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What goes down must come up – Estate planning in a low interest rate environment
November / December 2008
Newsletter: Estate Planner
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
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Abstract: The financial markets have always been cyclical. When interest rates are low, it’s a sure bet that they’ll rise again, given time. Key federal rates have dropped this year to their lowest level in several years. So now is a good time to consider wealth-transfer strategies that lock in these low rates, such as family loans, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable lead annuity trusts and sales to grantor trusts. This article details these strategies.