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Good to Know: 50,000 Reasons to Care About the Restricted Claim Strategy for Social Security Spousal Benefits
Good to Know This blog builds upon the foundation we established for Spousal Social Security Retirement benefits in our last blog. To summarize our last blog, the spouse of a covered worker who claims retirement benefits at his or her full retirement age is entitled to a retirement benefit of the greater of their own…
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Maximum Loss on a Short/Long Put
Course: Investment Planning Lesson 15: Fundamentals of Derivatives – Futures and Options Student Question: So, if the max loss on a short put is the strike price less the premium, and the breakeven point is also the strike price minus the premium, does that mean the max loss is breaking even? And does the same…
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Practice Question: Sharpe vs Treynor Index
Which of the following statements are correct about Fund 1 and 2 given the following information? Fund 1 Fund 2 Return on portfolio 13% 17% Beta .95 1.02 Standard deviation .18 .22 Risk free rate of return is 7% Market return is 15% (1) Fund 1 was more efficient under the Sharpe performance index (2)…
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CFP® Certificants in the News: Rick’s Story
CFP® Certificant in the News People Helping People It was the way I was raised – you help people out who need help. That is why I got into this business as a financial planner. It is meaningful to me to help people make changes in their lives.” –Rick Fingerman, CFP® When a cancer diagnosis…
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Self-Employment Deduction Calculation
Course: Income Tax Planning Lesson 7: Arriving at Adjusted Gross Income Student Question: Dan, can you help me with the below question? While I know a self-employed person can reduce AGI by 50%, I still couldn’t seem to come up with an answer that matched any of the choices. QUESTION Scott is a self-employed financial…
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Practice Question: Efficient Market Hypothesis
Which of the following correctly states an implication of the efficient market hypothesis? Security prices adjust slowly to new information. The strong form asserts that technical analysis can produce superior performance. An investor will earn a risk-adjusted return consistent with the market. It is difficult to produce superior performance in nonfinancial markets. CLICK TO REVEAL…
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Challenging Three Mistaken Beliefs About Spousal Retirement Benefits from Social Security
Good to Know The earth is flat. At least that’s what the mistaken belief was during the middle ages. If you told someone that the earth is flat today, you could get a laugh (or a raised eyebrow doubting your sanity). Yet, some of those who would laugh at the prospect of a flat earth…
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Power Exercisable with Consent of Another – Include in Estate?
Course: Estate Planning Lesson 6: Transfer Taxation III Student Question: For “Power exercisable with consent of another”, can you explain why the assets WOULD be included in John’s estate? Since he has power to appoint property, wouldn’t that be adverse to Betty and her ability to enjoy the property? The example is below. EXAMPLE Albert…
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Practice Question: Bond Compound Yield
An investor bought a bond at par that matures in 15 years. The bond pays an annual coupon of $130 and the reinvestment rate is 9%. What is the realized compound yield of this bond? 11.05% 12.55% 13.00% 14.10% CLICK TO REVEAL ANSWER A is the answer. One would anticipate a realized compound yield rate…
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