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Brokercheck will give you his years of investment experience and firms. Not sure if it gives you actual age. You also want to see...

Agree.

It will all depend on the individual. I would suggest starting at BrokerCheck - Find a broker, investment or financial advisor to check...

I think that expecting custodians to determine the tax deductibility of a payment is probably an impossible idea. A few big charities...

Interesting that they make the prospectus difficult to review: " ... Before investing, carefully consider the fund's investment...

The rule I try to follow is "Never buy cheap tools." I would class this splitter as a cheap tool and replace it with a solid brass...

WADR, Zim is not a place I would recommend. It has never recovered from Robert Mugabe, who ruined the economy years ago. They do have...

If you're just box-checking, a Nile trip certainly could check the Africa box. But having been to Africa seven times I think I can tell...

As far back as I remember, my scores have been in the 820-840 range and I have read that is in the "well above excellent" range, so I...

We used to itemize deductions but having moved all the charitables to QCDs there is no need to keep track or to itemize. Sans...

@LakeRat1, I suggest that you get a PDF copy of the prospectus and text search for words like "fee," "charge," "penalty," etc. I did...

DW and I each have one credit card, each with different banks and one debit card, also each with different banks. So four cards, four...

You can't fund a DAF using a QCD, though something similar to a bill pay system could be set up om a tIRA I guess. Probably QCD...

We use the Schwab checks exclusively for QCDs. We never use them to draw funds for other uses, in fact it never even occurred to me to...

I like the Schwab write-your-own-check system because using it is so easy that it is the rare charitable that we don't pay as a QCD...