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Are capital gains and losses in stock market additive for tax purposes?

(Are they treated separately? Suppose I gained 20K and lost 15K this year. Net gain is 5K. Am I going to be taxed for 5K or is it going to be a separate process? If it is separate, do rates differ? I am new in the stock market and need advice. And we are talking about individual income.) An

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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How do I open up a stock market account for my company, where I get my own NYSE symbol.?

(Also what can I expect entering the stock market?) Answer: You can't. You don't get an account, you get listed. It's a mean of raising funds. You are selling part of your company (thus a share of the profit). Shareholders in turns pay you money to buy that initial share. (Sharehol

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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What is the importance of the stock market in America today?

(Do we need a stock market if corporations are capable of getting private investors? Purely theoretical question....) Answer: The stock market today is still one of the most important sources for companies to raise money. This allows businesses to go public, or raise additional capital

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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Where did you learn how to trade in the stock market?

(did you take a class? Did you learn in business school? Or did every one of you learn through self-study and trial and error? I am amazed at how much some people know about the stock market and trading, and I wonder where they got their start on knowledge. As for me I am watching Youtube vi

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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Is it legal to run automated trading software on stock market, and how to do it?

(Out of pure curiosity regarding technical and legal aspects (I'm aware of the financial risks), is it legal to run an automated trading software that deals for you, using some kind of pseudo-AI? If it is legal, how can one connect such software to the stock market? I'm guessing going through

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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What age would a kid be interested in the stock market?

(I am wondering at what age a boy would be interested in what the stock market was and how profits are made?) Answer: Some kids love money from the moment they hear about it. My nephew asked Santa for a safe to keep his money when he was about 3. He loved to collect gold colored dollars

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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Why do stock prices fluctuate after the market closes?

(Once the stock market closes, some stocks continue to gain or lose, sometimes more drastically than during the trading day. Their quote shows "afterhours". What is this? I heard analysts talking about electronic trading. What is that?) Answer: In the US market hours are from 9:30 a.m.

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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What’s an article on someone whose life was positively affected by the stock market?

(I'm doing an essay on the stock market, and while finding pieces on lives ruined by the market were easy to find, finding the opposite is proving extremely difficult. I've been Googling it for a while, but the only thing that comes up is obvious spam. And if you could name someone who was both

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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What’s the in and outs of the school stock market game?

(My class just started the Florida Stock Market Game and I need a simpler way to understand the stock market. And what Stocks should my team buy in order to win? Thanks.) Answer : Try commodity indexes like USO or GLD. Inflation is coming and that boosts commodities. Avoid fixed income assets

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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Where can you find everything about the stock markt?

(I want to find out about the stock market and EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. Is there a good book online or seminar that can tell me about it and key ways to make money through investing in stock I want to make some money on the net. Email me if you can help and don't want to display it infront of ev

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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When is a good time to invest in the stock market?

(Hi, I am 20 years old and am looking to start investing into the stock market. I have been told that I am too young to invest and that I will end up broke. I am going to be an accountant, so I know how to handle my money. Also, I was curious if there is a minimum to invest at a time or if I

07.29.2010 | US Market | TonyLiu

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