Tax Loss Harvesting
Top strategies and rules that advisors can consider when using tax loss harvesting to reduce tax liabilities of client portfolios.
Defining Behavioral Finance Terms
By Staff WriterAnchoring. The tendency of investors to become attached to a specific price as the fair value of a holding. Attachment bias. Holding onto an investment for...
April 20, 2005
Does Income Ta Planning Now Trump Estate Ta Avoidance?For decades, estate planning has been dominated by a desire to avoid a confiscatory federal estate tax. In 1976, the amount a decedent could ...
April 06, 2005
Elderly With VAs Face Many DecisionsElderly With VAs Face Many DecisionsRegulatorsincluding the National Association of Securities Dealers, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and several state insurance departmentshave been raising questions ...
April 01, 2005
All Hail the Overlay ManagerUnified Managed Accounts (UMAs) give advisors the flexibility to choose their own asset allocation and preferred products while delivering enhanced levels of customization. But the...
March 01, 2005
Marsh May Cut Jobs, Will Cut DividendThe cost of handling compensation investigations and other regulatory matters hit earnings hard during the fourth quarter of 2004 at a big New York ...
March 01, 2005
Divorce and Taxes: IRAs and OptionsThe courts and the IRS have been very active recently in the divorce arena. Developments in the areas of nonalimony designations, dependency waivers, interest, retirement...
October 12, 2004
Researchers: Reducing Stomach Capacity Pays OffAuthors of a new study say weight-control surgery really can improve or eliminate diabetes, high blood pressure and other weight-related conditions in "morbidly obese" ...