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On today’s show, we discuss:
- The rise of after-tax investing and how F/m’s Compounder series aims to defer income by avoiding dividends
- The hidden costs of traditional dividend reinvestment programs compared to market orders
- How the ETF structure compares to private credit and BDCs, and the liquidity mismatch investors should understand
- What a failed Treasury auction would look like and why the bond vigilantes haven’t arrived despite rising government debt
- F/m’s product development philosophy: every new ETF must solve a real problem, not just be an interesting idea
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Definitions and Disclosure from F/m Investments:
AG Index: Evaluates the performance of agricultural sectors across different regions
Basis point: is used to indicate changes in the interest rates of a financial instrument
SALT Deduction: SALT stands for State and Local Taxes. The SALT deduction allows taxpayers to deduct these taxes from their deferral taxable income
AG Index: Evaluates the performance of agricultural sectors across different regions
Basis point: is used to indicate changes in the interest rates of a financial instrument
SALT Deduction: SALT stands for State and Local Taxes. The SALT deduction allows taxpayers to deduct these taxes from their deferral taxable income
Alpha: measures an investment’s performance relative to a benchmark index
Coupon: a periodic interest payment made to bondholders
Russell 2000: is a stock market index that measures the performance of 2,000 small cap companies in the U.S.
Options: financial derivatives that give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset
BDCs: stands for Business Development Company, a type of investment firm. BDCs primarily invest in small and mid-sized businesses
REITs: stands for Real Estate Investment Trust, a company that owns, operates, or finances income-producing real estate.
Par: stated or face value of a financial instrument, primarily bonds and stocks
GFC: Stands for Global Financial Crisis, which refers to the severe worldwide economic crisis that occurred in 2007-2008
AGG: iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, which tracks the performance of the U.S. investment-grade bond market
Tax Alpha: The difference between a portfolio’s after-tax return and the after-tax return of benchmark.
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TBIL Fund Risks: The US Treasury 3 Month Bill Fund may be susceptible to an increased risk of loss, including losses due to adverse events that affect the UST 3 Month Bill Fund’s investments more than the market as a whole, to the extent that the UST 3 Month Bill Fund’s investments are concentrated in a particular issue, issuer or issuers, country, market segment, or asset class. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. Government, such securities are nonetheless subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that the U.S. Government may be, or be perceived to be, unable or unwilling to honor its financial obligations, such as making payments).
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