Wealthy avoid taxes passing on property: we pay their taxes
The annual gift tax exclusion allows them to give up to a certain amount of money or property to another person without incurring gift tax. This reduces the overall value of their estate and can lower the tax burden on their heirs. They can sell their property to buy a new one without paying capital gains taxes. This 1035 deferment allows investors to reinvest their sale profits, including capital gains, into a better-performing property. This means that they can defer taxes for decades by continually exchanging properties. A trust is a legal entity that manages assets for the benefit of one or more individuals, called beneficiaries. Trusts can be structured in various ways to minimize the tax liability of their beneficiaries and maximize the assets they receive. Here are common ones the wealthy use: Grantor retained annuity trusts, Dynasty trusts, Generation-skipping trusts, Family limited partnerships, Life insurance, etc. Each state has its own regs so only work with an experienced estate planner. You can avoid their taxes in retirement: https://www.amazon.com/Create-Your-Tax-FREE-Financial-System/dp/1466367466
You don’t need to be brilliant to beat Wall Street managers
You only need to follow the trends of the economy. For instance, Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund Admiral Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard Growth and Income Fund Investor Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard Growth Index Fund Admiral Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard Health Care Fund Admiral Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund Admiral Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard Tax-Managed Capital Appreciation Fund Admiral Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Admiral Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Vanguard U.S. Growth Fund Investor Shares provide over 10% annual returns. Finally, if you only picked one fund, use the Vanguard 500 Index Fund Admiral Shares. It provides over 10% annual returns. All these funds provide returns that beat most Wall Street high-cost managers over the last 10 years. And because you have a diversified low-cost portfolio, you do not need to fear a one stock collapse.
https://www.amazon.com/You-Beat-Wall-Street-professionals/dp/1986031373
Last minute Graduation gift
Your kids need the easy way to invest—over time. Using small amounts, contributed over time, will provide your child with a great retirement fund. Using a low-cost market index fund, they can compound a $1/2 million nest egg. At my first job, I had no clue which investment option to use for my 401k contribution and company match. The HR person told me to put it into the “safe” stable value fund. That was the worst choice at my age I learned later when I got my securities licenses. If I had followed their advice I would have ended up with about $150,000 instead of a Wealth Reserve of $877,233 about 33 years later. I have used this 'Wealth Reserve' as I call it to have funds to buy low-cost insurance, to help buy two homes and 5 cars with higher down payments or cash, and now to receive $2,900 a month in retirement supplement. Now your child can build an account that provides tax-FREE education and retirement income too. The stock market provides about 11% a year over time: double your money every 7-9 years. Only the buy and hold strategy works; market timing pays the advisor/broker’s fees.
Time is on their side: https://www.amazon.com/Give-your-child-leg-up-manage/dp/1096505355
6 Unsafe
Investments for Retirees
Municipal bonds offer two potential tax advantages: The
interest you earn is free of federal income taxes. Also the interest may be
free of state and local taxes. Too many bonds can trigger extra taxes. Peer-to-peer
lending may cost you since the borrower may default. Annuities are
sold as a way to save money in retirement but the fees, charges and rules can
ruin your potential for earnings more than a simple CD. Purchasing Treasury
inflation-protected securities has become more attractive than ever before. The core rate they
pay typically is lower than that of other bonds, the inflation adjustment is
measly when prices don’t rise, and TIPS can lose money if we have
deflation. Rental real estate: purchase a rental home or just rent out
your basement, you can turn any property into an investment that will provide
income for years to come. However, a property with large maintenance expenses
can knock you out. Plus, life as a landlord isn’t pleasant. A RE mutual fund is
better. Claiming Social Security later (up to age 70), can significantly increase
your benefit. Social Security benefits generally receive an
inflation adjustment each year. I claimed early and my wife loved working
past age 70 so now she receives $3,495 vs my 1,691. Over 20 years the
difference is remarkable: $69,900 vs $33,820; and that is before the inflation
adjustment annually!
