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Tax Planning for Investors and Business Owners -Three Simple Steps
If you own a business or are an active investor, tax planning can help you eliminate surprise tax bills. Over the last 25 years I have met dozens of investors and business owners who tell me stories of large, unexpected tax bills. The story is always the same, the...
All Equity Retirement Portfolio. A Critique of Beyond The Status Quo Research Paper
The recent research paper, Beyond The Status Quo: A Critical Assessment of Lifecycle Investment Advice, has created a lot of buzz since the paper was published. The authors advise an optimal retirement portfolio that is 100% equities with 33% in domestic stocks and...
Fidelity Government Money Market FDRXX You are Paying Too Much in State Tax!
Investors have invested over $230 billion in the Fidelity Government Cash Reserves Fund, FDRXX. Many of them end up paying state income tax on a portion of their dividend that should be tax-exempt at the state level. How the Tax Mistake Occurs For after-tax investment...
How Your Fee-Based Financial Advisor Hides Commissions
Fee-Based Financial Advisors, aka dual-registrants, have both a series 7 stockbroker license and a series 65 investment adviser license. Sometimes they have an insurance license too. According to FINRA, approximately 90% of financial advisors are fee-based dual...
Building a Diversified Portfolio – Three Signs Your Plan Will Fail
There is a simple litmus test to determine if your diversified portfolio will fail. Ask yourself the following questions. Do you understand every single investment in your portfolio? Do you know why you own every single investment in your portfolio? Can you...
T-bills vs CDs Which One is Better?
Investors looking for safety often put their money into certificates of deposit, aka CDs. But many of them would be better off if they purchased T-bills instead of CDs. In this article we will compare T-bills to CDs across three categories; taxes, fees and risk. Taxes...