What Are You Doing Right Now
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@gjacobse here is what Comodo is using that is killing us: http://www.vicidial.com/
Fun..
Seems like there are a number of usable options thus far
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If you make less than $116k as a single person and (I think) $183k as a couple you should be putting $5500 per year into a Roth IRA and using it as a container for mutual funds. Any debt you incur to make that a reality, lowers your gains. It's not as big of a deal with a Roth IRA because your gains and dividends aren't taxed. I would rather have zero debt than have debt, but if you can't afford to invest at all then you really need to make something happen. Outside of very successful short sellers the stock market is playing for the long game. The more years you have, the more time you have to recover. Those super variable index funds become more attractive the younger you are. Anyone who isn't doing this is making a mistake. Prepare for retirement. Sometimes you don't have a choice whether or not you are retiring.
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@tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I put pretty much every purchase on credit cards, took and paid off a car loan, loan on bike and my credit score continues to increase.
So i dont believe debt=bad unless your irresponsible.
Well, all debt isn't bad. But with the education system (at all levels), pushing the debt=good drum ad nauseam, and combined with sales minions, well, the majority of loans end up being bad.
My grandfather always used to say "If it takes you 30 years to pay for something, you can't afford it." While a terrible generality, I think the idea behind it is good. Basically, if you will be paying for it longer than it's expected to last, you can't afford it.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Well, all debt isn't bad. But with the education system (at all levels), pushing the debt=good drum ad nauseam, and combined with sales minions, well, the majority of loans end up being bad.
Do they? I hear the opposite, that debt is bad and that school isn't a decision. They don't push it by claiming that debt is good, but only that other things are more important. That's very different than debt being good.
Microsoft doesn't claim that cost is good, only that their products are worth more to you than they cost.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
My grandfather always used to say "If it takes you 30 years to pay for something, you can't afford it." While a terrible generality, I think the idea behind it is good. Basically, if you will be paying for it longer than it's expected to last, you can't afford it.
Houses should last far longer than that, though. And they are tax shelters.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
If you make less than $116k as a single person and (I think) $183k as a couple you should be putting $5500 per year into a Roth IRA and using it as a container for mutual funds.
I do neither. No mutual funds, no retirement accounts
And by doing that is how I retired at 39.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
It's not as big of a deal with a Roth IRA because your gains and dividends aren't taxed.
It is, just later.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@tiagom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I put pretty much every purchase on credit cards, took and paid off a car loan, loan on bike and my credit score continues to increase.
So i dont believe debt=bad unless your irresponsible.
Well, all debt isn't bad. But with the education system (at all levels), pushing the debt=good drum ad nauseam, and combined with sales minions, well, the majority of loans end up being bad.
My grandfather always used to say "If it takes you 30 years to pay for something, you can't afford it." While a terrible generality, I think the idea behind it is good. Basically, if you will be paying for it longer than it's expected to last, you can't afford it.
There are some things I think that are ok to get into debt for... Cars and houses... Anything else is just asking for trouble. Am there, am working on that... Still trying to find a T-Shirt in my size.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
There are some things I think that are ok to get into debt for... Cars and houses... Anything else is just asking for trouble. Am there, am working on that... Still trying to find a T-Shirt in my size.
Those things make more sense more often, but on the back end it is 100% about debt rate, and opportunity rate. If the opportunity rate is higher than the debt rate, it's good debt every time regardless of what it is that you are talking about.
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Here is the simplest example... banks borrow money from the fed at 1%. They loan that money to customers at 2%.
Debt Rate: 1%
Opportunity Rate: 2%
Profit Delta: 1%The bank earns 1% on every penny of debt that it takes on. When opportunity exceeds debt rate, it's always beneficial. The bank literally earns 1% by taking on debt.
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So for the same idea... Take out a home equity loan at 3% and put in in Vanguard where my return will be say... 5 - 10 %?
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So for the same idea... Take out a home equity loan at 3% and put in in Vanguard where my return will be say... 5 - 10 %?
Exactly. Your profit is 2-3% while getting a tax benefit too!
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Free money!
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
Home mortgage debt gets a tax write off.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
Home mortgage debt gets a tax write off.
Even if it's just a home equity loan?
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
Home mortgage debt gets a tax write off.
Even if it's just a home equity loan?
I believe so. But you'd have to verify.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
Home mortgage debt gets a tax write off.
Even if it's just a home equity loan?
I believe so. But you'd have to verify.
Interesting. Are there any index funds (like Vangard, I think?) that will let you put cash in that you can withdraw at any time without penalty? [Note, I'm not talking about IRA or 401k type programs]
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
Home mortgage debt gets a tax write off.
Even if it's just a home equity loan?
I believe so. But you'd have to verify.
Interesting. Are there any index funds (like Vangard, I think?) that will let you put cash in that you can withdraw at any time without penalty? [Note, I'm not talking about IRA or 401k type programs]
Vanguard definitely lets you cash out anytime. I think you can even write a check straight out of the account! It isn't instant like a savings account, takes like a day or two before the money comes out. But nearly instant.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Free money!
Where does the tax benefit come in?
Home mortgage debt gets a tax write off.
Even if it's just a home equity loan?
I believe so. But you'd have to verify.
Interesting. Are there any index funds (like Vangard, I think?) that will let you put cash in that you can withdraw at any time without penalty? [Note, I'm not talking about IRA or 401k type programs]
Vanguard definitely lets you cash out anytime. I think you can even write a check straight out of the account! It isn't instant like a savings account, takes like a day or two before the money comes out. But nearly instant.
About two years ago, I started "investing" with LendingClub... I've seen a nice return on that (~9% over the two years)... I've had to raid the funds a time or two for emergencies, but it's a rather nice program. Once your balance reaches a certain limit, you can fire & forget... (it's only like $2,500... I'm not there yet, lol).
