Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
Friday's drawing is $120,000,000.00, I think I'll take the $79.5 million cash option, how would you invest and would you still invest on your own. Pay the taxes I would still net over $50 million plus what I already have.
I think I would still go 30/70 stock/bond mix with the bonds laddered in state general obligation bonds. I would seek estate tax advice initially to set up a plan, but other than that invest on my own.
Really wouldn't buy anything initially, just sit back and think things out, give imediate family all substantial gifts off of cashflow, and set up a donation schedule off of cashflow for distribution or do the Warren Buffett and wait till the end. Probably opt for the donate during my life, to see the good it has done.
Spend at little on myself but I'm a simple man don't need the McMansion.
How about you?
I think I would still go 30/70 stock/bond mix with the bonds laddered in state general obligation bonds. I would seek estate tax advice initially to set up a plan, but other than that invest on my own.
Really wouldn't buy anything initially, just sit back and think things out, give imediate family all substantial gifts off of cashflow, and set up a donation schedule off of cashflow for distribution or do the Warren Buffett and wait till the end. Probably opt for the donate during my life, to see the good it has done.
Spend at little on myself but I'm a simple man don't need the McMansion.
How about you?
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Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
After buying Bank of America, Citigroup, and Iceland, I would use the rest to start a hedge fund.Enzo IX wrote:Friday's drawing is $120,000,000.00, I think I'll take the $79.5 million cash option, how would you invest and would you still invest on your own.
All this after paying myself a hefty bonus for my performance over the last year.
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You have a good plan. Donate the Bill Gates way : set up a foundation. How many tickets do you need to buy to be the winner?
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Hitting the jackpot wouldn't change your need, willingness, or ability to take risk? Or would they balance each other out (less need to take risk, more ability to take risk) such that your IPS would remain unchanged?Opponent Process wrote:per my policy statement, I'd be:
40% TIPS
40% TBM
10% TISM
10% TSM
Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
Probably along the lines of Bernstein's "Taxable Ted" portfolio, maybe 50/50 or 60/40, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there.Enzo IX wrote:How about you?
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Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
Don't have to worry about it. I never play lotteries, or casino gamble.Enzo IX wrote:How about you?
OK - somebody had to say it :lol: ...
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If I got an after-tax lump sum of $50 million, I'd do something along the following lines:
1. Create Family Foundation with $25 million donation. Wife and I would be employees of the foundation, and draw salaries of approximately $150K per year each (we'd actually do work for the foundation, of course!).
2. Invest remaining $25 million in diversified portfolio, probably around 30% stocks, 40% fixed income, 10% cash, 20% alternative strategies.
3. Estate plan would be for entire account in number (2) to be bequeathed to the family foundation at the death of the second spouse. Wife and I would each purchase very large permanent guaranteed life insurance policies to be owned by a trust. Would buy as large a death benefit as possible while staying within the annual gift exclusion limits for premium payments (by using each other and two children as beneficiaires, could probably get around $39K per year into each policy without exceeding gift limits, buying around $10 million of death benefit on each of us).
Result of the plan is as follows:
1. Household wages of $300K, which represents just a hair over 1% of the foundation assets. As long as the foundation is properly managed from a financial standpoint, this would basically be a lifetime income stream, and we could give ourselves COLA raises as needed.
2. We would know exactly how much would be passed along to heirs, and could control the timing of the receipt of funds by our children via language in the life insurance trusts.
3. Estate taxes would be zero, as all estate assets would be given to family foundation at death.
4. Have a "buffer" account of $25 million to cover any additional needs not covered for by household income.
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1. Create Family Foundation with $25 million donation. Wife and I would be employees of the foundation, and draw salaries of approximately $150K per year each (we'd actually do work for the foundation, of course!).
2. Invest remaining $25 million in diversified portfolio, probably around 30% stocks, 40% fixed income, 10% cash, 20% alternative strategies.
3. Estate plan would be for entire account in number (2) to be bequeathed to the family foundation at the death of the second spouse. Wife and I would each purchase very large permanent guaranteed life insurance policies to be owned by a trust. Would buy as large a death benefit as possible while staying within the annual gift exclusion limits for premium payments (by using each other and two children as beneficiaires, could probably get around $39K per year into each policy without exceeding gift limits, buying around $10 million of death benefit on each of us).
