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I'm young and just started investing. My dad advised me to choose Roth IRA since he "can't see how there is anyway that taxes won't increase in the future with the way the national debt is going."...
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Where do you guys imagine Apple stocks will head to? I had over 1600 stocks at $85 a piece and sold them for $100 last year. It kills me to see them at $200 now. I could have made a killer profit.
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Good question Flinstones. Rereading that, I realize it isn't totally clear. We want to avoid "spammy" posts- for example, someone saying "buy shares of X, it's a steal". A post saying something...
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i think the stock pick rule is to avoid the usual pump and dump penny stock spam.
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If there is a discussion about stocks, but we can't pick stocks, what is this discussion about? brokers?
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Thank you for your posting regarding the stocks. But are you talking about the stocks of any particular product ? Or you are talking about the stock market ?
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Thanks for the link. We'll consider making a subforum or two if it becomes necessary.
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Idk about everyone else, but I would love to see stock pick suggestions here. . .
Curious as to the motivation behind the rule? Can you clarify the reasoning for us?
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sorry, I'm late to the party guys...just found the vault .... so, what stocks do you have your eye on or do you expect some good movement over the next month or so....i have a few thoughts, but...
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One opinion: In *so* many ways, this is a really, really bad stock to use for discussion purposes. ;)
1. Qualitatively, it's a penny stock.
2. Logistically, it's a pink sheeted stock, so...
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That particular fund uses leverage, which adds risk (so you made more money than you would've in a non-leveraged fund, but you could also lose more). And it's a closed-end fund, which might be...
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New thread sticky request - Broker discussion.
In the absence of a "Broker discussion" thread a "stock discussion" thread is the most logical place for people to discuss Brokers and the...
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Dont you all think that energy stocks are going to start going up now? VLO, XOM, NOA, NEP
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Short term gains are taxes at your nominal income rate, while long term gains are taxes at 15% (I believe)
Depending on your tax bracket, you may wish to pay more in taxes for the short term gain....
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Yeah Offering Date 7/1, Purchase Date 12/28.
Offering period also started 7/1. Two offerings in the year.
Wondering if it would be best to just sell now at 20+% (stock has moved up in the last...
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really?!? Do you have a link?
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As far as the capital gains tax, even if they don't extend it...we'll still have to listen to Warren Buffet complain that he pays a lower tax rate than his underpaid secretary......
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It appears in that link that you gave me that since I am in the 15% tax bracket due to the fact that I am a college kid making under $25k a year, I would be eligible for zero percent tax on long term...
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Beats the crap out of any savings account, CD, mutual fund, etc. You have to pay taxes on your earnings from those as well. Did you expect to earn money without government sticking their hand in...
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Also have to keep in mind the capital gains tax (15%) is going to change in the next year or two....
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_gains_tax_in_the_United_States
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I know I'm putting my chips onn the craps table...How is that not gambling?
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I'm somewhat disappointed that this thread is not formated in more organized fashion. I thought this would be more of a "Building a Intel/AMD computer" thread, in the sense that I could learn where...
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Incorrect. It's one year
http://taxes.about.com/od/capitalgains/a/CapitalGainsTax_4.htm
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F, RFMD, SWKS, TQNT, AAPL, GLD, EMC...my core holdings that have done well the last year.
My finance guy told me he really likes these Real-estate Trusts (REITS) to to do a 50 -100 % in...
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If it is for a short time period they should invest in things will really high risk that could potentially have really high reward especially if it is more of a contest (lesson) than a graded thing...
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Hey Guys..
So, which way do you thnk stock market is heading?
12,0000 or 9,000?
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Hi, my name is Silo and I have a gambling problem.
(Hi Silo)
I buy stocks...
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How about neither? I think we'll hug 10-11 K for several months.
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I'm looking into one fund for my IRA. Does anyone have an opinion on http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FSAGX
FSAGX for those that don't like yahoo.
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i think google finance BLOWS yahoo finance out of the water!
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SD Rebel: Love your ERIC pick. I bought some and up 15 percent! Thanks! I wish there would be more discussion in this forum!
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TQNT, SWKS and RFMD make the components that go into smart-phones(droids,iphones,etc...).
TQNT is heavily designed into Apple products, iPad and iPhones.
SWKS too...w/ some Motorola/Samsung...
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i'm only familiar with f, gld, and of course aapl. aapl is crack. gld (metals/miners) is a good hold, but wasn't quite sure what to make of the price action fri-mon. :D
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Personally that big of gain would cause me to sell 50% or at least pull my initial investment and use house money. I would put it to work elsewhere.
I gave my thoughts on a few hot stocks I...
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Ah. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. I am "TMFDitty" over there, by the way.
--dittyesq
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Post from another thread. Those 3 stocks have been in my speculation account for a varying amount of time. I was in JOEZ when it was still INNO, some of my wishes that the success of TRLG would rub...
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I bet on smaller cap stocks...my portfolio isn't big enough to play with the big boy stocks $10>.
I've had 2 good picks so far and I'm hoping that my latest pick is going to pan out. JOEZ. So far...
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I know, my ira lost almost 5% yesterday :sadwalk:
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