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That 75/25, iirc, is Total US Stock and Total US Bond so same investments on all. It's just the starting year that varies.

Market returns vary. Someone who started investing in 1965 with a 30-year period will have different returns compared to someone who invested the same amount at the same intervals for the same period but started in 1966. Here's FIRECalc backtesting based on historical returns for someone starting with $0 balance putting in $10K per year inflation-adjusted and investing in a 75/25 portfolio. Note, at the end of 30 years the ending balance varies from $300K to $1M with average (not median) of around $800K. That's not even accounting for black swans we have yet to encounter. FIRECalc

I'm confused, did you cash it all out in 2004 and take it out of the market? If you left it invested, then every $$ you put in from 1998 - 2004 is worth more today than when you put it in. For example, your contributions in 1998 have earned 6.5% annually for the last 18 years. No, I just left it in. my job let me do that. It has roughly doubled since then, almost 13 years. The old "rule of thumb" was to expect a doubling every 10 years though. I know that doesn't "seem" like a lot, but over the course of 35 years that means I "lose a doubling." pretty big deal going into age 60whatever with $500K banked ionstead of $1 million. obviously, this is very unscientific and all. believe me, there have been articles written about this. the beating i (and others my age for whom these were our earliest investments) took on those 1998-2001 investments is going to cost us for years because that's a lot of lost compounding. the losses in 2009-2010 are less of a big deal. anyway, i know i'm being whiney and don't have the computational ability to figure it all out. a lot of GenXers like me have NOTHING saved, so I should be happy. Not really. Stock market being down when you're just starting to invest is a good thing. That means you're buying stocks on sale and there are plenty of years to recover. It's also a chance to test your risk tolerance. It's when you're close to retirement and market swings make more of a dent in your portfolio than contributions that a downturn can be really painful.

Maybe it's just me but I fail to see why. It's a $1 starting bid so it's not like the seller set the price. Someone intentionally leaked the bad issues and they were marketed as a collectible, more or less. The comic is not out yet, so it's not like someone found them on the shelves. Still not seeing it... Aren't ratio variants, convention and retailer exclusives pretty much marketed as collectibles, too? Those are intentional and known. These are unintentional and are typically discarded. What's to stop publishers from intentionally making "errors"? Then maybe reserve the pitchforks for when it happens again. Uh, it just did. That's the whole point. Gotcha. Didn't know about the first time.

I hear ya. Fund options on most 401k plans suck. Very lucky we have access to low cost Vanguard funds on ours. I just have retirement savings mostly in Vanguard TR2040 (VFORX) so it's on autopilot. Also have a smattering (5% or thereabouts) for speculation in Vanguard Health Care Index ETF (VHT) bought via limit orders at $118-120. Five years is a pretty short time frame so I'd probably do something like 35/65 to 65/35 stocks/bonds depending on risk tolerance. Maybe something like VG Balanced Index VBIAX (50/50) so I wouldn't have to bother with rebalancing. Personally, I find it best if I don't check my account frequently (maybe just every quarter or once a year) and just have contributions/investments on auto.

Maybe it's just me but I fail to see why. It's a $1 starting bid so it's not like the seller set the price. Someone intentionally leaked the bad issues and they were marketed as a collectible, more or less. The comic is not out yet, so it's not like someone found them on the shelves. Still not seeing it... Aren't ratio variants, convention and retailer exclusives pretty much marketed as collectibles, too? Those are intentional and known. These are unintentional and are typically discarded. What's to stop publishers from intentionally making "errors"? Then maybe reserve the pitchforks for when it happens again.

Maybe it's just me but I fail to see why. It's a $1 starting bid so it's not like the seller set the price. Someone intentionally leaked the bad issues and they were marketed as a collectible, more or less. The comic is not out yet, so it's not like someone found them on the shelves. Still not seeing it... Aren't ratio variants, convention and retailer exclusives pretty much marketed as collectibles, too?

