You incur a capital gain when you sell an asset for a profit. This could be anything from land or a house to stocks and bonds. For investing purposes, you figure out your capital gains tax on the difference between your “basis” in the stock and the sales price. Basis is usually what you […]
Less than two months until tax day! It’s important to find out what changes the IRS makes each year to tax laws that may affect you before filing your taxes. Topics for new tax law changes for individuals for the 2005 tax year are:
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The Volatility Index(VIX) implies volatility on the S&P 100(OEX) option. This type of volatility is meant to be a forward looking volatility. As a popular measure of market risk, the VIX is calculated from both calls and puts that are near the money. It is said that “when the VIX is high, it’s […]
For filing taxes in general there is a lot of information, rules, codes, etc. to know about. And when you add trying to figure out how to incorporate your investment earnings and losses there’s even more you need to know. Below are a few links that may have information you can use when […]
The most common types of brokerage accounts are cash accounts, margin accounts and option accounts. The different accounts basically reflect your credit and background as an account holder.
A cash is a traditional brokerage account where you pay for all of your purchases in full by the settlement date - you have to have enough […]
If you’re looking for aggressive returns on stocks, options or both, you might want to check out NetPicks. Their trading system focuses “on a group of stock that historically have proven to be volatile, trending, liquid and predictable. Our goal is to pursue highly profitable objectives in the short term with holding periods typically […]
Bear Market
A long term downtrend (a downtrend lasting months to years) in any market, especially the stock market, characterized by lower intermediate lows (those established in a time frame of weeks to months) interrupted by lower intermediate highs. From Trader Vic- Methods of a Wall Street Master, by Victor Sperandeo.
A bear market is a […]