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Don’t Let ROBS Steal Your Retirement

Megan Slatter, Wealth Advisor at Crewe Advisors, speaks to Chris Carosa at Forbes on Rollovers as Business Startups (“ROBS”) and how they can be a powerful solution for someone with a great business idea, but lacks access to start-up capital. “It allows them to use retirement assets saved in a 401(k) or IRA towards their business and avoid paying income taxes or the early 10% withdrawal penalty. Since you are not repaying the money back to your retirement plan, it is not considered a loan,” says Slatter.

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US Stocks Brace for Pain on Fresh Earnings Blows: Markets Wrap

Dustin Thackeray, chief investment officer at Crewe Advisors, speaks with reporter Isabelle Lee about Q3 earnings and the effects on U.S. stocks. Thackeray explains challenges the Fed faces as they become more hawkish. “They obviously don’t want to be too dovish and the market is obviously looking for any sort of a sign from the Fed that we’re hitting the break, so to speak, on rate increases. If they continue on their too hawkish stance, there is a risk that things kind of get out of hand on that end as well. So they’re definitely walking a very fine line,” says Thackeray.

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Private Foundations Offer Solid Tax Breaks With Proper Planning

“It’s generally well known that donations made to private foundations create income tax deductions. Less commonly known is that only gifts to private foundations of publicly traded stock and cash generate fair market value income tax deductions,” said Don Evans, president and CEO of Crewe Foundation, Salt Lake City, adding that gifts to private foundations of real estate and privately held stock only allow for cost basis deductions and at the rate of 20% of AGI. “Careful consideration should be taken as to which assets are used,” Evans said.

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