Result of the plan is as follows:
1. Household wages of $300K, which represents just a hair over 1% of the foundation assets. As long as the foundation is properly managed from a financial standpoint, this would basically be a lifetime income stream, and we could give ourselves COLA raises as needed.
2. We would know exactly how much would be passed along to heirs, and could control the timing of the receipt of funds by our children via language in the life insurance trusts.
3. Estate taxes would be zero, as all estate assets would be given to family foundation at death.
4. Have a "buffer" account of $25 million to cover any additional needs not covered for by household income.
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read it again. don't worry, my wife is dyslexic. I hope she wouldn't make the same mistake!G-Money wrote:Hitting the jackpot wouldn't change your need, willingness, or ability to take risk? Or would they balance each other out (less need to take risk, more ability to take risk) such that your IPS would remain unchanged?Opponent Process wrote:per my policy statement, I'd be:
40% TIPS
40% TBM
10% TISM
10% TSM
30/30/20/20 |
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Average Age=37
Opponent Process wrote:read it again. don't worry, my wife is dyslexic. I hope she wouldn't make the same mistake!G-Money wrote:Hitting the jackpot wouldn't change your need, willingness, or ability to take risk? Or would they balance each other out (less need to take risk, more ability to take risk) such that your IPS would remain unchanged?Opponent Process wrote:per my policy statement, I'd be:
40% TIPS
40% TBM
10% TISM
10% TSM
Seriously, if I won one of these...
-I'd keep my mouth shut.
-I'd move to area of town slightly more expensive closer to things I do.
-I'd travel more on the weekends.
-I'd buy a new computer, camera, and few furniture piece.
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-Maybe fund a Diehards event completely and then have a lottery for who gets tickets
-I'd change my name before I collected.
-I'd keep my mouth shut.
-I'd move to area of town slightly more expensive closer to things I do.
-I'd travel more on the weekends.
-I'd buy a new computer, camera, and few furniture piece.
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-Maybe fund a Diehards event completely and then have a lottery for who gets tickets
-I'd change my name before I collected.
In no particular order:
Buy a nice house with cash. Nothing too fancy, just a modest-sized, nice place.
Buy a new loaded Honda Accord.
Put $5 million in Treasury bills to live off of.
Take the rest and invest/spend every penny in opening up and supporting animal shelters.
Buy a nice house with cash. Nothing too fancy, just a modest-sized, nice place.
Buy a new loaded Honda Accord.
Put $5 million in Treasury bills to live off of.
Take the rest and invest/spend every penny in opening up and supporting animal shelters.
Investment difficulty and long-term success are perfectly negatively correlated. Keep it simple.
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at that level, the important thing is no longer ROI on the $, it is walling it off from potential plaintiffs. you would become one of the proverbial "deep pockets" that plaintiffs lawyers dream about. so i would begin by thinking about insurance, incorporation or other strategies to mitigate this risk.
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I think I'd still have 10-25% in equities.
I'd start a foundation.
Start a few scholarships.
I'd give the maximum non-taxable gift each year to parents, siblings and their children.
Buy a nice house and a couple of nice cars. Maybe a ski boat and some jet skis. Maybe a nice lakeside place with a dock on Lake Tahoe.
And I'd probably cut back to half time.
But investing? That'd be the least of my worries. I'd probably buy a few annuities and CDs up to the maximum insured amounts and put the rest in treasuries and MMFs.
And I would definitely up my professional liability and umbrella policies.
I'd start a foundation.
Start a few scholarships.
I'd give the maximum non-taxable gift each year to parents, siblings and their children.
Buy a nice house and a couple of nice cars. Maybe a ski boat and some jet skis. Maybe a nice lakeside place with a dock on Lake Tahoe.
And I'd probably cut back to half time.
But investing? That'd be the least of my worries. I'd probably buy a few annuities and CDs up to the maximum insured amounts and put the rest in treasuries and MMFs.
And I would definitely up my professional liability and umbrella policies.
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I really don't know, other than I would build a temple to establish it as a 401(c)3 and live in as the caretaker, and then invest very conservatively and probably in institutional shares.
dbr's plan looks like a good framework to consider.
Tet
dbr's plan looks like a good framework to consider.
Tet
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I don't gamble but here is my plan for the $50 million anyway:
10% - cash
90% - stocks
Even if stocks fall further from here, it would not affect my lifestyle. I can afford to wait until the economy recovers and win big.
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10% - cash
90% - stocks
Even if stocks fall further from here, it would not affect my lifestyle. I can afford to wait until the economy recovers and win big.
