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Finding an investment tax accountant
I need to find a tax accountant who is highly skilled in investment tax issues. Are there any tools or techniques anyone can recommend to help me find a CPA with the skill I need? Thanks.
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Reduce Health Costs By Vigilance for Overuse?
article compares McAllen, Texas, the city with one of the highest Medicare costs per capita in the country, at nearly twice the national average, with cities with Medicare costs less than the national...
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TARP Repayments Stir Debate: Is Financial Crisis Finally Over?
It's not over until it's over. There is more wisdom in those words than most people realize. Just like a recession, you wouldn't know it for certain until it's well under way. What I can detect is...
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Corporation investing in mutual funds?
I have a "one man corporation" that is organized as an S-Corp. I have some surplus of funds, due to not having that many expenses. Among other possibilities, such as paying myself more or buying more...
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FDIC extends insurance coverage
Andy comments: I just found out that the FDIC has increased their expiration date for the "250K per account" to Dec 31, 2013. Previously it was 31 Dec 2009. You can read about it at A couple other...
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Bond Gamblers?
Is not volatility in bonds unprecedented? Thank you FED! Also, Bill Gross @ Pimco isn't such a Rock Star as the WSJ called him: PIMCO Total Return Fund (PTRAX): 4.65 10 year 6.17 Vanguard Total Bond...
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Followup on "finding a good investment manager"
After a while of looking, reading, etc I recalled Bruce Berkowitz from Fairholme Fund (FAIRX). I think that Bruce is a bright guy, with the right way of thinking about risk, with the investing...
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Probate procedures in Florida
I sought to find out how to save time and money when you wrap up an estate in Florida. I saw some postings in this group concerning probate issues, so I will start this discussion. To keep in mind...
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Finding a great investment manager
It has been said, and backed up by research, that it is impossible to find a manager who would 1) outperform the benchmarks in the long run, possibly not "consistently", 2) Will not take on...
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USA Money Market Fund with Reasonable APY?
I think the ~0.75% APY for most MMF's is highway robbery. But with the banking sector a shambles what does one do to park cash? TIA, Yadda
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IRR calculators
I may have asked this question some years earlier, but I hope that perhaps something has changed and I can find an answer to my question. My question is that I have two Ameritrade accounts, regular...
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Term Insurance Policy Question
Hello, Regarding Term Life Insurance: Would a husband and wife have to take out individual and separate policies to protect each other ? Or, is there some type of insurance, similar in cost to to the...
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Circuit Shares
I want to know whats the criteria of deciding the circuit on a particular share . Sometimes share closes/ends at 5% circuit sometimes @ 10 % and sometimes the same share @ 15 % how is it decided ?
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This lurker has a question
Hello everyone. For years we have heard and been told to 'diversify' our investment (s). Yet everyone who says it seems to have a slightly different twist on it or altogether different take in what it...
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Article: Small Banks Doing Fine All Along
is a fun and thought provoking read about small local banks nationwide and why they are doing much better than large banks. Quotation from it: ?Banking should not be exciting,? said Clay W. Ewing,...