Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 13:03     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Suspicious to get life insurance on a kid with no income and no dependents to support with you as beneficiaries.
Honestly just put it in an account for them to use later in life
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 13:00     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:^ inexpensive !!


You were right the first time.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 12:58     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s inexcusable at their age, and they can borrow against it, right?


No. Instead buy a 30 year Term Life Insurance policy for a substantial amount and invest the difference into an index fund.

Say your WL premium is $1000/m for a $200K insurance and lot of other promises, buy them a $1M policy for $100-150/m and invest the remainder $850-$900 into an index fund. Do that for 30 years and you'll be way ahead of any WL policy.


I don't disagree...but your numbers are crazy off.

Dave Ramsey's example for a healthy 25-year-old male for $1MM of insurance is $234/month for whole life and $29/month for term.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 12:00     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:It’s inexcusable at their age, and they can borrow against it, right?


No. Instead buy a 30 year Term Life Insurance policy for a substantial amount and invest the difference into an index fund.

Say your WL premium is $1000/m for a $200K insurance and lot of other promises, buy them a $1M policy for $100-150/m and invest the remainder $850-$900 into an index fund. Do that for 30 years and you'll be way ahead of any WL policy.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 10:42     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:Despite its name, whole life insurance is not insurance. It is a mechanism for the ultra rich to avoid paying estate taxes.


It's this. If you hit certain levels of NW it becomes part of your estate planning. It's also not really correlated with the stock market depending on which company you use and the exact insurance you buy, which is appealing.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 10:17     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Despite its name, whole life insurance is not insurance. It is a mechanism for the ultra rich to avoid paying estate taxes.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 09:26     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:It’s inexcusable at their age, and they can borrow against it, right?


Nooooooooooooooo.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 09:26     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:Whole life insurance is a scam.

Read what Dave Ramsey says about it:
https://www.ramseysolutions.com/insurance/whole-life-insurance?srsltid=AfmBOoozNiYmQA6NgqT9ZTR-t8afd4_iND0wK3Zxjnv1tzGO27lPLjhg


Boy, I did not think I'd ever agree with Dave Ramsey about anything.

If you have the money to help your kid ensure their financial future, give them enough money to start investing in an indexed mutual fund.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 09:05     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Terrible investment.
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 09:05     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Bad idea
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 08:55     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 08:53     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

Anonymous wrote:It’s suss


Care to elaborate ?
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 08:51     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

^ inexpensive !!
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 08:51     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

It’s suss
Anonymous
Post 10/16/2024 08:50     Subject: Anyone buy whole life insurance for young adult dc?

It’s inexcusable at their age, and they can borrow against it, right?