Trade Brains

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The course covers an introduction to personal finance, credit cards, life insurance, health insurance, investment instruments, loans, income tax and planning, budgeting and building a strong portfolio. Also, you will learn how to plan your taxes, credit score importance and how to budget your income to create a portfolio.

Budgeting 59

Budgeting Certification Education Asset Allocation 59

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I don't see the diversification benefit which as an ongoing theme forces us to think differently about how to build a 60/40 portfolio. It is important to understand the math though. No portfolio concept can always be best. Any valid idea you come up with for your portfolio will lag at times. That's a year to date chart.

Portfolio 64

Portfolio Math Management Investing 64

Carson Wealth

MARCH 2, 2023

When a portfolio is down significantly, you’ll need to cash out more shares to arrive at the same amount of income, and it can be tough to recover from the loss of those assets. Cleaning up your balance sheet and erasing high-interest debt is essential to avoid putting excess strain on your portfolio.

Retirement 98

Retirement Taxes Financial Advisor Accounting 98

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

That is correct, technically but whatever you're looking for from REITs, or private equity or any of the others, you're not going to see it impact the portfolio as part of an index fund. Mistakes during those types of events are what managing portfolios is all about.

Math 72

Math Portfolio Marketing Marketing 72

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.

Retirement 70

Retirement Math Insurance Taxes 70

Darrow Wealth Management

OCTOBER 1, 2022

On the flip side, not having a mortgage in retirement can be beneficial if it reduces overall lifestyle costs and how much you’ll need to draw from your portfolio in retirement. 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.

Retirement 81

Retirement Taxes Math Wealth Management 81

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Anything related to the Permanent Portfolio (portfolio devised by Harry Browne weighting 25% each to stocks, long bonds, cash and gold) or any of the Permanent Portfolio-inspired modern investment products are always fun to look at. I wanted to circle back to the ProShares S&P 500 High Income ETF (ISPY).

Portfolio 40

Portfolio Math Assets Taxes 40

The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

You wouldn’t be surprised to learn the tax consequences of owning a mutual fund is a part of it. If you’re at all interested in focused portfolios, the concept of quality as a sub-sector under value and just how you build a portfolio and a track record, that’s tough to beat. Really fascinating guy.

Valuation 130

Valuation Investing Investments Assets 130

Brown Advisory

JANUARY 17, 2024

One of our colleagues, Ken Stuzin, likens portfolio construction to Darwinian Investing – it is about survival of the fittest. In a concentrated portfolio, it is the losers that kill you. What sort of hit rate should we then expect within their portfolio? 5 As Table 2 below highlights, this team appears to be seriously good!

Investing 52

Investing Investments Portfolio Compliance 52

Investing Caffeine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Math Matters. I did okay in school and was educated on many different topics, including the basic principle that math matters. With that said, I am always quick to point out that diversification in a portfolio is important (i.e., Source: Calafia Beach Pundit. Source: Edward Yardeni.

Math 52

Math Assets Investing Investments 52

Zajac Group

AUGUST 11, 2022

However, a down stock price might mean that you could score some tax breaks if you exercise and hold some of those ISOs. When the price is down, the move might help minimize alternative minimum tax (AMT). Controlling additional shares bought outright, coupled with a disqualified ISO sale, may result in a higher after-tax value.

Taxes 52

Taxes Sales Numbers Investing 52

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Her job is portfolio and product solutions and that means she could go anywhere in the world and do anything. 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.

Assets 141

Assets Management Portfolio Investing 141

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

If the 4% treasury portfolio pays out $50,000 today, it will pay the same $50,000 in 2038 with no growth in account value. Part of the math that determines options premiums is the risk free rate of return from T-bills. If inflation averages 3% per year for the next 15 years then in 2038 our expenses will be 50% higher.

Retirement 69

Retirement Accounting Math Healthcare 69

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

JULY 9, 2023

Generally speaking, pensions are less viable than they used to be, the math doesn't work as well. Workers are not on the hook for managing their portfolios, don't have to manage withdrawal rates and have some security that their monthly check is what it is, maybe there's a COLA or maybe not but no surprises. Is he right? Is he wrong?

