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Smart Money Insights for Wealth, Health, and Life
Paper Gains Newsletter by Matt Magee at mForce Capital This Tweet went viral recently and does such a great job explaining markets and investing. Not many people have it in them to ride that rollercoaster. Of all the changes, going from $170k to $110 million would have been the most life-changing (in my humble opinion). Except, they did NOTHING. I could talk about this for hours, but a few things jump out to me. The size of a position matters a lot, especially in volatile markets. Having...
Paper Gains Newsletter by Matt Magee at mForce Capital Is College Worth It? But we're asking the wrong question entirely about college. Instead of 'Is college worth it?' we should be asking 'Which parts of college are working, and what does that tell us about the future?' The math is brutal for most graduates. Boomers could trade 4 years of college for 40 years of middle-class security (more or less). Today's 25-year-old faces a negative net-present-value on that same deal. When the...
Paper Gains Newsletter by Matt Magee at mForce Capital Qualified Small Business Stock: Changes from One Big Beautiful Bill Faster Wins: Now, you don’t even need to wait five years for partial benefits. * Hold stock for 3 years, and exclude 50% of your gains. * Hold for 4 years, exclude 75%. * Hold for 5+ years, keep 100% of your gains. It’s like frequent flyer status, but for escaping taxes. Bigger Tax-Free Exits: The lifetime exclusion cap jumped from $10 million to $15 million. That’s an...