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Bard thanks. I didn’t see the autocorrect on my phone from of to or...
Why not buy the vehicles you actually want and then keep them forever. Going on year 9 or no car payments and actually put aside 80k in that span to pay cash for me and my wife’s next new cars...

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Posted by tigerbacon on 10/19/24 at 7:51 pm
We are up 9 so why take a chance. Risk outweighs reward there. ...
I love my job and when I’m 65 I’ll retire with a nice pension and same with my wife. We also have 600k in our 401k and we are late 30’s. I figure we should have just over 5mil plus our pension. We also have 5 rental properties along with 8nvestment accounts. Figure conservatively we will have 25k-30...

re: Best BTC/Crypto ETF or Fund

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/16/24 at 10:25 pm
I like BITO. Still over a dollar dividend per share per month....

re: Monthly DRIP Advice …

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/14/24 at 10:43 pm
It’s an ETF. And amazing dividends. But risky...

re: Monthly DRIP Advice …

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/14/24 at 9:39 pm
It’s called being diversified. I have my growth stocks that have done very well for me. I have my safe dividend stocks like KO and VZ. I have my risky dividend stocks like BITO. With BITO I get thousands a month now with dividends and it has already paid off those stocks and then a ton more. So if t...

re: Monthly DRIP Advice …

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/14/24 at 5:45 pm
The ones I own have only gone up. Sell stock if that stops...

re: Monthly DRIP Advice …

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/14/24 at 12:35 pm
I do both. I just love dividends because I can get a guaranteed 10% return every year for the next 3 decades...

re: Monthly DRIP Advice …

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/13/24 at 9:24 pm
Didn’t MO just go above 8% with the latest dividen?...
We have lower middle class but instead of being satisfy they want to buy 80k trucks or 2500 square feet houses. Either truck or house poor. Growing up in a family of four in a 1200 square foot house was plenty of room. Mind you I’m on the line of upper middle class and lower upper class so I have my...

re: Monthly DRIP Advice …

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/12/24 at 8:27 am
My stocks I have for dividends are JEPQ, QQQI, BITO, MO, SCHD, VZ. Growth stocks I own and like that also produce dividends are chevron, apple, KO, Microsoft, Google, AVGO. ...

re: Investing vs: Savings

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/6/24 at 1:48 pm
Might be frown upon but I’m 50/50 on investment vs savings. I get 4.10% now in savings and my investments have gained over 40%. ...

re: Austin Thomas impact…

Posted by tigerbacon on 10/5/24 at 8:49 am
He gets the money….coaches decide how to spend it...

re: Nearing Retirement - Advice

Posted by tigerbacon on 9/26/24 at 9:39 am
You need to put away a total of 15% a month in a 401k to have a good retirement. I get 100% up to 8% of my salary. So I Actually bumped my contribution to 12% so I can hit 20% a month...
I think Nvidia will be huge this quarter. Thinking maybe close the year around 200. Chevron I think finishes up 50ish from current value...

re: Nearing Retirement - Advice

Posted by tigerbacon on 9/25/24 at 7:26 pm
401k are good if done right. Most private companies screw their employees. They need to match 100% for 5%. Good plans in private is what 50% for 6%. Which means the individual needs to contribute 12% to meet 15% that’s recommended. ...
growth stocks are great. I got in big on BAC when bank crisis hit. I am in on Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, google, got MO at low 40's, panw, avgo, and axe when they were low 100's, and more. I do growth stocks and dividend. Right now Im buying CVX a bunch while it's low. Actually from the looks of it thi...
Jepq cost slightly less and has almost double the dividend...
I have rentals, dividends, and side jobs to supplement my main job. I do have my growth stocks, and dividend stocks. Right now I have them all reinvesting to build up a nice monthly income on 10 years...