Post Your Wins

[james.hendrickson]

Guys - sharing another win. My investment in Dodge and Cox just paid a capital gain of $141 and a dividend payment of $8.88. You gotta love these nice little wins.

[ua_guy]

All - I bought 500 shares of ALLT at around $4 per share. It's up 50 cents today. It's nice to see the stock market working for a change.

Where have you been the last couple of years? It's been working that whole time. That is a nice win though!

[james.hendrickson]

Where have you been the last couple of years? It's been working that whole time. That is a nice win though!

UA-Guy, you're right man. Its just I've started putting way more attention on the markets in the last couple of years. Retirement is getting closer, so I'm getting more on the ball.

[Fishindude77]

Venison for the win !
Put my third deer of the season in the cooler last evening. This one will be made into summer sausage.

[james.hendrickson]

Venison for the win !
Put my third deer of the season in the cooler last evening. This one will be made into summer sausage.

I LOVE THIS. Nothing like a full fridge. Plus, venison can be great eating.

[Like2Plan]

Venison for the win !
Put my third deer of the season in the cooler last evening. This one will be made into summer sausage.

I can't find the "like" button, so
Very nice.

[disneysteve]

I can't find the "like" button, so
Very nice.

The like button disappeared with the last site update.

And yes, I agree with "liking" the win, Fishindude77.

[james.hendrickson]

All - posting another win. My Vanguard index funds paid their quarterly dividend payments today. Its nice to wake up and have cash in my brokerage account. Thanks everyone for the great feedback that lead to the decision to get these!

[disneysteve]

I don’t usually share reselling wins here since I have another thread for that but I like to throw one in now and then.

I went to an estate sale on Saturday. I flipped through a box of books and picked out two about the USS Shangri-La. One was the 1962 deployment yearbook and one was the 1944-1964 history. They were $2 each. I did not look them up to check comps. I just know that specific ship items like that tend to be good sellers.

I sat down to list them Tuesday night and discovered that the last copy of the 1944-64 book that sold went for $195 so that’s the price I put on mine. It sold this afternoon just 2 days later. $2 to $195 in 5 days.

The other book is still listed. I priced that at $125. There were no sold comps for that specific book but ones from other years close to that went for that much. Hopefully mine will too.

[james.hendrickson]

Community - starting off Monday with a couple of wins.

First, over the weekend, my toilet started running. Which was fine, but annoying. So, I replaced the hardware in the tank by myself. Instead of calling a plumber and paying $250, I went to the hardware store, and got like $30 worth of new parts. It only took about a half an hour and now everything is working just fine.

Also, one of the small cap stocks I invested in - ALLT - is up to nearly $7. I've been buying it consistently since it traded at $4 and have been liking the gains,

So, two solid, if not modest wins.

[james.hendrickson]

Guys - sharing a family win. After ten years of scrimping and saving, and investing in index funds, on Monday my brother hit his FIRE number. He's now a millionaire and could stop working - just living off his dividend payments if he wanted to.

This is huge - saving and investing over the long term really works.

[disneysteve]

Guys - sharing a family win. After ten years of scrimping and saving, and investing in index funds, on Monday my brother hit his FIRE number. He's now a millionaire and could stop working - just living off his dividend payments if he wanted to.

This is huge - saving and investing over the long term really works.

That’s great. How old is he? When does he actually plan to retire? If he has enough saved to live with a 4% or lower withdrawal rate he’s in good shape, though I’d be nervous if I didn’t have a decent cushion above that to account for bad market years. Also be sure he’s accounting for “lumpy” expenses like a new car, replacing the roof, a special vacation, medical bills, etc. But I’d also say what we’ve pointed out before. The first million is the hardest. The portfolio grows much faster the larger it gets so from $1M to $2M happens much quicker than $0 to $1 M.

[james.hendrickson]

That’s great. How old is he? When does he actually plan to retire? If he has enough saved to live with a 4% or lower withdrawal rate he’s in good shape, though I’d be nervous if I didn’t have a decent cushion above that to account for bad market years. Also be sure he’s accounting for “lumpy” expenses like a new car, replacing the roof, a special vacation, medical bills, etc. But I’d also say what we’ve pointed out before. The first million is the hardest. The portfolio grows much faster the larger it gets so from $1M to $2M happens much quicker than $0 to $1 M.

DisneySteve - he's 51. And he's still planning on working for at least another few years. And yes, he is excellent health and has his withdrawal rates all well planned out.

[disneysteve]

DisneySteve - he's 51. And he's still planning on working for at least another few years. And yes, he is excellent health and has his withdrawal rates all well planned out.

That’s great. He’s won the game and can stop playing whenever feels right. It’s a nice position to be in.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

DisneySteve - he's 51. And he's still planning on working for at least another few years. And yes, he is excellent health and has his withdrawal rates all well planned out.

Yay Congratulations!