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Cost Basis Reporting Terminology - Part 1
As we continue our discussion of cost basis reporting, it is important to understand some of the terms you will encounter.A Here are some of them: 1099-B Form A form you receive from your broker at tax time each year that reports capital gains information ...
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Todays Rant about MLP's
Good morning, We try and try to get the word out to your investment clubs to stay away from investing in partnerships like MLP's.A Unfortunately,A clubs still find out the hard way that they are going to have to hire an accountant to help with ...
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Cost Basis Reporting History and Overview
When you sell stocks, you have capital gains and losses to report on your investment club taxes. The amount of the gain or loss is the difference between your adjusted cost basis and the net proceeds from your sale. Capital Gain/Loss = Net Sale Proceeds ...
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CPST capstone turbine
Hello, I noticed that Capstone recently had a reverse split of 20 to 1. We had multiples of 20 now we have only a handful of stocks. Is there any hope for this kind of split showing a profit? And we were assessed a "reorganization ...
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Cost Basis Reporting - What You Need To Know
As investment club treasurers, one of the most important things you need to have an understanding of is cost basis reporting requirements. Over the next few weeks, we're going to post a series of informational articles here that will help you become more informed about ...
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50 Unfortunate Truths
Number 1 on Morgan Housel's Unfortunate Truths list.A I think about this a lot: "1. Saying "I'll be greedy when others are fearful" is much easier than actually doing it." There are lots of good things on this list to remind yourself of on a ...
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emailing pdf. files of SSG to club members who do not have program
Can anyone tell me how to email copies of a completed SSG6 to members who do not have the SSG6 program? I could convert them to a pdf. file when I had windows XP, but that no longer works with Windows 7 which I now ...
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Ending Account Sync
How do I end Account Sync for a Broker? Do I simply remove the account sync information in the info are?
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Stuffed With Gratitude
Thanksgiving is a day of stuffing ourselves with food, with gratitude and with good times shared with friends and family. Thank you for sharing your investing journey with us.A We are grateful for the opportunity to share your experiences with you.A We enjoy hearing from ...
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HP split
Does anyone have shares in HP? Earlier this month, Hewlett Packard (symbol HPQ) split into two companies: HP Inc. (symbol HPQ) and HP Enterprise (HPE). My understanding from the documents issued by the company is that for every old (pre-split) share of HPQ, shareholders would ...
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HP split
This is the info about getting the HPQ reorganization entered into Bivio. I have asked Laurie to do this for us. Susan. Sent from XFINITY Connect Mobile App Original Message From: laurie@bivio.biz To: club_cafe@bivio.com Cc: Sent: 2015-11-24 06:26:17 GMT Subject: Re: [club_cafe] Re: HP split ...
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Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) Merger
Pfizer (PFE) and Allergan (AGN) today announced agreement on a merger between the companies that, if everything gets approved,A should take place in the second half of 2016: Pfizer and Allergan to CombineA This is a tax inversion in which Allergan (an Irish company) will ...
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Monthly or yearly lump sum dues
What is the ramification of someone paying a lump sum for the year vs. the monthly dues style? For example - paying $600 in January and making the $50 a month payment on valuation date per month. Where would this lump sum be put kept? ...
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Webinar Recording Now Posted
The recording and presentation for Tuesday nights webinar about getting ready for tax season is now posted: Getting Ready for Tax Season - End of Year Tasks Laurie Frederiksen Invest with your friends! www.bivio.com Become our Facebook friend! A www.facebook.com/bivio Follow us on twitter!A A ...
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Your Investment Club Has Advantages the Pros Don't
Did you ever think that you may be at an advantage as a small investor? You have opportunities to excel as an investment club that the big guys don't have.A Here's some of them: How You, The Amateur Investor, Can Beat the Pros Laurie Frederiksen ...
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