Investors: Avoid These 5 Common Tax MistakesRecently, more mutual funds have been focusing on effective tax-management. These funds try to not only buy shares in good companies, but also minimize the tax burden on shareholders by holding those shares for extended periods of time. By investing in funds geared towards “tax-managed” returns, you can increase your net gains and save yourself some tax-related headaches. To be worthwhile, though, a tax-efficient fund must have both ingredients: good investment performance and low taxable distributions to shareholders. [More] | The Stock Market Investor's Worst EnemyYou maturely approach losses as part of the learning curve. You've experienced your share of them but your wins are still in the lead, thanks to the commitment you made of not deviating from your chosen strategy. Euphoria sits on your shoulder. One day, after 3 frustrating hours in traffic, you get home to find changes. You know that you should follow your strategy, but Stress and Greed are in charge. You're buying and selling outside your strategy, but are confident that it will be ok – just this once. [More] | Why Your Mutual Fund Doesn't Return as Much as You ThinkNow let's revisit that $1,000 you invested in the average mutual fund last January. By December, you would have paid about $18 in fees and about $12 in capital gains taxes. So you lost about $30 on your $1,000 investment, not $3.70. That's about a 3% decline rather than the 0.37% drop reported recently by fund-tracking firm Lipper Inc. The 0.37% decline is the gross return of the average US stock fund and does not include taxes or fees. [More] |
TIBB - TIB Financial Corp. Announces Stock Split
Yesterday (09/27/06) TIBB - TIB Financial Corp. announced a 2 for 1 stock split payable October 24, 2006. Its shares closed today at $31.90, down $0.10 (-0.31%). This stock is not optionable and has an average daily trading volume of about 2,412 shares..
John McCabe's Web Guides: Black Friday Shopping Tips
Black Friday shopping tips
The best deals aren't always on Black Friday. Many retailers will have big discounts today, but price breaks may be steeper as it gets closer to Christmas and stores need to unload inventory.
Check out retailers' Web sites ahead of time. Yo.
On Forbes List of The 400 Richest Americans
Forbes is out with its list of The 400 Richest Americans.
Have you ever wondered how Forbes knows who to put on the list (and where)? Here, in the magazine'.
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