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What’s New(s) with Seth: December 2022

By |2022-12-30T19:02:28+00:00December 30th, 2022|Categories: Single Point of View, What's New(s)?|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Seth is back with another installment of “What’s New(s)?”  highlighting the topics that he’s following closely which might have an impact on you, as well as some others that he thinks you might find interesting or fun.  Included in the Omnibus spending bill that the Senate passed earlier this month was the SECURE Act [...]

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Be Aware of Capital Gain Distributions

By |2020-12-11T15:07:58+00:00December 11th, 2020|Categories: Investment Planning, Single Point of View, Tax Planning|Tags: , |

Do you own mutual funds in a taxable investment account? If so, you should be aware of year-end Capital Gain Distributions. December (year-end planning season!) truly is the most wonderful time of the year (for nerdy financial planners.) Bottom line (if you don't want to watch the video): you should compare tax cost of holding [...]

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Stock-picking Mutual Funds die hard… for now

By |2018-03-16T03:30:10+00:00June 16th, 2017|Categories: Single Point of View|Tags: , , |

The ability of traditional Mutual Fund stock-pickers to deliver out-performance has been decaying for 2 decades. A recent WSJ editorial by renowned finance scholar Burton Malkiel sites the most recent stats published by Standard-&-Poor's and they are absolutely ugly. •“More than 90% of active US managers under-performed their benchmark indexes over a 15-year period.”  •“Over 85% [...]

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