Underlying securities, taxation, and packaged products (funds, ETFs, UITs, variable contracts, 529s)
Free FINRA Series 6 (Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Representative) lesson in Provides Customers with Information About Investments, Makes Recommendations, Transfers Assets and Maintains Appropriate Records. 20 min read, ~2,952 words.
Conduit (pipeline) theory lets a fund avoid tax on distributed income if it pays out at least 90% of net investment income; the investor is taxed, not the fund. Open-end funds price forward at NAV next computed; offering price = NAV + sales charge; closed-end funds trade in the secondary...
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