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cosmos son
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I'm almost 80 years old. What do you think?
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POLL: Which would you rather have?
Gorgias
May 4, 1:46pm
The lump sum payment so I can invest it and grow it.
BlooCoug
May 4, 1:50pm
I could probably make more than $500k/ yr with $10 million up front. So, $10 Mil
volleyjiver
May 4, 1:51pm
RE: POLL: Which would you rather have?
2FarGone
May 4, 1:52pm
Take the cash. You die next year and your family has nothing. Live for 20 more
BYUFBDAD
May 4, 1:53pm
$10 MM conservatively invested is $500k+ a year for forever. Not just my life.
Booya Grandma
May 4, 1:58pm
How much of this is taxed?
Powerbait DPM
May 4, 1:53pm
$500,000. Then I wouldn't care about investing. Just live off that.
Dark Forest Green
May 4, 1:54pm
Hope you don’t get in a wreck tomorrow and die
molodyets
May 4, 1:56pm
$500k can buy a lot of life insurance.
HuskerFan2
May 4, 2:01pm
and taxes . . . lots and lots of taxes
2FarGone
May 4, 1:56pm
Is it taxed?
bornbyu93
May 4, 1:57pm
Isn’t everything?
Gorgias
May 4, 1:57pm
So it’s really $300,000 versus $6,000,000
2FarGone
May 4, 2:12pm
So would I rather have $500,000 per year or a lot more than that plus
Plato
May 4, 2:06pm
I would invest the $500k each year and earn interest from that. Let your money
DieHarder
May 4, 2:13pm
Why not start out with $10 million and still invest $500K every year just from the proceeds from you initial $10million?
mvtoro
May 4, 2:19pm
That’s great as long as you can bring back a 5% return on your investment. My
DieHarder
May 4, 2:22pm
5% shouldn’t be a hard return for any investment. HYSAs are over 5% right now.
blackandblue
May 4, 2:41pm
I can get a ZERO % return over the next TWO DECADES and we’d STILL be even. Average index over the last 100 years is 10%
mvtoro
May 4, 3:48pm
The math for this is really easy. 5% of $10 million is $500k, which should be an
Skeptical Optimist
May 4, 2:24pm
This guy gets it.
dtownCoug
May 4, 3:17pm
take the lump sum, you could get run over by a car tommorrow
Count Cougar
May 4, 2:33pm
PV of $500k per year at 5% for the # of years I expect to live < $10million.
a priori
May 4, 2:48pm
Tax consideration is the difference
mobicurious
May 4, 2:51pm
In what world would the IRS give you the LTCG rate on what is obviously income?
OKchief
May 4, 7:25pm
I’ve done several deals where companies have purchased a small company
mobicurious
May 4, 7:34pm
Well yeah in that case it is LTCG because you’re selling an appreciated asset…
OKchief
May 4, 9:18pm
I'm almost 80 years old. What do you think?
cosmos son
May 4, 3:59pm
Cosmo is crazy old then.
HuskerFan2
May 4, 9:59pm
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