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I am a retired Physical Therapist and Certified Athletic Trainer. I obtained my BS in Physical Therapy at the University of Vermont, and Masters in Physical Education with a specialization in Athletic Training. I retired in 2019, and my wife retired in 2020, and we have spent the majority of our lives living in New Hampshire. I have managed my own portfolio for the past twenty years and have utilized a fee only Certified Financial Advisor on occasion to provide input to my financial plan on a few occasions, especially deciding if my assets were sufficient to retire. My financial guidance has come from years of following the principles of John Bogle and being an avid fan of Vanguard. My other resources for decision making are Christine Benz/Morningstar, and of course Jonathan Clements!
Something to Think About
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/24/2026
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 3/24 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 3/24
My Favorite Jack Bogle Quotes
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 1/12/2026
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 1/12 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 1/28
A Great Article on the Role of Elder Law Attorneys
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 1/20/2026
FIRST: baldscreen on 1/20 | RECENT: Ormode on 1/22
What Would You Do?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 1/7/2026
FIRST: quan nguyen on 1/7 | RECENT: achnk53 on 1/12
Actuarial Services' Estimates of Proposals to Change the Social Security Program or the SSI Program
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 1/5/2026
FIRST: Dan Smith on 1/5 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 1/5
Calculating the Maximum Income While Staying in the 12% Tax Bracket
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 12/7/2025
FIRST: Humble Reader on 12/7/2025 | RECENT: Randy Dobkin on 12/15/2025
How Has Living in a CCRC Affected Your Monthly Bills?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/12/2025
FIRST: Bill C on 11/12/2025 | RECENT: smr1082 on 12/9/2025
Another Data Breach
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 12/5/2025
FIRST: stelea99 on 12/5/2025 | RECENT: parkslope on 12/7/2025
IRS Adds New Reporting Code for Charitable IRA Gifts
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/13/2025
FIRST: baldscreen on 11/14/2025 | RECENT: DrLefty on 11/15/2025
Information on Jonathan’s Memorial Service
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 10/2/2025
FIRST: David Powell on 10/2/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 11/4/2025
Medicare Open Enrollment Information
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/2/2025
FIRST: R Quinn on 11/3/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 11/3/2025
Wait Until We’e 70
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 10/22/2025
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 10/22/2025 | RECENT: Brian White on 10/26/2025
Are You an Entirely Dividend Investor in Retirement?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 10/15/2025
FIRST: OldITGuy on 10/15/2025 | RECENT: Ormode on 10/15/2025
Are You Invested in International Markets?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 10/9/2025
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 10/9/2025 | RECENT: youthbudget on 10/13/2025
Are You a Dividend Investor? If so Read This!
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 10/9/2025
FIRST: Jack Hannam on 10/9/2025 | RECENT: quan nguyen on 10/9/2025
Are You a Trader or an Investor?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 10/6/2025
FIRST: David Powell on 10/6/2025 | RECENT: normr60189 on 10/8/2025
USA Senior Care Network
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 9/9/2025
FIRST: William Perry on 9/10/2025 | RECENT: William Perry on 9/10/2025
How Are You Planning to Pay for Potential Long Term Care Expenses?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 2/4/2025
FIRST: R Quinn on 2/4/2025 | RECENT: stelea99 on 9/6/2025
Sequence of Return Risk
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 9/27/2024
FIRST: Dave Melick on 9/27/2024 | RECENT: Ormode on 8/28/2025
An Excellent Morningstar Article on CCRCs
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 8/7/2025
FIRST: mytimetotravel on 8/7/2025 | RECENT: parkslope on 8/8/2025
Bond Conundrum
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/7/2025
FIRST: Jim Burrows on 7/7/2025 | RECENT: S on 7/26/2025
How Was I to Know?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/23/2025
FIRST: Mark Crothers on 7/23/2025 | RECENT: S on 7/26/2025
Selling Your House and Reaping Tax Free Capital Gains May be in Jeopardy
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/24/2025
FIRST: bbbobbins on 7/24/2025 | RECENT: stelea99 on 7/25/2025
Are You Going to Get the Social Security Benefits You First Started Paying For?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/18/2025
FIRST: R Quinn on 7/18/2025 | RECENT: DAN SMITH on 7/18/2025
Morningstar’s Historical Review of the Benefits of the 60/40 Portfolios During Market Downturns
