Hi all, I am ready to start implementing my PP in the next couple of weeks & was hoping to get some input about TD Ameritrade as an online brokerage.  The biggest draw for me is that TLT, SHY, and VTI are all in their commission-free ETF listing, so the potential to manage several ETFs in one lo...

Thanks for the feedback MeDebtFree & Moda! Physical gold is on my radar (primarily because there are no expenses involved to keep it), but I am waffling on the % holdings to make yearly re-balancing more convenient.  I am entertaining an initial 50% bullion/50% IAU buy-in, simply because PP re-b...

The topic of this thread is extremely timely, as I am ready to take the plunge into a 100% taxable early-retirement PP and am paranoid about the tax-related complications.  Loving the idea of keeping it simple & reallocating on a yearly basis, I have the following allocations in mind: 25% Gold -...