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Can you explain Trailing Stop Orders? |
Should I buy or sell stocks during the opening and closing auctions only? |
The actual counterparty to an exchange-traded futures contract is a clearinghouse. The clearinghouse acts as a intermediary between buyers and sellers in a futures market. This is so that traders do not have to worry about counterparty risk (i.e. you don't have to worry about the bankruptcy of the other party). Clearin... |
I read that:
- stocks move in opposite direction of interest rates
- bond ETF prices move in opposite directions of interest rates
- bond ETF move in opposite direction of stocks
But how can all three of these statements be true at the same time?
If interest rates rise, and stocks and bond ETFs fall , then h... |
> What is the purpose of budgeting if all I need to do is look at my bank/credit card statement?
It depends.
Economy is about using scarse resources wisely. If your projected income is way above your projected costs for all future, there is less reason for budgeting.
**Plan** your future costs by dividing plan... |
How do you report foreign bank or brokerage accounts as a UK tax resident?
Is it enough to just fill out the foreign income, interest and capital gains section of the tax return? Or do I have to disclose account details using another service? |
What you described is looking into your spending history, which is not budgeting. Budgeting is planning for future spending, and for reviewing your past plans with your actual spending.
Why do you budget?
- Avoid paycheck-to-paycheck. If you earned 100$ in January for example, you budget the 100$ for February.
... |
Someone I knew online asked me to log in to his account in Pioneerbanking.online and make a few transfers for him as he "couldn't do it by himself for a couple of reasons".
I foolishly did help him made 2 transfers and he's urging me to do the 3rd which I declined.
I am now aware that it's obviously a scam but I am... |
I have been investing recently in cryptocurrencies, and if I were to make any profit, the capital gains will have to be taxed. If I have losses, I must also declare them properly. I am located in France, and the law is not clear at all (to me) (reference https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/11968-PGP.html/identifiant%3DB... |
How to calculate the capital gains with cryptocurrencies, to be correctly taxed in France? |
I have an stock brokerage account at TD Ameritrade, and I noticed that it allows market-on-close (MOO) and limit-on-close (LOC) orders, but not market-on-open (MOO) and limit-on-open (LOO) orders. Is there a reason why a stock brokerage firm has support for trading at the close but not at the open? Is the opening aucti... |
Why does my stock broker allow trading at the close but not at the open? |
Why does my stockbroker allow trading at the close but not at the open? |
I have an stock brokerage account at TD Ameritrade, and I noticed that it allows market-on-close (MOC) and limit-on-close (LOC) orders, but not market-on-open (MOO) and limit-on-open (LOO) orders. Is there a reason why a stock brokerage firm has support for trading at the close but not at the open? Is the opening aucti... |
I worked on a few gaming products during covid lockdown and now I'm presenting my business plan to incubators.
I thing my operating costs like rent, electricity etc are zero since I'm operating from my house that we own and I'm not hiring any extra staff for the first few months. Should I simply say my operating cos... |
Can I say operating costs are zero on my business plan? |
The simple answer is "no".
Concepts like inflation, devaluation etc are *debated heavily* among "economists". There's not even close to an agreed *definition*.
Nobody has the slightest clue how fiat money supply affects inflation-like concepts, and nobody even vaguely agrees on basics like what money supply is.
... |
Recently I was discussing taxes and politics with a family member and they highlighted the difference between how corporations and citizens are taxed.
* Corporations pay tax on profits --not revenue. This means that if a corporation makes $1m in profits, but has $800k in spending, they would only be taxed on the rem... |
Is income tax a revenue-based tax? |
I worked on a few gaming products during covid lockdown and now I'm presenting my business plan to incubators.
