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“Honey, Does This Tax Rate Make Me Look Fat?”

Posted by helen 962 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: massachusetts property tax rates
A look into the relationship between property tax rates and property values in Massachusetts. read more »
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What is Risk?

Posted by helen 972 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: risk volatility vfinx pttdx
One important measure of the riskiness of a stock (or mutual fund) is: How much does its value change relative to other stocks? read more »
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Let’s Hear It For Camp Winnebucca!

Posted by helen 994 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: tax credit summer camp
You can claim the cost of your child’s summer camp as a dependent care expense if... read more »
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Janus Funds: New Expense Ratio “Limits”

Posted by helen 995 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: jns mutual fund expense ratio
The fine print on Janus' new expense ratio "limits" shows that they are toothless. read more »
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The Gold Star Portfolio

Posted by helen 1005 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: low risk five star morningstar funds
Good portfolio: Relatively low risk and relatively high return. read more »
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Places to Retire with Low Income Taxes

Posted by helen 1010 days ago (http://gotoretirement.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: retirement low taxes
Good summary of low-tax places to retire. read more »
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Folding money

Posted by helen 1010 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: moneygami money art
If you're struggling to master the art of money, take a break and enjoy money as art. read more »
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The three-minute portfolio

Posted by helen 1016 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: index funds vfinx simple portfolios
Getting started with an investment portfolio doesn’t need to be difficult. The following steps will take you to a solid, low-cost, easy-to-maintain [...] read more »
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Benchmarks behaving badly

Posted by helen 1026 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: google yahoo fmagx misleading graphs
Graphs at Google Finance and Yahoo! Finance of mutual fund's value over time are wrong. They do not include capital gains distributions. Totally w[...] read more »
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Comparing asset allocation: Schwab vs. Morningstar vs. Fidelity

Posted by helen 1033 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: asset allocation investment portfolio
If asset allocation is so darned important, then why do Schwab, Morningstar, and Fidelity give such different answers? And why do they report such d[...] read more »
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Taxing update

Posted by helen 1040 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: massachusetts minimum wage sales tax
Friday the Federal minimum wage increases to $7.25/hour. Adjusted for inflation, this is lower than it was in the 1970's. In another week, the Mas[...] read more »
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Making sure it all adds up

Posted by helen 1046 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: ethics tax preparer standards
The IRS is seeking public input into standards for tax preparers. read more »
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Proposed stimulus initiative: Convert to metric

Posted by helen 1050 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economic recovery metric system
We should use the economic doldrum to join the rest of the world and convert to the metric system. read more »
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No aversion to conversion: IRA to Roth

Posted by helen 1051 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: roth conversion gay taxes lgbt taxes
A year of reduced income is a great time to convert your traditional IRA into a Roth, if you have the cash to pay the taxes... read more »
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Can an S corporation save me money?

Posted by helen 1053 days ago (http://www.affinefinancial.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: s corporation self-employment tax
The good news is that forming a new business as an S corporation, rather than as a sole proprietorship, can save on self-employment tax. The bad new[...] read more »
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