I think this one would be safer Fidelity U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund(FDLXX) When Lehman Brothers went belly up in September, I moved all my...
I'm not quite sure if you can just use the closing price on the date of death as FMV or if you have to average the high and low price for that...
I used some real stock prices from real dates, but I am not going through this now. I'm always trying to plan ahead though.
I went over to www.irs.gov and found the answers. First on page 9 of Publication 551: "Inherited Property - Your basis in property you inherit...
I prefer not to install anti-virus software on my computer either. I have Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware Free 2008. I use them to manually...
I know, if you inherit stock, that you can step up the original cost basis to the value on the date the person died. For example, your father...
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Since SP is pit traded, there is a delay from when you enter the order to when it's executed. This could result in a lot of slippage. Also, if you...
ThatsCapital, Keep your job as long as you can. Investment Banker is a highly sought after job and the money is good. I've heard the hours can...
How are the famous trend following money managers performing this year? There have been some big moves which I think would play into their hands....
On Oct 16th, 2008 I had an order in to Sell 1 Dec ES at 914.75 Stop. At about 08:23:12 EDT a big seller came in and hit the ES with pretty good...
Which brokerage firms are you using now and what comments do you have about them?
Yes, Maria is definitely past her prime. I remember when Amanda Grove was in her prime on CNBC. Talk about eye candy.
I think David Faber does a pretty good job. But other than him, most of the others are just eye candy like the "Money Honey" Maria Bartiromo.
Most annities sold in the US have some safety net ($100K per account typically) through state guaranty associations. See http://www.nolhga.com/
Swiss bonds would probably be a good choice if I were to plan to hold them until maturity. I'm not looking to pay a spread to get in and out of...
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I've got a lot of money in FDLXX (Fidelity US Treasury Money Market Mutual Fund). I hope to weather the storm there. Other than individual US...
I show 3 days since 1966 that the S&P 500 index fell 8% or more from the previous trading day's close. Sep 29, 2008 down 8.79% Oct 26, 1987...
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