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ESRX Purchase of MHS
Reorg fees should be entered as a negative return of capital, not an expense. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 4/14/2012 3:33:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lscham8531@yahoo.com writes: Hi Laurie, I checked acc't sync from TDA to Bivio 1.A return of Capital of $186.86 2.A ...
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Percentage of club value to hold as cash
We rarely have more than 1% in cash. Occasionally, we will have more if we can't agree on an investment one month. If we don't have a new investment in mind, we add to whichever current holding has the best prospects and isn't overweight in ...
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ESRX Purchase of MHS
We owned 120 shares of MHS. We now have 97 shares of ESRX and our cash balance increased by $3,456. I noticed that this transaction was not automatically imported to our Bivio account. Therefore I entered two transactions: (1) Merger of ESRX resulting in 97 ...
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Your Tax Questions
At this time of year, you've got to love any article which begins: "No taxation without obfuscation. It's the American way." http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2012/04/11/your-taxing-irs-faq/ Enjoy! Laurie Frederiksen Invest with your friends! www.bivio.com Become our Facebook friend! www.facebook.com/bivio Follow us on twitter! www.twitter.com/bivio Click here to Subscribe to ...
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Medco (MHS), Express Scripts (ESRX) Merger
Quite a few of you owned Medco (MHS), and have been asking us how to account for their recent merger with Express Scripts. This was a cash plus stock merger, so it may have brought you taxable gains which you will need to recognize in ...
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Investment in GLD and SLV
Laurie, Nice write up. Now if only it would convince clubs not to invest in these entities. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 4/4/2012 3:16:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, laurie@bivio.biz writes: Some of you have wondered why we recommend against you investing in the commodity ...
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Finviz
I use Finviz to help screen stocks. It has lots of screening tools available, especially the Fundamentals tab where you can screen for P/E, sales, etc. and set min/max to reduce the number of stocks. It should be listing on the tools list because it ...
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Apple, ExxonMobil, Facebook, Bank of NY - Where do they go from here?
Hi Everyone, Our friends at Trefis are offering a webinar on April 11 that you might be interested in attending. Their webinar series is usually available only to Trefis Pro subscribers, but they're opening this one to everyone. They'll be discussing 4 stocks which many ...
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E*Trade Webinar Recording Posted
Hi Everyone, If you missed the Introduction to E*Trade webinar, the recording is now posted here: Introduction to E*Trade It gives you a good overview of the different services your club can access if you are an E*Trade customer. This includes a demonstration of research ...
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Investment in GLD and SLV
Some of you have wondered why we recommend against you investing in the commodity ETFs GLD and SLV in your investment clubs. For your information, I've attached a sheet of instructions for the accounting and tax reporting issues you will need to handle if you ...
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Number of members
There is no maximum. If you reach 100, you may need to register with the SEC. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 4/3/2012 7:39:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, claude-roxie@hotmail.com writes: What is the maximum number of members allowed in an investment club?
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Number of members
What is the maximum number of members allowed in an investment club?
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Registering Investment Club as an LLC in PA
There is no benefit to registering as an LLC, only additional costs. TDAmeritrade will accept general partnership investment clubs as clients - at least here in NJ. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 3/30/2012 2:24:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, leovalencia10@gmail.com writes: Greetings, I wonder if ...
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Registering Investment Club as an LLC in PA
Liability protection from what? There is no protection from your own actions and there isn't anything you will do as an investment club that would expose you to liability to others. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 3/30/2012 2:48:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, leovalencia10@gmail.com writes: ...
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Registering Investment Club as an LLC in PA
Greetings, I wonder if other members here are aware of any special requirements to register the Investment Club as an LLC in the state of Pennsylvania. I mean in addition to the normal requirements for a general purpose LLC. The reason for this question is ...
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