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Q: Q: Id NBR breaking down? looks like a possible short to me.
Asked by dartboardtrader - 4 days ago - 1 answers - 15 views
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A: i don't see it ...its up over 4% today.support looks to be at around 19 more
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Q: I have WFC. I am up 49 percent from purchase. I planned to keep it as a core
stock for years to come. But, the dividend cut worries me. What is the
potential for rising dividend over the next 24 months on this stock?
Asked by droubaygt - 4 days ago - 3 answers - 42 views
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A: Pull up GS recent 13F filing, notice the large % of WFC they have short...I wouldn't want
to be on the opposite of the trade with them...fwiw. more
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Q: what are some of your favorite ETFs that you follow? or like to trade?
Asked by xxfranky1769xx - 4 days ago - 1 answers - 33 views
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A: My favorites are the international ETFs - Brazil (EWZ), China (FXI), South Korea (EWY),
Israel (EIS), Emerging Markets (EEM. I am long all of them. more
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Q: will RBS pay it's preferred dividends
Asked by minton - 4 days ago - 3 answers - 78 views
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A: you should get a better broker and make your life easier.....scottrade #1 more
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Q: i'm looking at bloomberg and they got this chart up that says greenback blues.
showing the dollar valued at 74.89

what are they comparing it to?
Asked by fine tune your disciplines - 4 days ago - 2 answers - 32 views
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A: It's against a basket of currencies. It's currently composed of the following weightings
(basically European currencies plus a bit of Japan):

Euro (EUR), 57.6% weight
Japanese yen (JPY), 13.6% weight
Pound sterling (GBP), 11.9% weight
Canadian dollar (CAD), 9.1% weight
Swedish krona (SEK), 4.2% weight and
Swiss franc (CHF) 3.6% weight. more
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Q: Am I diversified? My major holdings are aapl, amt, bp, gs, gww and nflx. These
stocks are held in my more speculative account. My retirement funds are mutual
funds, 60% stock funds and 40% bonds.
Asked by fwtrader - 5 days ago - 5 answers - 78 views
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A: I would use your stock mutual funds to further diversify. For example, consider an
emerging market fund, a commodity fund, etc as well as a total US market fund-- but get
some overseas exposure. more
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Q: i bought ford at 7.39 i wonder if i should sell
Asked by charles1612000 - 5 days ago - 4 answers - 54 views
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A: use a tight stop,,ford is garbage.the only reason they did not go under was due to the
fact gm and chrysler went under first.this then caused all the "i only buy american
car people" to all buying ford. now that the panic is over in gm and chrysler those
people will spreed out again.also more and more people r buying none american cars.don't
think for a second that ford has magicly changed their balance sheet,they still have many
many problems .they have fooled investors before and they will do it again more
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Q: is the gld etf as good as owning physical gold
Asked by charles1612000 - 5 days ago - 8 answers - 53 views
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A: HEADS UP - BE AWARE - FYI

Gold and silver receive special treatment in the tax code. Considered 'collectibles', not
'capital assets', they don't qualify for the maximum 15% tax rate on long term capital
gains. Instead, gains on the sale of gold and silver investments, including gold and
silver backed ETF's, and gold bullion and coins (except certain US issued coins) are taxed
at a maximum tax rate of 28% when such investments have been held for more than a year.
When these assets are held for less than one year, gains are taxed as ordinary income.

Precious metals ETF's, such as GLD, are organized as grantor trusts. Investors in an ETF
are treated as owning individual interests in the metal owned by the fund. When an
investor sells shares in the ETF, the tax code treats that investor as having sold a share
of the metal backing the fund. Thus, the investor is 'subject to' the maximum tax on
collectibles . . . currently 28%

IF the Etf sells some of its gold or silver, as funds typically do to pay expenses,
including management fees, then gains or losses on such sales flow through to the fund's
investors, though they receive no cash distribution. In the case of gains, the investors
must include their share of the profit in gross income, which likewise would be taxable at
the maximum 28% rate.

GLD does provide instructions to shareholders on its website how to compute the gain or
loss when the ETF sells metal to pay expenses.

ALSO OF NOTE: the above tax considerations are 'moot' (of no consequence) if the ETF is
held within a qualified IRA . . . though the IRS has not stated its view publicly. more
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Q: Stockpickrs, I want to invest in an international bank with a good divy.
Currently looking at STD. Is this the best play?
Thanks
Asked by reinorht - 5 days ago - 3 answers - 80 views
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A: I don't have an opinion on international bank plays, but STD seems like a quality pick.
If you are looking for dividends look at the preferred issues for STD; STD-E and STD-F.
For more info look in the forums section under the "Postcards from..." forum. I recently
posted info on this preferred issue. more
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Q: Which of the Gold Miners would be a good stock pick in 2010?
Asked by kjp712 - 5 days ago - 3 answers - 77 views
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A: For clarification, from my viewpoint, any gold stock would be considered long term and an
insurance play first . . . satisfactorily rewarding second.

I can think of two short term negatives for buying gold stocks at this time: the height of
the cyclical gold season which ends at the beginning of 2010 and not passing the national
healthcare bill sometime in early 2010. . . both would usually soften gold prices.

Otherwise, the case FOR gold stock as an insurance play outweighs consideration to not
holding a position. (*) Interest rates being held to ridiculously minimal rate (*)
Increasing debt spending by federal govt (*) increased deficit by federal govt (*) federal
govt intentions to raise additional taxes (*) federal mandates to states increasing
spending levels (*) no real intentions to-date by state govt to decrease spending or lower
state taxes (*) increased tariffs and attitude towards trade barriers (*) US competing
with rest of world for resources will be positioned to pay more with weaker US dollar (*)
Foreign Central Banks are becoming net buyers of gold (*) trend of global competitors to
marginalize the US dollar as world currency reserve (*) 20% of investable wealth was in
gold during Great Depression vs about 5% today (*) Smart money is and has been buying into
gold for about one year (*) gold is protector of wealth during deflationary and
inflationary times (*) gold production has trended slightly downward over the past two
years+ (*) costs of gold mining is trending upward (*) rate of newly discovered gold is
not replacing current gold in ground (*) Federal Reserve will likely implement
quantitative easing if US Treasury unable to continue successful sales of
bills/notes/bonds (*) At least China and India actively pursuing the increase of their
gold supply (*) possibilities would include increase in the value of yuan, Middle East
conflict, increase terrorist attacks on US soil, shortage of food and/or water.

Just a thumbnail sketch as to why ones portfolio may be exposed to gold, silver, oil, oil
service, fertilizers, miners of iron ore/copper/zinc or other rare earths. . . items that
represent real assets that will benefit from a growing global marketplace sans the US and
Western Europe. more
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