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From: owner-persfin-digest@lists.xmission.com (persfin-digest)
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Subject: persfin-digest V5 #18
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persfin-digest Monday, May 25 1998 Volume 05 : Number 018
In this issue of the Personal Finance Digest:
find personal finance discussions online...
index data
Re: Bid-Asked Spreak
Re: Real Estate Average Returns?
Re: fraud victim
another page for index information with a link to a data site
Re: SIMPLE IRA cap.
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:30:41 -0700
From: Mark Ollendorff <mollendorff@cybernautics.com>
Subject: find personal finance discussions online...
Everyone seems to be interested in personal finance issues. One way I have
found out a lot of useful information is by going to chat sessions online.
There are a lot of opportunities for people to ask the experts questions on
a broad range of topics. One really good way of finding out where and when
these discussions are taking place is on an online events calendar.
OnNow is one such calendar that lets visitors find events by subject,
topic, target audience, producer, and other specific criteria.
To find out about financial discussions, or any other topic of interest,
take a look at OnNow- Your Guide to Live Events Online.
http://www.www.onnow.com/Find.htmpl
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:09:39 -0400
From: "Mangiero, Susan" <MangieroS@sacredheart.edu>
Subject: index data
Try http://www.globalfindata.com - going back to 1690 for stocks. There
is a sample data page. Otherwise, you have to pay for the data.
Dr. Susan M. Mangiero, CFA
Economics and Finance Department
College of Business
Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Avenue
Fairfield, CT 06432
(203) 371-7953 (phone)
(203) 396-6543 (fax)
mangieros@sacredheart.edu
>
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 23:16:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: MsProf2U <MsProf2U@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Bid-Asked Spreak
<<Is A. B. Watley saying that my discount broker supplements his discounted
commission charge to me by essentally applying a wider bid-ask spread to my
trades and pocketing the extra money? Is this why my trades seem to go off a
less favorable prices than necessary? If so, is this legal?>>
Different market-makers have different bid-asked spreads, and some brokers
indeed fill market orders at better prices than other brokers. I avoid the
whole thing by placing limit orders for most of my trades.
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 01:03:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "L. Chen" <am302@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject: Re: Real Estate Average Returns?
> .................
> I know someone who seems to be getting 5% profit on residential real
> estate and someone getting 15% profit on commercial real estate when you
> compare profit to current value of the real estate. There is no loan. Is
> this typical?
I don't have the answer to your question. This is just a comment on your
comparison.
"Profit on current value of real estate" is more or less equal to the current
yield on an investment, which is DIFFERENT from the total return on a
investment. Total return = income + appreciation.
Chen
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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 01:23:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: "L. Chen" <am302@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject: Re: fraud victim
> ................
>
> Every time you use your credit card, you tell your credit card number to
> someone. Also your credit card statement has your number on it and so do
> all of your credit card receipts. People can go through your trash and find
> these. So any number of people could get your credit card number without
> ....................
> I suggest you buy a shredder. You can get them for less than $100.
> Then never let anything leave your house with your credit card number
> unless it is shredded.
I would suggest that if your are going to buy a shredder, do it right and get
a "cross-cut" shredder for about $150.
Chen
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Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 18:38:05 -0400
From: "Mangiero, Susan" <MangieroS@sacredheart.edu>
Subject: another page for index information with a link to a data site
Dr. Susan M. Mangiero, CFA
Economics and Finance Department
College of Business
Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Avenue
Fairfield, CT 06432
(203) 371-7953 (phone)
(203) 396-6543 (fax)
mangieros@sacredheart.edu
>
>
>
>http://www.investorhome.com/bench.htm
>
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 05:26:11 -0600
From: jmorgan@ecentral.com
Subject: Re: SIMPLE IRA cap.
> > So, suppose a sole proprietorship shows a profit of say, $5,000 on a
> > schedule C? What's the maximum that could be placed in a 401K?
>
> The maximum that can go into a 401(k) plan is 15%. You might want to
look at
> a SIMPLE IRA. There is no 15% limit on the SIMPLE IRA.
There is a $6000 cap on contributions to a SIMPLE IRA.
J. Morgan
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