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Got capital gains? Zone them out.

BY JOE KRISTAN, CPA, Partner, Eide Bailly

Everybody likes investment gains. Nobody likes to pay taxes on investment gains.

There’s one sure-fire way to avoid capital gain taxes: don’t cash out the gains. That’s a …

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Carrot Cake, Portfolios, and Recipes that Deliver!

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Carrot Cake, Portfolios, and Recipes that Deliver!

BY KENT KRAMER, CFP®, AIF®, Chief Investment Officer, Foster Group

I confess, I love my wife’s carrot cake recipe! She makes it for my birthday every year. The recipe results in a cake that is moist, …

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That’s Entertainment! But Not a Deduction.

BY JOE KRISTAN, CPA, Partner, Eide Bailly

It’s the fourth quarter. Your team is down five touchdowns on the way to their fourth straight loss. It’s 35 degrees and raining. You aren’t having any fun.…

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Being a Counterintuitive Investor – Do Stock Markets Follow GDP?

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Being a Counterintuitive Investor – Do Stock Markets Follow GDP?

BY KENT KRAMER, CFP®, AIF®, Chief Investment Officer, Foster Group

The Cambridge Dictionary defines counter intuitive as “something that…does not happen in the way you would expect.” We have an intuition about something, an expectation about …

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Losing Your Ties, Losing Your Data

BY JOE KRISTAN, CPA, Partner, Eide Bailly

Rain every day. Soaked ground. Persistent minor flooding all spring. For Iowans of a certain age, this spring was enough like the one 26 years ago to make …

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Is It Time to Reconsider the C Corporation?

BY JOE KRISTAN, CPA, Partner, Eide Bailly

Grandma’s pies were the best pies.

I know, everyone thinks their grandma made the best pies, but my Grandma’s were the best. If she were still baking, she …

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Is It Time to Reconsider the C Corporation?

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Is a Recession Around the Curve?

BY KENT KRAMER, CFP®, AIF®, Chief Investment Officer, Foster Group

What interest rate would you expect to receive on a:

12-month CD? 5-year CD?

If your answer was higher for the 5-year CD, you are expressing the …