Take Buffett’s
advice for retirees: https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Buffetts-Vanguard-Funds-Retirement/dp/1496148592
Joint accounts
help couples stay together: shared goals beat sex
In working with
investors over the years, I am impressed with this fact: shared goals/accounts keep
couples together. Goals for children, major money purchases, vacations,
business interests, larger family relations, and retirement that are shared for
the long-haul seem to help two people stay together. Joint checking, savings,
and investor accounts are key to reaching all these goals. There may be
separate accounts like IRAs, 401ks, investment and savings accounts, but the
bottom line seems to be sharing every-day money matters makes it clear: the
how, what and where of being successful at accomplishing our common futures is
actual. Whether we put our full pay-checks, earnings and rewards into one
checking, savings and investment accounts seems to keep couples from harboring
wants and needs that are not expressed. Where our money is kept reveals our
ultimate concerns. Some folks have separate ‘mad’ or secret money storage to
engage in ‘unpopular’ activities. However, the intent of sharing with our
loved-one is made apparent by sharing most of our money together. There is less
mistrust and more openness for couples with this ‘one account’ strategy. For
them, joint decisions are reflected in where the money to accomplish them is
kept.
Start Right; Together Right: https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Money-Book-Start-Together/dp/1517572525
Are “Personalized
Portfolios” right for you?
Is this just
broker/advisor hype? Most people don’t have a clue about what they want their
portfolios to look like. They seek an advisor to help them. If they wanted a
“personalized portfolio” they would make one at a robo or directly buy mutual
funds or individual stocks/bonds themselves. Most would NOT say: make us a portfolio that reflects our unique
personalities and lifestyle. Few know what that would look like. The most
important question to answer is how much risk/reward you can stand. As
retirees we diversify as per Buffett using the low-cost market index (9.66%
year to date) and balanced funds (7.48%
) Most people under age 40 should be in 100% stocks since that provides your
best chance of investment success. Later you can slowly move to more sedate
returns. Folks get in trouble when they tell their advisor to invest “so I
don’t lose money” or allowing an advisor to pick their “best idea of the day.”
Advisors that offer a “personalized portfolio” are asking you to let them use
their firm’s most expensive strategy. Remember the Fidelity
study: best account outcomes were those NOT bought and sold—ever. “Do
Nothing” portfolios show success but are boring.
https://www.amazon.com/MasterClass-Buffetts-SIMPLE-Strategy/dp/1983485268
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Like 1776, this
period is a test
of democracy—We
rejected an "American
fascist" once
The
Path to Dictatorship: 2010-2030
Parallels of this era in the past
may hint at our future: democracy breaks apart legally
Billionaires
paid $881 million for votes in 2022
midterm elections
Nov 2020 Wealthy
discredit election process
Jan
6 2021 Direct
govt overthrow failed: guns
& bombs ready
Trump
engaged in a "criminal
conspiracy" to stop Biden
“I
don’t f—ing care that they have weapons”
Trump was “detached
from reality”
Trump
used mafia-style intimidation on the defenseless
Trump still terrorizing
election woman
Parscale: “a
sitting president asking for civil war.”
Trump:
“Just
say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me”
GOP fascism: “RINO
hunt armed; no bagging limit” J6
comm threat
January
6, 2021 “A
date which will live in infamy”
Trump’s Supremes END
personal rights & state
laws except for weapons
WMDs
Fascism: GOP
to stop women leaving state for abortion
It’s
not a court. It’s a junta: Two Americas
Trump: President
Biden is 'enemy of the state'
Christian
Nationalist Party (CNP) replaces
GOP
Apr 9 Illustrated
Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
Apr 21 Trump: “I
am your justice”
Jan 2025 Dictator
pardons himself: his Supremes agree
How Govt wastes our money:
Social
Security, Vets, vendors can’t sue Treasury for not making payments on time!
Let’s make a deal: game
not over yet: GOP leverage cuts benefits for poor,
hungry, sick
Rich
avoid taxes to increase their wealth: we have no choice but to pay their
debt
NASA's SLS rocket $6
billion over budget, six years behind: $93
billion by 2025
Selling
your tax biz tax credits: you get cash; buyers get reduced taxes
SCAMS/SPINS:
Drs settle federal charges including fraud,
bribery and patient harm with money to keep practice
Massive’ Tesla leak reveals data breaches, thousands
of hidden safety complaints
Recall 176,000 Ford
Bronco SUVs: seat belt problem
Amazon's Ring doorbell used to spy
on customers: police use videos
OneMain Financial caught
failed pay refunds on cancelled purchases: $20 million interest refunds
Fox
News: America “needs a dictator.” NY GOP: “We
want total war.”
