I know myself and my situation well enough to understand that if I had invested the same amount of money
in a taxable brokerage account with more liquidity, I would have spent plenty of it on creature comforts that I don't need, and I would be worse off today for it.
Not exact matches
It's important to keep
in mind that a
brokerage account is a
taxable account, so unlike tax - deferred retirement
account like a 401 (k) or IRA, you'll need to square up
with the IRS every year based on your gains, losses, and proceeds from dividends or interest.
I collect all dividends
in my
taxable brokerage account as cash and manually reinvest them along
with new contributions each month either
in the same
account or into my Loyal3
account.
I have a
brokerage stock
account with Fidelity Investments
in which I will buy individual stocks going forward
in full positions of $ 3,000 which is
taxable.
The taxpayer, who simply assumed that foreign stocks held
in taxable Canadian
brokerage accounts for which trading summaries are filed annually
with the CRA and income taxes are paid, has to file T1135 if the cost of foreign stock holdings exceeds $ 100,000.
Example 1: Married couple
with $ 200,000
in income
in the state of Virginia, age 45
with 1 child and $ 120,000
in assets that count towards the EFC calculation (assume 529 plans, emergency fund,
taxable brokerage account, etc).
If you're able to reach the annual contribution limits on your retirement
accounts, then fill them
with taxable investments and put tax - exempt assets
in a standard
brokerage account.
Any profits realized
in a
taxable account held
with a robo advisor, whether
in the form of dividends or realized capital gains, are subject to taxes as they would be
in a
brokerage or mutual fund
account.