Hello, Buy-and-hold people need to tough it out through downturns, watch their net worth decline, and have enough cash on hand to avoid selling...
Hello, Suppose you are in the 30% income tax bracket, vs. a 15% capital gains tax bracket. Then: For long-term capital gains tax, you need to...
Hello, Is it standard practice to deploy new capital in stages? I'm looking to significantly increase my S&P 500 position as well as some select...
Hello, I've been investing in the S&P 500 etfs. I know they track the underlying assets closely. In fact, during the day, if the S&P goes up by...
Hello, I saw Zacks has $3 trades, which is great. However, I looked at their interfaces (desktop and web). They look *extremely* similar to...
Hello, I noticed something interesting: it costs way more to insure the s&p 500 in June compared to Microsoft or the QQQ tech etf. I looked at...
Hello, I ran two types of tax circumstances: case 1: start with 1000 earn 10% return pay 15% capital gains tax at end of year keep doing this...
Hello, I was hoping Elite Trader could create a new forum category: portfolio management. It could deal with topics like: how much of your...
Hello, I just realized I overpaid my q4 taxes by a meaningful amount. I usually overpay by a bit each quarter to make sure I am paying in good...
Hello, Does anybody know a free website that calculates the RSI on a stock? You enter the simple, it outputs the RSI number. Marketvolume.com...
Hello, Suppose you have held a stock/etf for about 9 months. You are happy with the gains, but you don't want to sell immediately. You want to...
Hello, Short-term trades are taxed at ordinary income. But if you have a 401k, you don't have to pay taxes on capital gains until you withdraw....
Hello, I'm reading asset allocation books (from a USA investor perspective). They say to buy some international ETFs. Do I have to worry about...
Hello, I see a lot of nice ETFs. I don't see the harm in buying 8 or maybe even 20 of them, rather than putting it all in the S&P 500. If the...
Hello, I'm really liking iShares etfs. Does anybody have opinions on them? Thank you.
Hello, I'm getting into ETFs. I keep buying the S&P 500 ETF while I figure out the other ones. So now I have about 10% of my total portfolio in...
Hello, I'm learning about ETFs. They seem like a great way to get efficient diversification. I know the SPY and the Russell 2000. The other...
Hello, I saw this on investopedia: "Ultra Dow30 is a leveraged ETF that seeks to replicate two times the daily performance of the DJIA. The fund...
Hello, Does anybody have an opinion on the XLF financial etf? I looked at the holdings. I thought it made sense. The big giant US companies...
Hello, Sometimes I see a call on a stock where the at-money and out-of-money strikes both make sense. I could see myself buying both. That way...
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