As part of rationalizing all my streaming services, I canceled Apple TV+ a while back and seeing the announcement today that Apple is jacking up rates 30% from $9.99/month to $12.99/month I am glad I did. | Get Rich Slick!
The US Treasury is auctioning off 30 year TIPS on Thursday. The expected yield when I put my order in is 2.668% over the life of the bond which is the higher it’s been decades. If you want to read a good write up, head over to TipsWatch.com for a debrief.| Get Rich Slick!
I am fortunate in that I don’t have too many people asking me for money. Throughout most of my lifetime I’ve actually only been hit up for money about a dozen times but….| Get Rich Slick!
Last year I had accumulated $30k in municipal bonds in my taxable brokerage account as part of my tax strategy to earn tax free income and I’m happy to report that now a little over a year later I have $60k in munis earning a blended return of 5 percent. This is the tax free yield and the tax equivalent yield would be 6.41 percent. | Get Rich Slick!
In 1994 a movie entitled, Four Weddings and a Funeral was released and became a huge hit worldwide. I vaguely remember that movie but I never forgot the title and hadn’t thought about it since this year when I’ll have attended four funerals by the time the year ends and no weddings.| Get Rich Slick!
Fidelity released their annual retiree health care estimate and rather than write a post about it, my favorite bond blogger recently published a video worth watching if you’re planning on retiring soon or are already in retirement. With the ever growing cost of health care insurance and the already ridiculously priced health care services, it’s more important than ever to plan for your health retirement future.| Get Rich Slick!
I went on a recent trip to Costco and was floored by the cost of stuff. I spent $215 on 13 items and these were normal every day items not electronics or jewelry. I had an inflation category on my old blog where I would periodically track the cost of a cart of groceries but since I rebooted the blog, I lost those old posts. I’d love to compare the cost of stuff from then to now but I decided I will restart the tracking to see how bad things get over the next 4 years until we exit this...| Get Rich Slick!
The administration signed a new rule around alternative investments in 401k’s today. The summary is below and I asked AI to give me a risk matrix for anyone considering adding speculation to your 401k.| Get Rich Slick!
