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  • Don't Be Afraid To Put MLPs In Your IRA [View article]
    Putting a MLP in an IRA is setting up to pay taxes twice!
    A sale in an IRA is widley thought as a taxable event. Someday the IRS will focus on this issue.
    Check this out? Real info on tax on sale of mlp in IRA
    http://yhoo.it/YXrvqg
    Mar 13 08:03 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Utilities' Dividends Look Unsustainable [View article]
    Long 7 UTES, 7.5 % div/on cost, and ave 25% gain!!
    What is this Poster all about? Does he understand Regulated Entitiess
    I'm in for the long term.
    Mar 11 02:39 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Atlantic Power Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell its Interests in the Path 15 Transmission Project [View article]
    Selling part of the farm to pay the mtge!
    Mar 11 02:33 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The cost of complying with a federal law to use corn ethanol in fuel has skyrocketed. The problem is that refiners are hitting the "blend wall," whereby car makers recommend that ethanol shouldn't comprise more than 10% of gasoline. That could conflict with proposed increased EPA quotas for ethanol next year, which has caused the price of ethanol credits to jump to over $1 from just a few cents last year. Eventually, refiners will pass the costs onto consumers, says Valero Energy (VLO). [View news story]
    What does this mean to:
    Cost of gas?
    VLO earnings?
    VLO equity price?
    Mar 11 07:58 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Energy Transfer Partners: Turning The Corner, Albeit Slowly [View article]
    UBTI
    Mar 7 08:23 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Vanguard Natural Resources Offers An Unparalleled Monthly Yield [View article]
    Read the following carefully


    http://seekingalpha.co...
    Mar 6 09:39 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 6 High-Yield REITs To Profit From Aging Boomers [View article]
    Where do you suggest I put my cash now?
    Mar 2 07:45 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Assessing The Dividend Growth Potential For The New Abbott [View article]
    Why?
    Mar 2 07:44 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Hello Taxes... Goodbye MLPs [View article]
    What about BPT, NRT,? Both are Royalty Trusts, not Corps.
    Sold NRT in 2012, and will pay recapture on depreciation>
    Mar 2 09:38 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Hello Taxes... Goodbye MLPs [View article]
    RK,
    Thanks for your comments--not that I like them!!!
    What would you say about the the tax on sale of other investments in an IRA, like Royalty Trusts, CEFS, EEQ, KMR--all of which have reductions in basis, due to distributions?
    Mar 1 08:12 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Hello Taxes... Goodbye MLPs [View article]
    RK
    Wouldn't one be covered by paying Ord Income on the whole transfer, as stated?
    I have done this many times with div paying stocks, w/o any issue.

    I note your coment of 17 Feb above:
    " Hi GD,

    Certainly, there is a reset to FMV and any previous tax basis is reset.

    If the MLPs K-1 doesn't so indicate, you will need to contact them.

    RK "
    Mar 1 05:08 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Hello Taxes... Goodbye MLPs [View article]
    Hi RK,
    Following your comment, I offer the following, that may be some help to others.
    I offer my experience to those , who may be able to utiize such.
    My stategy to eliminate MLPS from my IRA, mentioned earlier, has been to Transfer[not sell] them to my Taxable acct. I did so in 2012, and now have a K-1 that shows the basis is increased[reset] to the value at transfer date.
    I will pay ordinary income tax in 2013, and this amount will be a portion of My RMD. so needing to pay anyway, is not a problem, but a convienient way to avoid any perceived future tax on sale in an IRA. I did this through Schawb, and recently at Fidelity. Some have said, this is in fact a sale in the IRA, and a new buy in the Taxable acct. The MLP contact says it's a "transfer", and w/o any fees.

    I did have to contact the MLP to get the K-1 corrected.
    Mar 1 04:48 PM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • Atlantic Power: A Closer Look At MW Replacement And Dividend Risk [View article]
    CLAYTON,
    And you have lost all credibility, as well, with your defensive comments! BTY, no ones portfolio got "CHARGED", as you proposed in your first article.
    Mar 1 10:38 AM | 3 Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • 6 High-Yield REITs To Profit From Aging Boomers [View article]
    Have a 42% gain on SNH over 4-5 yrs, up 2-3% this yr!!
    Not selling
    Mar 1 07:35 AM | Likes Like |Link to Comment
  • The Dumbest Portfolio For The Smartest People [View article]
    I'm at a loss to understand this article's thesis. It would seem that it would set me up for a loss for the last 5 yrs, not beating inflation, and getting taxed on divs!
    Feb 28 04:01 PM | 2 Likes Like |Link to Comment
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