I think my operating costs like rent, electricity, etc. are zero since I'm operating from my house that we own and I'm not hiring any extra staff for the first few months. Should I simply say my operating c... |
- The term "revenue tax" really has little/no meaning. Different writers, economists, would happen to define it in different ways. (I've never really heard the term, it sounds a bit whacky.) Note that "definition" questions are largely meaningless. You're literally just "re-asking" what we will "decide this means". I... |
I have been investing recently in cryptocurrencies, and if I were to make any profit, the capital gains will have to be taxed. If I have losses, I must also declare them properly. I am located in France, and the law is not clear at all (to me) (reference https://bofip.impots.gouv.fr/bofip/11968-PGP.html/identifiant%3DB... |
Is there a way to differentiate between the appreciation of an asset and the devaluation of the currency it is denominated in (inflation)? I know I could look at conventional inflation measures (like CPI) and compare against the performance of the asset in question, but one could argue certain baskets of 'things' haven... |
I'm still reading/watching the basics of options trading,, I opened a demo account .. but till now, when I open an option contract, I only got one of these three notifications\messages : working, filled, expired
More specific; if I open a (sell to open) contract and the buyer buy a (buy to close) contract to close his... |
(begginer options trading question) if the buyer of my option contract closed the contract, will I get notification? |
I have an option grant I exercised at a pre-IPO company through Carta.com, which shows I have X shares in the company of Common Stock.
The company IPO'd. I didn't sign a lock-up agreement although was asked to.
Now, I want to sell those shares since they are technically publicly traded.
But I have this Carta.c... |
How do I make shares post-IPO liquid? |
I'm reading/watching the basics of options trading. I opened a demo account but until now, when I open an option contract, I have only gotten one of these three notifications\messages: working, filled, or expired.
More specifically, if I sell to open a contract and the buyer buys to close a contract, will I get no... |
> I know I could look at conventional inflation measures (like CPI) and compare against the performance of the asset in question, but one could argue certain baskets of 'things' haven't been impacted by inflation at the same rate because of lower/higher money velocity
Your basic approach is correct. You take measure... |
To help anymore who might be in the same situation as me I will post the results of my research and my conclusion as an answer.
To resume the situation, I contributed more than my 2020 deduction limit to my RRSP in 2020. The CRA has a page just for that called [What happens if you go over your RRSP deduction limit?]... |
As a US citizen, is it better to buy an Equity that is cross-listed both on the US OTC Exchange as an ADR, or to purchase it from an online Broker that has access to the Toronto Exchange TSX or even TSXV? I'm not talking about penny stocks. However I know that there is a certain layer of safety if you purchase on a US ... |
As a US citizen, is it better to buy an Equity that is cross-listed both on the US OTC Exchange as an ADR, or to purchase it from an online Broker that has access to the Toronto Exchange TSX or even TSXV? I'm not talking about penny stocks. However I know that there is a certain layer of safety if you purchase on a US ... |
I'm a UK resident and plan to move to Poland for at least 10 years, in 2 years' time. I'm intending to open a junior Investment ISA and, for me, an Investment ISA.
We will retain our property here in the UK when we move, but will I be able to keep the ISAs open?
If so, would I be able to pay into them?
If not,... |
I'm 44 and have only the investment of a house. I was scared off ISAs etc because of the complexity, choice, etc and only now have I come to make the decision to open an Investment ISA.
I'd like to have enough money coming in from investments when I retire.
Ideally, I'd like to retire in ~15 years.
Have I left... |
Have I left investing until too late? |
As a US citizen, is it better to buy an equity that is cross-listed both on the US OTC Exchange as an ADR, or to purchase it from an online broker that has access to the Toronto Exchange TSX or even TSXV? I'm not talking about penny stocks. However I know that there is a certain layer of safety if you purchase on a US ... |
I had a doubt when reviewing an annual report of a company [Wood PLC](https://www.woodplc.com/news/2021/full-year-results-for-the-year-ended-31-december-2020). In their report they have used the letter "c" in lower case after of different type of numbers.
e.g. Basic EPS is reported as `(34.1)c`. I do gather that roun... |
I am intending to become resident in Poland in 2 years and would like to find ways of investing, eg: stocks and shares, tax free savings etc.
What are the options and how can I find them? (I don’t speak good enough Polish to search natively yet.) |
What are my options for investing as a resident in Poland? |
I could do with changing the date of my rent payment to co-incide with the payday of my new job.
Normally I pay my rent on the 11th of each month, but I get paid on the 25th.
