ManiaTiger

Since most C.D.'s and M.M. are paying pennies I believe still some nice value in Municipal Bonds although spreads have come down. That will generate you some tax free money. Given your time frame (tier out your cash from a risk stand point) portion in the market - maybe a stock or two with goo...

529 Plan considered a partental asset and you have full control and can be invested in stock market and comes out tax free if used for education (same tax basis as Roth essentially) - can also be used for duel kids/family - the only IRA you could do would be for yourself...

"I would never advocate using a commissioned broker as an advisor, they don't have any fiduciary duties to the client." This statement is wrong some advisor/firms due take a fiduciary duty to their client and get it in writing. This is a "must approach" to begin narrowing down who to work with ...

If you think tax brackets will continue to rise and given how young you are a vehicle that probably makes sense is Roth IRA and you will have unlimited investment options as opposed to just what employer allows - go to match of course though Check it out...

I have lived in both and currently reside in Houston and seems to be pretty accurate. I think Houston is probably even cheaper than that compared to B.R. espcially in terms of Housing...not sure how Houston compares to B.R. in size...Houston has so many options for food and utilities I think be...

No annual fee and rewards are basically everything from miles to hotels to other crapt Amex customer service is great...

"The rule change would give companies more flexibility in crediting more of that revenue to their results upfront" "But companies contend the change would better align their reported results with the true performance of their business" ...

Agreed' should give more accurate basis for the company...

NEP recently became traded NYSE...

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