A target price for a stock is an amount published by a securities industry person, usually an analyst. It is only a price prediction about where a stock may be headed. Most of the time target stock prices are associated with a date in which the stock is expected to hit a particular […]
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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For the fourth year in a row the American trade deficit has hit an all time high with numbers reaching $725.8 billion for 2005, a 17.5% increase over the 2004 deficit. This increase in the deficit is attributed to record numbers of oil, food, cars, and other consumer good imports. In addition, deficits […]
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 […]
Here are some of the benefits of mutual funds over stocks: mutual funds offer a great deal of diversification;
small sums of money get you further in mutual funds than in Stocks; you can exit a fund without getting caught on the bid/ask spread; funds provide an inexpensive and easy way to reinvest dividends; a […]
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 […]
A bond is actually a form of debt that a business must pay back over a specific period of time and a certain interest rate. Sometimes you’ll here them referred to as notes or debentures. Corporate bonds are issued by companies of all sizes. Bond holders however are not owners of the corporation. […]