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||Investment||Tax Traeatment||TaxableTradition||Roth|| |Tax free municipal securities and municipal mutual funds|Exempt|↑↓|↓| |Equity secuities held long term for growth|Taxed at long-term capital gains|↑↔|↔| |Equity index funds/ETFs (other than RIETs)||↑↔|↔| |Foreign Equities and Foreign Equity Mutual Funds/ETFs (credit for taxes paid internationally)||↑↔|↔| |Tax -mangaged mutual funds and managed accounts||↑↓|↓| |Real estate investment trusts (REITs)|Generally, 80% of income taxed at ordinary rates; 20% tax-exempt|↔↑|↑| |High-turnover stock mutual funds that deliver effectively all returns as short-term capital gains|Taxed at ordinary income rates|↓↑|↑| |Fully taxable bonds and bond funds (i.e. corporates)||↓↑|↑|