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/14/2025
FIRST: normr60189 on 7/14/2025 | RECENT: normr60189 on 7/14/2025
Securing Lower Taxes
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/10/2025
FIRST: stelea99 on 7/10/2025 | RECENT: Nick Politakis on 7/11/2025
Increased Deduction for Seniors
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 7/4/2025
FIRST: eludom on 7/5/2025 | RECENT: Randy Dobkin on 7/7/2025
Does a Happy Country lead to Happy Individuals?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 6/20/2025
FIRST: bbbobbins on 6/20/2025 | RECENT: R Quinn on 6/24/2025
Interesting White Coat Investor on Lessons Learned Dealing with a LTC Company
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 6/17/2025
FIRST: 1PF on 6/17/2025 | RECENT: smr1082 on 6/20/2025
Let’s Stir Up the Bee’s Nest Again- Another Way of Calculating Net Worth
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 6/13/2025
FIRST: David Mulligan on 6/14/2025 | RECENT: bbbobbins on 6/19/2025
Medicare Advantage with No Premiums vs Traditional Medicare with Plan G Deductible
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 6/14/2025
FIRST: R Quinn on 6/14/2025 | RECENT: DrLefty on 6/15/2025
“Most Revealing Question in Personal Finance”
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 6/4/2025
FIRST: Jo Bo on 6/4/2025 | RECENT: normr60189 on 6/8/2025
Jonathan Is Everywhere on the Internet
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 6/4/2025
FIRST: Andrew Forsythe on 6/6/2025 | RECENT: Andrew Forsythe on 6/6/2025
Lesson Four From Taking Care of a 102 yo in Her Last Year of Life- The Final Hours of Life Can be Beautiful
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 4/12/2025
FIRST: Edmund Marsh on 4/13/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 5/29/2025
Another Great Post by Mike Piper
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 5/6/2025
FIRST: luvtoride44afe9eb1e on 5/6/2025 | RECENT: Rick Connor on 5/7/2025
Lesson Five From Taking Care of a 102 yo in Her Last Year of Life- Politics and the News Has the Potential to Ruin Relationships
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 4/19/2025
FIRST: DAN SMITH on 4/19/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 4/20/2025
What to do as the Bear Approaches
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 4/8/2025
FIRST: DAN SMITH on 4/8/2025 | RECENT: Michael1 on 4/13/2025
Lesson Three From Taking Care of a 102 yo in Her Last Year of Life- The Role of Faith in Dying
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 4/6/2025
FIRST: Jonathan Clements on 4/6/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 4/7/2025
Lesson Two From Taking Care of a 102 yo in Her Last Year of Life- Preparing Oneself for Death
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 4/4/2025
FIRST: mytimetotravel on 4/4/2025 | RECENT: DAN SMITH on 4/4/2025
Lesson One From Taking Care of a 102 yo in Her Last Year of Life- Be Grateful
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/30/2025
FIRST: Edmund Marsh on 3/30/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 4/3/2025
Lessons Learned from Taking Care of a 102 Year Old in Her Final Year
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/28/2025
FIRST: Rick Connor on 3/28/2025 | RECENT: Dan Wick on 3/30/2025
How Do Allocate the Bond Portion of Your Portfolio?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/20/2025
FIRST: R Quinn on 3/20/2025 | RECENT: Casey Campbell on 3/23/2025
Great Ideas from Ed Slott for Estate Planning Using Roth Savings
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/20/2025
FIRST: William Housley on 3/20/2025 | RECENT: William Perry on 3/22/2025
The Status of Inherited IRAs in 2025
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/17/2025
FIRST: William Perry on 3/18/2025 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 3/20/2025
A Simple Way to avoid Phone Scams
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/17/2025
FIRST: DAN SMITH on 3/17/2025 | RECENT: mytimetotravel on 3/18/2025
Morningstar’s Report on Comparing 10 Year Returns on Active vs Passive Funds
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 3/12/2025
FIRST: Jonathan Clements on 3/12/2025 | RECENT: Edmund Marsh on 3/12/2025
Acorns
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 2/23/2025
FIRST: David Powell on 2/23/2025 | RECENT: bbbobbins on 2/25/2025
Is There a Change Coming in the Direction of the Markets’ Winds?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 1/14/2025
FIRST: normr60189 on 1/14/2025 | RECENT: normr60189 on 1/18/2025
Costs Matter
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/30/2024
FIRST: Rick Connor on 11/30/2024 | RECENT: Jack Hannam on 12/31/2024
How Often Do You Calculate Your Net Worth And Why
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/29/2024
FIRST: Patrick Murphy on 11/29/2024 | RECENT: Will Schenk on 12/5/2024
What is The 10 Year Return on Your Portfolio?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/26/2024
FIRST: stelea99 on 11/26/2024 | RECENT: Steve Spinella on 12/2/2024
What Was in Your Portfolio?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/23/2024
FIRST: R Quinn on 11/23/2024 | RECENT: evan rayers on 11/24/2024
HELP, I Want My Money Back!
