See the latest research papers from the team at White Oaks
Alex Duty, Investment Analyst, CFA® for White Oaks, explores dividend stock investing as a theory.
Alex Duty, Investment Analyst, CFA® for White Oaks, explains the relationship between volatility and returns, and the ways diversification offers investors a reduced standard deviation without compromising their portfolio’s mean return.
Worried About the Market During This Election?
Sharon Bloodworth, President of White Oaks Wealth Advisors, explains why you shouldn’t let the turmoil surrounding the upcoming election cloud your judgement when it comes to investing in the stock market.
Learn where and how passive investing strategies should be used.
Understand the four factors within an investor’s control that will lead to better portfolio results.
Long-term financial planning.
Stock based compensation is an excellent tool in building personal wealth.
Thieves, Crooks and Idiots, OH MY!!
Learn to separate the good advisors from the bad advisors and make sure your information is secure.
The history behind the limitation on itemized deductions (Pease) and how to plan for it now.
Learn about the benefits Top Executives can receive and how it benefits HR departments in an organization as well.
Demystifying the Alternative Minimum Tax
A Guide to Common Triggers and Planning Strategies.
A Summary of Investing Models and their differences.
Learn All About Our Valuable Document Storage Tool.
An Overall Summary of the American Taxpayer Relief Act.
Portfolios for Interesting Times
Generation 3 Portfolio design and measuring long-term strategy.
Tools and tips for creating your ideal asset allocation strategy for your portfolio.
2013 Brings Possible Payroll Tax on Investments as New Medicare Taxes Become Effective.
The Costs and Benefits of Purchasing a Second Home
A vacation home can provide a welcome escape for you and your family, but it’s wise to examine the financial viability of the investment before you buy.
How does GroupThink effect the investment markets and techniques to help keep it at bay.
Volatility has both, an upside and a downside. How long will these issues persist? There are a number of strategies that can utilize volatility.
Costs of Financial Advisory Relationship
Selecting a financial advisor is a lot like choosing a contractor. Cost is just one of the factors. Picking the lowest or the highest bidder won’t guarantee you the best value or service for your situation.
Cyber-Security: Everyone’s High Stakes War (provided by HUB International)
Identity theft via cyber-security is an increasingly common issue that poses a threat for everyone. Learn how to help protect your assets, understand your risks and what to do when it happens to you.
High state income taxes have long been considered part of the Minnesota way of life, along with ice fishing and Ole and Lena jokes, but as the Minnesota Legislature considers moving our state income tax to the highest in the nation, let’s make sure that the joke isn’t on us.
Not Just Dreaming But Achieving
How to effectively implement a cash flow plan.
Hedge Funds In A Wealth Management Strategy
This paper explores the nature and purpose of Hedge Funds/Alternative Investments within a wealth management strategy. Should wealth advisory services be cognizant of how these work in an overall plan and are they appropriate?
Tax Efficiency: The White Oaks Perspective
In 2004, prior to the last Presidential election, I wrote a paper entitled “Pay Me Later or Pay Me Now” that dealt with whether or not it was prudent to defer taxes. The political climate has changed since then and much is being made now of “tax efficiency.” Here is an updated re-examination of the hypothesis that tax deferral is always desirable for investors.
What is risk as it relates to a wealth management strategy? Is it an academic, numerical measure or is it the risk of meeting or not meeting important wealth management objectives? This paper examines these questions.
Tax deferral programs have served investors well in the past, but future shifts in the political environment and potential tax rate increases may cause this to change.
Managing Concentrated Positions in Your Portfolio
Concentrated positions bring the potential for increased volatility—massive windfalls or crushing losses. Here are some techniques for assessing and managing concentrated positions in your portfolio.
The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was originally designed to prevent extremely wealthy individuals from skirting their income taxes. Unfortunately, the AMT has grown into a tax trap that haunts millions of Americans each year. But with some understanding and foresight, it is possible to make the AMT work to your advantage.