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1.
Where would be a wise place to put large-company index funds?
A taxable account. Large-company index funds tend to be pretty tax-efficient anyway.
2.
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.
3.
Susan has 25 years until retirement. She's in the 31% tax bracket and expects to be in the 28% bracket once she retires. What should she do?
Place stocks in her tax-deferred accounts and bonds in her taxable account. Susan is at least 15 years away from retiring and she expects to be in a lower tax bracket upon retirement. As such, she should hold stocks in her tax-deferred accounts and bonds in her taxable account.
4.
Which statement is correct?
In many cases, you should own stocks in tax-deferred accounts and bonds in taxable accounts, especially if you're investing for 15 years or longer. If you're investing long enough, the higher total returns of stocks over time generate a greater tax burden than the income of bonds.
5.
Stock funds with very lower turnover ratios would do best in _______.
A taxable account. The low turnover rate would make them fairly tax friendly to a taxable account.