I found an interesting website to figure out cost basis for Gold ounces sold. I was trying to find out the cost basis of ounce sold for tax purposes and stumbled upon this site.  Check it out!      http://www.costbasis.com/otherassets/commodityetfs.html

My company is offering a Roth 401(K)  ;D and we can choice to receive  company matching in either our pre-tax 401(K) or the new Roth. I am planning on retirement in 12-15 years and will our house paid off in 5 years. What other factors should I consider when choosing the pre-tax or Roth 401(K)? My c...

And what's wrong with this picture?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... 21,00.html

George Carlin's view on Global Warming: The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through all kinds of things worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles…hundreds of t...

Adam you beat me to it!

The captain bailed out of that ship like the chicken of the sea. Oh, I just tripped in the lifeboat....

These people are not cheap, they are wacked!

Spreading the wealth?

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Barry Manilow.......Just Kidding. 

The Ramones. Saw them in concert on Lido Beach Long Island NY back in 1984.  Grew up in the punk rock-new wave period. It was the most memorable concert and the stage diving was awesome back then.

Regular maintenance is still necessary when using extended drain oil. Some cars use oil so it is important to periodically check your oil! A premium oil filter can be highly efficient (99.9 %) and have synthetic fibers lasting 15k before changing. Cellulose filters need to be changed more often if u...

I change my own oil and just switched from Mobil 1 to extended life Amsoil. So now I will change my oil once a year. Rebalance Permanent Portfolio once a year-change oil once a year!

An interesting study.

http://finance.yahoo.com/focus-retireme ... ing_wealth

If you are using Fidelity Funds to avoid transaction fees:  FLBIX for long term treasury and FSBIX for short term bonds

It's on a 1099-DIV.

Both TLT and SHY on my 1099-div show as nonqualified dividends.

I would stick to the original Harry plan of 25/25/25/25. When I started out LT bonds were high but are lower now. You can never predict which asset class will be in favor.

I am very happy with TD Ameritrade so far. Easy to use web with lots of research tools and I even got my $100 rebate same day I opened the account!

Thanks for your comments. I am going with VTI since it covers over 3,000 stocks vs only 50 for SDY.

Is anyone using S&P dividend ETF's like SPDR SDY or iShares DVY to recession-proof your stock Portfolio?