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Have you ever heard, in a buyout, common shareholders (not insiders) being issued shares restricted for two years?

In general, shareholders who are similarly situated have to be treated similarly. The majority shareholder can't decide that the minority shareholders shouldn't have the same rights that he has. The ...
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Can I buy a stock without owning it?

It's probably worth mentioning stock options as a way of getting exposure to stock appreciation without ownership. But they're not suitable for such a long timeframe.
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Do index funds vote, if so how do they decide?

Yes, mutual fund companies vote in shareholder elections. They do, however, have a fiduciary duty to their clients who hold the shares of the funds: Advisers are often charged with exercising voting ...
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Can I buy a stock without owning it?

One of the simpler alternatives would be Private Pension System in Turkey. It would be in your sister's name, so unaffected by any personal financial trouble you would go through. Your sister will ...
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Can I buy a stock without owning it?

This is called a trust - you can set it up such that the assets inside it can only be transferred to your sister and only after twenty years have passed. She would be the beneficiary - the person who ...
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Can I buy a stock without owning it?

I think you need to talk to a financial advisor and/or lawyer that knows the legal details in your jurisdiction. The normal vehicle to protect assets is to set up a trust. However, trusts are ...
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Buying small shareholders via reverse stock split and fiduciary duty

Normally, a buying offer is significantly above trading price, and from a 3rd party. This decision came from management, which has a fiduciary duty to (all?) shareholders. From my perspective, a ...
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Why are the withdrawal limits at index funds so low?

I seriously doubt that anyone who might have a need for $10M in a rush would have that money in a fund. In that bracket, I would bet you hire your own money manager, and you would probably work more ...
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Why are the withdrawal limits at index funds so low?

I am not sure what "withdrawal limit" you are referring to. Vanguard (and realistically all mutual fund companies) have policies on large transactions that ensure that one person's ...
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Will Spirit trade with SAVEQ when it recovers?

It's common for companies that emerge from bankruptcy to trade stock again using the same ticker that they did before, but the stock does not transfer with the ticker. The stock in the old company ...
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Will Spirit trade with SAVEQ when it recovers?

This is from their press release: pirit Airlines Announces Comprehensive Agreement to Deleverage Balance Sheet and Position the Company for Long-Term Success as a Leading Low-Fare Carrier As a result ...
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Is BBO the same as NBBO?

BBO (Best Bid and Offer) reflects the best prices on a single exchange, like NASDAQ. NBBO (National Best Bid and Offer), however, aggregates the best prices across all U.S. trading venues. Although ...
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Investing tips with lower box 3 taxation (NL)

As already commented, there is no real capital gains tax in the Netherlands. You pay income tax, where three boad categories of income, three boxes, contribute to your overall taxable income. Box 3 ...
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