Retirement 47

Retirement Math Management Taxes 47

Yardley Wealth Management

JULY 20, 2022

We’d look at the asset allocations of their portfolios and whether they’re tax-deferred, tax-exempt, or taxable. The math is the easy part, but James and Pamela have never really had a conversation on what their dream will look like—or even to what extent they both share it. So—problem solved, right? Well, actually, no.

Retirement Planning 52

Retirement Planning Budgeting Retirement Wealth Management 52

Darrow Wealth Management

MAY 22, 2023

Again just using simple math, this presumes the par value will roll over each month and reinvest at the same rate to get to the annual yield. Cash vs stocks: growth of $1M With an average annualized return under 1%, the cash portfolio only gains $92,000 over a decade. Compare that to the stated yield of 5.6% 467% a month.

Investing 90

Investing Investments Wealth Management Accounting 90

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2019

Indeed, a Roth conversion has the potential to generate greater wealth than a traditional IRA during an individual’s or couple’s lifetime, and it can play a meaningful role in providing tax advantages to heirs throughout their lifetime as well. RMDs from a traditional IRA are taxed as ordinary income.

Planning 52

Planning Distribution Taxes Accounting 52

Brown Advisory

AUGUST 1, 2019

Indeed, a Roth conversion has the potential to generate greater wealth than a traditional IRA during an individual’s or couple’s lifetime, and it can play a meaningful role in providing tax advantages to heirs throughout their lifetime as well. RMDs from a traditional IRA are taxed as ordinary income.

Planning 52

Planning Distribution Taxes Accounting 52

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Part of the math that determines options premiums is the risk free rate of return from T-bills. We've also looked at countless ways to incorporate a small allocation to covered calls funds to help reduce portfolio volatility, so using them as alts in a matter of speaking. Covered call funds have many favorable attributes.

Math 59

Math Retirement Numbers Portfolio 59

Brown Advisory

MAY 3, 2018

We try to remind them that rising rates, despite their inevitable short-term effect on fixed-rate bond prices, do not necessarily mean long-term declines for bond portfolios generally or for municipal bond portfolios specifically. MUNICIPALS AND RISING RATES Simple math dictates that when yields rise, fixed-rate bond prices fall.

Taxes 52

Taxes Portfolio Valuation Clients 52

Brown Advisory

MAY 3, 2018

We try to remind them that rising rates, despite their inevitable short-term effect on fixed-rate bond prices, do not necessarily mean long-term declines for bond portfolios generally or for municipal bond portfolios specifically. Simple math dictates that when yields rise, fixed-rate bond prices fall.

Taxes 52

Taxes Portfolio Valuation Clients 52

Abnormal Returns

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Home ownership How to make the math behind home ownership work (or not). awealthofcommonsense.com) How Morgan Housel invests his portfolio. etf.com) Taxes It's time, once again, to start thinking about how to shrink an estate. humbledollar.com) How to calculated the real, after-tax returns on cash.

Math 261

Math Taxes Portfolio Investing 261

The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

I published what’s called a comment, so like a very short one about this great tax law case with this guy who like won the lottery and then wanted to get his lottery winnings treated as capital gains. So like a component of it was like the standard derivatives math, right? Matt Levine : 00:03:44 You know, I did. And he lost.

Retail 130

Retail Banking Math Management 130

Clever Girl Finance

AUGUST 2, 2022

With Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs), you can invest your money in a tax-advantaged way. Using a traditional IRA to turn 10K into 100K means the money you deposit may be tax-deductible. If you use a Roth IRA, you pay taxes on contributions but not on qualified distributions when you retire. IRAs or Roth IRAs.

Education 59

Education Retirement Investing Investments 59

The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2023

So how do you then go from tax and audit practice to finance and investing? So I took it upon myself to go off and took a course in bond math, took another course in derivatives and realized the underlying fundamental concepts were barely, I mean, it wasn’t even high school math in most cases. Very different fields.

