Friday, June 25, 2021

Annual Money Checkup?

 

Did you have an Annual Money Checkup?

The Annual Money Checkup is the way our readers confirm their savings and spending are on target. New jobs require new 401k commitments and new IRS form W-2 for tax withholding. IRA contributions can also help build wealth AND reduce taxes. It is almost like Uncle Sam helping you create a retirement you can’t outlive. If you are leasing a vehicle, use current low rates to buy a 3-year old version of the one you love. If you are paying for life insurance you don’t need anymore since the kids are gone, redirect the premiums to a tax-FREE IRA. Make sure you are receiving a fair deal from your advisor. Paying 1-2% of your portfolio every year can reduce your possible nest egg by 63%. You will need that extra money more than your broker. Use the Miracle of Compounding to double your Wealth Reserve as Warren Buffett does: “My wealth has come from living in America, some lucky genes and compound interest.”

Use your tax-FREE IRS account: https://www.amazon.com/New-American-Retirement-System-ReserveTM/dp/1461030072/

 

Building wealth is easy if you follow Warren Buffett’s advice

Warren Buffett is your investment advisor—without the fees! The greatest investor of our time with a proven record of $105 BILLIONS, Buffett has provided FREE lessons and guidance for many years—we were just NOT listening. His comments and letters to shareholders since 1977 are FREE. He has explained not only the management of his fund; he has taught us how to invest and provided guidance on the trends of the times. http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html He has explained why we should NOT follow the advice of Wall Street. He has told us how to be successful investors. He has explained how to turn $9 a day into $1,000,000 over time. He told us the KEY to investment success is COMPOUNDING. “My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.” Compounding is money earning money on its earnings when it is invested. We can reach $1,000,000 by investing our money in businesses sharing profits with us over time. A special account available to most working Americans makes our money tax-FREE. Tax-FREE is like a $300,000 bonus—we avoid paying taxes— federal and state income taxes on our earnings when we take them. Buffett shows us how to invest FREE of fees too. Set up your tax- and fee-FREE account in 1 hour.

https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Buffett-Your-Investment-Advisor/dp/1518690963

 

Is crypto currency right for you?

Crypto is 'rat poison', a third of mainstream investment firms tell JPM. Only 10% of institutional investment firms surveyed by JPMorgan trade cryptocurrencies, with nearly half labeling the emerging asset class as "rat poison" or predicting it would be a temporary fad. Four-fifths of investors also expected regulators to get tougher on the asset class, while a whopping 95% of them believed fraud in crypto world was "somewhat or very much prevalent", the survey found. So, be prepared for a long anxious ride if you make this wager. Avoid tempting your family if you happen to have a great day with bits of code. Get them started on the right footing.

https://www.amazon.com/Give-your-child-leg-manage/dp/1096505355

 

 

 

Give your graduate the best gift you can give them: tax-FREE money

High school and college graduates need the best gift you can give them: a future of tax-FREE income. Get them started now since your gift can grow many times its value over time. For instance, $50 invested now can provide them with $20,000 when they need it later. Since you have started your grad off with this special IRS-approved tax shelter they will find it easier to keep saving/investing the right way. They will end up with a tax-FREE retirement. They can create a $500,000 tax-FREE account. Some young people have grown their accounts to over $1 million by investing $167 a month while they work. That is $2,000 a year. They will pay NO taxes on their wealth. They can avoid future tax increases. They can boost their savings by 30% with just the fed/state tax savings alone. And if they need a home down payment or business start up fund, they can use the contributions tax and penalty FREE.

Perfect gift: https://www.amazon.com/Tax-Shelter-Young-Americans/dp/1500426520

 

How does the Miracle of Compounding work?

A reader shared his long-term investing results. This reader invested $250 a month in a Vanguard fund from 1963-2003 and then he retired from teaching school. His money earned 10.93% real return (after inflation; before taxes). The long-term average return of the S&P 500 index is 11.06%. A $2 million nest egg just takes time. No trading.

 

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$3,720

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7,795

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12,091

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13,582

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20,561

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26,153

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26,821

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31,013

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38,775

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49,713

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45,333

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69,576

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66,770

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90,809

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123,827

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536,987

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1,926,197

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2,469,372

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2,991,570

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2,725,059

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2,403,420

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1,874,601

29%

2,412,905

 

https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Compounding-Turn-day-into/dp/1470176513

 

Shop for car insurance every 2-3 years for value

Insurers change their ‘best’ customer portfolio all the time in an effort to weed out drivers who they calculate will make a claim. I was dropped by my NJ carrier once for that reason. I complained to the state insurance regulator and was reinstated. However, I had already moved on to another provider saving $300 a year per vehicle. When I got involved in installing car insurance products at my bank employer, I learned that insurers are constantly looking for more profitable niches. So you need to do the same—shop for a better deal based on the 20 or so discounts you may qualify for. Also you may be over-paying because your ‘profile’ has changed. Since you don’t know which driver profiles each carrier is looking for, you must shop. Shop the insurers with the highest customer ratings in your state according to JD Power. Don’t overpay. I overpaid for years.

