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1.
What is the tax attraction of variable annuities?
Contributions grow tax-deferred until retirement. Gains are then taxed as income upon withdrawal.
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A tax-managed fund can't be considered tax-managed if it contains large companies, since large companies are more likely to pay dividends than smaller ones.
False. There are plenty of large companies that qualify to be in tax-managed funds. They simply don't need to be paying dividends.
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What are exchange-traded funds?
Index funds that trade on an exchange. ETFs are generally index funds that trade like stocks on an exchange.
4.
Municipal bonds are popular with investors because they are free of ______ tax.
Federal and sometimes state. Muni bonds are free of federal and sometimes state taxes. This can sometimes make them more attractive than bonds that pay higher interest rates. It depends on your tax bracket.
5.
When selling stock, you can sometimes reduce your capital gains if you sell only certain shares and not others.
True. If the shares were bought at different prices, you can specify that shares bought at higher prices be sold, which can then lower your capital gains.
