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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

A former stockbroker and alumna of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, she won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for her “trenchant and incisive” reporting on finance. We discuss the Carried Interest tax loophole, a tax dodge that benefits a few 1000 people in the country but cost U.S. taxpayers 180 billion dollars per decade.

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Exploring Bond Tax Efficiency: Futures or Bond ETFs?

Alpha Architect

Bond futures are often assumed to be more tax-efficient than bond ETFs. Although investors might view the 60/40 tax treatment of futures as advantageous, a futures strategy faces several challenges compared to a bond ETF, including frequent taxable events, potential tax drag from cash collateral, and additional state taxation.

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Monthly Mortgage Payments Up Record Year-over-year

Calculated Risk

This was the highest rate in 14 years and is close to the highest rate in over 20 years (above 6.76% will be the highest since early 2002). Monthly payments include principal, interest, taxes, insurance (PITI), and sometimes HOA fees (Homeowners Association). On Friday, the average 30-year mortgage rate hit 6.7%

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Did Capital Efficiency Malfunction In This Decline?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Another dynamic that might be weighing the stocks down is the possible ending of the carried interest tax break. My first introduction to the concept was from my time at Fisher Investments in 2002. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation.

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History of the Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA history)

Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row

This original IRA was not deductible from income for tax purposes, and the annual contribution limit was the lesser of $1,500 or 15% of household income. The Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA) of 1981 allowed for the IRA to become universally available as a savings incentive to all workers under age 70 1/2. billion by 1981.

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Paying for Health Care in Retirement

Carson Wealth

Purpose-specific accounts, such as health savings accounts (HSAs), often have built-in tax incentives that can make them a worthwhile option. In some cases, HSAs can offer a triple tax-advantage – tax deductions for contributions, tax deferral during the accumulation period and tax-free distributions for qualified health-related expenses.

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ETF Democratization Continues

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

In 2000, BPLSX outperformed by 69%, in 2001 it outperformed by 37%, 22% in 2002 and 46% in 2009. The other day, an email came in pitching a tax lien fund. I'd take in information about any of these, including ones that are less interesting on their face, like tax liens and art.

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