Adrian
anenu@tampabay.rr.com
If you net out 79.5 million you can afford to spend from the capital. Take about 2-4 million and buy a great house in your favorite city. Then withdraw $365,000 per year to live on. A grand a day is plenty. Allow $500,000 per annum for unexpected expenses. If you live another 30 years you'll have only spent about 20 million or so. Upon your demise that will leave 60 million for your family and friends and charities.
Please refer to my earlier post. TELL NO ONE. Jealous coworkers, neighbors, family and friends will not be happy for your good fortune. If you give them only a million they'll think you're a cheapskate. If you won't give them what they want they'll hate you even more.
Whatever you do stay anonymous. When it was asked of Michael Jordan what it was like to be rich and famous, he replied," if you have the choice pick rich."
Remember, MUMS THE WORD!
Please refer to my earlier post. TELL NO ONE. Jealous coworkers, neighbors, family and friends will not be happy for your good fortune. If you give them only a million they'll think you're a cheapskate. If you won't give them what they want they'll hate you even more.
Whatever you do stay anonymous. When it was asked of Michael Jordan what it was like to be rich and famous, he replied," if you have the choice pick rich."
Remember, MUMS THE WORD!
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Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
I'll take the exact amount of money *you* spend annually on lottery tickets and sink it instead into my local Vanguard muni fund. That way, at least I'll get something back from the State.Enzo IX wrote:Friday's drawing is $120,000,000.00, I think I'll take the $79.5 million cash option, how would you invest and would you still invest on your own. Pay the taxes I would still net over $50 million plus what I already have. […] How about you?
On the other hand, if you win, I'd be delighted and honored to advise you on how to invest your money … er, for an insignificant fee … in that case, I'd strongly urge you not to waste your precious time investing on your own …
Don't forget to deduct the income tax on the winnings.four7s wrote:If you net out 79.5 million you can afford to spend from the capital. Take about 2-4 million and buy a great house in your favorite city. Then withdraw $365,000 per year to live on. A grand a day is plenty. Allow $500,000 per annum for unexpected expenses. If you live another 30 years you'll have only spent about 20 million or so. Upon your demise that will leave 60 million for your family and friends and charities.
Please refer to my earlier post. TELL NO ONE. Jealous coworkers, neighbors, family and friends will not be happy for your good fortune. If you give them only a million they'll think you're a cheapskate. If you won't give them what they want they'll hate you even more.
Whatever you do stay anonymous. When it was asked of Michael Jordan what it was like to be rich and famous, he replied," if you have the choice pick rich."
Remember, MUMS THE WORD!
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I doubt this conversation will cause me to buy my first lottery ticket this decade, but if I happen to find the winning ticket stuck on the front of my car (odds on that?), I would invest whatever is left after gifts, random acts of kindness, a nice cabin on the lake, and a few other "necessities" like this:
20% DFTCX*
10% DFTWX*
70% VMLUX/Treasuries
And I might have to get one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0PgyPWE3o
*no advisor fee required
20% DFTCX*
10% DFTWX*
70% VMLUX/Treasuries
And I might have to get one of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO0PgyPWE3o
*no advisor fee required
Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
First thing I'd do when I discovered my winning ticket was move to an income tax free state like TX or FL before I claimed my prize. That alone should be worth $5-10M.Enzo IX wrote:Friday's drawing is $120,000,000.00, I think I'll take the $79.5 million cash option, how would you invest and would you still invest on your own. Pay the taxes I would still net over $50 million plus what I already have.
How about you?
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UBS
I hear that UBS has some highly "tax efficient" strategies to help people in your situation!
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That is right in line with my thinking.ddb wrote:If I got an after-tax lump sum of $50 million, I'd do something along the following lines:
1. Create Family Foundation with $25 million donation. Wife and I would be employees of the foundation, and draw salaries of approximately $150K per year each (we'd actually do work for the foundation, of course!).
2. Invest remaining $25 million in diversified portfolio, probably around 30% stocks, 40% fixed income, 10% cash, 20% alternative strategies.
3. Estate plan would be for entire account in number (2) to be bequeathed to the family foundation at the death of the second spouse. Wife and I would each purchase very large permanent guaranteed life insurance policies to be owned by a trust. Would buy as large a death benefit as possible while staying within the annual gift exclusion limits for premium payments (by using each other and two children as beneficiaires, could probably get around $39K per year into each policy without exceeding gift limits, buying around $10 million of death benefit on each of us).
