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Are Your Charitable Annuities At Risk?

May 15, 2009
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As the jagged ripple of our economic situation continues to influence every aspect of our lives, a recent Wall Street Journal article on Gift Annuities caught my eye.
The article, “Donors Find Gift Annuities Can Stop Giving,” reviews how the market’s turmoil has sapped some charities’ ability to pay out promised yields.
This is an issue that [...]

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Would this make Bono mad?

April 15, 2009
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The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating article from a very interesting perspective.
Why Foreign Aid is Hurting Africa
I read a related review in Time magazine online about this book and its author, Dambisa Moyo, a former economist at Goldman Sachs. I found Time’s review rather biased against the book.  Read the articles and the book [...]

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Help a Charity, Keep a Deduction & Give the Assets to Your Kids

January 27, 2009

(This is the final installment in a six-part series of powerful planning strategies that will help you take advantage of a down market and protect wealth.)
Here’s one more great strategy that can help protect your wealth during a down economy. The Charitable Lead Annuity Trust (CLAT) pays a set dollar amount annually to a charity [...]

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