I need a name for this portfolio
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I do like the 25% gold portion of the 4x25. The GB at 20% appeals, too. And Fidelity will help with the 30 year T Bonds.
Time to get busy- this week.
Oh, I meant how much $$$ I have to invest in an IRAs. IRAs are a bit restrictive. Just an opinion.
Time to get busy- this week.
Oh, I meant how much $$$ I have to invest in an IRAs. IRAs are a bit restrictive. Just an opinion.
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Desert wrote:spit out my afternoon tea on that one...dualstow wrote: I don't have a pension, but my wife and I are blessed with zero children, so that helps.
Child-free living; definitely cheaper.
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I'd like to construct a portfolio and call it "Thor's Hammer", featuring guaranteed returns (get it?)
Unfortunately, I don't think such a portfolio exists.
Unfortunately, I don't think such a portfolio exists.
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Re: I need a name for this portfolio
Kevin, IRAs are more than a bit restrictive. Restrictions come in spades. You need to talk to a CPA or Enrolled Agent before you or at least read and fully understand the IRA rules at IRS.GOV before you put any money into an IRA.bedraggled wrote:I do like the 25% gold portion of the 4x25. The GB at 20% appeals, too. And Fidelity will help with the 30 year T Bonds.
Time to get busy- this week.
Oh, I meant how much $$$ I have to invest in an IRAs. IRAs are a bit restrictive. Just an opinion.
You certainly can't throw $65k into a pair of IRAs in one year.
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Ocho,
Good point. To clarify, We are not putting $65,000 in an IRA for 2016 and 2017. We are putting $6,500 sums into two traditional IRA accounts for the these two tax years: that's 2 accounts for 2 tax years @$6,500. The total deposits are $26,000. The total investment amount is approx. $65,000. I will probably add incrementally if there are a couple of downturns in 3 to 6 months. I would like to add more than an incremental amount if stocks sell-off 5-10%
VTI is a nice place to put 25% of thr stash.
Question: to avoid a collectibles tax on gold, while not buying an ETF, is IAU the place to put the gold portion? The postings on Sprott are effectively disuasive.
Thanks
Good point. To clarify, We are not putting $65,000 in an IRA for 2016 and 2017. We are putting $6,500 sums into two traditional IRA accounts for the these two tax years: that's 2 accounts for 2 tax years @$6,500. The total deposits are $26,000. The total investment amount is approx. $65,000. I will probably add incrementally if there are a couple of downturns in 3 to 6 months. I would like to add more than an incremental amount if stocks sell-off 5-10%
VTI is a nice place to put 25% of thr stash.
Question: to avoid a collectibles tax on gold, while not buying an ETF, is IAU the place to put the gold portion? The postings on Sprott are effectively disuasive.
Thanks
Re: I need a name for this portfolio
You owe the collectibles tax on gold ETFs like IAU, GLD, and SGOL, just as if you held the metal itself. IAU is an ETF.bedraggled wrote:
Question: to avoid a collectibles tax on gold, while not buying an ETF, is IAU the place to put the gold portion? The postings on Sprott are effectively disuasive.
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Ocho,
Continued thanks.
So, how can an investor avoid the collectibles tax?
Cheers.
Continued thanks.
So, how can an investor avoid the collectibles tax?
Cheers.
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Buy gold with cash and don't tell anyone about it.bedraggled wrote:Ocho,
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So, how can an investor avoid the collectibles tax?
Cheers.
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You would only pay the collectibles rate (28%) if your income tax bracket was 28% or above.bedraggled wrote:Ocho,
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So, how can an investor avoid the collectibles tax?
Cheers.
If your taxable income is less than 28%, you'd owe taxes on the gold's capital gains based on whatever your income tax bracket is. So 10%, 15%, or 25%.
To avoid it completely, you'd need to have no taxable income (staying under the standard deduction and personal exemption).
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Jack, Ocho, etc all,
Are there gold funds that avoid the collectibles tax? I believe PHYS is one but that will go to Sprott soon.
Yes, Jack, buying for cash may be the best idea.
SGOL is strongly touted. Should I just disregard the collectibles tax. More thoughts,please. (And I am having trouble spelling "collectible" or does it end "able"? I can't go to dictionary.com on this iPad).
Thanks.
Are there gold funds that avoid the collectibles tax? I believe PHYS is one but that will go to Sprott soon.
Yes, Jack, buying for cash may be the best idea.
SGOL is strongly touted. Should I just disregard the collectibles tax. More thoughts,please. (And I am having trouble spelling "collectible" or does it end "able"? I can't go to dictionary.com on this iPad).
Thanks.
Re: I need a name for this portfolio
You "disregard" Federal taxes at your own legal peril. Everyone makes their own decisions in life, but tax evasion I would never recommend.bedraggled wrote:Jack, Ocho, etc all,
Are there gold funds that avoid the collectibles tax? I believe PHYS is one but that will go to Sprott soon.
Yes, Jack, buying for cash may be the best idea.
SGOL is strongly touted. Should I just disregard the collectibles tax. More thoughts,please. (And I am having trouble spelling "collectible" or does it end "able"? I can't go to dictionary.com on this iPad).
Thanks.
Why is SGOL better than IAU or GLD? It's more expensive. Who is "touting" it to you? What's their agenda? Yes, it trades commission free at Schwab. That's nice.
When you backtest the three, IAU comes out best; it has the lowest expense ratio. I don't know anything about PHYS. Any ETF that holds gold bullion will have the same taxation issue.
You can avoid collectibles taxation if you buy gold miners, like the GDX ETF, but GDX is very volatile and sometimes doesn't act the same as gold. They are 85% correlated, not 100%. But you still have capital gains taxes, of course. And dividends are taxed. And you have to be a sly fox to trade GDX.
I have traded GDX and have never lost money on it, knock on wood, but it made me sweat.
Honestly, unless you want to study and work to optimize your taxes, just buy IAU and put it into your IRA, and forget about the stupid collectibles tax. You're going to get yourself into legal problems, and those will cost more than you can imagine. I got audited, and it cost me thousands to clear my name. I was right, but I was out thousands.
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Ocho,
Clarification: I meant to stop worrying about a collectibles tax and use pay if it is due.
Thanks.
Clarification: I meant to stop worrying about a collectibles tax and use pay if it is due.
Thanks.
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In honor of the latest entry in portfoliocharts,"Cash is King":
heat map calculator:
20% domestic stock
10% long bonds
50% tbills
20% gold
Hmm, not bad.
heat map calculator:
20% domestic stock
10% long bonds
50% tbills
20% gold
Hmm, not bad.
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