Result of the plan is as follows:
1. Household wages of $300K, which represents just a hair over 1% of the foundation assets. As long as the foundation is properly managed from a financial standpoint, this would basically be a lifetime income stream, and we could give ourselves COLA raises as needed.
2. We would know exactly how much would be passed along to heirs, and could control the timing of the receipt of funds by our children via language in the life insurance trusts.
3. Estate taxes would be zero, as all estate assets would be given to family foundation at death.
4. Have a "buffer" account of $25 million to cover any additional needs not covered for by household income.
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I have had that daydream.
Not likely to come true as I never get around to buying the lottery ticket.
We live a world with knowledge of the future markets has less than one significant figure. And people will still and always demand answers to three significant digits.
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Your crazy Aunt Ruth bought you the ticket.Rodc wrote:That is right in line with my thinking.ddb wrote:If I got an after-tax lump sum of $50 million, I'd do something along the following lines:
1. Create Family Foundation with $25 million donation. Wife and I would be employees of the foundation, and draw salaries of approximately $150K per year each (we'd actually do work for the foundation, of course!).
2. Invest remaining $25 million in diversified portfolio, probably around 30% stocks, 40% fixed income, 10% cash, 20% alternative strategies.
3. Estate plan would be for entire account in number (2) to be bequeathed to the family foundation at the death of the second spouse. Wife and I would each purchase very large permanent guaranteed life insurance policies to be owned by a trust. Would buy as large a death benefit as possible while staying within the annual gift exclusion limits for premium payments (by using each other and two children as beneficiaires, could probably get around $39K per year into each policy without exceeding gift limits, buying around $10 million of death benefit on each of us).
Result of the plan is as follows:
1. Household wages of $300K, which represents just a hair over 1% of the foundation assets. As long as the foundation is properly managed from a financial standpoint, this would basically be a lifetime income stream, and we could give ourselves COLA raises as needed.
2. We would know exactly how much would be passed along to heirs, and could control the timing of the receipt of funds by our children via language in the life insurance trusts.
3. Estate taxes would be zero, as all estate assets would be given to family foundation at death.
4. Have a "buffer" account of $25 million to cover any additional needs not covered for by household income.
- DDB
I have had that daydream.
Not likely to come true as I never get around to buying the lottery ticket.
Where's that red one gonna go?
Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
All of you guys & gals are crazy!Enzo IX wrote:Friday's drawing is $120,000,000.00, I think I'll take the $79.5 million cash option, how would you invest and would you still invest on your own. Pay the taxes I would still net over $50 million plus what I already have.
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Spend at little on myself but I'm a simple man don't need the McMansion.
How about you?
Allocate 50/50 Swedroe/Ferri.
Can't wait for the annual (group, of course) meetings to discuss performance.
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Even tho you're playing in fantasyland, please remember that Gates and Buffet and Hewitt all greated private foundations with much appreciated stock- stock that they paid less than 1 cent a share for and were able to deduct fair market value for their gifts. A private foundation is great for sheltering a whole bunch of current income-its not so great, given administrative costs, for using fully taxed dollars.
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Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
I work for the Treasury Department :lol:xerty24 wrote:First thing I'd do when I discovered my winning ticket was move to an income tax free state like TX or FL before I claimed my prize. That alone should be worth $5-10M.Enzo IX wrote:Friday's drawing is $120,000,000.00, I think I'll take the $79.5 million cash option, how would you invest and would you still invest on your own. Pay the taxes I would still net over $50 million plus what I already have.
How about you?
Re: Mega millions at $120 million, how to invest?
Not quite sure how your comment was intended... a quick survey shows that many state lotteries don't tax non-residents on lottery winnings (and some states with income taxes also chose not to tax their lottery winnings). Changing your tax domicile prior to claiming the prize seems like an option worth at least considering depending on one's personal situation.GRT2BOUTDOORS wrote:I work for the Treasury Department :lol:xerty24 wrote:First thing I'd do when I discovered my winning ticket was move to an income tax free state like TX or FL before I claimed my prize. That alone should be worth $5-10M.
For one thing, estate tax planning is probably much easier if you split up the assets ahead of time rather than trying to distribute them later. For example, claim the ticket jointly with your kids if you intend to leave them some share of the money, etc.Enzo IX wrote:Question why do the big winners sometime put the winning ticket in a family partnership or trust.