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When were KYC questions introduced in the EU?
The Wikipedia page on KYC doesn't provide that information. I believe it happened a few years after 9/11 so it is hard to google — all results I get are much more recent.
Specifically, I am interested ...
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Why don't I see any dividends in my Fidelity Personal Account?
I have two accounts in Fidelity:
Account A: Personal account
Account B: Rollover IRA account (Rolled over from former 401k accounts)
I have purchased a specific Fidelity Mutual Fund through both ...
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Prior to COVID-19, had any country fiscally targeted unvaccinated individuals? [closed]
Upon reading that Quebec may impose a health tax on unvaccinated Canadians, I wondered the following: Prior to COVID-19, had any country fiscally targeted unvaccinated individuals?
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Why does the Nikkei 225 appear to be such a bad long-term investment?
For most well-developed countries, indexes of their stock markets tend to grow in the very long term. For example, look up a long-term graph of the FTSE100 or the S&P500. For Japan's Nikkei 225, ...
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Why did the VIX trade for so much around Q4 2011?
It looks like the TVIX in 2011 was trading at some unimaginable prices. $2B USD? Marketwatch has these same numbers.
Were these numbers real? How? This seems like an amazing bit of trivia from ...
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Settlement Period for options pre 1993
I was reading Settlement Period and wondering what was the settlement duration for options pre 1993. For equity/etf, it seems it was five days.
So for options, was it four days ? , any verifiable ...
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How can I regain my credit history after having legally changed my name?
In 2015, I opened a CreditKarma account to monitor my credit even though I had no credit history at the time.
In 2017, I successfully applied for a secured credit card with a low credit limit based ...
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Why is interest paid on the outstanding amount instead of the whole amount of a loan?
For a large proportion of loans, why is interest paid on the outstanding amount instead of the entire amount of a loan?
For example, for a 100.000 loan with a 10% interest, basic logic would imply ...
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How were US credit cards verified in-store in the 1980s?
Back in the 1980's, many major retailers in the United States would accept credit cards using what was sometimes called a "knucklebuster" - a hand-operated device that would take a carbon-copy ...
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How does the government shutdown affect tax returns?
Has a government shutdown in the past affected tax returns? In terms of refunds, is there anything to be expected differently based on historical precedent?
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What did a stock exchange look like 200 years ago? [closed]
Stock prices on the public exchanges fluctuate rapidly. Two hundred years ago, there wasn't a digital world to display these constantly changing prices every millisecond. What did a stock exchange ...
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How should you calculate the average daily return on an investment based on a history of gains?
I started an Acorns account several months ago to use as a glorified savings account. I don't make contributions on purchases, but I contribute 10% of my paycheck to it every two weeks (Richest Man ...
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Why was Kittery a shopping destination in the 1980s?
When I was a kid in the 1980s we used to go to Kittery Maine (from Massachusetts) for shopping expeditions and the explanation given was that there was no sales tax there.
On looking at the history ...
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Presenting negative numbers using parentheses: where does this practice come from? [closed]
The standard accounting way is always to show negative numbers in parentheses. Where does this practice come from?
For example, this cash flow statement use parentheses indicate negative values:
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Why do dishonour fees exist?
In the event of a transaction not going through due to insufficient funds a dishonour fee is charged.
Presumably the cost of not making a transaction is lower than making a transaction, yet the cost ...
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historical stock data starting from 1900
Is there a source for very old historical stock data, starting from the 1900's? I am interested in this information for the purposes of personal historical research.
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Did the New York Stock Exchange ever close on a weekday so they could file paperwork?
I recently heard that the New York Stock Exchange used to close once a week so that they could organize the paper trades. I can't find anything online about it. Does anyone have any insight here?
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How to improve the late payment score on credit report
I have a question regarding payment history. I am trying to help a friend improve his credit score. My biggest challenge is that my friend has more than 20% in late payments.
My question is how to ...
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How can I find data on delisted stocks?
I'm looking for a U.S. stock with the symbol AULT from about 1999. How can I find information about delisted U.S. securities in general? Particularly historical stock prices, market cap, company ...
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FHA Loan - Less than 2 years employment history
Background: I & the wife are looking to buy a house priced at $250k via an FHA loan.
One of the requirements for the loan is that we have a 2 year continuous employment.
I have a 1 year gap in ...
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Which jurisdictions levy a tax on depositum irregulare?
Depositum irregulare arises when a person deposits a certain amount of money or goods to be temporarily kept by another person, who is obliged to return the same amount and type of money or goods, but ...
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What happened when the dot com bubble burst?
The Wikipedia article on the dot-com bubble defines it as:
a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 (with a climax on
March 10, 2000 with the NASDAQ peaking at 5132.52 in intraday trading
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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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How can I investigate historical effect of Rebalancing on Return and Standard Deviation?
There are very cool tools offered in this answer here. One of them is this here that allows you to see SD and return in rebalanced portfolio over longer time periods. Now I am trying to compare the ...
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Impact of Extreme Situations such as WW2 on "legendary" Investors' Returns?
I am looking for reference material. I am trying to get some sort of outlining to questions such as:
why did so many US companies become global-dominating after the WW2?
could such domination be ...
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