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AtlCSIP 02-18-2015 08:12 AM


Originally Posted by RockyBoy (Post 1827533)
Exactly. Whether you do your own investing or pay someone to "manage" it for you, you should ALWAYS understand exactly what your money is doing.

You should never pay someone to do something with your money that you could not do yourself or that you don't understand. If you just don't enjoy investing and want to free up some time then you should pay someone, but always know exactly what they are doing.

I love it when a "financial advisor" rolls up in his 1998 Honda Civic dressed in wrinkled Dockers and goes on to tell me I don't understand how to invest so I should pay him to "manage" my money for me. :rolleyes:

Be careful about appearances. My financial adviser just sold his 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee, frequently wears jeans with patches on them, and has a personal net worth of over 4 million dollars. Frugality does not equate to inability or ineptness.

casual observer 02-18-2015 08:46 AM

Some brainiacs did a study from 1996 - 2006 and figured out only .6% of fund managers were able to beat the performance of indexes.

In our 401k, Delta offers an S&P 500 index fund with an expense ratio of .03% and a Bond Index fund of .06%. Very inexpensive.

Start out your career with 80% in the S&P index and 20% in the Bond Index. Rebalance every year and work your way to 60% / 40% by the time you retire.

Otherwise, do your best to forget about it. It's when you make it more complicated that you will start losing serious money.

I spend all the time I've freed up by thinking about a nymphomaniac zombie cheerleader apocalypse.

Hrkdrivr 02-18-2015 09:28 AM

Where can I find a pilot's phone/email in iCrew? I figure it out once but can't get there again.

PinnacleFO 02-18-2015 09:30 AM


Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 1827451)
Delta has already seen it coming - they were experiementing with fares similar to Spirit with a corresponding reduction in benefits (no seat assignment, no upgrades, etc) last year and were actually only out of DTW to, you guessed it, Spirit destinations.

Part of the service re-branding is Basic Economy: Basic Economy | Delta Air Lines

Thanks, ill tell my family and friends who fly the taxi cab.

EasyVictor 02-18-2015 10:28 AM

Thanks for the information and insight guys..

RockyBoy 02-18-2015 10:34 AM


Originally Posted by AtlCSIP (Post 1827549)
Be careful about appearances. My financial adviser just sold his 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee, frequently wears jeans with patches on them, and has a personal net worth of over 4 million dollars. Frugality does not equate to inability or ineptness.


That is about 2% of that industry. The other 98% have no clue what they are doing except trying to sell you an insurance policy, annuity, or mutual fund with a high sales charge.

iaflyer 02-18-2015 10:41 AM


Originally Posted by Hrkdrivr (Post 1827584)
Where can I find a pilot's phone/email in iCrew? I figure it out once but can't get there again.

Personnel/Personnel Data/Cross Ref by Last Name/Employee #

Hrkdrivr 02-18-2015 11:00 AM


Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 1827628)
Personnel/Personnel Data/Cross Ref by Last Name/Employee #

I got this far but thought all you could do from this screen was to look at their schedule...but if you put in the number next to their name, you get their digits...

Thanks for the help!

TeddyKGB 02-18-2015 11:03 AM


Originally Posted by AtlCSIP (Post 1827549)
Be careful about appearances. My financial adviser just sold his 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee, frequently wears jeans with patches on them, and has a personal net worth of over 4 million dollars. Frugality does not equate to inability or ineptness.

The Millionaire Next Door is a good read. Mostly common sense stuff which many people lack.

Oberon 02-18-2015 11:20 AM

Found my W2. Apparently they mailed it to me and I stuffed it into the "taxes" folder, where it managed to lodge itself deeply between dry cleaning receipts and random 1099s. User error.


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