Do Children Need To File A Tax Return To Fund Their Roth IRA?
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The IRS does not require dependents whose gross income is only earned income to file a tax return if the amount is less than a certain amount.

Recouping Losses Is Not As Hard As You Think
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Many advisors and most investors don’t really understand the math on how to compute investment returns.

Radio: The Importance of Real Estate
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David John Marotta was interviewed on radio’s Schilling Show discussing real estate and its importance in your total net worth.

Changing Your Financial Behavior Is Difficult
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Our minds are wired to quickly generalize on perceived trends and react to them.

Double Bottom Bear: The Bear Market of 1970
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Bear Markets are unpredictable, but there is no reason that they should be a cause of distress.

How Much Can I Withdraw in Retirement?
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We have calculated safe withdrawal rates for ages 0 to 100 based on age-appropriate asset allocation mixes.

Five Reasons to Have Some Cash Equivalents
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There are at least five reasons to hold cash. Without a good reason to hold cash, you may be holding too much.

TD Ameritrade Trust Company President Gets “Fee-Only” Wrong
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It should be clear that “fee-only” means “fee-only,” not “fees and third-party manager revenue-sharing and trailing mutual fund fees.”

Family Financial Lifecycle
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Before the children arrive, squirrel away some money. When the children go out on their own you get one last chance to save for retirement.

BREXIT: Britain’s Independence Day
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The future may be uncertain, but the markets are quite reliable in the long run.

Narrowly Framed Questions Fail to Meet Life Goals
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Purchasing investment products in isolation from the larger context of your specific situation is like pushing random buttons on a vending machine in order to provide a Thanksgiving dinner for your family.

Radio: Nine Ways to Secure Your Finances
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Here are nine steps you should take to make it more difficult for criminals and identity thieves to steal your personal information.

Bloomberg Article Gets Asset Allocation Exactly Wrong
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Apparently the idea behind asset allocation is more complex than they think.

A Guide to Investing in REITs
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REITs are one way to get some of the benefit of investing in real estate without as much of the risk.

Language Matters: Robo-Advisor vs. Robo-Investing
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David M Zolt writes in his article “Industry needs to rid itself of misleading labels” that “profound misrepresentation is just one of the many ways the financial services field misleads customers with language.” It is absolutely true. He explains: Language … Read More

Language Matters: Fee-Based vs. Fee-And-Commission Based
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The term “fee-based” was created specifically to confuse consumers.

Where to Find the Hidden Fees of Commission-Based Firms
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Very few consumers actually read the SEC filings for the firms they have engaged.

What Are The Problems With Illiquid Alternative Investments?
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The larger the spread, the more likely you should neither buy nor sell the asset.

The Happy Habits of Appreciation and Gratitude
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Life planning begins as thoughts and ultimately shapes our entire destiny.

One Powerful Method To Achieve Higher Investment Returns
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Long term investing does not require making quick emotional responses.

You Want An Advisor Who Keeps You From “The Big Mistake”
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Real financial advisors stand between you and the Big Mistake.

Write Down Your Investment Plan
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To protect yourself from behavioral errors, write down your investment plan.

Radio: Budgeting Benefits
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Having a budget as a boundary for your spending gives you the freedom to work within that boundary, and keeps you on track to save for your goals.

How Cookie-Cutter Powers of Attorney Fail
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This style of Power of Attorney certainly gets the job done, but there are a few ways that the cookie-cutter POA most frequently fails to meet people’s wishes.

Ten Principles for Teaching Children about Money
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Here are ten principles for teaching children about money.

What Is Settlement Date And Why Does It Matter?
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Most investors think that whenever you buy or sell a security the money is immediately deducted or deposited into your account. This is not true.

Family Budgeting
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If a budget isn’t a team effort, one member of the family will hold the purse strings and everyone else will be resentful.

Guidelines for Using Margin
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Too much leverage is risky because it endangers meeting your goals.

Fund Analyzer Shows Value Of Lower Fees
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Continually curating a list of low cost funds is valuable for long term investors.

Government Requires 2.5 Hours of Daily Work
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Without the burden of federal, state, and local taxes, you could leave your job at 2:27pm every day and earn the same salary.

What is Margin?
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We don’t normally recommend being on margin, but we recommend having the option in case it is needed.

Radio Interview: The Burden of Government Taxation
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David John Marotta was recently interviewed on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show, discussing taxation and the burden of government.

Investing Strategies for an Irrational Brain
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Recency bias is perhaps the most difficult natural bias to overcome.

Department of Labor’s New Fiduciary Ruling
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Any legislation which can include FINRA’s commission-based advisors will dilute what it means to be a fiduciary.

Dimensional On: Staying in the Market
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“It is always a difficult experience for investors to stay in markets.”

Tax Loss Harvesting and Wash Sales
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Wash sale rules need to be followed when realizing capital losses for taxes but can be burdensome to track and monitor.

How To Instill Good Financial Habits In Your Children
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Give your children experience spending their own money.

Dimensional On: Why Should We Invest Internationally?
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“Historically there has been a wide variety of returns from US and International stocks, and when one does poorly often another does well.”

How Long Should I Give An Investment Plan?
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Even the most brilliantly crafted investment plan has to be given time to work.

Fund Your 401(k) If You Believe In Free Markets
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I recently read a foolish article entitled “Call for a National Savings Plan” that assumed we haven’t tried a national savings plan already.

Streamline Your Finances with Schwab Checking
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This Schwab checking account provides six impressive services not true for most local banks.

Can’t All Advisors Make Trades On My Behalf?
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Only give someone who is required to honor your best interest the ability to trade in your account without talking to you.

Why We Do Not Use Active Management
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Index investing seeks to track the return of a portion of the market. The opposite is active management.

Radio: Three Investing Mistakes
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David John Marotta was interviewed on radio 1070 WINA’s Schilling Show discussing three big investing mistakes.

How to Send Schwab Notifications to Two Emails
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A little extra work can ensure that both spouses receive important email notifications from their custodian.

Mailbag: Why Doesn’t Everyone Want High-Yield Bonds?
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We don’t recommend high yield bonds because they do nothing good for your overall portfolio.

Start Early on Retirement Planning
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Retirement planning should begin the moment you receive your first paycheck.

Nine Unfortunate Facts of Health Savings Accounts
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An HSA is one of many accounts used in comprehensive wealth management for tax optimization and planning.

Radio: Market Returns for 2015
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David John Marotta was interviewed on the Schilling Show discussing how the markets performed last year and lists 4 mistakes to avoid.

Why Gold Has Utterly Failed as a “Safe Haven”
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Gold sounds like it should provide a safe haven of your purchasing power much more than it has actually done so.

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