| Six Ways to Limit Uncle Sam's Take
Why are mutual funds such a potential tax headache? By law, mutual funds are required to pass all income and realized profits on investments along to shareholders through income and capital gains distributions. If you're investing through a taxable account, you'll have to pay taxes on those distributions. Short-term gains are taxed at the higher ordinary-income rate, as is income from taxable bonds, commodities, and real estate investment trusts. Meanwhile, long-term gains and stock dividends are generally taxed at the 15% rate. Thus, funds that trade a lot, and thus generate heavy short-term gains, generally aren't tax efficient. The same is true for income-heavy offerings, such as bond or REIT funds. That's not to say you shouldn't have fast-trading funds in your portfolio or that you should avoid bonds and REITs.
5 Must own stocks!!!
Carl Pavano- he had a solid outing today, and is really cheap, only around 104-105 a share. Hell give you temporary money Wang- This guy is going to be a 20 game winner, and everybody knows that. Rather than jumping in when the stock is up 20-40 percent, buy now, and it's a great LONG term investment Even though not sox fan, I'd say owing Matazuka is a good investment. He has been going down since the run up, and he is a good temporary investment. After going down so much, think about Brad Lidge too. This guy has been down nearly 27 percent. When he comes back, he is going to be very dominant. Finally, Wheeler is a good short term investment, he just picked up a save today, and he is probably going to the be the stros everyday closer. Buy before the stock hits 110! .
eBay vs. Netflix: Netflix
In the competitive spirit of college basketball's annual championship tournament, The Motley Fool brings you Stock Madness 2007! Our writers are making head-to-head arguments for their chosen stocks (but not necessarily investment recommendations -- this is, after all, a game), and you'll pick the winners with your article recommendations and Motley Fool CAPS ratings. Who will win the right to cut down the net? Let's tip things off and find out! Greetings, sports fans! Welcome to the third annual Stock Madness tournament. In today's matchup, we've got a pair of bona fide growth stocks for your consideration, each bearing the seal of approval of Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner: DVD-by-mail renter Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and everything-else-by-mail seller eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY).
Starbucks vs. Apple: Starbucks
In the competitive spirit of college basketball's annual championship tournament, The Motley Fool brings you Stock Madness 2007! Our writers are making head-to-head arguments for their chosen stocks (but not necessarily investment recommendations -- this is, after all, a game), and you'll pick the winners with your article recommendations and Motley Fool CAPS ratings. Who will win the right to cut down the net? Let's tip things off and find out! Talk about a pickle. Thanks to first-round upsets of Whole Foods and Google, I'm up against Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and ... myself. Or, as Foolish editor John Reeves put it to me when the pairings were announced, "Tim Beyers, meet your mortal enemy: Tim Beyers." Great. Choose between Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) and Apple? Why not ask me to choose which of my three children is my favorite? Then again, this might be a wonderful exercise in that it will force me to think through and elucidate the bear case for two wonderful companies.
Dubai Financial Market to launch online stock trading game
A total of 50 colleges and universities are participating in the 'Online Stock Game', which is organised by DFM to educate students about the intricacies of the stock market and develop their talent for investing. Students can take part in the game, and trade stocks and shares through the DFM's website during official trading hours. Every participant will have the opportunity to trade with a 'virtual' sum of up to AED 1 million. Players can then track their investments through the website and newspapers. Mubaraq Al Doosari, General Coordinator, DFM Stock Game, said: 'We are delighted to announce the launch of the fifth cycle of DFM's student stock game. The game reflects DFM's vision to interact with students and educate them about proper investing and how to build a healthy national economy.
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