The downside of irrevocable trusts are that they are "irrevocable" and can't easily be undone ➡️ But here's how "swap powers" – the ability to exchange assets in an irrevocable trust with other assets of equivalent value – can be used to add flexibility and income tax efficiency to an irrevocable trust. https://t.co/4jyJFyCFuL #advicers

"Capital-light models amplify the power of reinvested cash flows." 💡 Want your money to work harder without tying up massive capital? Capital-light investment models are game-changers.l
If you bought a home for $500k and it is now worth $1M when you pass away, your children generally receive a “step up in basis.” If they sell it, they may owe no capital gains tax. But if you gift...

The 80/20 rule is just a Power Law in disguise. Often, in a portfolio: 📈 20% of your holdings will drive 80% of your returns. 📉 80% of your stress will come from 20% of your "average" bets. The secret to long-term success? Cutting...
How a "total portfolio approach" that groups investments by risk and performance characteristics (rather than asset class) could lead to a smoother ride for investors (@JasonKephart | @MorningstarInc) More curated articles on investment planning this #WeekendReading: https://t.co/L80cXNYxuT
This is crazy: If you are 35 and start investing $5k/yr and stop at 60, you will have ~$431,754 (8%/yr assumption) But if you are 25, start investing $5k/yr and stop at 35, you will have ~$615,580 at 60 (8%/yr assumption) $75k less...
As Charles Mackay observed in 1841, "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one." We are social creatures whose...
Charlie Munger On Wealth: 10 Hard Truths About Money Most People Don’t Want To Hear https://t.co/nbDYQBQi3R
Your parents told you to avoid debt. That advice kept them middle class. The wealthy use debt to buy assets. Learn the difference.
When you buy, you'll spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on irrecoverable costs like: - Interest - Transaction fees - Maintenance - Opportunity cost But the real Q to ask: 1. How does the math work out for buying vs renting? 2. What about the non-financial...
The planning opportunities created by IRC Section 199A after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are tremendous. Here's how you can help clients reduce their tax burden through creative strategies around the QBI deduction. Read more about the 3 buckets of...

I love when stock pickers have very disciplined unique strategies like Josh Goldberg. He only buys after earnings surprises and doesn't hold longer than 15-months. From the book, Stock Market Maestros
Best FIRE strategy nobody talks about: 1. Improve yourself 2. Make more money 3. Invest the surplus Your career funds the portfolio.

It’s important to reallocate and manage your portfolio correctly as your positions grow. A lot of retail investors fail to crystallize profits. Manage your money correctly and remember the first rule is always preserve capital. Follow @thelonginvestor #investsmart #howtoinvest #stockmarkettips

If these numbers make you uncomfortable... You’re probably overpaying 😬 The rule is simple: Your rent or mortgage should NEVER exceed 25% of your take home pay. Not gross. Overspending on housing is one of the biggest barriers to building real wealth... So if you want...
Bonds flat and stocks lower YTD. Why owning things like commodities, real and hard assets, shorter duration bonds, and managed futures in this volatile inflation 🌎 is more important than ever.
Missed Depreciation On A Rental? Why Amending Prior Returns Is Usually The Wrong Move: Missing a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) can incur a hefty tax penalty of up to 25% of the missed amount – however, the IRS allows individuals...

Slowly building this HSA account almost at $6,000 one of the best account. Also every year increasing it to have $1000 extra till I max. Right now $4000 my portion and employer put $1000.

François Rochon is a well known investment manager who has compounded at ~15% annualized for 30 years (!) In 2002 though he was much more obscure. A single stock was 20% of his portfolio. Below he shares his thoughts on...

Most investors misunderstand the cost of equity. Below is the most explicit Buffett has ever been on his cost of equity... BUT the real insights come from Charlie Munger's push back and Buffett's Punch Card Idea ⬇️Link⬇️
Let’s talk about the Montana car tax strategy. The idea is simple: Montana has no sales tax. So people form a Montana LLC, buy the car through the LLC, register the car in MT, and—poof—no sales tax. Is it legit? There...

My conversation with Wes Gray (@alphaarchitect) & Brent Sullivan (@TaxAlphaInsider) on how to handle concentrated stock positions. We cover: • 351 to ETF conversions • Tax managed long/short • Direct indexing • Exchange funds 🍎 Apple: https://t.co/8EyAQJRS2b 🍏 Spotify: https://t.co/2KzvgNXoiD 📺 YouTube: https://t.co/8ibUEisaZM
Here are five steps everyone in their 60s should take now to help ensure they make the most of Social Security. https://t.co/G4kqCF6jjT
An easy tax arbitrage many people don't think about: Do a pre-tax 401(k) in a state with a high income tax vs withdrawing in a 0% tax state. Example - contribute pre-tax in CA/NY (say 10% marginal) but retire in 0% state,...

