Still had
a small taxable account available for the occasional foreign vacation.
Not exact matches
This year we sold some
small caps and high - dividend yield funds in our
taxable account.
The reason I don't do it in my
taxable accounts yet (Empire portfolio) is simply because the
account size is too
small.
And since I will need to do a large re-balancing in the next month (since I need to sell a large amount in my
taxable brokerage
account to invest in the new
small family business previously discussed) there is no better time to re-analyze my current portfolio of actively managed funds.
For example, when I sold a significant amount from my
taxable brokerage
account to invest in a
small business, I sold index funds in a few lump sums over 6 or so weeks.
Historically, the fund had
small distributions, which made it suitable for
taxable accounts.
Approximately 20 % of our investment portfolio is held in a
taxable account and my investment in the
small business with my siblings.
You gave some great ideas and strategy buying 10 - sector ETF's over one «oddly» weighted IYY fund, but made sure to add in some of the negatives that would be involved in a
taxable account with a
small egg of money.
With such an arrangement the higher taxes associated with holding a
small amount of emergency cash in
taxable accounts might be offset sometimes by preventing those nasty overdraft events, when you make a mistake and bank charges mount rapidly.
Fill the
taxable account first with the lowest ranked assets in columns 1 and 2 - the assets with the
smallest benefits in either RRSPs or TFSAs.
Finally, concerning a
smaller cash emergency fund, you still might chose to hold some amount of cash in a
taxable account for ready access — perhaps a few thousand dollars or more.
It's «almost» identical because the fund will take a
small management fee, you will have to pay annual taxes on capital gains (if you hold the investment in a
taxable account), and because the fund has to actually invest in the underlying stocks, there will be
small differences due to rounding and timing of the fund's trades.
Over the past five years, the fund only had
small dividend income distributions, which made it suitable for
taxable accounts.
On the other hand, you might choose to take a
small amount of Social Security earlier and draw down more of your other retirement
accounts to reduce the need to withdraw a larger,
taxable required minimum distribution (RMD) later.
Over the past ten years, the fund had only three relatively
small distributions, which made it suitable even for
taxable accounts.
This would work well in registered
accounts but could take a
small tax hit in
taxable accounts.
Historically, the fund's distributions have been
small, except for the one of 11.5 % of NAV in 2011; future distributions of that magnitude will make the fund less suitable for
taxable accounts.
for my ETF
taxable allocation, i guess it is somewhere between second grader and Swedroe's
small - cap value tilt: 50 % VTI (Total Stock Mkt) 20 % VWO (Emerging Mkt) 15 % VEA (Europe - Asia) 15 % VBR (Small - cap Value)(my fixed income is all in my tax - advantaged acco
small - cap value tilt: 50 % VTI (Total Stock Mkt) 20 % VWO (Emerging Mkt) 15 % VEA (Europe - Asia) 15 % VBR (
Small - cap Value)(my fixed income is all in my tax - advantaged acco
Small - cap Value)(my fixed income is all in my tax - advantaged
accounts)
According to Justin Bender's detailed analysis, this amounts to a drag of about 0.10 % in an RRSP or TFSA (the difference would be
smaller in a
taxable account).
Except for a substantial long - term capital gain at the end of 2014, the fund's historical distributions have been
small, which should make it suitable for
taxable accounts.
That's correct, except for one
small issue: Why would you buy bonds in a
taxable account?
So, for example, if you take the same scenario described above but assume the beneficiary is in a lower tax bracket — say, 15 % for the beneficiary vs. 28 % for the
account owner — the traditional IRA plus
taxable account comes out slightly ahead of the Roth, albeit the margin is
small, about 1 %, or $ 344,000 vs. $ 340,000.
But its margin of victory tends to be
smaller and, more importantly, in many other scenarios the traditional IRA plus
taxable account comes out ahead with more dollars after taxes.
The fund's relatively
small historical distributions indicate that despite active management it may still be a good fit for
taxable accounts.
I was thinking about opening a vanguard
taxable account and starting off
small (5 - 6k) with my investments into VTSMX and VFWIX with a 50/50 split.
You could also explore other scenarios where the $ 1250 is placed into a
taxable or Roth
account (instead of an IRA), and it will make a
small difference in the final amount available to spend.