It's 88 pages. Also, probably not gonna retail for $5000 unless you're buying all the regular covers yourself in order to qualify. DCBS and Midtown will likely qualify for a few copies with their normal orders and even the DK III: Master Race 1:500 Jim Lee variants sell in the $500 range. The actual book only costs DCBS and Midtown something like $4 anyway. Then again, I have a budget ceiling for comics and it's far more important for me to stick to that budget instead of going with a Pokemon mentality of needing to collect them all. People can rant and rave all they want but if they continue paying crazy prices for high ratio variants, what message is that sending to Marvel? If people want to see change, then hit Marvel where it hurts - their wallets/bottom line.

This although the problem with banks and brokers are they have vested interests, too. Maybe get a Certified Financial Planner who follows fiduciary standards. Here's some pretty interesting reading. https://www.amazon.com/Where-Are-Customers-Yachts-Street/dp/0471770892

Maybe it's just me but I fail to see why. It's a $1 starting bid so it's not like the seller set the price.

Note, Roth IRA needs to be in mom or dad's name unless the daughter has earned income greater than or equal to the Roth IRA contribution. Just remember, while you avoid paying 10% early distribution penalty, you still need to pay ordinary income tax on the earnings portion of the Roth IRA withdrawal used to pay for higher education unless you're 59.5 and you've had a Roth IRA for at least 5 years.

I usually don't go after ratio variants (thankfully, most Skottie Young Baby are open to order). At most, I'd get a 1:25 at $15 or less if I really like the cover. However, I'm guessing for those who buy variants for speculation: With 1:200 and higher ratios, buy-in starts being too high and retailers suck all the money so risk is greater and potential upside is lower.

Hmm, curious, do the DC comics Loot Crate go through Diamond? Because January Loot Crate is an Action Comics #1 reprint and it would be pretty darned cool to see that as number 1 on sales charts.

Thanks! Would you mind updating the first post with pics of the various covers and where to get them, please? Thanks! DC Cover A - Regular by Jorge Jimenez DC Cover B - Variant by Dustin Nguyen Here's the retailer exclusive variant by Simone Bianchi. For some reason, Robin and Superboy are making me think zombies here. https://frankiescomics.com/products/super-sons-1-simone-bianchi-variant-cover-dc-rebirth

Personally, this change is bad for my wallet. It's a lot easier for me to ignore Marvel's crazy overpriced incentive variants than it is variants that are priced the same as regular cover. Ergo Marvel would be better off gouging the fans with variant covers that are distributed the same as the regular cover. Put out 5 - 10 variant covers that way and watch the sales increase. It is easy to see the variant covers have an impact on sales. I've been following the Star Wars sales and have written about them on my blog. Issues with more variants sell better than issues without them. Make them easier for everyone to get and watch sales increase. , I know. I was laughing at myself because of how true that statement is for me. Dunno about better but certainly more effective.

Quite honestly, the variant covers for Batman kinda suck. The "Night of the Monster Men" covers were particularly bad (both regular and variant).

Personally, this change is bad for my wallet. It's a lot easier for me to ignore Marvel's crazy overpriced incentive variants than it is variants that are priced the same as regular cover.

Liking this one. Who's selling it?

I'm in two minds about the Mattina variant. Art is beautiful to be sure but it seems out of place for what is likely supposed to be a fun and lighthearted title. I'm getting both regular and variant cover from DC. Thus far, I think the regular Cover A is probably my favorite among all the ones I've seen.

LETTERS! You had LETTERS??? We had to use Smoke Signals or Drums!!! divad beat you to the smoke signals.

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For me personally, Tec 850 leads in to GCS but from an end-collector/buyer's standpoint, GCS #1 is my pick for 1st app as a team. No skin in the game as I don't own any of these comics (except Tec 850 as part of Batman: Heart of Hush TPB so doesn't really count).

Perhaps they're giving readers ample time to re-read and cross reference so they can actually follow what's going on. Incidentally, as I tend to play around with FIRECalc and cFIREsim, BMM provides a very entertaining backdrop/conspiracy theory for all those dips.

Question, is there a schedule somewhere as to when the next issues will be released? Issues #1-4 were released monthly starting August and the TPB is scheduled for release next Wednesday but I can't find any info on issue #5. And yes, I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms.

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