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

MAY 9, 2024

Not if you spend tax season on a boat! I doubt he’s run the real numbers of being invested in the stock market tax deferred with an additional company match. There is lots more: A slew of bad tax advice likely to get-you-sent-to-jail-for-tax evasion: Live on a boat during tax season! Want to earn more money?

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

One, one is true and I’ve always said is that I wanted people to stop, ask if I could doing math. And no one asked me if I can do math anymore with a degree from Booth, particularly in econometrics and statistics. So people really ask you, you take French and can you do math. Two reasons. There was a good equity rebound.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 8, 2023

They go crazy and paint it with BS statements like: Tax-free guaranteed income Can’t lose money asset Upside potential with downside protection Privatized banking Be your own bank Remember that there is a floor to the crediting rate, but that doesn’t mean you can’t lose money. Here’s why that stinks. Transcript 0:00:00.6

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The Better Letter

JUNE 23, 2022

Make Fewer Decisions It’s simple math. “You’ll see I wear only grey or blue suits,” then-President Barack Obama told Michael Lewis in 2012. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I’m not talking about procrastination, although doing so often helps.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

So for a taxable investor, hedge funds generally aren’t tax efficient. And when you look at the assets that are invested, the three trillion in hedge funds, I would guess that north of 90% of that are in institutions that don’t pay taxes. You still had 2012 to 2017 to finish the bet. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Michael Lewis ] 00:06:54 [Speaker Changed] So going back to about, I dunno, maybe 2012, I’d had made several runs at writing about crypto, mainly at the behest of crypto people because they wanted attention. Because he was all sure he was a totally isolated math. So, so he’s brilliant at math. I thought so.

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