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U.S. Bonds Taxed Interest and Current Value
Series EE Bond just matured and I cashed it in.
The current value that I received in cash was only a little more than the original face value.
However, the interest I am paying taxes on is half the ...
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Calculating the total capital of a company?
I was wondering how do we calculate the total capital of a company? Which items should I look for in the financial statements?
And how do I calculate notes payable? Is the same as accounts payable?
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Any good software for value investment?
Is there any good software that helps you analyze a company's performance by digging through their financial statments? I'd like to see a software can automatically collect and parse companies' ...
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What are the advantages of paying off a mortgage quickly?
What are the advantages of paying off the mortgage quickly??
Sure, not paying interest and truly owning your house is great, but then the money is tied in a fixed asset, and if you want to get at ...
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How do I know if Home value is likely to go up?
When looking for a home to purchase, I have heard that location is an important factor in determining whether the home value will go up or not.
What things would I need to look for when purchasing ...
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How does stock dilution work in relation to share volume?
I'm aware of stock splits/reverse splits used for modifying volume of a stock, but how often are they actually used? Isn't it less common that a company simply decides to sell more stock at the ...
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Highest market cap for a company from historical data
I've been checking historical prices for some stocks at Google finance and Yahoo finance but something doesn't quite add up.
Taking stock splits into account, Google finance "says" that Microsoft's ...
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Calculating Future and Present value into mortgage comparisons
I'm looking to buy a home in the next 3 or 4 months. The bank I'm working with has 10 different mortgage rates, currently ranging from 3.5% to 4.625%, with points respectively ranging from 2.875 to ...
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Where to get prepaid stored value cards capable of having higher limits (e.g. $10,000)?
When I was drafting consumer protection guidelines for stored value cards, I heard there were cards that stored balances as high as $10,000.
Yet, when I go to convenience stores, I only see stored ...
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How does expiration of special zone property taxes affect property values?
I've been thinking about investing in local real estate lately, and there's an unusual (to me) practice here of funding some of the city provided infrastructure (water, roads and lighting I guess) by ...
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When to trade in a relatively new car for maximum value
I am considering purchasing a new car in the next year to replace my current car.
I currently own a 2010 model year vehicle which I estimate to be paid off early spring 2012.
My question is, in ...
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For net worth, should I value physical property at my cost to replace it, or the amount I could get for selling it?
I recently was a good little consumer and picked up a relatively expensive set of new home furnishings, some furniture, a TV, some other electronics ... items of that nature (don't worry, been ...
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How does one factor how much saving time is worth?
I recently was reading this comic from xkcd, and it got me thinking. How does one determine how much one's spare time is worth? It seems to me that in particular, a person on salary has a fixed ...
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Until about 1800, why did gold have any perceived value?
Related to this previous question, and this one, what gave gold value prior to "modern" uses?
Until its application in EM shielding, electrical connectors, etc, it seems that gold was merely ...
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mutual fund types: value vs blend vs growth
There are many types of mutual funds. Without considering specialty funds or other particular categories (EG emerging markets, real estate, etc), what's the difference between the following 3 types? ...
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Do Financial Advisors get Better Deals?
I have always looked after my own financial affairs. I feel I know more than enough about the financial products I use and buy to ensure I get the best deals.
At the moment I am going through a ...
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Is there a simple term to describe the non commutative property of decreasing and increasing a value by some X percentage?
I.e., $100 decreased by 20% requires an increase of (1/(1-0.2))-1) to return to $100. Is there a simple name to refer to this?
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How can I tell if a mutual fund is inflated?
To reach a prudent asset allocation, I need to add a small cap mutual fund to my portfolio. I'm a little concerned that I am "buying high" because all the small cap funds I'm considering (below) have ...
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Figuring Out the Market Value of Used Books
I have some used books and I would like to figure out their market value. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions for how I should do that? Should I use prices on Amazon? If so, what formula ...
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What is the best way to determine the Value (balance of reliability and cost) of an insurance company?
My question is - how can an individual determine how reliable or likely an insurance company is to pay on their claims? I'm trying to balance two things here - cost of premiums and reliability of ...
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Malaysian real estate: How to know if the market is overheated or in a bubble?
I'm living in Malaysia, around Klang Valley. One thing I notice is that the housing price keeps on increasing and increasing and increasing ( just my perception, no data to backup my point), with no ...
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What is value investing? What are the key principles of value investing?
What is value investing? What are the key principles of value investing?
Is there evidence indicating whether value investing results in higher returns, or lower risk, compared to other styles of ...
