If beneficiary designation says the benificary is a trust in the partners name do we need to know if the trust actualy exists. and if it does not should the check go to the estate?
Why doesn't the valuation statement use the latest closing prices after trading is closed for the day? For example, it's Monday and the market closed at 4:00PM, more then an hour ago. Yet the valuation statement uses Friday's closing prices. That just seems delayed too ...
Hello! We are a relatively new club made up of novice investors. So far, we have taken turns presenting prospective stocks and have then voted as a group on whether to buy shares. Manifest Investing, Better Investing and ValueLine are all resources that we have ...
Hi, Does anyone know, how to link the Dividend Receied from the broker for a particular Securities to be linked to Securities in Bivio club account. We genarate reports and monitor the dividend receivied from the broker asign them to Security and generate reports to ...
We have over 15 years of emails on Bivio - is there any way to delete or store old ones so we don't have such a backlog? I realize that some messages may need to be saved indefinitely (votes, etc.) but our messages typically deal ...
My club has been active for several years and we have always treated the portfolio as a long term investment/savings/retirement tool. We have contributed dues consistently and we have only made withdrawals when members have left the club. So far this method has worked well ...
Hello, we want to have a bank account to pay operating expenses and have funds directly deposited where we will then have them electronically transferred to our brokerage account for trading. Issue we are having as a General Partnership is finding a bank that will ...
I know this have been asked several times in the past but I have to ask since I can't find the correct steps. I just became Treasurer for the first time in about 10 years. We had two partners pay their 2020 BI Membership Dues ...
Thank you all so much for the guidance and wisdom on my earlier question what a GREAT group !! If I may, can I please ask a follow-up question? We would like to have a lawyer help us draft our club's initial paperwork (just out ...
Hello, we are starting a new Investment Club and wanted to know if it was "acceptable" for the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer to be compensated a little bit for their extra efforts (perhaps something like a stipend)? Is that allowable or something that ...
Hello, Historically our investment club has only invested in assets that are housed in accounts than can be linked to Bivio. We are considering a SEC registered investment where our club would be provided with a K1 which relates to that particular security (and can ...
Bivio, We own the Permanent Portfolio (PRPFX) and received a capital gain distribution that was classified as a "collectable" (28% tax rate) on the 1099. When reconciling my Bivio records from the 1099 from TD Ameritrade I was able to reconcile every amount except for ...
I just completed an analysis of partner bank debit date and E*Trade deposit date. Given that I think the findings significant, I thought I would share. This analysis was in response to a partner's request that I contact E*Trade to determine why the lag in ...
One of our partners would like to make a withdrawal that is greater than his tax basis. How is the realized capital gain determined on the amount that is withdrawn after the tax basis is depleted? Thanks, sb
Are there any provisions in your partnership agreement or by-laws to allow a trust as a partner? Also, if your club opted out of the new IRS partnership audit rules, you may run afoul of those rules. Perhaps, Laurie @ BIVIO has more info or ...