Assets 286

Assets Clients Investing Investments 286

The Big Picture

AUGUST 8, 2022

ANAT ADMATI, PROFESSOR OF FIANCE AND ECONOMICS, STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: So, my journey starts where I took a lot of math. I was good in math and I love the math. So, I was kind of, in my romantic mind when I was in my early 20s, I was going to take but not give back to math, that kind of thing. ADMATI: Yes.

Banking 195

Banking Government Insurance Taxes 195

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.

Insurance 59

Insurance Clients Financial Advisor Accounting 59

The Big Picture

AUGUST 29, 2023

So I came down, met with our head of the portfolio review department, which oversees our external managers, met with our head of brokerage, and then met with the head of bind indexing, who was Ken Volpert at the time. Also being cognizant of the tax implications of trading activity. And me and him had an instant connection.

Portfolio 130

Portfolio Investing Investments Numbers 130

Bell Investment Advisors

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For example, those inheriting an IRA might be subject to the IRS’s 10-year rule, which imposes stiff tax penalties on certain beneficiaries who fail to withdraw the full balance of the account within a decade of the original owner’s passing. Assets jointly held with others or in trust may be subject to restrictions that limit your options.

Accounting 52

Accounting Distribution Investment Advisor Taxes 52

Sara Grillo

MAY 16, 2022

It is important to note that this would only be a low cost option for larger portfolios. But, let’s say you had a much smaller portfolio. Retirement Portfolio Partners. It is important to note that this would only be a low cost option for larger portfolios. But, let’s say you had a much smaller portfolio.

Financial Advisor 52

Financial Advisor Financial Advice Financial Planner Assets 52

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So I, I did a math degree at Oxford, which is more pure math. You know, pure math can be very theoretical and detached from the real world, and it’s getting worse. You don’t have to pay any tax and just let the rest ride. It’s just math stick to it over long periods of time. You give out 5%.

Investing 130

Investing Investments Clients Management 130

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

I mean, if we really stretched 10 times net income, I think if we find the hot buyer, we can get the 10 times, you know, with no adjustments, no trickery after tax net income, that would be a great price for most businesses. RITHOLTZ: So it’s different math then I need 100x winner versus 99? KLINSKY: Yeah. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Investing 257

Investing Investments Numbers Banking 257

Clever Girl Finance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After all, taxes and expenses can eat into your income before you even have a chance to make a budget! Calculating $15 an hour per year after tax Expert tip: You can stretch your income by investing! It’s important to remember that there is a difference between pre-tax income and after-tax income.

Budgeting 52

Budgeting Taxes Accounting Transportation 52

Clever Girl Finance

JANUARY 29, 2023

Your assets include everything from the cash in your bank accounts to the value of your stock portfolios and the market value of anything tangible that you own such as a house or a car. Any medical debt, personal loans, or back taxes are also considered liabilities. Subtract your liabilities from your assets to get your net worth.

Budgeting 115

Budgeting Retirement Assets Education 115

Brown Advisory

JUNE 16, 2022

We discount each year at our 10% minimum weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and some infinite series maths gives us the basis for some rough approximations 2. Today the Global Leaders portfolio cash flow duration in real terms is in the 15 to 17-year range using this calculation. That assumes I pay no taxes which is very hard.

Investing 52

Investing Investments Valuation Accounting 52

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I — I loved math, but really, I was going to go down that literature route more than anything else and — and study Spanish literature. there’s a big focus on how do we optimize for tax efficiency, too. It’s different wealth regimes, it’s different tax regimes. RITHOLTZ: Applied Mathematics, Quants, those guys, yeah.

Clients 286

Clients Wealth Management Investing Investments 286

The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

That’s a really easy portfolio to create. It allows you to understand, generally speaking, what is a reasonable beta for that whole portfolio. By the time I got there in ’92, they had a great venture portfolio and almost nobody else even understood what venture capital was. That allows you to do two things.

Management 130

Management Investing Investments Government 130