Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 09:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 285
Re: Cheapest no frills trading
Wells Fargo (min $25k) and Zecco (min $2.5k) both offer free trades. Bank of America does as well, but BofA requires $25k in checking/low-interest savings which makes the deal worthless.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 317
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-24-2007, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 121
Re: 5K to invest help
You're are right that you would earn about $105.
I'm not a tax specialist, but I believe you still are supposed to file taxes. However, if your income is only $105 for the year, you won't pay any...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 12:42 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 608
Re: if we go into a recession or bear market
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Actually, the TIPS yields are quite low now.
If you guys want exposure to TIPS, CCFs, or REITs, here is what I would recommend:
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 12:33 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 266
Re: Buying stocks with high dividends?
An index fund will have much lower volatility (and hence better risk-adjusted returns) than individual stocks. WisdomTree has some dividend-weighted ETFs that may interest you. Be aware that high...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-22-2007, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 317
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-20-2007, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 182
Re: Ultrashort ETF: Good if Feeling Bearish?
I would stay very far away from these investments.
First, stocks have a positive expectation (derived from the risk premium). Shorting an asset with a positive expectation is -EV.
Second, these...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-20-2007, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 608
Re: if we go into a recession or bear market
International equities are highly correlated to US markets. Small international/emerging are slightly less correlated.
The best diversifiers of an equity portfolio are:
CCFs (negative...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-12-2007, 07:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 93
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-12-2007, 07:49 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 136
Re: Once Roth is Maxed out...
Lump summing is ideal.
While it's true that DCA has lower variance, it also has lower returns. If you want lower variance, lump sum into a more conservative portfolio instead of DCAing.
DCA is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-12-2007, 07:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 74
Re: Transferring Roth IRA at ING to Vanguard
This is very possible. ING may charge you a small fee, however.
Typically, you just have to fill out transfer forms for the receiving company (Vanguard, in your case), and they will do the rest...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-12-2007, 02:44 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 81
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Forum: Student Life
10-20-2007, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 319
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-16-2007, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 532
Re: 50% returns on small amounts?
Finding an investment that can return 50% is simple.
Finding an investment with an expected (average) return of 50% is not simple. The only reasonable way to do it is by using leverage (borrowing...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-08-2007, 09:18 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 290
Re: How safe is the stock market?
VTI is the best of those four funds. It's well diversified and cheap. The others are redundant. I would also suggest to diversify into other asset classes, such as foreign stocks, to reduce your risk.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-06-2007, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 47
Re: ETF -vs- Mutual Funds
Commissions are indeed $0 at Zecco, but that doesn't mean buying and selling is free. You still have the implicit cost of one half of the bid-ask spread.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-30-2007, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 128
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-28-2007, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 87
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-25-2007, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 64
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-22-2007, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 72
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-22-2007, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 77
Re: DoIIar Cost Averaging
Are you asking what's a reasonable proportion of your salary to save each year?
Are you asking how quickly to invest some amount that you already have?
Or are you asking something else entirely?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-16-2007, 08:58 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 260
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-16-2007, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 260
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-16-2007, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 74
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-16-2007, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 71
Re: Online Stock Trading Sites.....
Zecco is popular because of its $0 commissions. Zecco is legitimate, but it's relatively new and there is a risk that it could be acquired by another company in the next decade. Wells Fargo also has...
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