Transcript: Tom Vaughan: As usual, I like to start off the show with kind of a summary of what I saw happened this week in the stock market. Very interesting week, as usual, this has been a fascinating timeframe since this pandemic started. And one of the things that I want to discuss today is
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: So when we’re talking about rebalancing, um, how’s the account, like taxable type, like really affect these rebalances? Because if I was in a taxable account, I don’t feel like I could be selling and buying as much. Tom Vaughan: Yeah, that’s exactly right. So we can do rebalance things on a
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: As an investor, like how do I like stay patient and calm with this volatile market? Because the last couple years are just been going up. And I look at my statement, and it’s always positive, but now we’re starting to see a little bit more red. Tom Vaughan: Yeah, it’s gonna
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: Should I consider a Roth or Roth IRA conversion when the market is trending downwards? Or in a down market? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, I mean, first, you have to figure out whether you should do a Roth conversion. You know, there’s a whole bunch of criteria, we’ve talked about that quite a
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: I do like to start off every show with a summary for what I saw happening in the market this week, awful lot going on right now with the market really, you know, having some troubles right now with the rates of return and what have you. So what I decided to
Transcript: Hello, everybody, welcome to Thursday, the S&P 500 was down 1.1%. Today, we had a couple of different pieces of news that seemed to be part of the driving force, the market was up in the morning and actually fell right at the end. But the first time unemployment claims was 280,000, which is
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: How do the new R or Required Minimum Distribution tables affect my retirement? Um, I know that the first of this year, there’s new tables. Tom Vaughan: Yeah, so what ASINs referring to, there’s the, you know, if you have a retirement plan, a 401k, or an IRA, especially traditional ones, this
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: A phrase that’s been going around in my peer group is VTI and Chill or VOO and Chill as an investing strategy for your equities. What are your thoughts on that? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, that’s been out there for quite a while. We didn’t have the chill word. But there’s a group
Transcript: Tom Vaughan: Hello, everybody, welcome to Wednesday, the S&P 500 was down 1%. Today, yesterday I talked about the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index being in a range. And that it was, you know, towards the bottom of that range, or today it fell through the bottom of that range. So that is somewhat
Transcript: Easan Arulanantham: How do I balance my child’s education with my own retirement? Tom Vaughan: Yeah, that’s a question that’s come up before too. I really think that’s a kind of a core question. Because you know, both are expensive, right? In today’s world,you know, the college costs can be quite high. And the,