The best yields right now are in municipal auction rate securities with high "default" (auction failure) rates. I am getting 4.5-10% tax free on...
BTW, if you didnt pay , make sure you file. The penalty for non filing is 5% per month up to 25%. Penalty for non- timely payment is much, much...
What type of income do you have? Are you a MTM trader with a second job or or your trades put on Schedule D? Equities? Futures? What's the w-2...
Hmmm. Starting with 100k loss on CIT bonds.
Interesting to note the policy is that all traders in your sub must be licensed. Apparently, Assent has gotten religion. I'm sure you can pass...
We probably are headed for a depression simply because I am always predicting a bad scenario that turns out better than I expect--yet everything...
Tose are yearly figures/.
Dont think there's a market for this. wanna go at any price
I think a better poll would be "How much buying power do you have" I may keep 500k in an account or 250k or $50k. It varies based on other...
What do you guys think of buying muni Auction rate securities with underlying A+ and resetting at 8-15% at auction. These auctions are not...
Did IB stop sending statements daily if there is no activity? I also am showing $0 cash available for withdrawal but should have substantial amt....
I put 20k down to get a place # on a Virgin galactic Flight. The total fee right now is $200k. I wasn't about to tie up 200k and have the thing...
It will go down
If a buyout is in the works , are you saying the company or individual who wants to do so would buy the stock without filing a 13D?
For some strange reason I think the publicity of this to liberals is worth a lot more than it will ever cost Goldman in medical plan fees. I mean,...
Re: Comments about "renting is money down the toilet." and the one about missing out on appreciation. In my case, owning is money down the...
I rent a home that cost $2.3 million to build--before the value of the land rose---for $4700 per month. Given my tax bracket, i have calculated...
SIPC is not backed by the government, is not a GSE, etc. A failure of a monoline--or even a downgrade by two agebcies of ABK orMBI will result in...
These CU's (9000+ insured ) haven't been in the news yet but they will be soon. That's just because they are not public. Think about the major...
My dad has been in commercial insurance for 55 years and says he never understood how the financial monolines were accorded the status of...
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