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Capital Gains Fund Distributions Explained

December 6, 2023

As typically occurs at year-end, some of the funds in your SYM portfolio are expected to pay capital gains distributions in December. Because such distributions may impact your 2023 tax planning, we’d like to offer some thoughts about the process. Because mutual funds do not pay taxes, they must pay realized gains and income to shareholders in cash. As required by law, mutual funds distribute all realized capital gains and dividends on an

What Does Increasing the Minimum Wage Do to the Economy?

December 6, 2023

We recently asked SYM’s Chief Investment Officer Andy Popenfoose this question. This is a paraphrase of what he shared. Catch his exact words in the video above. The Classic Set up of Two Curves Early labor economics curriculum teaches us about two curves, the supply of labor and the demand of labor. These two curves show how many workers and employers are willing to work and pay for different wages. Here is an example