Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-07-2007, 06:28 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 174
Re: articles on covered call options
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But if I own a stock and have a target where I would like to sell it then why not write the call and (possibly) get some extra return?
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Suppose that you own a stock that...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-05-2007, 11:10 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 174
Re: articles on covered call options
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Skindog is selling covered calls that are 30% out of the money for 1-2% per month. AAPL OCT $175 (about 30% out of the money) sell for $1.15, about 0.5% per month. Can you imagine how...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-04-2007, 11:57 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 131
Re: In the spirit of stock recommendations
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Sorry I might be wrong, but here's the logic. The acquirer is buying a cheaper revenue stream in PE terms than it generates on its own. Cheaper = acquisition requires less shares to be...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-04-2007, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 131
Re: In the spirit of stock recommendations
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One illusion often overlooked is that acquisitions inflate price-to-earnings multiples when the company being acquired is trading for less than the acquirer, which is almost always the...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-01-2007, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 281
Views: 1,074
Re: Bad Moments in Great Films
Cocktail:
Tom Cruise meets Elisabeth Shue on the beach, where Shue's friend has alcohol poisoning.
"Champagne - perfume going in, sewage coming out."
That line infuriates me every time I watch...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-31-2007, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 187
Re: I want to buy a suit
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Back in school we were told not to wear black suits to job interviews. YMMV.
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I think it's more acceptable for a woman to wear a black suit to an interview than it is...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-31-2007, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 55
Views: 187
Re: I want to buy a suit
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For formal events such as giving a speech, or meeting with an employer. If it could double as something cool to wear to social formal events that would be better.
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I'm...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-31-2007, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 57
Re: Capital Loss Exemption
You trigger capital gains when you sell a position at a profit. Here are 3 scenarios:
a. You put $10,000 into a Vanguard account and buy Mutual Fund A. At the end of the year, you continue to...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-30-2007, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 87
Re: Bank loans question
Banks originate loans (lend to borrowers, like people who want to buy a house). The bank then has an asset (the right to get future interest and principal payments from the borrower) but no more...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-30-2007, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 57
Re: Capital Loss Exemption
Your post doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but I suspect you're talking about a strategy that would be considered a "wash sale" and not generate a capital loss.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-30-2007, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 144
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-30-2007, 04:16 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 144
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-30-2007, 04:03 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 57
Re: Tax question...
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I'm not sure there are any scenarious where you would decline an investment because it would put you in a higher tax bracket - you're "take home pay" is still higher.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-30-2007, 01:57 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 110
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-28-2007, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 338
Re: My Neighbors have Stolen my Cat.
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Fast track to yesterday when I walk out onto my balcony and have a conversation with my neighbors where they happily tell me that my cat is now sleeping in their house.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-28-2007, 11:08 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 55
Re: Do You Keep Receipts?
I don't keep receipts, but I use MS Money and it downloads all of my checking account and credit card transactions automatically and categorizes them for me. Very little effort on my part and (if I...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-28-2007, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 48
Re: Owning dividend stocks.
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Dividends from REIT's (and some other tax-advantaged investments) are not qualified dividends. For other stocks, if they are sold soon after the dividend, then that dividend is not...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-27-2007, 05:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 48
Re: Owning dividend stocks.
It sounds like you guys might be forgetting about qualified dividends. If the dividends are qualified, they are taxed at the same rate as capital gains. If not, they are taxed as ordinary income. ...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-21-2007, 09:58 AM
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Replies: 545
Views: 2,200
Re: VH1\'s \"The Pick up Artist\"
Mystery (and I guess the PUA thing in general) is definitely coming off better than I expected. And the idea that he doesn't seem to have any charisma? I couldn't disagree more. (I don't feel the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-21-2007, 09:51 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 318
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Forum: Other Other Topics
08-20-2007, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 305
Re: Are large weddings worth the money?
I got married at the St. Regis in Washington, DC. I'd guess that the total ran between 50k-70k. I would never have spent that much money had it been my checkbook, but my wife's parents had been...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-20-2007, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 196
Re: berkshire hathaway
As others have alluded to, if you're concerned about volatility, you don't care about beta. Just download the closing prices from yahoo and take the standard deviation of daily/monthly returns and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-20-2007, 04:58 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 57
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-17-2007, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 127
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-17-2007, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 77
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