Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 18, 2023

(awealthofcommonsense.com) The math on downsizing your house isn't working as well these days. wsj.com) Taxes 14 common tax myths including 'You can write off lifestyle expenses if you are an influencer.' thomaskopelman.com) The IRS is going to launch free tax filing next year in 13 state.

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Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

theirrelevantinvestor.com) Taxes Why clients need to start planning now for the coming dip in the estate tax exemption. riaintel.com) How to think about the math of entering a continuing care retirement community or CCRC. (riabiz.com) RWM A lot of changes have happened in ten years at Ritholtz Wealth Management.

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 3, 2024

awealthofcommonsense.com) On the math of a 0% line of credit. wsj.com) How do estimated taxes work? (realsmartica.com) Better investors make fewer decisions. abnormalreturns.com) FOMO is real. tonyisola.com) Borrowing Why credit cards are dangerous to your wealth. axios.com) Personal finance Loss aversion is real. Rockefeller.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 21, 2024

Also in industry news this week: A recent survey indicates that financial advisors continue to move towards ETFs and away from mutual funds when it comes to client portfolio recommendations, though a majority of advisors continue to see a role for active management in the investment management process A former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging (..)

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 1, 2024

morningstar.com) Thomas Kopelman and Jacob Turner talk with Ankur Nagpal about tax considerations when selling a business. thinkadvisor.com) Solo 401(k) contribution math can be tricky. podcasts.apple.com) Jordan Haynes talks with Justin Castelli about the important role of life planning. obliviousinvestor.com)

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Wall Street Journal ) • From Math Camp to Handcuffs: FTX’s Downfall Was an Arc of Brotherhood and Betrayal : Gary Wang and Sam Bankman-Fried are offering dueling accounts of the FTX fiasco and of who’s ultimately to blame. Most economic downturns hit lower-income Americans hardest, but this time is different. Here’s your investing playbook.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 12, 2024

Sorry, but “fake it till you make it” seems like a poor plan for thinking about the future… Previously : Time to Stop Believing Deficit B t (September 3, 2021) Stimulus, More Stimulus and Taxes (January 25, 2021) Cost of Financing US Deficits Falls (December 18, 2020) Can We Please Have an Honest Debate About Tax Policy?

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Integrity Financial Planning

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

With the new year in full swing, tax season is just around the corner. Filing federal income taxes can be a long and complicated process, and mistakes are bound to happen here and there. As many of us know, these small mistakes can cost you big in tax returns and penalties. Is the Standard Deduction Right for You?

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This is before we get to the issue of capital gains taxes, which create a hurdle of (minimum) 20% on those pesky profits just to get to breakeven. 24, 2023 _ 1: In particular, why average outperforms over the long run; Sommers credits not making errors (via Charlie Ellis’ “Winning the Loser’s Game”) but the nuance and math are fascinating.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Your grandchildren will blame the toxic combination of incompetency and ideology for the massively increased carrying costs of unfunded spending and tax cuts. Note that we undertook much of the work anyway (airports, electrical grid, roads, etc.), just decades later at a much greater cost. All simply unnecessary.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

OCTOBER 26, 2024

First, is the math right based on my numbers? They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. If we guess just 2 billion people, and that is just a guess, and divide that into the 15.2 How can it solve anyone's problem?

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Bloomberg ) • How Florida Beat New York : People are leaving superstar blue cities and moving to red states — its more than better weather ands lower taxes, its much cheaper housing costs. ( Businessweek ) • The Super Bowl’s Most Reliable Stock Market Indicator? technology into its search engine. (

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oXYGen Financial

APRIL 14, 2024

![CDATA[ Here's the future… you pay Social Security tax on ALL of your income? It's unfortunate that most politicians and economists don't explain our $34 trillion dollars of debt in a more simple fashion, so here's some insight on how the basic math works.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

MARCH 18, 2025

And checking in on the GraniteShares YieldBoost SPY ETF (YSPY) that sells put spreads on a levered S&P 500 ETF; Yes, that is a rough start, clearly, but interestingly the math checks out. 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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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It's been a while since this sort of thing was relevant for my day job so something could have changed, weeklies didn't exist for example, but if my math is correct then it was way over exposed which would account for last week's decline in the fund price. Please leave a comment if I did the work incorrectly.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 3, 2024

There was an article on LinkedIn (via Abnormal Returns) by Victor Haghani that dug into the math working against leveraged ETFs. 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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Diamond Consultants

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When it comes to the services they provide to clients, advisors layer in activities such as tax preparation, estate planning, and concierge services to not only satisfy growing client requirements but also to justify a fee increase or generate new sources of revenue.