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/16/2024
FIRST: DAN SMITH on 11/16/2024 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 11/18/2024
Who’s Comments Do You Look Forward to Most?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/14/2024
FIRST: Randy Dobkin on 11/14/2024 | RECENT: mytimetotravel on 11/15/2024
Two to Follow
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/14/2024
FIRST: R Quinn on 11/14/2024 | RECENT: Ken Shelley on 11/15/2024
T Rowe Frequent Trading Policy
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/11/2024
FIRST: 1PF on 11/11/2024 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 11/12/2024
Who is on Your Personal Investing Mount Rushmore, and Why?
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 11/8/2024
FIRST: luvtoride44afe9eb1e on 11/8/2024 | RECENT: Steven Duncan on 11/10/2024
IRAs in a Trust
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AUTHOR: David Lancaster on 8/29/2024
FIRST: William Perry on 8/29/2024 | RECENT: David Lancaster on 8/29/2024
Comments
Dan, I actually wrote a post before Jonathan passed of my concern that the site appeared to be,“heading in the wrong direction” to which Jonathan replied something to the effect that maybe he had wasted his time with the site. I regret that that was the last comment he made on one of my posts. Unfortunately I think I was prescient. PS Often times women are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to issues like this because they often, rightly so, have a lower tolerance for poor behavior.
Post: Where are the ladies?
Link to comment from March 25, 2026
For years while we were working we were trying to minimize our taxable income. Now where we are financially and income wise we are better able to afford the additional taxation. Plus hopefully most of the converted funds will also result in a tax free inheritance for my children.
Post: Something to Think About
Link to comment from March 24, 2026
Hey Mark,
Post: Something to Think About
Link to comment from March 24, 2026
True part D is unfair in that like you said it requires people to anticipate what new medication(s) they may be prescribed later in the year (which let’s admit is nearly impossible), but the insurer has the ability to change its formulary to change at any point during that same period. Just goes to show you that the insurance lobby has congress with a noose around its neck with the insurance companies’ lobbyist with their hand on the mechanism to drop the trap door.
Post: Focus on the real healthcare financial risk in post age 65 retirement
Link to comment from March 24, 2026
This is a finance/retirement, not a political debate site. If you wish to debate politics I’m sure you can find plenty of other sites to express your views.
Post: My Window is Open – Come In
Link to comment from March 23, 2026
Or as the well know saying states, “Be nice to people on their way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.”
Post: My Window is Open – Come In
Link to comment from March 22, 2026
Linda, ”…and it’s helped not only him but those close to him as well.” You speak the truth!
Post: My Favorite Rx
Link to comment from March 20, 2026
I take a real chill pill, it’s called Lexapro for anxiety which I knew was a problem but didn’t address until last year. What a difference it makes. That being said, ironically I have never been anxious when the market drops as history has always shown the market eventually recovers and then climbs higher still.
Post: My Favorite Rx
Link to comment from March 20, 2026
“When the dip came and everyone else was panicking, they were simply ready.” I like to follow the Buffet plan, “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”
Post: When Luck Rises, Be Ready to Dig
Link to comment from March 19, 2026
See my post below.
Post: Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts (MAPTs)
Link to comment from March 18, 2026