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  1. The Hebrew Husker

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    If I’m reading this right, the only penalty for cashing it out before 5 years is you forfeit the previous 3 months of interest, is that correct?

    Have to keep it at least 12 months.
     
  2. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    Yes. You are limited to buying $10,000 per year per SSN.
     
  3. Smuggy

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    It looks like they can’t aren’t tax exempt for education if the married couple makes over about $150k combined.
    Edit- that was from an article a few years ago
     
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  4. The Milkman

    The Milkman Send lawyers, guns and money, shit has hit the fan
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    Just sold half of this at $340 per contract (140%). All costs removed. Letting the rest ride and hopefully exercise

    Bought some DNN and UUUU with the proceeds. Going to sit back and watch uranium prices go exponential
     
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  5. Arliden

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    dozer you invest on the uranium side of things at all?
     
  6. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    No
     
  7. Arliden

    Arliden Well-Known Member
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    Just curious with your line of work.
     
  8. billdozer

    billdozer Well-Known Member
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    I'm pretty far removed from that part of it, so I rarely hear about it. Plus, our site gets free fuel because of supplier screw ups a long time ago.
     
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  9. The Milkman

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    Uranium right on schedule. DNN, CCJ, UUU all up nearly 10%
     
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  10. IV

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  11. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    how we feeling about vale? I threw a dart at it last week. bought some March calls so have plenty of time
     
  12. The Milkman

    The Milkman Send lawyers, guns and money, shit has hit the fan
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    I feel good about. I've been accumulating shares in anticipation for that 18% dividend. Miner stocks move in waves, just keep an eye on steel and copper
     
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  13. BP

    BP Bout to Regulate.
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    The SEC report on HOOD and GME is such a fucking joke
     
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  14. NothingIsOT

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    BABA is such a beast. Printing money.
     
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  15. Sportfan

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    We are breakeven boys! Follow me for more awesome investing advice.
     
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  16. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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    If anyone wants to help me think through this situation it would be helpful.

    - My grandma died and left me about 60k

    - She left my kids about 20k each

    The 60k is in an inherited IRA which gives me up to 10 years to withdraw it and I'd owe taxes on it as it is disbursed.

    I'm 35 now so I'll be 45 at the oldest when I have access to the full amount. I have no debt that I'd want to pay off and I have no immediate needs. My retirement account is sort of just OK at the moment

    I did the math on some situations and it can get to around 130 -150 in an ETF in 10 years. Thats great but it doesn't exactly change my life or anything. I wasn't expecting an inheritance and so I've started to lean towards the idea of just throwing it into leveraged ETFs like UPRO or TQQQ.

    If I can get 25-30% over 10 years it has the potential to grow into an amount that would allow me to just retire at 45 and use the money to get me by until my 401k and IRAs could be accessed.

    Is this stupid as fuck?
     
  17. billdozer

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    Probably. You have to make sure you understand how those funds work. They reset each day. Best case, I would try the hedgefundie exercise (https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=272007).

    But I would recommend just putting it in S&P or total stock.
     
  18. Sportfan

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    Idk about stupid as fuck but there might be even more leveraged ways to really boom or bust. Those leveraged ETFs are not designed for long term holds though. Flat markets will crush you I think.
     
  19. ohhaithur

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    putting that large of a percentage into a leveraged etf is incredibly dangerous. "The market takes the stairs up and the elevator down" may not be as true as it used to be but you really could be fucking yourself up
     
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  20. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    I will concur that you should not put it all in a leveraged etf
     
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  21. Lyrtch

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    withdraw it best leveraging the tax situation

    throw it in a broad market fund and ignore it for twenty years

    gambling it is a bad idea and you're far more likely to get wrecked that way
     
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  22. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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    The point is kinda that I can't get wrecked. This money was never part of any broader plan so why not be more reckless for a chance to actually have life changing money in a decade?
     
  23. FelipeG

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    That seems like a decent amount to have a good time in Vegas for a week.
     
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  24. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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    But you guys are probably right. I'll likely think of a way to roll traditional ETFs into this just to be safe.
     
