Category Archives: Taxes

MGEE – Safety or Yield?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Dan from Madison

On June 7 I bought another block of MGEE at $34.36/share and since then it has gone up to $36.76 as of this writing.  I discussed MGEE here.  That is an immense move for a utility, and especially one like … Continue reading →

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Tax Update

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Carl from Chicago

When Dan and I were first invited to join Chicago Boyz Jonathan mentioned my high quality posts on energy and taxation.  Recently I have not been writing too often about taxation because the news from the US perspective has been … Continue reading →

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Illinois = Fail, But Not All Munis Suck

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Dan from Madison

How about this: While most eyes are on the highly leveraged European countries, especially Spain over the past week, back here in the US, Illinois today is close to passing California as the most troubled municipal credit in the country … Continue reading →

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Trust Funds and Taxes

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Carl from Chicago

As part of running a trust fund or being a beneficiary of a trust fund you need to have some understanding of taxes. As always, if taxes are not your specialty get professional help I am only writing from my … Continue reading →

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