Let's say my rent is £500 and I want to change my rental payment to the 27th of each month, does that mean that on the 27th I'd pay the fol... |
The [order protection rule](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/17/242.611) prohibits trade-throughs of NMS stocks during regular trading hours, but does the prohibition apply to odd lots too? If I decide to bid $408,500 for 1 share of Berkshire Hathaway class A, will the order protection rule ensure that no orders be... |
Does the Regulation NMS Order Protection Rule apply to odd lots? |
What are the restrictions or complications around inheriting an ISA if I already have one?
Is it simply that I can’t pay into it or more problematic because of inheritance tax? |
In [this paper][1], it says "For example, routine sells by insiders are commonplace in the market, and can be driven by diversification or liquidity reasons". What exactly does it mean? Trading less liquid asset for more liquid ones?
[1]: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w16454/w16454.pdf |
What is "trading for liquidity reasons"? |
A person who is over 59.5 years of age has an traditional IRA worth 1 million dollars and no Roth IRAs.
On Monday, he converts the traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. On Tuesday, due to an unexpected expense, he takes 1 million dollars out of his Roth IRA. I claim that there is no tax consequence for taking out the 1 milli... |
In [this paper][1], it says:
> For example, routine sells by insiders are commonplace in the market, and can be driven by diversification or liquidity reasons ...
What exactly does “trading for liquidity reasons” mean? Trading less liquid asset for more liquid ones?
[1]: https://www.nber.org/system/files/w... |
I had a doubt when reviewing an annual report of a company [Wood PLC](https://www.woodplc.com/news/2021/full-year-results-for-the-year-ended-31-december-2020). In their report they have used the letter "c" in lowercase after different types of numbers.
e.g. Basic EPS is reported as "(34.1)c". I do gather that rounded... |
I used to work for a start up that offered stock options which I haven't been able to afford to exercise until now. I'm very new to stocks so I'm not 100% sure how it works.
Currently, I'm able to buy 1673 options at $2.31/share (originally 1746 options were granted) and they expire in 8 months.
I use Carta to m... |
Stock Option worth it? |
My wife and I will be filing separate tax returns this year. Since I made more than $10,000 modified AGI during 2020, this would normally mean I am ineligible to contribute to a Roth IRA. However, due to COVID and work circumstances, we lived apart for the whole year, she in a foreign country. Therefore my limit is the... |
How do you show that "you did not live with your spouse at any time during the year"? |
Should I exercise my options to buy stock in a company not yet trading publicly? |
15 Years is surely not too late but it puts you into a pretty disadvantage.
1. You cannot let time work for you through compounding
2. You cannot let time work four you to work out bad times
These two constraints mandate an investment portfolio that is tilted towards safer assets and high contributions compare to ... |
I am in the process of buying my second home and taking out a home equity loan to use as my down payment. I will take out 80% to pay off the remainder of my first houses mortgage and keep it as an investment property then use around 125k as a down payment on my new home of 350k. But my offer I put in said cash at closi... |
I am starting the process of paying my bills with my Chase CC. I do not want to carry a balance from month to month. Which option is better?
Option A: Pay a bill on CC. Bill goes pending on the CC. Transfer money from savings to immediately pay bill on CC.
Option B: Pay bill using CC. Wait for bill to NOT be pending... |
I am starting the process of paying my bills with my Chase credit card. I do not want to carry a balance from month to month. Which option is better?
* Option A: Pay a bill on credit card. Bill goes pending on the credit card. Transfer money from savings to immediately pay bill on credit card.
* Option B: Pay bill ... |
I regularly come across articles about "growth vs value investing", "growth stocks beat value stocks", etc. Why is there a distinction between growth investing and value investing when growth is a component of value?
When using valuation models (e.g. dividend discount model, discounted cash flow model, etc.) to esti... |
Why is there a distinction between growth and value investing, when growth is part of value? |
This might be a bit complicated, so pretty please bear with me a little.
- I am currently living in USA on a E2 visa.
- My employer offers both 401k and Roth IRA.
- I do not plan to neither retire nor live in USA in the long run.
Should I contribue to 410k?
The problem:
- I hold two citizenshi... |
Alright mortgage question answered and figured out...not for a new renter- any advice on dos and donts? Must haves? |
This might be a bit complicated, so pretty please bear with me a little.
