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1 Stock I Wouldn't Touch With a 10-Foot Pole

The Motley Fool

Put a REIT into a tax-advantaged Roth account and you can avoid taxes altogether. In some ways, a mortgage REIT is more like a mutual fund than a company. While that might include some small investors, AGNC is really most appropriate for large investors like pension funds and insurance companies.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

increased 5%, reflecting a higher tax rate compared to a year ago. Our as-adjusted tax rate for the third quarter was 26%. The prior-year quarter included $215 million of discrete tax benefits, while the third quarter of 2024 was impacted by $22 million of discrete expense. active fixed income mutual funds.

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Indexed Annuities: The New Retirement Pensions?

Tucker Advisors

The 401(k) often offers a traditional pre-taxed account and a post-taxed Roth account, with both sourced in a blend of stock and bond options the employee must choose and maintain with the appropriate risk tolerance until retirement. The 401(k) plan does offer advantages over pensions for employees.

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Prudential Financial (PRU) Q2 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

With nearly half a trillion dollars of assets under management supporting defined benefit and defined contribution plans, PGIM is a market leader, servicing more than half of the world's 300 largest pension funds, including over two-thirds of the largest 100 U.S. pension plans, and is the largest pension fund manager in Japan.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q2 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Our as-adjusted tax rate for the second quarter was approximately 25%. We continue to estimate that 25% is a reasonable projected tax run rate for the remainder of 2023. The actual effective tax rate may differ because of nonrecurring or discrete items, or potential changes in tax legislation. How do you do that?

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MSCI (MSCI) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

I would note that our first quarter effective tax rate of 13.5% benefited from favorable discrete items and higher excess tax benefits recognized on stock-based comp vested in the period. For the remainder of the year, we expect the quarterly effective tax rate of 21% to 22% each quarter before any discrete items.

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Are Alternative Investments the Key to Diversifying Your Portfolio?

Fortune Financial

One key aspect of hedge funds is their ability to implement alternative investment strategies that are not typically available to traditional investment vehicles, such as mutual funds. Hedge funds can invest in a wide range of assets, including stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities and derivatives.