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club_cafe: Re: Buying Gold
Remember gold etfs do not get favorable capital gains treatment. Long term capital gains are taxed as collectibles -- 28% (less if you are in a lower tax bracket). Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 12/15/2004 3:59:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, samcvic@bivio.com writes: Wayne (03)Edwards ...
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Buying Gold
Our club is exploring possibility of buying gold in order to balance our portfolio. Here's a question that came up in our meeting that I need some feedback on. If the club owns say 10lbs of gold(coins or bar) and a member wants to withdraw. ...
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Meetings
Hello Bivio Club Members; My club has come to a crossroad, and we are looking for feedback on how often other clubs meet? Currently, we meet monthly, however, life appears presented us all with some challenges. Feedback is requested for the following questions: 1) How ...
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Scottrade
Will there be a time eventually where Scottrade would be available for use on the Bivio platform. I have a joint account with my family that I would be willing to place on here.
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NJ Partnership Filing Threshhold for 2004
I just received the following email message from the NJ Division of Taxation (nice of them to reply in a prompt fashion <g>): TO: iras1@aol.com Ira Smilovitz FROM: Regulatory Services Branch DATE: December 13, 2004 RE: Investment Clubs - Partnership Filing Fee In response to ...
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club_cafe: Re: IRS form SS4 help
Part 8a -- most investment clubs are organized as partnerships or LLCs. If you are an LLC electing to be treated as a partnership, you also check "partnership". If you are organized as some other entity, choose the appropriate one. Section 9 -- Use "banking ...
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club_cafe: Fractional Shares
You're going to have to look at the transaction records for that security and compare them to your historical records from TDWaterhouse. If you just sold the stock and there were fractional shares involved, the fractional shares may have been removed from your account pending ...
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Fractional Shares
Bivio report shows .0587 shares of a stock at current valuation. However this amount doesnt show up on the transaction screen. Broker TDW shows zero position in this stock. How do I clear this .0587 shares from Bivio? My Bivio cash balances with TDW. Ray ...
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club_cafe: IRS form SS4 help
The instructions for Form SS-4 are self-explanatory. Perhaps if you can specify where you're having problems, we can provide assistance. Ira Smilovitz In a message dated 12/12/2004 2:22:22 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jglaza904@bivio.com writes: Can anyone please tell me what I need to fill out ...
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IRS form SS4 help
Can anyone please tell me what I need to fill out on form ss4 for my EIN I cannont for the life of me figure out what I need to put on this form for an investment club If you could tell me the sections ...
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club_cafe: Re: Wellpoint Health Networks to Wellpoint, Inc. ??
Paul, Your answer contains some errors and was incomplete. In addition to being a complex transaction because of the stock + cash nature of the merger, the fact that the new company retained the Wellpoint name and ticker symbol adds another wrinkle. Here's what Mike ...
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club_cafe: Motorola Spin-Off
I'm not sure how you're trying to enter this, but there is no requirement for any price entries. Enter spinoff. The original company is Motorola, the spinoff company is Freescale (not Freemarket), the date is 12/2/04, the number of shares is .110415* the number of ...
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club_cafe: Reverse split and Stock warrants
A reverse split is entered the same as any other split, just enter the ratio correctly (e.g.., 1 to 5). You'll have to give more information about what kind of stock warrant transaction you are trying to enter is it the issuance of a warrant, ...
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Reverse split and Stock warrants
Our club owned a stock that completed a reverse split and distributed some stock warrants. Does anyone know how to record the reverse split and stock warrant transactions inside the Bivio site? Thank you in advance, Peter
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Motorola Spin-Off
Does anyone know how to account for the FreeMarket spinoff from Motorola? I see where I should be entering the spinoff date as well as the price afterwards, but I'm still lost. Thanks!
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