- I am currently living in USA on a E2 visa.
- My employer offers both 401k and Roth IRA.
- I do not plan to neither retire nor live in USA in the long run.
Should I contribue to 401k?
The problem:
- I hold two citizenshi... |
I am in the process of buying my second home and taking out a home equity loan to use as my down payment. I will take out 80% to pay off the remainder of my first houses mortgage and keep it as an investment property then use around 125k as a down payment on my new home of 350k. But my offer I put in said cash at closi... |
While not a smoking gun, a single New Jersey Deli with four-figure revenue that succeeded in floating 8 million shares and eventually reached a market cap of over a hundred million dollars seems to be enough of a red flag for the likes of hedge fund manager Einhorn. As [this article](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/hom... |
What are the biggest determinants for the SEC to successfully enforce market discipline? |
I'm 44 and have only the investment of a house. I was scared off ISAs ([individual savings accounts][1]) etc because of the complexity, choice, etc and only now have I come to make the decision to open an Investment ISA.
I'd like to have enough money coming in from investments when I retire.
Ideally, I'd like to ... |
While not a smoking gun, a single New Jersey Deli with four-figure revenue that succeeded in floating 8 million shares and eventually reached a market cap of over a hundred million dollars seems to be enough of a red flag for the likes of hedge fund manager Einhorn. As [this article](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/hom... |
You are fundamentally correct. It comes down a mis-interpretation of what 'value investing' actually means in my opinion. Most people (i.e the public) and news media outlets think that value investing is looking for companies that have low P/E, low P/B or some other arbitrary ratio. A lot of bad investors do this and t... |
While not a smoking gun, a single New Jersey Deli with four-figure revenue that succeeded in floating 8 million shares and eventually reached a market cap of over a hundred million dollars seems to be enough of a red flag for the likes of hedge fund manager Einhorn. As [this article](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/19/hom... |
There might be a third way between exercising and not exercising your stock options: Sell them to someone else.
Is there someone in your company who is really enthusiastic about those stock options and regrets that they don't have more of them even though they would have the disposable income to exercise them? Then... |
There might be a third way between exercising and not exercising your stock options: Sell them to someone else.
Is there someone in your company who is really enthusiastic about those stock options and regrets that they don't have more of them even though they would have the disposable income to exercise them? Then... |
As others wrote, since the company isn't publicly traded, "immediately sell those shares" is easier said than done. But it doesn't mean that selling those shares is impossible. It just means that if you want to sell those shares, you have to find a buyer yourself and negotiate a price with them.
Is there someone in ... |
As others wrote, since the company isn't publicly traded, "immediately sell those shares" is easier said than done. But it doesn't mean that selling those shares is impossible. It just means that if you want to sell those shares, you have to find a buyer yourself and negotiate a price with them.
Is there someone in ... |
- The information (from "Carta"?) on the "value" of the shares is nonsensical
- It would seem that the options expire in 8 months: if you do wish to exercise them, unless there's something we don't know about the contracts, there is no reason at all to exercise them, until, **the last few days before they expire**. ... |
You have in fact hit on a technique believed in by some traders.
It's a fact that many day traders and also swing traders, do exactly what you say.
For various reasons (some what you say, some otherwise) there's a coterie of traders who only trade the open, close, or both of those.
You can visit any "trading c... |
When should I pay off charges on credit card if my main concerns are reward points and credit score? |
***EDIT***
**I think the operative phrase in your post is that this involves stocks/options you "haven't been able to afford to exercise until now"**
You're already acknowledging that affordability of a $5k stock investment is potentially an issue for you, even now, so I would advise proceeding with caution.
S... |
if I sell to open a contract and the buyer buys to close a contract, will I get notification? |
You have in fact hit on a technique believed in by some traders.
It's a fact that many day traders and also swing traders, do exactly what you say.
For various reasons (some what you say, some otherwise) there's a coterie of traders who only trade the open, close, or both of those.
You can visit any "trading c... |
Hmm, I can think of legitimate reasons for all of this.
Meet at a public place: Maybe he's just being cautious. If he's living in this house and is renting out a room, maybe he doesn't want to give out his address to any random person who contacts him. He figures he wants to at least meet the person first.
