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Gifting to Family Members Can Save Taxes

February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · AIP Money Management Tips, General Advice

AIP Money Mangement Tip
 
Each person is allowed to make gifts of up $13,000 per recipient per year free of federal gift and estate taxes. The gifts can be made to an unlimited amount of people. A man and wife can each give $13,000; making the limit $26,000 for a married couple.
 
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Mr. Brown Goes to Washington – The Implications Beyond the Obvious

January 24th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Economics, Investment Planning

By Ken Faulkenberry
The election of Scott Brown to the Massachusetts U.S. Senate Seat has been called one of the biggest upsets in elections history. There are obvious important implications of his election. The fact Mr. Brown will be the 41st vote in the Senate takes away the democrats’ ability to dictate policy. His election probably [...]

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The Short-Term Case for a Higher Dollar

January 19th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Portfolio Management, Specific Investment Ideas

There are plenty of reasons the dollar is near all-time lows: the Federal Reserve printing money like mad; huge budget and trade deficits; large unfunded liabilities for Social Security and Medicare; and short term rates close to zero. These have all weighed on the price of the dollar. But all these problems are well known [...]

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How to Avoid the Coming Crash in Bonds

January 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Investment Planning, Portfolio Management, Risk Management

The environment for Bonds was extremely favorable from 1980-2008, one of longest such periods in history. This period brought us a falling inflation rate and government policies that favored lower interest rates causing bond yields to fall to generational lows, and therefore, bond prices to generational highs.
 
Historically, individual investors as a group tend to make [...]

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How to Identify and Avoid Investment Bubbles

October 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Portfolio Management, Risk Management

By Ken Faulkenberry
Investment bubbles have been a part of investing for as long as investing has existed.  By definition they draw masses of investors into the bubble or they wouldn’t exist.  Generation after generation, multitudes of investors have experienced considerable financial harm due to participation in these various bubbles.  Many of them, at their own [...]

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