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Accountant vs. Financial Advisor: What Are Your Goals & Who Will Help You Get There?

Zoe Financial

Dear Zoe Experts, I’ve been looking for tax planning guidance and am deciding whether to hire a financial advisor or an accountant. Financial advisors focus primarily on investments, while accountants focus more on taxes and other record-keeping aspects of finances. You’re on the right track! Ready to Grow Your Wealth?

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Global Leaders Strategy Investment Letter: August 2023

Brown Advisory

For as much as we are cognisant of factor risks, the backward-looking nature of these models – and unpredictable embedded covariance matrices – means we are careful to not over-interpret the results. Both “risks” faded in the models quickly; the events had already happened. The future is rarely the same as the past.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

One of our firm’s strategic advisors was on the Reagan-era tax policy team that implemented the 5% rule; they sought to ensure that private foundations did not become favorable havens for tax-free growth. Alternately, they can determine a target or required rate of return, and then adjust risk up or down to meet that return goal.

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On A Shoestring

Brown Advisory

One of our firm’s strategic advisors was on the Reagan-era tax policy team that implemented the 5% rule; they sought to ensure that private foundations did not become favorable havens for tax-free growth. Alternately, they can determine a target or required rate of return, and then adjust risk up or down to meet that return goal.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

Investors should pay particular attention to the risk factors described in the Memorandum pertaining to an investment opportunity. Constituents of the index include all tax-qualified REITs with more than 50 percent of total assets in qualifying real estate assets other than mortgages secured by real property. equity REITs.

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Are Alternatives Right for Our Organization?

Brown Advisory

Risk-for-riskanalysis to funding capital. Liquidity management and a budget for allocating to private investments in a disciplined way. Investors should pay particular attention to the risk factors described in the Memorandum pertaining to an investment opportunity. Aligned fee arrangements. equity REITs.