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    Stocks - Should I sell and rebuy before the end of the year for tax purposes?

    Stocks - Should I sell and rebuy before the end of the year for tax purposes?


    Should I sell and rebuy before the end of the year for tax purposes?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 05:28 AM PST

    Hey everyone. First year investor here and I have a tax question. I haven't made a single sell since the first week of October (all short term sales this year). At that point, I was up around 15% year to date upon my last sell. However, with the decline the past 2.5 months, I'm down around 38%. For tax purposes, would it be wise to go ahead and sell, (while instantly rebuying) to avoid paying any capital gains taxes before the close of the year?

    On a separate note, I'm not worried about the position I'm in as I've turned to a long term approach and have a great position despite being down temporarily. Any insight would be great! Thanks!

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    What unspoken rules do you believe to be true about price movement on stocks?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 04:47 AM PST

    One I've found is that popularity of the stock/company seems to matter. The P/E ratio can be great. The company can be doing extremely well. But if it's too unknown or the company is too quiet then you wont see any decent lasting movement in the stock price. While companies who are well known you will see them being priced at least 3x more than they should be.

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    Tax question - sell for a loss to avoid LTCG?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:17 PM PST

    I am trying to best position myself for tax season as I have a decent amount of long term capital gains from a stock that I will be responsible this year (approx $7,500). I currently am holding a stock that I have lost $800 on (shot term). Since ltcg is approx 10%, is my thought process correct that I can avoid some of the capital gains if I sell the stock I'm taking a loss on since it can be deduced from income? I am in the 24% tax bracket.

    Thanks!

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    AXA (EN:CS) - why such a low P/B ratio?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 10:00 AM PST

    I have had my eyes on AXA (EN:CS, a French insurance company) for quite some time now. The stock pays relatively high dividends (~6%) and is trading at its 52-year low. Its price to book ratio is 0.75.

    At first glance, this looks like a good buying opportunity, but I am curious why it P/B ratio is so low. What are your thoughts? Does anyone know why the P/B ratio is so much lower than other insurance companies?

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    Is this how I should be looking at it? (ATVI)

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 09:57 AM PST

    Hi Guys!

    First of all - I am new to this community, and have recently gained a lot of interest in investing and generally in stocks as well. If this post is made in a wrong way or I am not supposed to make the post like this, I am truly sorry.

    My discussion is about Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI) and its recent fall at 43% the last 3 months which seems to be due to the recent news at Blizzcon about Diablo Mobile instead of the anticipated Diablo 4 for PC and due to a "not so good" Q3 report reporting lower earnings, which made investors scared.

    What makes me think this would be a buy at this moment is due to the fact, that the mobile gaming market is looking strong and seen to grow substantially over the coming years. My own experience (Having traveled in Asia for a long period of time) is that consumers in these areas do not necessarily have access or the funds to buy a gaming computer, but recent cheap pricings on well-performing phones makes it easier for consumers in more rural areas to access this technology to also start gaming. This is what I've seen myself at night near many convenience stores in e.g. Indonesia where young people or even older people sit and play these types of games together.

    I am new to trading stocks and i am also new to having the mindset of gathering information in regards to micro/macro-economic trends. Therefore it would be great to have a discussion about this for me, since I do have some insights (At least I think so) into this matter.

    I hope i can get more enlightened in this matter in one way of the other whether the stock is a good buy or you should stay away for it!

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    Stock buybacks

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 02:04 PM PST

    Can someone explain to me how stock buybacks are good long term? Or maybe they're not lol. Anyway I understand that a company buying its stock back ups the price, and then they can sell the stock back later for a profit. But since they are selling it back and not keeping it won't it slowly drive the price back down? Seems like a roundabout way for the company to make money

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    Does the rising interest rate affects companies that's already in debt?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 01:24 PM PST

    For example, companies like $T already carry a huge amount of debt. Are they affected by the future rising fed rates or is their debt structure on a fixed rate?

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    Viva Sears! Well, never say die looks like.

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 11:00 AM PST

    r/Stocks semiannual arguments against TA, fundamental analysis, etc - December 2018

    Posted: 28 Dec 2018 08:52 PM PST

    Main purpose of this thread is to facilitate common arguments against technical analysis and fundamental analysis, such as "TA doesn't work" or "learn to read charts."

    Feel free to even argue against quantitative analysis or naked trading. You can even argue against trading stock options and even stocks its self ("zero sum game"); whatever you want as long as you're respectful to each other and follow the rules of r/stocks.

    This post will be linked to other posts and tracked through Reddit search: See past arguments here.

    If you're new to stocks, please see the wiki here.

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    Where to find ETF's

    Posted: 28 Dec 2018 09:45 PM PST

    Hello I was wondering where I could find information or details regarding common or uncommon ETF's and what stocks they cover?

    Was looking into investing into stocks but more so into sectors rather than individual stocks.

    Thank you.

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    After hours

    Posted: 28 Dec 2018 03:31 PM PST

    Soo are after hours dependent on your brokerage? Or do they all end at 6:00PM

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    Mutual funds

    Posted: 28 Dec 2018 04:45 PM PST

    Hello I'm kinda new to investing have some stocks that I bought, but I want to know whats the benefits of buy a mutual funds and understand the price to buy

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    college student stock options

    Posted: 28 Dec 2018 07:33 PM PST

    I am a college student. I am thinking of starting to trade options, although I dont really know what the correct path for me to start is. I have about $1000 in savings, how should I start trading, where should I start trading and what type. I was also researching about day trading, would that be a good option? Also, if I really put in some work, what kind of profits would I be looking at at the end of the year?

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    Does Etrade individual brokerage account have minimum balance?

    Posted: 28 Dec 2018 05:38 PM PST

    Im new to all of this, but I recently got an Etrade, and cannot find this information anywhere. I dont want to get stuck with a charge if I deposit any money from my bank account, but when I signed up I saw absolutely nothing about a monthly fee or a minimum balance for this type of account.

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