Questions tagged [stocks]
This tag is to be used for any questions related to Stocks. Ideally they should be accompanied by a country tag if relevant. It is discouraged to ask question about a specific stock. However an example can be used to illustrate a point.
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Good texts to read on trading (beginners) [closed]
As someone who wants to start trading online and be able to understand market indicators, stocks, bonds, etfs, options trading through websites like trading view. Does anyone know any good books or ...
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Has the positive correlation of the stock market performance and the risk free interest rate at the time of buying shares been analyzed empirically? [closed]
From the answers to my earlier question I learned that the expected return on the stock market is positively correlated with the interest level at the beginning of the considered time period. The ...
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How to identify breaks in support and resistance?
TA newbie here. I learned the ichimoku strategy today and was looking at the ZS Daily chart. Saw the below.
My question is that why are some breaks in the resistance line marked but others are not? Ex....
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Does the assumption that all known facts are already priced into the share price assume that most participants of the stock market are well-informed?
It is often assumed that share prices automatically consider all available information since if some market participants have more information that implies that a share is, for example, underpriced, ...
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Does the expected return of a stock ETF depend on the current interest level? At which interest rate are stock ETFs no longer recommended?
Is there an interest rate such that there is no point in putting money into the stock market (e.g. in a stock ETF that models the stock market) but where the interest rates of almost risk-free ...
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When a journalist writes "shareholders wiped out" what does this actually mean?
I was reading a newspaper article in the FT where a journalist wrote "shareholders wiped out in restructuring deal". As a novice I'm struggling to conceptualize what "wiped out" ...
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Why do we see huge span in stock value in pre or post market on Yahoo! finance? [duplicate]
Looking at various stock (TSLA in the picture below on May 19, 2023) pre and post market trading graphs, I can nearly every day see some huge variations, way over market fluctuations, which I think do ...
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The pitfall of high ROE
The formula of ROE is Net Income / Shareholders' Equity. If a company has a high debt / asset ratio, the Shareholders' Equity would be a small value thus results in a high ROE.
So a company with a ...
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How to Close Delisted company's short position?
I have shorted OZON and YNDX last year in FEB before suspending trading and after suspending was not able to close these positions. As Companies now are in delisted mode, Broker is not giving chance ...
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Buying stocks after a successful but excessively diluting seasoned offering
I regularly see companies offering seasoned equity with a subscription right and whose capital increase is successful but whose stock still dips a few days after below the rate of the subscription ...
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Income tax on selling stock bought at various times
Say I have 24 shares of stock X, and I got these shares by buying 1 share every month for 2 years. If I now want to sell 1 share of X, how will I know if it is a share I bought 2 years ago, 12 months ...
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company going private from public [duplicate]
let's say that I have $ 2 million worth of shares in a public company listed in SNP 500 and If someone acquires the public company in other words, if the company goes public then should I sell my ...
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Which RSI/Price Divergence is more valuable as an direction indication for chart analysis?
When reviewing $AAL on the Extended Hours chart on the 15-minute, 1-hour, and 1-day charts I can see that the 15-min and 1-hour are showing a bearish divergence, while the 1-day chart shows a bullish ...
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Why call options are more profitable compared to stock trading?
I am having a hard time trying to understand why buying call options are more profitable (if you predict the market right), compared to selling & buying stocks right away. Let me explain my ...
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Is a wash sale that bad?
Using the following as an example, for any equity (stock):
1/15 BUY 10 @ $100
6/15 BUY 5 @ $50
6/20 SELL 10 @ $30
6/22 BUY 99 @ $20
Are 5 shares a wash sale, or 10 shares, 15 shares, or 99 ...
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Stock how to add borrow fees to taxes
When doing taxes, how to account for stock borrow fees for hard to borrow stocks. Can you deduct this from your income?
Say I short Company abc
Cost: $5000
Proceeds: $6000
Borrow fee: $3000
So is ...
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Do you recommend personal investing (flatex) or investing in stocks through a financial advice company?
I am specifically looking for mid-term investing. I am quite young and want to save some money for the next 5-10 years that will help me build a house or buy an appartment.
My first idea was, as ...
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Can we trade in Australian Stock Market outside of regular trading hours?
ASX regular trading hours are from 10 AM to 4:10 PM (including CSPA). I want to know if we can trade outside of these hours i.e. before 10 AM or after 4:10 PM. I know we can place orders from 7AM to ...
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Should I sell and repurchase this stock for a tax benefit?
I inherited stock 15 years ago with a basis of $54, most recently at $498. I just read an article which discussed selling and immediately repurchasing the same stock to establish a higher cost basis, ...
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Red candlestick and volume bar on trading view
On trading view, I get the idea that if closing price is less than the opening price, then we will get a red candlestick on the price chart, and if closing price is greater than opening price, then we ...
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Do you pay interest on trading with unsettled funds in a margin account?
If you buy/sell a stock with 100% of your account (not on margin, but with a margin account) will it just be settled immediately, or do you need to be on margin and pay interest to be able to trade ...
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What does the term backlog mean
Imagine an investor is thinking about buying shares in the XYZ company which is publicly traded. He reads that the company has a backlog of $10 billion dollars in orders. Can he conclude that all ...
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How to calculate profit of stock sale without original purchase price
I have a question about calculating profit for taxes after selling a stock, in the US. I have 20 shares of Microsoft stock that I bought a long time ago, probably in the late 80's. I have no idea what ...
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Number of times price has risen the lowest amount - technical indicator
Just about on every stock (unless there was a major castratophic event), I notice every day that the stock prices (both bid and ask) go up and down throughout the day.
Is there any technical indicator ...
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Which version of turbo tax has "The cost basis is incorrect or missing on my 1099‑B" in TurboTax in the case of vested RSUs?
