Not all investment income is taxed the same. Thanks to the IRS, the tax code regarding your investments is constantly changing, and keeping up with these changes is important to optimize the tax efficiency of your portfolio. Remember, it’s not what you make but what you keep that counts.
First Quarter 2016 Market Review
Market Overview
If an investor were to look at just the starting and ending index values for equities, it would show a quiet quarter with equities posting a very modest gain for the 1st quarter. The S&P 500 finished up 0.77% on a price only return basis. Looking deeper, however, reveals that investors were taken on a very wild ride, driven by fears of both a global and domestic recession, which saw equity markets sell off substantially and enter correction territory.
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