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Can a short term capital loss balance long term capital gains?
My boss sold his house (lucky guy) at a price well above basis and over his $250,000 exclusion. He has a lot of stock losses this year. Can he use BOTH long and short term investment losses to cover...
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What type bond fund to buy in current situation?
Now that it seems too late to join a flight to quality in gov't bonds, where would you put new money (bondfundwise?). And would you take old money out of treasury bond funds to avoid a flight back...
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401k After Tax accumulations to Roth IRA
My broker tells me that after tax 401k assets may be rolled directly to a Roth IRA, with no tax consequence now or ever - ie. future earnings would be tax free. I'd appreciate a pointer to an official...
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Historical data for interest rates given by money market funds?
Historical data for interest rates given by money market funds? I am looking a data, or a reasonable proxy, for the interest rates given by the average money market fund, going back at least 15 years,...
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Warren Buffett recommends buying U.S. stocks
I am posting this for discussion and do necessarily agree. American. I Am. By WARREN E. BUFFETT Published: October 16, 2008 THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its...
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House Democrats contemplate abolishing 401(k) tax breaks
House Democrats contemplate abolishing 401(k) tax breaks Sara Hansard October 12, 2008, 6:01 AM EST Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation's $3 trillion 401(k) system,...
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Re-balancing yet?
What are your thoughts on re-balancing your portfolios? I have tried to keep a roughly 70/20/10 mix of stocks/bonds/cash. I usually try to re-balance to something close to this each quarter. Usually...
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FDIC insurance (yet again)
I just read that republicans are proposing "Extending government deposit insurance to business transaction accounts." does this mean a business entity has no FDIC protection currently?...
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p/e ratio for s&p 500
i was told this was on the s&p site but all i can find is a yearly p/e ratio. anyone know where this can be found nowadays? and why is this fundamental number so hard to find? maybe i can calculate...
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How does 401k portfolio rebalancing works?
I am considering moving some of my money market 401k money to stock funds under the same 401k account. Here's my question. Just "as of what time" share prices are used, if I want to rebalance my 401k...
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closed-end fund are selling at big discounts
The Wall Street Journal publishes every Monday a listing of closed-end funds (CEF), with their market price (MP), net asset value (NAV), discount (equal to (MP/NAV-1)). Currently the stated discounts...
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Borrowing and macroeconomics.
(I think this is the wrong group for these questions... What might the right group be?) Why is it, that because people are having a hard time borrowing money, our entire economy is falling apart? Why...
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Factoring as an investment??
Hello, I met someone who is into something called "factoring" as a type of investing. I was wondering what this would involve and how risky could this be?? I have not seen or heard much about this...
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FROM THE MODERATORS: Political comments are off-topic
A reminder and request: Political comments are always off-topic here. -HW "Skip" Weldon Columbia, SC -------------------------------------- is a moderated newsgroup where Moderators strive to keep the...
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how safe are brokerage cash accnts?
Say you have a reason to keep a lot of brokerage holdings in the cash account - how safe is it? For both big established brokerages and little troubled ones. The brokerage web sites have a lot of...
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