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#362
NRG and NEE were my picks early this year. They are down YTD, but comparatively that's a win against SPX. I would sure like to be making 5% guaranteed this year. I know, just me.
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#364
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I hate this concept a lot. The more I read the more I hate it.
It’s my money. It belongs to me and my family. I will absolutely vote no if this is in there.
#365
Just goes to show picking individual stocks is not my job, flying airplanes is. Every stock trade has a winner and a loser. 50% of us will be loserers unless we apply the principles of risk tolerance and diversification. Just like real pension fund managers.
#366
Because the excess money that is slated for retirement is not qualified. It is negotiated as retirement and there should be a vehicle to have that excess qualified. This is why pilots are dumb. Do you see Ed or any high income earner taking all their money as a paycheck? No, they try and get as much deffered income as possible.
Here's a fact - that's MY money. What I choose to do with it is 100% my choice. And I want it, in cash, so I can do with it what I want. End of story. Call me dumb - pretty sure I'm doing fine on investing, thank you.
#367
At the end of the day, the goal is to have the most money possible saved. You do this by maximizing growth rate and minimizing tax exposure. Sometimes that means deferring taxes, sometimes that means paying them. You are suggesting deferring is always better, and that’s as wrong as those on here who say that Roth is always better. Everyone’s individual situation, risk tolerance, and financial goals are different. Right now we have a setup that allows us to taylor our savings plan how we want. More options are better, eliminating options would be a step backwards. You are alone on an island here saying that the mbcbp should still be implemented if mandatory, and your refusal to see the validity of other strategies, or even acknowledge that what you want might not be best for everyone is absurd.
#368
“Whoever retires with the least number of hours wins” —An old wise airline pilot
I’ll take it one step further, if the goal of this job is to maximize pay for time worked, do what ever it takes to just barely hang on to the job in order to maximize vacation and sick leave. 19+ years is roughly 400 hours. Drop everything else, stay out of the chief pilot’s office, do something else with your time. This is how you squeeze every drop out of the turnip. If you are worried about excess cash (415c) you’re spending too much of your time working for someone else and not maximizing your worth. Seriously, 400 hours of pay without turning a wheel is the goal.
I’ll take it one step further, if the goal of this job is to maximize pay for time worked, do what ever it takes to just barely hang on to the job in order to maximize vacation and sick leave. 19+ years is roughly 400 hours. Drop everything else, stay out of the chief pilot’s office, do something else with your time. This is how you squeeze every drop out of the turnip. If you are worried about excess cash (415c) you’re spending too much of your time working for someone else and not maximizing your worth. Seriously, 400 hours of pay without turning a wheel is the goal.
#369
Your hobby, yes that's an intentional term to show everything you espouse is outside the retirement section of our PWA. Your success is great and you have plastered these boards with your success for others to follow but that's not what we as Delta pilots have and continue to negotiate in our PWA. If I was on here advising powerball as a retirement plan it would be no different. Your advice and example is great for people, SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO PURSUE IT. That outside investing should be done with outside fund or wages, not with retirement defined contributions provided by Delta.
If you had decades of data to back up powerball, I'd listen. If federal monetary policy favored powerball, I'd listen. If simple math calculations favored powerball I'd listen. The MBCBP is a great for pilots SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO PURSUE IT. The difference in our opinions is you want to mandate participation in your plan, whereas myself and others are proposing an optional path to financial security.
All PWA money and company provided benefits fall into the bucket of pilot compensation. Mandatory direction of DC excess into MBCBP is equivalent to requiring all per diem must be spent on layover meals and only at company approved restaurants.
#370
That pile of cash buys the income stream. I dream of owning a lemonade stand on the moon. I haven’t found one for sale yet so more cash on the pile for now. Just in case, I’ll live off the pile when I shift to income from growth. We get what you are saying but I cashed out for peace of mind and time recovery. I’ll be fine but I won’t be pouring over financials or syndicated deals or trying to raise financing or managing the revolving door of delinquent tenants anymore. I’d rather spend my time studying the feeding habits of trout and getting my A&P.
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