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$500K
$50K$5M
3 members
210
40%
10%90%

Stake Distribution

M1: 40%
M2: 30%
M3: 30%

5-Year Portfolio Value

$726K
+$226K gainvs. today

Per Member

$242K

Fee Savings

$16K

vs. Separate

+$67K
5-Year ComparisonJoint vs. Separate
Joint
$726K
Separate
$660K

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Chapter 01 · Performance

Joint accounts
outperform by 37%

Five years of proprietary data across 2,400 family accounts. Pooled capital earns more — not because of luck, but because of scale.

Cumulative Return — Joint vs. Separate Accounts

$500,000 initial investment · Net of all fees · 2019–2024

Joint (Allocate)
Separate Accounts
0%
25%
50%

Joint: +8.2%

Separate: +5.9%

Y1

Joint: +17.8%

Separate: +12.4%

Y2

Joint: +29.1%

Separate: +19.7%

Y3

Joint: +42.5%

Separate: +27.8%

Y4

Joint: +58.3%

Separate: +36.4%

Y5

+2.3%

Avg Annual Alpha

Above benchmark

58%

Fee Reduction

vs. separate accounts

2,400+

Families Served

Active accounts

Chapter 02 · Fee Erosion

40 cents of every dollar
disappears.

Separate accounts compound fees the same way good investments compound returns. After five years, the gap is catastrophic.

Return Erosion Waterfall

$1M portfolio · 5-year horizon · % of gross return retained

0
25
50
75
100
+100
Gross Return
-18
Mgmt Fees
-14
Tax Drag
-8
Spreads
+60
Allocate Net
Gross return
Fee/drag erosion
Allocate net
Fee Breakdown — Separate Accounts

Advisory Fee

1.10% / yr

$30,250

5-yr drag

Fund Expense Ratio

0.45% / yr

$12,375

5-yr drag

Tax Inefficiency

0.60% / yr

$16,500

5-yr drag

Transaction Costs

0.15% / yr

$4,125

5-yr drag

Total Erosion
$63,250

on $500K portfolio

Allocate reduces total drag to $11,400

Institutional pricing, tax-loss harvesting across the family account, and zero transaction costs on rebalances.

$51,850 saved per family

Chapter 03 · Tax Strategy

The IRS rewards
families who coordinate.

Tax advantages multiply when accounts are managed as a single entity. Select your family structure to see your specific opportunity.

Inherited Estate

Siblings managing inherited property and brokerage assets under a single family LLC structure.

Key Advantage

Step-up in basis across all inherited positions — no capital gains on appreciation before inheritance date.

5-Year Tax Savings

$34,200

Estimated net benefit

TLH Gain

$18,400

Tax-loss harvesting

Annual Gift Exclusion

$34,000

Per donor

Step-Up Basis

Full eligible

Inheritance treatment

Strategy Comparison — All Family Types$500K AUM basis
StrategySeparate AcctsAllocate JointAdvantage
Tax-Loss HarvestingLimitedCross-account+$18K
Advisory Fee Rate1.10%0.35%−68%
Rebalancing Cost$2,200/yr$0Free
Estate PlanningManualAutomatedIntegrated
Gift TrackingSpreadsheetReal-timeAudit-ready

Research Report

Q1 2026 · 28 pages

The Family Investment
Benchmark Report

Proprietary analysis of 2,400+ family accounts comparing joint vs. separate management across fee structures, tax efficiency, and 5-year returns.

Joint account alpha across 5 asset classes
Fee erosion models by family size
Tax-loss harvesting opportunity map
Estate planning coordination benchmarks

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