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  25. Lyrtch

    Lyrtch My second favorite meat is hamburger
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    thats still just gambling, which is fine
     
  26. MORBO!

    MORBO! Hello, Tiny Man. I WILL DESTROY YOU!!!!
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    Yea, there's no reason to YOLO this. Sure, it won't be an instant life changer, but it can make your life a hell of a lot more comfortable in 15-20 years.
     
  27. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    No matter where it came from, now it's your money and it's the same as all of the other money you have
     
  28. Ty Webb

    Ty Webb Living rent free in Jigga's head
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    To reiterate the rest of the replies, stay the fuck out of leveraged ETFs for a long-term hold. VTI or other broad market ETFs make the most sense.
     
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  29. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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    This is something I have done this year and I'll try to do every year primarily by topping off my IRA 401k and HSA with funds from this account. But I'm not trying to just be rich when I'm old. I want to hold some of this back for more comfortable living between 45 and 65 since this would be accessible and the retirement accounts won't be.
     
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  30. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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    I've always heard leveraged ETFs are bad for long term. My counterpoint is the results they get over the long term. They are just consistently much better across all time horizons more than a few months. Maybe the benefit of leverage outweighs the daily settling. I don't think now is the time to do it when we are near ATHs because you guys are right about the risks and the way I'm thinking about the money but if the market takes a shit I'll probably reassess.
     
  31. Ralph

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    Put it all in Trump Media. Those idiots will probably take this to $500
    https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DWAC?p=DWAC&.tsrc=fin-srch
     
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  32. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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  33. Sportfan

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    I agree with gambling here only if you can create the top end potential sum when you do hit.

    I’d love to hear from folks the highest variance method to running this up in a hurry. Just play options around earnings?
     
  34. Houndster

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    Put it all into crypto ETFs / funds
     
  35. WC

    WC Bad Company, ‘til the day I die.
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    Just buy BTC
     
  36. citrodong

    citrodong We're a cold fucking bean team.
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    It's in an IRA I'd have to buy BITO or something and I don't know if that's priced right yet
     
  37. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    short dated out of the money options on a volatile stock. go broke or get rich. yolo

    *don’t do this*
     
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  38. user15000

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    Buy GBTC. When it turns into a spot etf in a year, you can pick up the 15+% discount to NAV that’s automatic plus own spot btc.
     
  39. BP

    BP Bout to Regulate.
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  40. burnttatertot

    burnttatertot butt tuck zoomies
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    With so much BA, INTC and LMT I took a beating today.
     
  41. The Milkman

    The Milkman Send lawyers, guns and money, shit has hit the fan
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    I own BA, that sucked.

    Picked up some PDD shares this morning.
     
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  42. Sportfan

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    Every day we are nicely up then fade into the finish. Interested to see how today goes with aapl and amzn earnings after the bell.
     
  43. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Welp, Apple and Amazon are human after all. :ohdear:
     
  44. Sportfan

    Sportfan From Six to Dumptime
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    Added to VOO 29 @422.88

    Keep “having” to buy at all time highs. Guess that’s a damn good thing.
     
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  45. The Milkman

    The Milkman Send lawyers, guns and money, shit has hit the fan
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    There's still 4.5 trillion on the sidelines. But yea I feel weird buying ATH as well.

    FCEL is a machine. I've moved my stop loss up a couple times today
     
  46. Seavie

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    I look it at as what if you didn't buy? A month from now that's unrealized gains you would have missed out on. I'm pretty much buying in twice a month if I can. And if it's down on one of those days? Oh well getting it at a discount.
     
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  47. The Blackfish

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    I’m jealous of the quantity and frequency of Sportfan VOO purchases
     
  48. Seavie

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  49. Sportfan

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    Yup, fortunate to have consistent, large amounts of disposable income at the moment. Spent this weekend looking into some slightly higher dividend producing ETFs that aren’t pure value plays but didn’t find anything I loved. Shit VOO has nearly a 2% yield and is growing so just sticking with it for now.
     
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