GOP
to release the terrorists who tried to overthrow our gov: “aggressive
in issuing pardons.”
Terrorists grab donations online to profit
from coup: Gov tries to stop profit from violence
FL school board member: “I’m
not afraid to use the word fascism, because I’m watching it."
Non-churchgoing
Evangelicals now rule the GOP.
Putin
to arrest Lindsey Graham: let’s do a prisoner swap—Putin for Graham—fair
trade!
16,000
children have been kidnapped from Ukraine by Putin: war crime!
Don’t
store money in Venmo, Cash App or PayPal
NM
grandma 98 shot trying to help another shooting victim: 3 dead by teen’s assault-style
rifle
Biker
kills 3 bikers 5 injured in NM rally: picture sets off 28,000 gangbangers
9
people shot after confrontation near beach in
Sacklers
(Purdue Pharma) Shielded From 106,699
Opioid overdose Liability:
SC Senator Davis: the state has a “right
to precedence over a woman’s body”
Hacker: “you
have won gmail billionth search, click to claim prize” but you lose your ID.
Money to “reduce global warming” goes to private
profit deals: wealthy
nations fake it
Jobs
25 of
the Fastest-Growing Jobs Today: salary and requirements
17 Companies Offering Sign-On
Bonuses
most-important-skills-employers-want
Airplane
mechanics needed desperately
Who owns your account now?
State Farm will no
longer accept new
applications for property insurance in California.
We owe $1 trillion
on credit cards: average
interest rate is 24%, the highest in decades
We
are giving up our future (retirement funds): 401k accounts are inflation
buffers
Vigilant
Wealth Management to Hightower
You
qualify as an ‘accredited investor’ if you have competency through an exam
VW
bus of the 60s shape is back: but electric
Miracles:
Generate
electricity from air: humid air passes thru 2 materials releasing energy
Test in mice: trigger
a long-lasting
anti-cancer immune response for many cancers
Best
fish for your health: your top ten for protein
Our
country is sinking. Here are some of the fastest areas: NO, Houston, NYC,
Norfolk,
Plastics
Recycling Is Far Worse Than We Thought
Notre
Dame spire rising after years of work by experts
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Our Universe is Mind-Blowing
Light is both
a particle and a wave depending on how we look at the light.
I
don’t think that there is any such thing as a position or a velocity of a
particle.
Everything (galaxies
to stones) in universe made of subatomic
energy ‘vibrations’
A subatomic ‘particle’
is the smallest possible vibration (quantum) of a quantum field.
Mass–energy
equivalence: E=mc^2. At the smallest
level; Everything is moving
Energy into matter: scientists
converted light energy directly into matter in one step
In place of atomic
lattice, light
waves used to create an optical lattice with same geometry
Physics Nobel Prize:
“entanglement” 2
particles share info instantly at a distance
Quantum
mechanics violates local realism: two objects behave as single system at
distance
“It may be that gravity and quantum mechanics are
exactly the same thing,” Leonard Susskind
Gravity
might induce the collapse of quantum vibrations into 1 quantum state—our
world
Strange state
of physics that allows energy
to flow frictionlessly through a material.
Bending light from
extreme gravity reveals largest black hole
so far
Curved
SpaceTime: heavy masses and simultaneously quantum effects become visible
There is no TIME at this
level because of force fields come and go in all directions.
Universe expanding: events
may not come together like they did before: created our time.
Inside protons,
neutrons, it
is the fields of the virtual particles that creates its mass.
Gold
made from neutron stars: collisions produce more neutrons:79 protons,118
neutrons
The proton
is so complicated science still finds new energy entities/forces every
year.
“Empty space is a
boiling, bubbling brew of virtual
particles that pop in and out of existence in a time scale so short that you
can’t even measure them.” Space expanding.
The electricity we use comes
from the field around the wire not from electron itself.
Scientists
build 'baby' wormhole as sci-fi moves closer to fact: inside quantum
computer
starts-with-a-bang/universe-expansion-not-accelerating/
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Medicare online: https://blog.ssa.gov/apply-for-medicare-online
We can apply for Social
Security online: https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/
We can apply for
health care online: https://www.healthcare.gov/
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