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Checkwriting and ACH Transfers
Hi All - Our club is currently with Scottrade and they will not allow us to have checkwriting privileges or do electronic transfers into our account from a linked checking account. I am wondering if any of you have had success with getting Scottrade to ...
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GE, NFLX, AMZN, KO, PEP, BK, SCHW, GRPN, LINKD, Facebook
These are some of the topics of discussion at last weeks Trefis webinar. The recording is now posted for you to view at: January 5 Trefis Webinar The discussion included things like, Why does Pepsi command a higher PE than Coke? How many subscribers does ...
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Membership in an Investment Club
No. CO and MN only require filings from domestic (that is, registered in that state) clubs. PA (and NY and NJ) require filing as long as a partner is a resident of the state regardless of where the club is registered. Ira Smilovitz In a ...
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Membership in an Investment Club
PA, CO, and MN require clubs registered in that state to file state tax returns. PA also requires the club to file if any member is a resident of PA, though there is ongoing debate about whether the state can enforce the filing requirement on ...
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Membership in an Investment Club
Not necessarily. If you exceed 100, you may have to register with the SEC and some states may have their own restrictions. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 1/10/2012 8:00:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, mikeshoppell@gmail.com writes: Is there a limit on the number of members ...
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99 is the max, I think that applies to all states or at least in California it does. Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! Reply message From: "R. M. Shoppell" <mikeshoppell@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jan 10, 2012 4:59 am Subject: [club_cafe] Membership ...
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Membership in an Investment Club
Is there a limit on the number of members that can belong to an Investment Club? Mike Shoppell, member of Merrill Ranch Club in Florence, Arizona.
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Join Us for Dashboard Diagnostics-Tuesday January 10, 8:30PM ET
Join us online tomorrow night for Dashboard Diagnostics as Mark Robertson looks at your (collective) portfolio. He'll be discussing the top 10 stocks held by the most bivio clubs (found on our homepage, www.bivio.com ) and also the top 10 stocks bivio clubs have the ...
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Wash Sales-The Earlier You Contact Us the Better
A wash sale occurs when you sell a stock at a loss and have purchased or repurchase it again within 30 days. When that happens, you are not allowed to claim the loss at the time of the sale. The loss becomes an adjustment to ...
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IPO's and Banks
For those who have ever been interested in all the headlines about IPO's for companies such as Facebook, we'll spend a little time in the Trefis webinar tomorrow night talking about how those are valued. We'll also spend a little time talking about how to ...
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You're Invited to a Trefis Webinar-Thursday, January 5, 8:30PM ET
The Beauty of Data Visualization I'm sure many of you are familiar with TED talks. In fact, if you're like us, many of you may have lost a few hours watching them. Here's one about the impact of seeing information in a visual form. The ...
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Are You Better Off Now Than You Were on January 1, 2011?
Here is the ride we all went on as investors last year: An inevitable question when viewing this is "Are you better off now than you were on 1/1/2011? More Happy New Year to you all! -- Laurie Frederiksen Invest with your friends! www.bivio.com Become ...
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REIT's
For those of you who are interested in REIT's, here is a very nice pamphlet of information put together by the SEC. SEC Pamphlet on REIT's Of course, hopefully by now, you realize that the tax reporting issues they come with will make them problematic ...
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Nice Look For Bivio.com
Not sure when the change occurred, but nice front end look for bivio. The design is clean and streamlined. Please thank your design team. Any future plans for a mobile app version?
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Cost Basis Reporting and Spinoffs
Starting with stocks you purchased in 2011, your broker is going to be reporting your cost basis to the IRS when they are sold. You want to make sure the numbers they will report are correct. Fortunately, this club caught a mistake in time to ...
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