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Unread 05-24-2011, 09:51 AM   #3
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Walter's column parrots Financial Planning 101... the basics of taking diversification and tax impact into consideration when investing. Interesting that he doesn't go into:

- Estate planning implications (what does the wife do with the hated collection if he should pass away first?)
- The cost of insuring the collection
- The cost of storing and protecting the collection

Since he's a fan of IRAs it's also interesting that he doesn't go into:

- The potential for tax rates on IRA withdrawals to be higher than they were when the money was earned.

I think that his $5 Million comment came from working back to what a "safe" $250,000 asset allocation percentage would be from an entire estate.

Marc
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