The RSU cost basis is incorrect on my 1099-B' and it repost 0. Before the stock was available to me and company sold some of my shares as tax deduction.
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Will SIVB ever become tradeable again? [closed]
As you may know trading of SIVB shares is currently halted. I have two questions regarding this:
Is there a way to sell your existing shares right now? Even for for next to nothing?
Will the stock ...
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Huge volume but stable price? What does that mean?
I saw a stock which had a 730% vs average stock volume one day, so I assume that means lots of people are buying it and demand is high?
But at the same time, the price only went back and forth 0.2 $ (...
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Is it possible to hold stock certificates directly without any counterparty risk whatsoever?
I would like to invest in stocks of various companies, however I am deeply concerned with the counter-party risk that the institution which holds the assets on my behalf carries (e.g., a bank or a ...
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GE historic stock price on DOD changed
My father owned GE stock and he died in November. In late November, for my appointment with the probate court, I looked up the closing stock price for the day he died. Unfortunately I downloaded the ...
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Naked Call become short seller
Thanks for the low interest rate for years, it forcing me to do trading.
I have been doing option trading for 1.5 years.
I usually do selling covered put and covered call.
The first year got profit ...
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How should I invest if I have much disposable income and cash on hand?
I'm a 29-year-old living in Europe and I'm looking for some investment advice.
I’m fortunate enough to be earning roughly $28k per month after tax, and I currently have about $400k in cash sitting in ...
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Understanding the numbers in discount backed value
I'm reading Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements and quote:
As stated earlier, in 1987 Warren started buying shares in Coca-Cola for an average price of $6.50 a share against ...
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Understanding the "long-term corporate interest rates" and equity bond in the quote
I'm reading Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements and quote:
Consider this: With long-term corporate interest rates at approximately 6.5% in 2007, Warren’s Washington Post ...
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How to find out whether a dissolved company has been traded in stock markets?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriquest_Mortgage
I see the above company dissolved some years ago. I don't know whether its stock was traded in the stock market or not. How can I find this ...
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Why are preferred shares in the Korean market traded at a discount?
According to the answers here, voting rights don't really matter when it comes to the price of shares. Also, I am not sure about the US market, but in the Korean market, a preferred share usually pays ...
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Dividends compared to stock prices [duplicate]
I'm new to stock market, and I'm wondering, if final idea behind stocks is that someday you will be paid back your investment in dividends and start making profit, how long does it usually take for a ...
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Why is the price of Berkshire Hathaway B class shares proportional to the face value and not the voting rights?
So there are BRK.A and BRK.B. The face value of BRK.A is 1,500 times of that of BRK.B, and BRK.A has 10,000 times the voting rights of BRK.B. BRK.A is normally traded at about 1,500 times the price of ...
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Choice between equity and stock options
I am part of a tech startup and have just been brought on as the technical co-founder. My compensation is 100% equity for now, but I will likely be hired with a salary in the near future.
The problem ...
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Judge the amount of money to trade
I have been day trading for about a year. I got some statistics on a stock market pattern. The latter gives me an 82% probability of occurring and an expected gain of 13% per trade. I'm having trouble ...
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How is it possible to buy call options with a strike price below current market price?
I'm a newbie with all of this. I've been reading on call options and from my understanding, you're paying some "premium" to buy an "option" to buy the stock at a certain fixed ...
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Where are the Direct Stock Purchases (DSP) sold?
I am new to stack trading. I want to understand if the stock bought directly from a company via Direct Stock Purchase and is in my Demat account, be sold through another Online Brokerage account I ...
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Is there any reason to not put money into a stocks and shares ISA over a regular investing account?
I have a small amount of money in a regular investment account however I am considering putting more in.
The UK tax-free dividend allowance is £2,000, although will reduce to £1,000 in the new ...
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Do I need to, and how do I, pay tax on income from investing? (UK)
I live in the UK and have recently started doing some small investing (using eToro), buying stocks and such, and I was wondering the following.
For important context, I am employed at a company where ...
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Google Finance US dollar index
Why Google Finance does not process a quote for "dxy" - u.s. dollar index?
what are prefix standards to specify various indexes, mutual fund and stocks
traded on foreign exchanges?
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How and when are stock shares created? Destroyed?
Apologies if this is a duplicate, but someone (quite possibly me) is confused about whether stock shares can be arbitrary manufactured at any time and in any quantity, or whether they in fact ...
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(DCF) Why do you add up ALL the future cashflows (discounted back) shouldn’t it just be The last years cashflow?
If every year company XYZ retains (most) of its earnings, reinvesting it. So in the last year(of your projection) Company XYZ only has its current cashflows! (as it reinvested it).
Similarly, if ...
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Understanding cost basis for ESPP shares
On June 1, 2022 company's stock price was 100$
On November 30, 2022 company's stock price was 150$
On December 1, 2022 company purchased 10 shares for 85$.
15% discount applied to stock's price on ...
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How can a company be losing money from year to year but have the same/increased cash and cash equivalents?
I am looking at a company (Uber) which to my knowlgede has no new investors. So how is it’s cash and cash equivalents slightly higher yoy.
When it’s been losing money (yoy?
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What are Insurance Reserves on The Balance Sheet
Are insurance reserves JUST the amount the company expects (the max) amount it may have to pay in the future for claims.
Or (B) is it the cash or cash equivalent the company set aside for possible ...
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Cross Brokerage Wash Sale Help Needed
The following trades happened in a month:
Day 4: Bought 83 Shares of Company A using Fidelity
Day 5: Bought 118 Shares of Company A using E-Trade
Day 7: Sold 118 Shares of Company A bought in E-Trade ...
