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Where do I start when I want to make Stock Market Investments? I am very good at early stock predictions?

February 4th, 2011

I am verry good at making predictions in upcoming companys or products in the stock market, but I have no Idea where to start. Over the past 10 years I have missed out on millions of dollars, just because I never made the effort to learn the neccesary steps in order to enter into stock market operations.

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Mutual funds transferred to an Index fund?

September 29th, 2010

Hey, certainly not the right place to ask important financial questions but did need some quick clarification…

Listening to NPR today and one of the top performing investor’s overall recommendation was that basically, a basic index fund will, on average, out perform any Mutual fund. And, because Index funds have less fees associated with them, the investor really will make out far better in the long run. His advice was, of course, not to pull your money out of your investment account but to perhaps transfer it to an Index Fund.

Since this was really limited information, my question was really about how the mutual fund works. I’ve lost, say, 30k in the 3 different mutual funds I have now. Shouldn’t I just leave the money in (since it’s already a loss) and hope the value goes up in the next 10 years? Or, within the mutual fund are the stocks constantly trading so the stock my mutual fund holds now, will not be the same stock in it 10 years from now. If the later is the case, I can see why moving it to an index fund makes sense. But if investors usually keep the same core stocks, then isn’t transferring my money to an Index fund the same as pulling out of the market? Does this make sense?

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investment?

August 20th, 2010

An investment grows by 3% per year for 10 years. By what percent does it increase over the 10-year period?

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An investment grows by 30% over a 5-year period. What is its effective annual percent growth rate?

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I would like to know if I need to keep bank and mutual Fund statements?

August 13th, 2010

I have kept bank and mutual fund statements for years. I would like to throw them away if not needed. I have some mutual funds I purchased 15 years ago with dividand invested. In order to calculate the cost basis of the fund when I sell the shares, I think I need to keep records of the cost of share when the dividend was used to purchase additional share. Many of the large Mutual Fund companies have started capturing the cost basis for shareholders in the last 10 years so they calculate the cost basis for you. Some of the smaller mutual funds companies do not have this type of service. Any advice is helpful.

For the bank statement, after I reconcile the checks, do I need to keep them for any reasons?

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An investment pays simple interest, and quadruples in 10 years. What is the interest rate?

August 8th, 2010

An investment pays simple interest, and quadruples in 10 years. What is the interest rate? Thanks.

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How to get statements from 10 years ago for a mutual fund?

August 8th, 2010

Invesco Mutual Fund has a class action lawsuit whose claim form requires one to enter the number of shares held at year end from 1999-2003. I no longer have the paperwork on the fund as it was sold, and the paperwork kept for 7 years and then shredded. Does anyone have an idea how to go about finding that information from 10 years ago?

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What happens if you want to withdraw from a mutual fund after 5or 10 years?

July 15th, 2010

I’ve been saving 300 a week thats about 10k a year. If I put it into a mutual fund and keep adding 300 a wk. What happens if I take it out in 5 or 10 years to buy land and build a house? is it worth it or what else should i invest in?

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Should I pull my money out of the the stock market?

June 6th, 2010

I currently have k invested in vanguard’s total stock market index and vanguard’s total int’l stock market index (6k in each).

It has been slipping steadily and fears continue to rise…. would it be wise to transfer the money to a money-market or bond or is this most likely temporary… btw, i plan on not touching this monbey for at least 5-10 years.

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What is going on with the stock market!!!? All 3 of my index funds are sinking like crazy…?

May 30th, 2010

I own vnaguard total international stock index, total stock index, & gaaex (alternative energy companies)—- ALL are sinking EVERY day for the past few days— Im losing 1000s… is it time to pull out or wait it out?
I am willing to leave this money alone for 5-10 years — but all these sharp declines across the board are making me jittery

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How do I get the cost basis for mutual fund sale?

May 28th, 2010

I closed a mutual fund last year but all the 1099-B reports is the $ amount I received and the number of shares. Turbotax wants to know the cost basis to determine profit/loss. I had the acct over 10 years – how am I supposed to know this?