The biggest risk in investing isn’t volatility. It’s a short time horizon. Worst S&P 500 annualized returns since 1928: 1 year: -44% 5 years: -13% 10 years: -2% 20 years: +2% 30 years: +8% The longer you stay invested, the smaller the risk of a bad outcome. https://t.co/E6zeCB4Ir8
As a non-person entity, the T-CRUT is not subject to the 10-Year Rule and can be designated as the IRA beneficiary while naming the original non-spouse beneficiary as an income recipient of the trust and a charitable organization as the...
Loved to discuss multi asset funds with @Shiprasorout on the concept, what they are intended for and how they differentiate themselves:

Most investors follow a rule nobody ever properly tested: subtract your age from 100, put the rest in stocks. A new Yale study finally ran the numbers. Following that rule costs the equivalent of 2% of lifetime consumption. A static 60/40...
Midstream MLPs are the toll roads of energy — they get paid regardless of commodity prices. Now with rates falling, yield spreads are widening and borrowing costs are dropping. Double tailwind. @InfraCap @JDHatfield_ICAP break it down 👇 https://t.co/VsVjJ2Qwhm
The best investors stay calm when markets are volatile, and these financial habits can help you stay the course. https://t.co/hO1oDA3Gyi
$YEXT spread for an odd lot tender at low end of Dutch Auction range is now ~$50 on ~$520 deployed for ~10 day capital lock-up. This is the stuff small investors should locate within tax wrappers to maximize after tax...

Investing legend Warren Buffett explains why he often prefers the stock market over real estate. Stocks can be bought or sold in seconds, while real estate deals can take months of negotiations. A powerful lesson in value investing, smart capital...
This is a challenging spot, because if you don't outright specialize in clients with special needs children, most advisors may only come across these scenarios once or twice in a career, and won't necessarily have a good network of attorneys...

It has been my thesis for the past 5 years that the “new” 60/40 is more like a 60/20/20. To illustrate this the chart below shows that a hypothetical 60/20/20 portfolio, allocated as noted in the chart, could have sharply...
Chasing stocks that are soaring can be tempting — but those gains can vanish quickly amid market volatility. https://t.co/sMK6GH12Xx
Instead of asking: "How can I earn the highest return possible?" Investors should ask: "What are the highest returns I can sustain for the LONGEST period of time without going bust." This changes entirely how you invest.
Step up in basis is one of the most powerful tax provisions and can wipe out a lot of taxes. Say your dad bought $200k of stocks in a brokerage account that are now worth $2M. He passes them down to you...
A mentor I had 20 years ago would say, “You might be able to pump them up, but fundamentals have to keep them up.”
ISOs are attractive because, under the right conditions, gains from their exercise and sale can qualify for long-term capital gains treatment. However, to receive this preferential tax treatment, employees must wait to sell the employer stock until at least one...
Many assume estate planning is handled once documents are signed, but DIGITAL estate planning does not behave that way. For many clients, the real issue is an ACCESS problem: email, cloud photos, financial logins, business accounts, and Terms of Service...
Hot take: no one has ever run out of money using the 4% Rule. Why? Because, in the real world, people are flexible. During a market crash, no one is going to increase their spending by inflation because "the rule said...

“It’s not given to human beings to have such talent that they can just know everything about everything all the time. But it is given to human beings who work hard at it—who look and sift the world for a...

This circles back to investing consistently through Dollar Cost Averaging in a low-cost passive index fund that tracks the market. Remember, "Time in the Market, Beats Timing The Market." 📣 https://elmads.com/?p=4958 — The Power of Cost Averaging Investment Strategy

Retirement investing is changing, and most people don’t realize it yet. In this episode, Henry Yoshida (CEO & Co-Founder of Rocket Dollar) breaks down why the traditional retirement system was never designed for true investor control, and how private markets, real...
While I think there are some great use cases for AI to do investment research (got an investment thesis, let it help crunch the data, or sift through a zillion 10-K filings to spot which companies match your criteria), I...
I created a tool to visualize your sequence risk in a portfolio. We talk a lot about the "efficient frontier", but the EF turns investing into a performance chasing and alpha optimization problem. The average investor doesn't care about this...

Tax time: The time of the year where your eyes pop out of your head, wondering how you could be paying so much to the government. Fear not, there are SOME things you can do to reduce your tax burden. Yes,...

Buying and holding index funds through highs and lows is a great strategy. But i bet if you saw this chart in 2013- You would've guessed the market is about to crash.
A 10% loss requires a 11% gain to get back to even. A 20% loss requires a 25% gain to get back to even. A 50% loss requires a 100% gain to get back to even. A 90% loss requires a 900% gain...
Don't miss Martha C. White on @ThisMorningShow with Gordon Deal talking about how moving back in with your parents might not be saving you as much money as you had hoped. https://t.co/GR2x1oNj4a