# James A. Beaty jr > Federal judicial disclosures. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/14164 ## Record - **Judge:** James A. Beaty jr - **Year:** 2016 - **Report type:** Annual - **Pages:** 8 ## Text Duke Energy, Common Stock — Int/Div — Buy (add'l) Memill Lynch/Bankof America Spouse RetirementAccount Totals (IRA) — Int/Div — Sold (part) Cash — Interest — Open Money Account/Bankof America NA RASP — Interest — Open VariousMutual Funds: ConsumerDiscretionary (XLY) — Int/Div — Buy HealthCareSelect SPDR (XLV) — Int/Div — Buy IShares MSCI EAFE (EFA) Europe Australasia Far Fast — Int/Div — Buy IShares IBOXX $ (LQD) Bonds — Int/Div — Buy IShares TIPS Bonds (TIP) — Int/Div — Buy IShares 3-7 vear Treasury Bond(1E]) — Int/Div — Buy IShares MBS ETF (MBB) — Int/Div — Buy IShares IBOXXS High Yield Bonds (HYG) — Int/Div — Buy IShares INC CORE MSCI Emerging Mkts — Int/Div — Buy Materials Select Sector (XLB) — Int/Div — Buy PowerShares EM Sovereign Bonds (XLB) — Ine — Buy PowerSharesPreferred (PGX) — Int/Div — Buy Real Estate Select (XLRE) — Int/Div — Buy Sector SPRD Consmrs Stpl (XLP) — Int/Div — Buy Sector SPDR Energy (XLE) — Int/Div — Buy Sector SPDR Industrial (XLJ) — Int/Div — Buy Sector SPDR Uthtes (XLL) — Int/Div — Buy SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) — Int/Div — Buy Vaneck Vectors JP Morgan EM Local Currency (EMLC) — Int/Div — Buy Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) — Int/Div — Buy Vanguard Information Tech ETF (VGT) — Int/Div — Buy Vanguard Telecomm SRVCS (VOX) — Int/Div — Buy Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond ETF (BIV) — Int/Div — Buy Vanguard Short Term Bond (BSV) — Int/Div — Buy Equitable Variable-Alliance Common Stock Fund — Int/Div AXA Equitable Incentive Life/Moderate Common Fund — Int/Div Bank of America/Savings Account — Interest Vacant Real Estate Forsyth NC/ Parcel — None Vacant Real Estate Forsyth NC/Parcel 2 — None Vacant Real Estate/Umion SC — None NewBridge Bank Checking — Interest Wells Fargo Bank Checking — Interest Wells Fargo Money Market — Interest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Accounts — Interest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Certificate of Deposit — Interest Income — 2016 — NC Judicial Retirement Vested Benefit — $32,345.00 Part VII. Investments and Trusts. Trems A- 2-9 1 huve been unofficully voluntary inactive as & Senior Judge in the Middle District of North Carolina since August 31, 2016. In addition, 1 have been completely without a Chambers’ staff’ since my Judicial Assistant retired as of December 31, 2016. 1 did not at the time have direct assess to the Financial Disclosure website. Nevertheless, with the asistance of a colleague's Judiciul Assistant, a Financial Disclosure Report was filed on my behalf as of May 5, 2017. At the time, other than an update reflecting a partial redemption from my 000 IRA account, there was not much difference between my Financial Disclosure Report for the calendar year 2015 filed on May 3, 2016 and the 2016 Report filed on May 5, 2017. While 1 acknowledge receiving the July 5, 2017 notice, 1 did not then take note of specific request that was being made for additional information. However, as 4 result of receiving a Letter of Deficiency which noted & previous request for an Amended 2016 Financial Disclosure Report, | retrieved my account information for the Financial Disclosure Reports and noticed that there was not a substantial difference between the reports that were filed on my behalf in 2015 and 2016. However, Tam now aware that the letter of July 5, 2017, highlighted the specific requests for information as to the income and value of cach of the assets in Part VII in lines 3-9 that were part of the aggregate income and value within my [00 Bank of American Investment Services, Inc. (IRA). Although this was not requested for the 2015 Financial Disclosure which was used as guidance for preparing the 2016 report, | understand from the July 5, 2017 letter that this matter was addressed on the "Updates” page on the front of the filing instructions which may have been overlooked in the preparation of my 2016 Financial Disclosure. Given this change, | reached out to my [0 personal Financial Manager to obtain the information as requested. | am providing this information as requested based upon the information that was recently provided to me. While I acknowledge my personal responsiblity for the report us filed, I regrettably must admit that 1 have had no involvement in the management of [10 personal retirement account other than to note on at least two prior Financial Disclosure Reports for 2015 and 2016, that withdrawals had been made from her IRA. Upon reviewing the recent information that was provided at my request, it became apparent to me that changes had been made to the specific assets that composed [0 IRA. Ttappears that during some prior period, the assets of the TRA, as appeared in all of my prior reports had been liquidated and distributed among new and different funds. The prior assets listed in my 2015 and earlier reports were as follows: line 2-Bunk of America Investment Services, Inc. (IRA) (the aggreagate account), line 3 -Columbia Cash Reserve Daily, lined- Federated Bond Class A, line 5-Federated American Leaders Class Mutual Fund, line 6-Federated Capital Appreciation Class A Mutual Fund, line 7-Federated INT'L Value Class A Mutual Fund, line 8-Federated Kaufman Class A, and line 9- Federated Strategic Value fund Class A Mutual Fund. However, the overall viaue of the accounts did not change because the entire funds were transferred from the old assets into the new assets, This occurence was confirmed by the information provided to personil Financial Manager. As & result, the previously reported assets within my original 2016 Financial Disclosure in Items A- 2-9 of Part VII. Investments and Trusts as noted above have been deleted and the Amended Report for 2016 in Items A-2-28 of Part VII. Investments and Trusts reflects the present portfolio as maintained by my spouse's Merrill Lynch/Bank of America personal Financial Manager. With respect to the errors noted on the initial and subsequent audits of this Amended Report, it was indicated that for Part VII, Investments and Trusts, line 1, Column D(1) should be completed for each transaction. All of this activity was outside of the current reporting period. so 1 have placed an arbitrary date of June 15, 2016 as the transaction date since the program will not allow me to add anything other than a 2016 date. However, the majority of the new assets, particularly items numbered 2-11,14-16, 18-21, 23-28, were not purchased during the current reporting period, but instead were initially purchased during the 2015 reporting period on June 16, 2015, In addition, Item number 13 was intiallty purchased on October 15, 2015. The activity that did occur duirng the current reporting period has been identified as such. Again, this information was just newly discovered and is being provided to comply with the request for additional infomation for my Amemded 2016 Financial Disclosure. --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/disclosures/14164. Public record. Not legal advice.