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The 4 Most Misunderstood Rules of Charitable Giving Write-Offs

The Motley Fool

But for most people, the standard deduction produces the most savings, especially since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 substantially increased the standard deduction. Between 2017 and 2018, when the TCJA rules took effect, the number of taxpayers claiming a charitable deduction dropped from nearly 38 million to less than 15 million.

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Missed Out on the Bull Market Recovery? 10 ETFs to Help You Build Wealth for Decades.

The Motley Fool

Consider, for example, that after posting gains in eight consecutive years, from 2009 to 2016 (with six of the eight being double-digit gains), when you'd think it was due to drop, the S&P 500 went on to gain nearly 22% in 2017. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are worth thinking about for this. (An Image source: Getty Images.

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What if Dunning Kruger Explains Everything?

The Big Picture

households once owned 95% of all stocks individually in brokerage accounts; today, ownership is is via ETFs, mutual funds, pensions, hedge funds, foreign investors, etc. Last, we considered why other like-minded funds similarly failed to attract much capital. These scenarios do not usually involve a much stock selling.

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Disasters and the Insurance Industry

The Motley Fool

Those limits are higher due to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. I do feel that I'm capable of managing my own investments along with an occasional consultation with a fee-only financial planner. It's actually technically a unified estate and gift credit, and I'll talk about why that's important a little bit later. They'll do that.

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Tales from the Crypto: How to Think About Bitcoin

ClearMoney

His anguish is apparently not unusual—a prominent cryptocurrency consulting firm estimates that 20% of all outstanding bitcoin represents stranded assets unavailable to their rightful owners.1. Gox Bitcoin Customers Could Lose Again,” Reuters, November 16, 2017. Alexandra Harney and Steve Stecklow, “Twice Burned – How Mt.

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"Rule Breaker Investing" Brings Back Insight on Being a For-Person, the Challenges of Selling a Business, and More

The Motley Fool

By the way, if you've ever worked with consultants who use these four-box frameworks, you know that of those four boxes, you always want to be in the upper right box, not any of the other three, so I've set it up that way so you can see where I think I am, where the investee approach I teach is, where rule-breakers live.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

active fixed income mutual funds. active fixed-income mutual funds, systematic equity, LifePath target date. The consultants that we've been working with are excited. Institutional index net inflows of $29 billion reflected large mandate wins and client-specific asset allocation and rebalancing decisions.

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