I mean it's not as easy as saying "don't invest if you want to hide it" or "all investments require reporting income" etc..
For example I've currently got ~1/3 of my net worth in an aggressive mutual fund and it's been there for ~5-6 years.. (beat!
) But because it's designed to re-invest and not pay dividends, I generally don't carry any capital gains on a yearly basis until I sell the fund down the road. Thus, this avoids having a 5-figure capital gain combined with $0 income on a return. And by the time I ever sell the funds, it'll be so far down the road that I'll almost certainly have income from some other source and things don't look so strange. Clearly, this is a much better investment idea than producing high dividends etc.. These are the types of details/etc that I'm interested in discussing with various investment options.