Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-02-2007, 04:57 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 43,002
Re: Should i stop my ESPP for more diversity?
When calculating your return from your ESPP, remember that annualized return is the relevant benchmark.
Let's say that you max out your ESPP deductions and then sell the stock as soon as you get...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-01-2007, 05:23 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,580
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-01-2007, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,825
Re: How far will bonds go?
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U.S. has a 95% chance of hitting a recession within the next two quarters IMO. Bond markets are doing a much better job of pricing this in than the equity markets.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 857
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 803
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2007, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 473
Re: Shall I Re-Evaluate my 401k?
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Just curious if I should adjust my 401k allocations, considering the volataile way things are going lately.
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It depends on what else you have in your overall portfolio. You...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 610
Re: Help me pick a stock for my finance interviews
Leucadia (LUK) is an interesting stock. Some people refer to it as the next Bershire Hathaway. They are a conglomerate that invests in a wide range of businesses. However, LUK has outperformed BRK-A...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 11:49 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 1,623
Re: Etrade Potential Bankruptcy?
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Are my stock holdings insured/protected or is it possible that I will lose these holdings if they go bankrupt?
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E*Trade claims that your holdings are insured by the SiPC up...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 731
Re: Fidelity IRA question
If you want to invest in mutual funds, then Fidelity is a good choice. Vanguard and T. Rowe Price are also good choices. Janus has some very good funds and has cleaned up their act after the scandal....
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-13-2007, 02:51 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 527
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-10-2007, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 641
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-10-2007, 01:09 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 468
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-07-2007, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 548
Re: Cashing in my options
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I have about $20k in vested employee stock options with Intel. Any opinions on whether or not I should cash them out? Is there a good strategy for cashing out options?
If option grant...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-30-2007, 03:24 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 539
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-14-2007, 10:52 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 572
Re: Etrade or Vanguard
If you're planning to invest in more than one fund, then Vanguard mutual funds might be better since they don't charge sales commissions (although, depending on the size of your account, they might...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-11-2007, 05:17 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 857
Re: Thinking about buying a used BMW
According to the March 2007 Consumer Reports, the five most reliable cars are all made by Toyota/Lexus and Honda/Acura.
If reliability is important, I'd stick with these brands.
Consumer...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-09-2007, 10:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 550
Re: Commodities books: Classic in the field?
Here's a well-researched (Wharton and Yale) paper that shows how commodities futures can be used to reduce volatility in a diversified portfolio without significantly harming overall return.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-29-2007, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 678
Re: Yield curves
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This sounds like something that is easy to backtest. Does this author show that growth stocks outperformed value stocks in 6 of the last 7 periods of flat yield curve, or whatever?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-27-2007, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 584
Re: Extended Auto Warranty companies
Most third party policies are a total scam especially the ones who advertise on the internet or through email.
Just like rental car insurance they sell you something for 10x what it's actually...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-26-2007, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 584
Re: Extended Auto Warranty companies
No offense intended, but I would never buy an extended warranty from a third party. I would only buy it from the manufacturer.
I just purchased an Acura Care extended warranty from American Honda....
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-26-2007, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 678
Yield curves
I'm reading a book, "The Only Three Questions That Count" by Ken Fisher.
In it, he makes an interesting observation about yield curves and their effect on the relative performance of value and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-12-2007, 06:20 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 384
Re: IPOs
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Can IPOs be shorted?
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No, IPO's cannot be shorted until after they start trading publicly, unless it's a private transaction. Usually, you can't short or trade options on...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-11-2007, 02:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 379
Re: Preferred Online Brokerages?
Not sure why you're considering Zecco when they're not listed in the top ten.
Here is a more recent ranking by Smart Money. I guess it depends on what's important to you....
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-08-2007, 03:05 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 701
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-07-2007, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 755
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