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  • Why Buy MLPs? [View article]
    I've been looking for this info. Thanks.


    On 2008 Sep 05 11:02 AM OldNavySailor wrote:

    > MLP's as part of your IRA have one negative aspect: the evil UBTI
    > (Urealized Business Taxable Income) tax!
    >
    > If the sum total of UBTI for all your MLP's held in an IRA exceeds
    > $1,000 annually, you will have to pay tax; even though the account
    > is an IRA. Most of the MLP's I hold in my IRA have a negative UBTI
    > so I never have had to pay any tax. But if you do, you will have
    > to get a separate tax ID to file.
    >
    > Look at your K-1's for the past year at line item 20: OTHER INFORMATION.
    > Usually UBTI is coded using the letter "V".
    > If it is negative, you're okay. It the income is positive, it can
    > be offset with other MLP UBTI that is negative. If you exceed the
    > threshold of $1,000. you owe the tax. So, watch out!
    Jul 07 18:47 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Israel's Promotion Spurs Shakeup for ETFs [View article]
    Michael, I like the work you put in.
    Jun 18 22:20 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Vanguard's Bogle: Buy and Hold Is Alive and Well [View article]
    Is Webster's offering an IPO?


    On Jun 17 12:32 PM searcher wrote:

    > "Buy and Hold" even when more popularly held was more honored in
    > its breach than otherwise. Its absolute contravention presumes to
    > require the investor's paramount attention. If such concentration
    > is not possible, then he needs a proxy via professional management
    > or, at least, advice. No doubt this sense of the matter is congenial
    > to those who presume to make these divinations on the hapless investor's
    > behalf; thus the current paradigm.
    Jun 18 20:51 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Top 10 ETFs for a Rising China [View article]

    "Financial shares in China have performed well in the past, but are a risky proposition as the state owned banks are often used for government purposes and have experienced severe finanical distress in the recent past."

    Middle kingdom, United Kingdom, United... forget it. But seriously, why even mention trading volume when you care so little about it?
    Jun 09 22:59 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Two Municipal Bond Fund Investments to Cover the Whole Sector [View article]
    an article titled "Two Municipal Bond Fund Investments to Cover the Whole Sector" points to a web address for "everything you need to know," thanks for saving me the trouble of googling.
    May 28 20:19 pm |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • Book Review: Soros, The World's Most Influential Investor, by Robert Slater [View article]
    you cant seek alpha without the alphabet.


    On May 16 11:59 AM ed233 wrote:

    > The interesting thing about successful investors is that they are
    > able to operate outside of the traditional envelope. They also seem
    > to recognize instinctly the opposing interests of the media personalities
    > who espose their traditional forms of investing in a time when those
    > historical norms may best be kept in their dusty closets. Their is
    > a growing self styled investor utilizing various platforms that sometimes
    > run afoul of the traditional fundamentals. They work for a time but
    > are doomed for failure because everybody cannot get through the same
    > door at the same time. Sometimes it's better to carry a life jacket
    > and jump over before the squabbles begin as to who gets to use the
    > life rafts.
    May 16 12:18 pm |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Obama's Second 100 Days: Five ETFs to Watch  [View article]
    is it 1929 or 2009? i'm long disney and short treasury..
    May 12 19:46 pm |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
  • Can the Hedge Fund ETF Actually Deliver? [View article]
    How about a matress tracking ETF?
    Mar 28 12:51 pm |Rating: +1 -1 |Link to Comment
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