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Long term #treasuries need a ~90% gain to return to mean.
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Today's #Gold top looks exactly like the 1980's top go.princetonasset.com/portfo…
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The 120% Mid Term rate used in 72(t) So-SEPP calculators for July is 5.22% was 5.22% the previous month.
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#Portfolio #backtest updated to June '26, May for house price index. The only place where you can backtest 76 major asset classes since 1970. Enjoy!
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The 120% Mid Term rate used in 72(t) So-SEPP calculators for June is 5.22% was 4.97% the previous month.
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Try our Income Tax Calculator! Save & Share scenarios and experiment with the charting tools. Examples on the main tool page are a great starting point. Pair it with professional advice for major decisions, as with any tax tool.
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Income tax calculator Tax Maps were updated with the Effective Marginal Rate (EMR) calculations. Blog post that details the capabilities is out as well: Building Wade Pfau style Tax Maps with Princeton Asset’s Income Tax Calculator. Enjoy!
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Tax returns explain the past. Tax maps help you plan the future.
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I'm almost convinced that for early retirees on ACA Roth conversions do not make sense if baseline income under 400% FPL. A >17.5% EMR on conversion is the equivalent of a > $216K RMD in today's money.
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Release is out will tell you all about it later...
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As we finish up tax maps & EMR implementation. We designed an innovative charting solution which AIs describe as: a monotone piecewise-affine operator with logarithmic tail extension under a lower-bounded central interval constraint and asymmetric extremum-normalized allocation.
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NY couple with 2 kids considers switching from $115K W2 income to $150K 1099 income Income rises by $35K After higher taxes and healthcare costs: • Disposable income rises just $127/year • Blended Marginal Rate: 48.2% • Effective Marginal Rate (EMR): 99.6% Plan w. tax maps!
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We are implementing "Effective Marginal Tax Rate", the overall cost ratio (tax+healthcare) of additional income, into our income tax calculator. While testing one threshold stood out: 400% FPL.: $1 more of income translated into $4K+ overall costs due to loss of ACA subsidies.
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The Paradox of the "Accidental Passive" Investor Per Vanguard research: - day-traders whose messy active funds happen to match a total market cap index are "passive." - but disciplined investors using a fixed-weight, low-cost index fund portfolio are "active."
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Setting the Record Straight: The Truths About Index Fund Investing corporate.vanguard.com/conte… Are Total Market Index Funds Passive, or Just the Default Benchmarks? princetonasset.com/2026/06/0…
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