Generi... |
I have checked the IRS resource for info but it doesn't cover one gray area I am in. I would like to understand how the residency is calculated.
In my case I bought a house in June but moved in in August as I was renting an apartment and doing reno in the new house. I switched my bills to that new property in June... |
> if I sell to open a contract and the buyer buys [sic] to close a contract, will I get notification?
This doesn't make sense. The buyer doesn't BTC the contract. (Only you and other sellers can BTC the option). They can exercise it early, though. They call their broker and let them know that they want to exercise. ... |
Looking for some answers regarding capital gains.
Imagine that a married couple buys a house on January 1st 2001 for 500K and lives in it for 5 years.
On January 1st 2006 they rent out the house. The market value of the house is 700K at that point.
The house is rented out for several years and on January 1st 2011 ... |
I bought property in June 2019 and planning to sell it 2 years after to get capital gains exemption. My concern right now if my residency to get the exemption is going to be calculated. from June since the purchase or not.
I have checked the IRS resource for info but it doesn't cover one gray area I am in. I woul... |
Looking for some answers regarding capital gains.
Imagine that a married couple buys a house on January 1st 2001 for 500K and lives in it for 5 years.
On January 1st 2006 they rent out the house. The market value of the house is 700K at that point.
The house is rented out for several years and on January 1st 2011 ... |
We once got a situation that: even though the "OUR" option was used for Field 71A (Details of Charges), the Seller didn't receive the full original amount. Hence, the Seller's bank has advised that following information would be filled in the MT103/payment order to ensure that the full original amount would be credited... |
Correct fields of MT103 to fill information to ensure the Beneficiary would receive the payment in full without any deduction? |
Are individuals allowed to use accrual based accounting for federal income tax? |
For a share trading at $272, I bought an option with Strike Price at $275. The Ask is $10 and The Bid is $9. I entered at $9.10 with expiration in Sep. What happens if the bid is unsuccessful and still below strike price when it expires? And what happen if the bid is unsuccessful and the Strike Price is reached? Thanks... |
> I've been thinking of asking him the next time we meet in person to give me some sort of ID or proof that he really does own that property, though I'm sure that would seem like a weird thing for a potential tenant to ask.
Of course. That must be the normal way of renting a property. Both parties exchange their ID... |
> Imagine that a married couple buys a house on January 1st 2001 for
> 500K and lives in it for 5 years. On January 1st 2006 they rent out
> the house. The market value of the house is 700K at that point. The
> house is rented out for several years and on January 1st 2011 the
> couple sells the house for 900K.
>
... |
I am going to assume you are talking about a call option here.
> What happens if the bid is unsuccessful and still below strike price when it expires?
If the bid is unsuccessful, then you would not own the option and the bid would expire with the option. However, you need to be careful. Shortly before the expir... |
**TL;DR:** I want to rent my house out while I live in another country for some years. I'd like the rent to go into a stocks and shares investment, to grow. Is this allowed, in the UK?
I've been in my house a few years. I'm planning to move to Poland. I'd like to rent out (let) the house while I'm living abroad and ... |
Can rent from a UK property be moved into an investment account if the owner lives abroad? |
What does upGrad raising 120 million from Temasek really mean? Why would a education company want to raise money from another investment company? What is the involvement of the investment company here?
https://outline.com/Rh4vmF |
What is this news about? |
For example, it's been [reported][1] that upGrad raised 120 million from Temasek. What does this really mean? Why would a education company want to raise money from another investment company? What is the involvement of the investment company here?
[1]: https://outline.com/Rh4vmF |
Why is it reported as news that a company has "raised money"? |
I read in the book _Indian Economy_ by Ramesh Singh (in the chapter Indian Financial Market):
>Money market fulfils the requirements of funds for a period of up to 364 days.
What is the meaning of "fund" and what does the sentence mean in simple language? |
I found your book online. Here is that paragraph:
[![paragraph from textbook][1]][1]
With that context, it's clear that "funds" just means money. If you need money for just a few weeks or months, you go to the "money market" for it, for your short term funds. In contrast, if you need money for a long time (say to... |
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