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ThatsAFactJack
Favorite team: | Seton Hall |
Location: | East Coast |
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Number of Posts: | 1539 |
Registered on: | 9/13/2012 |
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re: ATF Obscured Doorbell Camera Before Deadly Pre-Dawn Raid In Arkansas…
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 4/10/24 at 12:41 pm
[quote]SlowFlowPro[/quote]
[quote]Dude was slanging guns on the DL without a FFL.
This does not mean that he deserved to be killed for the crime, but his picture as an executive is irrelevant. They have a super strong case dude was breaking laws with many years behind them.[/quote]
1 - Innoce...
re: UL Lafayette acknowledges "tragic incident" on campus last night
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 4/10/24 at 11:41 am
This guy had serious mental health issues that he refused to address and rather play dress up and pretend he was turning into a girl.
Addition by subtraction. One less deviant to prey on other impressionable children/young adults. LIfe is cruel, he was not protected by his parents or society. ...
re: Crystal ball $ gurus, where are rates going?
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 4/9/24 at 10:36 am
[quote]GREENHEAD22[/quote]
Just closed on something similar with First South Farm Credit. 8.3% for 15 years with 20% down....
re: Apparently private equity is buying up small hospitals in LA
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/19/24 at 10:21 am
[quote]LaLadyinTx[/quote]
[quote]As a long time hospital CFO, I agree with everything you said. It's always so annoying watching people who aren't in the business side of healthcare posting about what they think because they have no fricking clue what they are talking about. We have the most disjoi...
re: Dividend Growth Investing
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/14/24 at 12:15 pm
[quote]SquatchDawg[/quote]
[quote]I worked up a spreadsheet on this once wondering if compounding and reinvesting dividends would grow into a substantial income.[/quote]
What assumptions did you use? What were the general outcomes of your theory? Time Frame you modeled, amount of money modeled, ...
re: Dividend Growth Investing
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/13/24 at 10:56 am
[quote]TDsngumbo[/quote]
[quote]I’m in the “have to rely on growth instead of dividends” camp.[/quote]
I feel this. My 401K is all growth as of now, 44 years old, my brokerage account is around $17k all FXAIX which is considered aggressive.
This is more for any additional money I find each mo...
Dividend Growth Investing
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/13/24 at 8:29 am
New to this form of investing. I have a brokerage account that I dump money into regularly all going into FXAIX which is at about 100 shares right now. Will continue this investing.
Opened another brokerage account to only focus on dividend growth investing. Hoping to build that up so that the di...
re: Did you get a good raise and/or bonus this year?
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/8/24 at 11:30 am
No raise since 03.2021
My company was acquired by a larger company effective 10.2022
We did get a fairly significant stock award as a retention bonus for not jumping ship during the transition.
Expect a 5-6% raise this July....
re: What's the most amount of money you'd put down on a new house? It would be a new build.
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/5/24 at 10:59 am
[quote]VermilionTiger[/quote]
Father in Law is a builder, not associated with anyone of the big names like Manual/Schumacher/etc. He has built a ton of custom homes in the Duson/Scott/Carencro/Rayne area.
Shoot me an email if you want to get contact information.
coincollections@hotmail.com...
re: What's the most amount of money you'd put down on a new house? It would be a new build.
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 3/4/24 at 10:42 am
Wife and I about to start on a custom build/forever home on our property in south Lafayette Parish near Vermilion parish line.
Total value of proprety loan once rolled all into one mortage will be about 450K. We are putting 20% down (90k) at a minimum, most likely will end up being 100-110K when ...
re: Kid's money
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 2/22/24 at 10:17 pm
[quote]Save yourself the trouble.
Just put it in your account and keep a book.
When they are mature enough, gift it to them over time using the gift tax exclusion[/quote]
I did similar. All of my accounts are with Fidelity, so I opened an individual account for each child, named it their init...
re: HSA vs PPO with large family and young kids
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 2/6/24 at 1:52 pm
With the details you provided, keep the PPO.
I work for a large company (45k+ employees).
My ppo plan including dental/vision is $220/month, $400 deductible per individual, $1200 family, max out of pocket is $2000.
We have 5 of us on the plan. I will take this as long as I can...
re: Looking to Expand my Dividend Portfolio
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 1/10/24 at 4:06 pm
ABR
MO
KMI
...
re: Anyone hear about the Breaux Bridge kid shot today?
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 1/10/24 at 11:09 am
[quote]According to Sheriff Breaux, deputies learned that Alexander and Hebert were "handling a firearm when Alexander pointed the gun at the victim, and [b]the firearm discharged[/b], striking the victim."[/quote]
Let's be honest, the firearm did not discharge, the trigger was pulled by an adult...
re: What is your largest stock holding in your portfolio
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 1/9/24 at 1:34 pm
Strictly speaking of my taxable brokerage account:
ABR is largest single stock (about 5% of total account)
FXAIX is largest holding (about 60% of total account)
Other holdings:
MO, OMF, KMI, WU, XOM, AAPL, O (all less than 5%)...
re: Jay Dardenne to end career in politics
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 12/22/23 at 1:23 pm
Threw all his support behind JBE aka Slimy Cocksucker about 8 years ago instead of supporting Vitter.
...
re: A bit morbid, but if you died today…
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 12/18/23 at 12:13 pm
Don't know, don't care. I'll be dead!
As long as my immediate family attends I really don't care who shows up.
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re: The Nutty Putty Cave Tragedy
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 11/21/23 at 10:27 am
I need valium just for an MRI, my heart was racing in the first 30 seconds of that video. F that!...
re: Deer feed in Laffy
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 11/21/23 at 9:52 am
Railside Feed in Broussard on the train tracks is my go to. SOmetimes I'll hit up Erath Farm Supply as well but thats about 15-20 minutes from south Lafayette....
re: 2016 F150 Issues
Posted by ThatsAFactJack on 11/16/23 at 8:19 am
Is all this really necessary to check my tranny fluid and add the stuff you mentioned above?
Checking the transmission fluid in the 2015 Ford F-150 is not very convenient. Most automakers, including Ford have done away with the traditional dipstick and You have to lift the vehicle in the air to c...
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