Use this shopping strategy: https://www.amazon.com/Vehicle-Insurance-Beware-Double-Coverage/dp/1480027634/

 

Are you paying too much for your 401k?

Your employer may be hiding the higher fees and kickbacks you may be paying on your investment contributions; Or providing you with substandard mutual funds which rob you of long-term growth in your retirement fund. Take a clue from this: Transamerica was caught offering underperforming investments to its own employees and agreed to pay $5.4 million to settle. However this amount does not make them whole since it does not include the compounding factor since 2018. What makes it worse is this employer is in the business of providing ‘quality’ investments so it knows about good and bad funds. 401k plans are famous for hiding their fees and charges from participants but you can determine if you are overpaying for your 401k plan or using bad funds. Low cost is best.

https://www.amazon.com/Robbing-You-Blind-401k-fees/dp/1493588966

 

 

 

 

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Like 1776, this period is a test of democracyWe rejected an "American fascist"

 

 

Dictator’s Justice Barrs justice

 

Biden may defend Trump’s incitement of failed Coup

 

Coup coming in August: Gen Flynn leads terrorists: take WH

 

Our ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission

 

 

How Govt wastes our money:

GA purging thousands of voter registrations despite no illegal voting found 2020

President’s military can force us to end lawful demonstration anytime he holds PR stunt

Biden to defend Trump for 25-year-old rape case: famous/rich get away with rape blame

 

We are in denial: US calls ‘Coup’ to overthrow gov; kill VP a ‘riot’: Riot vs Coup

We train Saudi bin Salman’s assassins: killing those who disagree, like our reporter 

 

 

SCAMS/SPINS:

GOP bishops ban Biden from Host despite pope warning not to use Host for politics

Biden nepotism revived as relatives of relatives take top paying jobs from Uncle Joe.

FL overturns CDC virus rules for cruises: sail with the virus aboard: “f*%k the Feds”

 

South has 4 times more murder than Northeast: 9 of 10 guns in NYC from out of state.

FL man pulled gun on a drive-thru worker because they messed up his order: 2nd Amend?

9th Circuit hold up Benitez’s OK for AR-15 is “good for both home and battle” for killing

Ohio teachers carry guns in school: Kill or disarm students? Weapon and training pay!

 

GOP will decide if we, life-long Americans, can vote: disenfranchise Dems

Teachers uneasy: GOP telling them what they can’t discuss in class: Scopes trial 1925

 

Lies finally catch Giuliani: misleading statement to courts, lawmakers, public: no jail yet!

 

Farmers Insurance caught selling annuities that lapsed; no value; no sales oversight

Ramiro Sugranes caught misdirecting client profits to own relatives: clients lose $5 mil

Wall Street ‘analysts’ trying to promote trading by ‘predicting’ market changes—Dah

IRS favorite scams: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/dirty-dozen

 

 

Nearly all COVID-19 deaths now in people who weren’t vaccinated: 153 fired at hospital

 

Jobs

VP Pence may have to go Dem to get work: GOP still hate him for their Coup failure!

Americans are ditching their jobs by the millions: 650,000 quit retail in April.

Are workers at your hospital/clinic/doctors required to get vax or ‘free’ to infect us?

 

 

Who owns your account now?

Colorado Lets Cities Set Their Own Gun Laws: assault weapons allowed/not allowed

India Walton, democratic socialist, nurse, scores victory in Buffalo NY: we voted her

 

 

Miracles:

Biden is welcome to receive communion at many Protestant services: God welcomes all

10 million more folks have health care during the pandemic: ACA confirmed Supremes

 

Warming: CA water turns to dirt as draught empties lakes reservoirs; rich water lawn still 

Miami high rise falls: just inspected: 99 missing; “wakeup call for coastal developments.”

 

German military installs its first rabbi in a century: Jewish soldiers number around 300.

An ancestor of our ancestor Neanderthals found in Israel lived 130,000 years ago.

 

 

 

We can apply for Medicare online: https://blog.ssa.gov/apply-for-medicare-online

We can apply for Social Security online: https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/

We can apply for health care online: https://www.healthcare.gov/

 

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