TMFBigFrog

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Estate Planning and the Fool board. 11:14 PM

Re: mimic fixed annuity

Hi again, gulfoslides -

To walk through the basic structure and challenge -- imagine you're investing $1,000,000 and have a two year time frame you're working with. Also, for the sake of making the math work and recognizing that [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Estate Planning and the Fool board. 11:53 AM

Re: mimic fixed annuity

Hi gulfoslides --

I would like to mimic their approach. In doing so, I would be able to
1. preserve my principle
2. gain ALL the return a profitable S&P year returns to me.

There's a famous song by the Rolling [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 11:19 AM

Re: premium services

Hi Retirinsoon1953 --

If I could add only 1 more service which one should it be.

Given your user name, would you consider the Rule Your Retirement service? You can find a link here: [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 8:07 AM

Re: REAL TIME STOCK PRICE TRACKING

Hi Mrdcmills -

What version of Excel do you have? New versions will allow you to pull stock data. See this link for details: [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 7:47 AM

Re: How to you hedge against currency risk?

Hi Giac -

I hear you, my friend. All the money printing being done by the political class in DC is hurting the value of the dollar, and with a ‘united’ government starting soon, it is very likely to continue and perhaps even accelerate. [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 7:08 AM

Re: Buy Bonds Now? I’m confused

Hi puredesign100 —

Where are you seeing the Fool’s bond recommendations?

I’m one of a very few Fool writers that has anything positive to say about bonds these days. Even then, I don’t consider them assets that offer strong [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Millionaire Fools board. 9:29 AM

Re: Any new millionaires in 2020?

Yeah the van with 262,000 miles on it is driven by a millionaire next door. You can’t judge from appearances.

I used to work with a guy who made it very clear to anyone within earshot how much money he earned —- and spent. It was far [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Millionaire Fools board. 2:02 AM

Re: Any new millionaires in 2020?

Hi SD --

One of the comments left on the article mentioned their insurance rates doubled for an electric vehicle. What has been your experience?

I haven't noticed as much. It's kind of hard to tell, since our other [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Millionaire Fools board. 12:40 AM

Re: Any new millionaires in 2020?

Hi SD -

You mention buying a plug-in hybrid and I was wondering (because I'm new to this stuff) if there is any concern over having a vehicle with two systems running?

It’s very possible. More parts equals more things [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Millionaire Fools board. 7:46 PM

Re: Any new millionaires in 2020?

Goofy-

Thanks for making my point for me. Actions have consequences, and perfection is the enemy of the good enough. Make the cost of operating too high in the US, and you don’t get better health and safety for workers and a cleaner [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Millionaire Fools board. 9:36 AM

Re: Any new millionaires in 2020?

Perhaps not offshoring some of US jobs?

There are three key reasons for offshoring:

1) Lower tax rates in other countries. A huge part of offshoring’s benefits to companies comes from internal transfer pricing and tax rate [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Millionaire Fools board. 1:45 PM

Re: Any new millionaires in 2020?

Why should the professional class benefit over the working class that have no disposable income to invest. Certainly would lessen income inequality within the nation

The reason is simple: it’s a lot easier to choose how and how much [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 11:29 PM

Re: Leaps

Thanks for the additional context, 10percentfool --

On 10/15/2018 I purchased a Call on MSFT for $31.56 per share. 100 shares show my total cost as $3155.63.
The call matures next Friday.
I want to Buy the 100 MSFT that a [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Ask A Foolish Question board. 5:52 AM

Re: Leaps

Hi 10percentfool -

What are the specifics of the stock and options positions involved? You mention a leap, a covered call, and wanting to own the underlying stock. I can’t tell by the description you shared exactly what your current position [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Retirement Investing board. 11:05 PM

Re: Private Health Insurance Options (b4 Medicar

That's an interesting alternative .. how do I search for it?

That's a great question and why I mentioned that I don't know if such programs are still available. I haven't had the need to look for insurance alternatives [more]

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TMFBigFrog replied to the Retirement Investing board. 8:25 AM

Re: Private Health Insurance Options (b4 Medicar

The other piece of this is getting the insurance negotiated price on everything if you have insurance, even if you don't hit the deductible. It's worth checking because the "regular" price is usually insane.

This [more]