In my club, whenever I talk about unit values, members' eyes start to glaze over. Every member should have some idea of how unit values are calculated, but few do. At the risk of sending my readers to sleep, I will try one more time. ...
Hey Trez_Talk Guys, We are forming an investment club, and some of our members think we should be a limited partnership. You always seem to advocate general partnerships. What gives? Yes, this question keeps coming up. We have all heard the old bromide that you ...
I had a question about member withdrawal. We have nine members leaving. I understand that when we sell our stocks to pay off the other members we will incur long term or short term capital gains taxes. These taxes will be split among all of ...
Brittany asked, I recently attended a club accounting class and the topic of bonding the club treasurer came up. What exactly does that mean? (and how do we do that?) Also I've heard reference to the NAIC offering bond insurance to clubs Would you recommend ...
Few accounting topics cause more confusion than the use of fees and administrative expenses. This is an attempt to clear up a few common misconceptions. When a member makes a contribution to the club, it can be classified as either a payment or a fee ...
Deductible expenses with or without the use of petty cash continue to be a source of confusion for many investment clubs. Let's take the topic of petty cash first. As originally envisioned by the NAIC accounting manual, petty cash was not to be used for ...
Debbie Brown wrote We are just getting started on setting up this club. I want to know how we set up our money accounts so we may begin the investment process. I haven't seen this section. As a beginner in this I need all the ...
From the Trez_Talk mailbag Our club is organizing and we have all the legal/tax stuff done. Accounting software is our next priority. Can you recommend software from a company other than NAIC which costs $ 211.00 for non Members ? Sure! You can do your ...
The following was sent to the Trez_Talk inbox. It brings up some valuable considerations for a new club. Guy Russell wrote, I thought we planned our group very well, but we seem to keep hitting alot of obstacles. Maybe these questions are some that others ...
I thought it might be interesting for readers of this column to get a look at Compufest 2000, which was just held in Albuquerque, through my eyes. Understand that this is strictly how the affair struck me. It is not intended to be an impartial ...
Margaret Eskew writes Given the litigious nature of our society, what vehicle can an investment club use to protect individual members from being sued for the debts of other members of the group? Is a limited partnership or an LLC the safer vehicle? No argument ...
A reader raised the question of whether or not a monitoring committee should be set up to react quickly to unfavorable news about one of the holdings of an investment club. This would only be for an emergency situation. We were thinking of a core ...
A reader recently wanted to know where to start in researching the Beardstown Ladies Any research of the Beardstown Ladies should start with their book The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide : How We Beat the Stock Market-And How You Can, Too You can get ...
The tax implications of a partial withdrawal can be more complex than for a complete withdrawal, depending upon how the member is paid and the source of cash funds that are used. The initial reaction of most clubs is to sell stock, increase member payments, ...
Clubs often may have more options available to them in paying a withdrawing member than they first realize. The initial reaction of most clubs is to sell stock, increase member payments, or simply use cash on hand to come up with enough cash to pay ...