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Pharmaceutical Dollar Rationing by Results

Who will the development of new drugs?

Owning Oil in Royalty Trusts

I think holding the royalty trusts should be in your taxable account; otherwise the deduction for depletion, which is significant, is wasted


On Jan 15 11:10 AM SteveTN wrote:

> One question I have is the statement that owning an oil royalty trust
> is best kept in a retirement account. What are the disadvantages
> (tax and otherwise) for owning one in your taxable account? One disadvantage
> I know of is very late tax reporting. So, after you complete your
> tax work in April you then get a "revision" that makes you re-prepare
> your tax work for the IRS. If anyone knows of more reasons not to
> hold these investments in a personal account please comment on it.

Bank Investors Beware, Shareholder Interests Are Secondary

It's just not home mortgages but commercial mortgages, credit card debt and investments in highly leveraged derivatives and of course bad management.


On Jan 17 01:23 PM Roy M. wrote:

> Hope the government will find out what exactly is going on with all
> these banks. It can't be just the bad mortgage that caused all these
> problems. Must be some thing else. Maybe criminal in nature. A thorough
> investigation is needed.

Royalty Trusts: Maintaining Income in a Volatile Market

The problem with both is the spend part.


On Sep 08 03:26 PM henarl wrote:

> Scared Stiff: "borrow and spend is worse than tax and spend as there
> is no interest on tax and spend"
>
> Yes, but you get to pay back that borrowing with 10 cent dollars.

Royalty Trusts: Maintaining Income in a Volatile Market

Part of the income from a royalty trust is tax deferred because of the depletion deduction. Owning them in an IRA wastes this deduction