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#BestOf2019 – Fund Your Child’s Roth with Chore Income
One of the only articles on the Internet that clearly answers the question Can you fund your Roth with chore income? It’s just an added bonus for its readers that the answer is Yes.
Q&A: How Do You Address Issues Outside Your Area of Expertise?
We see ourselves as your primary care provider for finances and strive to become experts in every specialty that you need while accompanying you on any referral to another firm we need to make.
Help! I Inherited a Nondeductible Basis!
If you inherit a traditional IRA from a person who had a basis in the IRA because of nondeductible contributions, that basis remains with the IRA assets as they come into your ownership.
Lessons from Medicine: Reporting Can Lie
There is an incentive to lie when your methodology is bad.
#BestOf2019 – An Overview of Marotta’s 2019 Gone-Fishing Portfolios
Our gone-fishing portfolios are used by thousands of people, so it makes sense the article about it would be among our most popular of 2019. Our 2020 gone-fishing portfolios will come out in February.
Q&A: What is Your Client’s Average Portfolio Size and Life Stage?
We have a large distribution of clients at all portfolio sizes and, surprisingly, have all life stages near equally represented.
Longest Economic Expansion In United States History
A long expansion is nothing to fear.
Lessons from Medicine: The Best Methodologies Are Boring
In all fields, the best methodologies are boring.
#BestOf2019 – How to Do Everything at Schwab
Four separate Schwab Tutorials made the top ten articles of 2019 with nearly 12K views each. Perhaps one day Schwab will write their own tutorials, but until then, I’m glad we can help so many people.
To What Benchmark Should I Compare My 2019 Returns?
Use the following table to look up the 2019 blended index to benchmark your returns.
Inverted Yield Curve Uninverted Without Recession
Investors hurt their finances more by missing out than they do by staying in.
Harvest Major Capital Losses Whenever You Have Them
While you can only use $3,000 per year of capital losses to reduce your taxable income, you should bank as much capital loss as possible for other future uses.
Looking Backward on Socialism: Liberal Control Of Academia
The increasing monoculture within universities pushes, at least slightly, each graduating class more toward favoring socialism.
#BestOf2019 – Q&A: Can I Use 529 Funds for Off-Campus Housing?
Elizabeth has written one post so far, and it was the most popular post of 2019. With over 12K views, this clear descriptions of the housing reimbursement rules has helped a lot of people.
2019 In Review
Investors usually use short time periods and common indexes to measure performance.