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It's always best to put your stocks in a tax-deferred account and your bonds in a taxable account.
False. Although this rule may hold for certain long-term investors, there are too many exceptions to make it a hard-and-fast rule.
2.
Which factor determines whether you should hold stocks or bonds in your tax-deferred accounts?
Both time horizon and current and expected tax brackets play a part. The higher your tax bracket in retirement and the shorter your time horizon until retirement, the more you are likely to benefit from holding stocks in taxable accounts and bonds in tax-deferred accounts.
3.
Holding your stocks in a Roth IRA can provide you with tax-free withdrawals.
True. The key word here is 'can.' As long as you meet the requirements, you can take your withdrawals tax-free.
4.
Mike only owns stocks and stock funds--no bonds. Taxwise, what should he do?
Place individual stock holdings that he plans to hold for a long time in his taxable account; place shorter-term stock investments and stock mutual funds in his tax-deferred account. He should also place stock funds with very lower turnover ratios in his taxable account and those with higher turnover ratios in his tax-deferred account. Large-company index funds can go into his taxable account, because they tend to be tax-friendly.
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David has 10 years until retirement. He's in the 28% tax bracket now and expects to be in the 31% tax bracket once he retires. What should he do?
Place bonds in his tax-deferred accounts and stocks in his taxable account. Because David is less than 15 years away from retiring and he expects to be in a higher tax bracket upon retirement, he should hold stocks in his taxable account and bonds in his tax-deferred accounts.