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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Mechanical Investing
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Author: Dog_Island_Inv_Co   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Fidelity's "basket portfolio" featu
Date: 06/09/26 4:27 PM
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Yes, the charge is $4.99 per month, per customer, with unlimited accounts and unlimited baskets in each account.

For me, I'm using it for only one account (an IRA), and currently running 3 baskets, each basket using one MI screen, about 25 positions altogether.

My taxable accounts would probably generate more tax liability than I would like to have if I used MI strategies, so they're broad-based, buy-and-hold investments. For example, VV (Vanguard Large-Cap), which has a 20 year (June 2006 to June 2026), 10.5% CAGR with no trades by me, just by the fund. I suspect that taxes would reduce that quite a bit more, if there were MI-style trading involved. So I plan to "hold-till-dead." Then my heirs get it with stepped-up cost basis.
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