Sunday, April 22, 2018
With this year’s tax filing deadline date just past, it’s a good as time as any to take a look at a few special situations whose stock prices were hit because of recent changes in tax policies. The first company I want to tell you about is one that has become a real life example […]
More than a few subscriber questions cross my desk about the return-of-capital (ROC) dividend reports sent out by brokerage firms. The term return-of-capital sounds like something that is not a benefit to you as an investor. The reality is there are nuances to this income classification, and in the right circumstances, ROC income is very […]
Well this past week has certainly been interesting. After a pretty terrible week for stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is now down 5% for the year and the S&P 500 is down about 3%. This certainly isn’t the year most investors expected, especially after the market reacted so positively to the reduction in corporate […]
A basic truth in life is that, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. The same applies to investing. You have probably heard how great the tax cut will be for companies across the board. Well, ‘warts’ are already appearing on the tax cut front. […]
It seems like most U.S. financial media cannot quit gushing about the new tax laws. The coverage is universally positive – I’m waiting to hear that the tax cut will cure the common cold. However, the media ignores the fact that some companies will end up paying higher tax bills. All thanks to the provision […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just because the year now has an “8” at the end of it, the stock market doesn’t care. Share prices continue to party like it’s… well, 2017. (Note: Tony Daltorio wrote a great piece last weekend in the Premium Digest on this same theme. He […]
The cut in the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% is supposed to do everything from juicing the U.S. economy to levels not seen in decades to enriching both shareholders and consumers alike. But the reality is likely to be quite different. The first thing it will bring is a muddied fourth quarter […]
Before the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act qualified dividends paid by corporations had a perceived tax advantage over fully taxable dividends paid by pass-through businesses like real estate investment trusts (REITs). The new tax law levels the tax playing field for REIT dividends, putting the advantage for investors even more in the […]
The energy infrastructure sector requires a lot of capital to develop assets. The energy infrastructure sector develops and operates assets such as pipelines, processing plants and terminals. Real assets allow a company to tax-shelter cash flow with non-cash depreciation expense. This is not a sector that you might expect to benefit from the new corporate […]
It will take some time for investors to figure out all the investment related ramifications of the new income tax rules. Master limited partnership (MLP) focused funds are one asset class that will see a major benefit from the tax overhaul. Because they are forced into a different business structure, a fund with MLP assets […]