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Discipline Funds

MARCH 28, 2025

CR: Tariffs are taxes. Anon: But tariffs can replace the income tax. from the income tax and the US imports $3T of goods. We’d have to tax ~85% of imports to cover that, but that would also reduce imports so it’s unrealistic and the basic math doesn’t come close to working. CR: The govt makes $2.5T

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Cornerstone Financial Advisory

JANUARY 8, 2024

The interactive tax assistant tool can also help to determine your filing status and any relevant credits you should (or should not) claim. Math errors: Simple addition and subtraction mistakes can delay your return. Consider using electronic filing software that does the math automatically to avoid mistakes.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 3, 2024

Part of the equation is that he is convinced that tax rates have to go up to pay for out debt and so converting to a Roth now before tax rates do go up will result in people ending up with more after tax dollars versus just going the RMD route at what is now 73 on its way to 75. This has been his thing for a long time.

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Numbers Taxes Retirement Accounting 98

Mullooly Asset Management

JULY 28, 2022

” In this week’s podcast, Tom and Casey debunk this common misconception by explaining the math behind required minimum distributions. In this week’s podcast, Tom and Casey debunk this common misconception by explaining the math behind required minimum distributions.

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Carson Wealth

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A million dollars breaks down into an annual amount of about $30,000 over 30 years (not counting taxes, etc.). Understand Your Plan The best kind of money isn’t old, new or even tax-advantaged – it’s  free  money! Two of the most popular are Traditional and Roth 401(k), which are primarily different because of tax treatment.

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Retirement Taxes Planning Math 98

Darrow Wealth Management

OCTOBER 1, 2022

However, if the goal is to pay off a mortgage before retirement to spend would-be mortgage payments on other things during retirement, the math may not work out. After-tax cost of borrowing and hurdle rates. Without itemizing, most charitable gifts carry no tax benefit for example. The after-tax return on a 5% investment is 3.8%

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JANUARY 6, 2025

. $6300 in today's dollars goes a long way for us, that's quite a bit more than our fixed monthly expenses but might be about equal to regular monthly expenses plus once or twice a year type expenses like property tax, home owners insurance and so on. What's the risk to Social Security income?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Do the math, it would be a fantastic long term result but very difficult to pull off. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Maybe the model providers don't really want their models to differentiate.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JUNE 30, 2024

We've gone over the math before that starting as late as 55 can catch a lot of the way up if they can afford to save a very high percentage of their income. Smart Asset calculates $70,000 gross income working out to $57,187 after tax. It is pretty clear that all age cohorts are woefully undersaved but, yeesh, I don't know about that.

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Darrow Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Pros and cons of exercising stock options in a pre-IPO window If you are new to the tax implications and basics about exercising stock options, please read this article first. Unfortunately, for those tax savings to materialize, the post-IPO stock price at sale must be considerably more than the pre-IPO valuation at exercise.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

And don't worry if math isn't your thing because we've included 50 30 20 budget spreadsheet ideas to help you stay on top of your budgeting strategies. You start off with your after-tax income , which represents 100% of what you have to work with, and then you work out the different spending groups from there.

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Clever Girl Finance

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

And don’t worry if math isn’t your thing because we’ve included 50 30 20 budget spreadsheet ideas to help you stay on top of your budgeting strategies. You start off with your after-tax income, which represents 100% of what you have to work with, and then you work out the different spending groups from there.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The simple 40 year trade for bonds of "number go up" is finished and as a matter of math, can't be repeated. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. Taking volatility out of a fixed income portfolio is fairly simple.

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MazumaBusinessAccounting

JUNE 29, 2020

It may not sound like the most exciting thing, especially if you don’t consider yourself a “math person”, but let’s face the facts, bookkeeping is essential for the success of any small business. Do you dread tax season? Did you know that poor bookkeeping, or lack thereof, is one of the top reasons small businesses fail?

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

APRIL 22, 2024

The article devoted a good amount of space to bond market math, focusing on the pain of owning the iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TLT) and bond funds in general. 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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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Simple math, it looks like the carry index has compounded at less than 3%. They are not intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice or a recommended course of action in any given situation. This next chart from Bloomberg compares just the carry component of the FOXY fund to the S&P 500 and T-Bills.

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Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

These items for us include things like propane delivery (we could pay monthly), property tax and so on. Simple math is that this person needs to save $23/yr to come up with that additional $350,000. But simple math tells you that adding $5000/yr likely won't cut it. BTW, I mean that literally, it is all on a spreadsheet.

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Clever Girl Finance

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The term personal finance ratios might be giving you flashbacks to math class. You can choose whether to use a gross figure or your actual take-home pay after taxes. The first part (28) means you should aim to spend no more than 28% of your income on your total house payment, including taxes and insurance.

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Clever Girl Finance

AUGUST 14, 2022

Self-employment tax. Another sinking fund example would be a fund you set up for your taxes. If you run your own profitable business, you can expect to owe money to the IRS in the form of self-employment tax. It also gives you the math formula to find the information you need if you prefer. Omni calculator.

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Good Financial Cents

JULY 3, 2023

Calculation Breakdown Let’s break down the math to find out how much you could earn annually with a $30 hourly wage: Consider an average workweek of 40 hours and an average year consisting of 52 weeks. Keep in mind that this calculation represents the gross annual salary, not accounting for taxes, insurance, 401K, or deductions.

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