Archive for July, 2009

Squeezing out more tax efficiency from my portfolio

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

My portfolio is currently allocated as follows:

US LargeCap 11%
US SmallCap 8%
US REITs 4%
US Timber REITs 4%
US MLP (PIK dividends only) 4%
INT EAFE 20%
INT Emerging Market 11%
PreciousMetal Equity 5%
Fixed Income 33%

The ranking of the asset classes, in terms of tax efficiency (based on historical dividends), are as follows (most tax efficient at the top):

US MLPs EEQ [...]

1and1 web hosting hiking fees by 40%

Friday, July 24th, 2009

The current web hosting service that this blog is hosted on (1and1.com) has given me notice that they intend to hike the fee by 40%, from $4.99 per month to $6.99 per month. They were even pleased to announce this to me:
We are pleased to unveil the new 1&1 Home Package with more web space [...]

Portfolio Return for June 2009

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Comment: Completed my 4% allocation into MLPs with PIK dividends in the taxable account.