My mom has that on what she refers to as her pension (which I think she inherited from her dad). She doesn't include those in her budget, just uses them for unexpected expenses or gifts and it's worked out well for her so far. Hopefully you can catch up or something.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Sep 30, 2026 11:25:37 am PDT #14161 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
DavidS - Sep 30, 2026 12:36:45 pm PDT #14162 of 14509
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hopefully you can catch up or something.
Apparently the tax code was ambiguous and kinda FUBAR in '24 and '25 so the IRS issued a bunch of waivers on this issue. So I should be able to take care of it without penalty.
Note to everyone: If you inherit an IRA from someone else you have to empty it in 10 years! And at a certain point you need to start taking Required Minimum Distributions whether you're ready or not.
-t - Sep 30, 2026 12:42:56 pm PDT #14163 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I am pretty sure you can roll it over to another IRA and that takes care of it. That's what I did with DH's , like, immediately (it was done for me, I'm pretty sure, automagically) and then I didn't even look at it for longer than 10 years and heard something about this and panicked but when I checked on it it was apparently fine.
DavidS - Sep 30, 2026 1:06:43 pm PDT #14164 of 14509
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Grown up question I had to ask that would have been pure gibberish to me a few years ago:
What's the minimum portfolio drop that would trigger a SBL call?
-t - Sep 30, 2026 4:00:09 pm PDT #14165 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Does that have to do with your recent real estate financing?
I have an MBA, I can make wild guesses based on hunches
-t - Sep 30, 2026 4:29:33 pm PDT #14166 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Just got a notice that Kaiser will not be an option when Open Enrollment happens. I switched to United Health for this year, but I was thinking about switching back because do know how to navigate Kaiser better, but I guess I won't be doing that.
DavidS - Sep 30, 2026 9:21:34 pm PDT #14167 of 14509
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Does that have to do with your recent real estate financing?
It does! SBL = Securities Backed Loan.
So basically if I get a loan based on my stock portfolio, at what point in a stock dip would they do a call on my loan. Because a SBL is easy to get (if you have the stocks) but it's not locked in and if the market crashes they want their money back. Whereas a mortgage they can't do that.
I didn't know you had an MBA!
megan walker - Oct 01, 2026 1:20:48 am PDT #14168 of 14509
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Apparently the tax code was ambiguous and kinda FUBAR in '24 and '25 so the IRS issued a bunch of waivers on this issue. So I should be able to take care of it without penalty.
This reminds me of the last few years living in NYC on my remainder of my Dad's TIAA-CREF annuity. It was just enough to pay my rent but just under the NY retirement exemption, which is inherited... sort of. After I had been doing my taxes per their instructions for five years, NY decided that because I was one of three siblings to inherit I had only inherited a third of the exemption, even though they didn't live in NY. I ended up getting audited for four of the five years. But, hey, I got the official instructions changed... yay?
In any case, Hec, good luck with that!
In happier news, I am about to take a long-delayed trip to visit my family in France and I am super excited but have so much to do in the next few days work-wise that I am sort of freaking out.
-t - Oct 01, 2026 7:23:38 am PDT #14169 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wheee France! Boo work!
-t - Oct 01, 2026 8:39:45 am PDT #14170 of 14509
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I didn't know you had an MBA!
There isn't much evidence for it, but I do have the diploma somewhere, I am pretty sure