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1 What use could this company make of an electric toy? [the telephone] William Orton, President, Western Union I think there is a world for maybe five computers. Thomas Watson, Chair IBM, 1943 We don t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out Decca Recording regarding the Beatles, 1962

2 LCG $ LCC $ LCG $ SCG $ SCC $ SCV TRANSACTION COSTS TAXES $ $ LCV LCC $ LCV $ LCC

3 Multi-manager portfolios are inherently tax inefficient - lack of tax coordination between the managers. Rebalancing is an intrinsic contradiction for taxable investors

4 Most asset class and style managers (active and passive) are tax inefficient. Tax payments do not necessarily come from the portfolio generating the taxable event. Portfolios don t pay people do.

5 Retail Efficient Frontier is 3-Dimensional RISK RETURN EXPENSES &TAXES Viable efficient frontier analysis does not exist on an after tax basis

6 EXPENSE & TAX DRAG CURRENT RETURN* FUTURE RETURN GROSS 14.0% 7.8% Less Expenses (1%) Less Taxes (20%) NET GROSS RETURN After Inflation What Do You Have to Spend? * 40% Fixed / 60% Equity 20 Years Past Future 7.2% 2.4%

7 OUR CLIENTS REALITY Taxes & Expenses Are Certain Returns Are Uncertain

8 TAX MANAGEMENT $ Alpha tax $ Rebalancing tax $ Manager hiring/firing $ Multi Manager Tax ( non coordinated)

9 Pascal s Wager Does God Exist? The consequences of a choice are as important, or even more important, as the odds of something happening.

10 Pascal s Retirement Wager Consider not only the likelihood of living well past normal life expectancy or experiencing high inflation or a market downturn but also the consequences of each.

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14 CORE & SATELLITE CORE β β +

15 THE CORE Equity Allocation Remains consistent with past practice Selection of Core Investments Determination of Rebalance Parameters

16 THE SATELLITE Concentrated Risk Budget Fundamentally Sound Expected Alpha 2% net, net Diversification

17 ALTERNATIVE HEDGE/V.C. CORE & SATELLITE REAL ESTATE TACTICAL/ SECTOR (TACTICAL) TAX EFFICIENT CORE SC & VALUE BIAS EMERGING MARKET COMMODITIES U.S.SMALL CAP GROWTH

18 Russell 3000 S&P 400 Value DFA Small Value SATELLITE S&P 500 Growth Emerging Markets MMA Short Long Treasury Asia-Pacific REBALANCE PARAMATERS Fixed/Equity 8%

19 BENEFITS Management of Expenses & Taxes Large core allocations benefit by use of ETFs Large core allocations may allow for institutional rate/break point investments Large core allocations may allow for direct access to managers

20 BENEFITS Fewer positions makes providing for unplanned additions & withdrawals more cost efficient Fewer positions & satellite framing reduces the risk of problem investments Significant core allocation reduces tracking error risk

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26 MRS BOONE NEEDS 5% INCOME CASH FLOW Bond Cash Flow Stock Cash Flow Total Allocation from Bonds Allocation from Stock Cash Flow 100% 7% 0% 0% 7% 90% 6.3% % 80% 5.6% % 70% 4.9% % 60% 4.2% % 50% 3.5% % 40% 2.8% %

27 EXCESS ANNUAL CASH FLOW $6, $5, $4, $3, $2, $1, $0.00 -$1, $2, $3, $4, INCOME PORTFOLIO TOTAL RETURN I m poor! I m rich!

28 $170, $160, $150, TOTAL RETURN $140, $130, $120, $110, $100, REAL CASH FLOW

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31 CASH FLOW RESERVE THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

32 CASH FLOW RESERVE 2 YEARS CASH FLOW 5 YEARS LUMP SUM THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO BALANCE OF PORTFOLIO REINVESTMENT OF ALL INTEREST & DIVIDENDS ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY FOR OPPORTUNITY COSTS

33 CASH FLOW RESERVE Regular Monthly Payments the PAY CHECK PERSONAL CHECKING ACCOUNT Rebalance Refill THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

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39 MRS BOONE NEEDS 5% INCOME CASH FLOW Bond Cash Flow Stock Cash Flow Total Allocation from Bonds Allocation from Stock Cash Flow 100% 7% 0% 0% 7% 90% 6.3% % 80% 5.6% % 70% 4.9% % 60% 4.2% % 50% 3.5% % 40% 2.8% %

40 EXCESS ANNUAL CASH FLOW $6, $5, $4, $3, $2, $1, $0.00 -$1, $2, $3, $4, INCOME PORTFOLIO TOTAL RETURN I m poor! I m rich!

41 $170, $160, $150, TOTAL RETURN $140, $130, $120, $110, $100, REAL CASH FLOW

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44 CASH FLOW RESERVE THE TOTAL PORTFOLIO THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

45 CASH FLOW RESERVE 2 YEARS CASH FLOW 5 YEARS LUMP SUM THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO BALANCE OF PORTFOLIO REINVESTMENT OF ALL INTEREST & DIVIDENDS ADJUSTED AS NECESSARY FOR OPPORTUNITY COSTS

46 Everything that can be invented has been invented. Charles H. Duell, Director of US Patent Office, 1899 Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. Grover Cleveland, 1905 Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? Harry M. Warner, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1927

OUR CLIENTS HELPING IRRATIONAL CLIENTS MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS. Harold Evensky, CFP HELPING IRRATIONAL CLIENTS MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS

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