index funds at Vanguard suck. Is it just not a long enough window, or are these bond index funds trash? submitted by /u/anonymous_teve [link] [comments]

Even though our plan is to retire next year, we don’t anticipate needing to withdraw for the next 5-7 years at least. Go moderately aggressive or focus on CD, TBills, Bonds? submitted by /u/ivada [link] [comments]

Hi everyone, I'm very early in my career but interested in the concept FI/RE and what I can do to achieve it. I'm currently working as a software engineer in a low-medium COL area; my day-to-day financial situation is secure, and now I want to take it a step further and start maxing investments and all that. I recently received a large life insurance payout (approx. $400k) from the loss of a parent, which gives me a huge head start on a potential FIRE journey. However... outside of my spouse and I, a lot of other family close to me (specifically, my siblings-in-law) are struggling. Like, struggling to keep up with rent/mortgage and utilities struggling. I feel a certain amount of guilt knowing they are struggling to keep their homes while I'm very financially stable and living quite comfortably at such an early age. I've considered the idea of giving them each a one time give of around $5000. It would be a small drop in the bucket for me, but could make a huge impact on each of them. I would make it clear that this is a one time event because it is coming from part of my parent's life insurance payout, and I wouldn't be able to afford supporting them like this in any way in the future. I care a lot about my family and want to take care of them, but I don't want to wind up enabling anyone or making things worse for myself. Have you provided any sort of financial support for your family while on the path to FI? What were the consequences? If I shouldn't just give them money directly, are there any other smarter ways I can support them? Edit: Hey all, thank you for the replies. I really appreciate it. I will have to go through in spurts to reply to all the responses, but I've been enjoying this discussion. It's an idea I've been thinking of for a while without anyone to bounce it off of, so it's helping me think of what other options may be out there. submitted by /u/pf_throwaway_Kxqsfv8 [link] [comments]

I’m a single 30 yo male living in a MCOL American city. I do marketing/advertising for a company in the industrial engineering space. Compared to many here, I’d likely be considered a slightly late bloomer but my goal is FIRE. I’ve lived on my own or with roommates for the past 6 years. 24 - Land first full time job in marketing making just over 42k. Covid happens, get laid off and brought back a bunch of times due to the nature of my workplace. Making 50k by the end, two years later. 26 - Land a new job. Now making 65k, fully remote. Turns out to be pretty toxic and some out of the blue things happen along the way. 29 - Laid off and spent 6 tough months searching for a job. Drained my entire emergency fund just to be able to pay my rent and such. Finally land one paying the same 65k as the previous. My bonus this year brings my income to a potential 75k. Now I’ve turned 30 and have a few months under my belt at the new job. It’s going well, but I want to be making more money. I live alone at the moment, which has gotten outrageously expensive for the money I’m making. Income per month = $3700 Monthly expenses are as follows: Rent/utilities = $1475 Car payment = $283 Insurance = $150 Gas = $150 My savings look like this: 38k in Roth/rollover IRA 1100 in new job 401k (contributing just the match currently as I get back on my feet) 400 in HSA 2.5k in cash 11k vehicle equity My current apartment lease is coming to an end and the option of moving home is there, but moving back home wouldn’t be easy mentally. Especially after 6 years on my own. I know this is pretty unimpressive, and my income needs to go up substantially within the next couple of years, but I figured I’d share in hopes of getting some advice on how I should be handling things. submitted by /u/IThinklmDumb [link] [comments]

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