Like i said it is from my Mother's Estate. So the money i have is between $30,0000 and $50,00000. And it is stock she owned, so should i have the Executive of the estate sell all the shares or should i purchase some from my part of my money?
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If you inherited, then keep the holdings. \nThe situation is hard to predict, who know when the situation in Iraq or Iran will be stable.
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You need to speak to an attorney about your rights and obligations.  Also, why not speak with her financial advisor to find out what, if any, plans are in place concerning your mother's death.
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I'm in Australia.  As far as I'm aware the estate of the deceased person is required to pay the outstanding debts.  So your mother, as beneficiary, is required to pay the debts out of the money that was left to her, rather than out of her own money.  If there is insufficient money in the estate, then it will not be necessary for her to make up the shortfall.
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Well, sounds to me like you may never get your money here. I would just be upfront...tell her that your parents have decided they would like to buy it and since she has been unable to pay you the agreed upon amount you are going to sell it to them. She has renigged on her agreement and that gives you the right to sell it to someone else. If her and her uncle are upset...they will get over it.
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Invest,\nReal Estate, Stocks
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If you signed for a loan, you owe the money. If for whatever reason you can't pay, the bank will go after her assets and the house would be the secured part of the loan. Seems that for fairness sake, the loan should be paid from the sale of the house prior to anyone getting a share of the estate. Of course life is not always fair. Consult an attorney.
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cost basis for all 468 shares is $570.  However, that assumes there has been no reinvestment of dividends.  \n\nDo you know if this stock has ever paid any dividends?  If it did you should have paid tax on the dividends, and need to adjust the cost basis to add in the amounts used to purchse additional shares.  \nIf for some reason you don't know the amounts, you can always ignore that when you sell and just assume the cost basis is $570 - you'll end up paying more tax than necessary, but should not get in trouble with the IRS. \n\nDiscalimers: The above is my opinion.  I am not authorised or licensed to give any investment, tax or legal advice.
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The company is bankrupt, meaning as an owner, your shares are worthless.\n\nHowerver, if you have the stock certificates, you can sell them on eBay.\n\nEnron stocks were going for $50 per piece of paper to folks who collect such things.
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(my assumed numbers are for residential, non commercial, and casual investing)\n\nif you have a small investment in this stock, i cant really provide you with much good information (small can go from 1 to maybe 35/40 shares in this case)\n\nassuming a more medium investment of 50-120 or even up to 150 existing shares, there are two options i see as viable.\n#1. if the stock may split in a year or less, hold on to what you have, and then after the split, hold on just long enough for the post-split rise to end, and pull out all the extra shares you gained that you did not originally have, thus making profit.\n#2. pull out and invest in something you predict will do a similar thing in the near future, and keep riding the short-term market until you lose your momentum.\n\nif you have a larger investment, you might consider the previous plan on #1 or, you can take the time to do some math. take $ you have in stock, subtract $ in stock you had at start, and sell enough shares to equal that difference (your profit) as close as you can. that way, you have the same commitment as before in terms of money, but not shares. However, in the event that the stock splits, you will increase those shares and have the opportunity to sell those extra shares again for even more money. even if it does not split, the money you made pulling out the profit will support another endeavor into a similar situation or allow you to do whatever it is you want with it.\n\nThat’s the short term scheme of things anyway! (im more of a long-term investor) Good luck.
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It all depends on if your mother had a will or not? If she did, is your brother the executor to the estate? was the money left in trust to you? Was your brother given power of attorny?\n You would be better off to ask an attorny, then to ask questions on yahoo reguarding these matters, and you ask the question like we all have crystal balls...I SEE A MAN... HE IS TRYING TO STEAL FROM YOUR MOTHERS ESTATE.. I mean come on, How are we supposed to know. Like I said "Seek the advice of an attorny"
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Same kinda thing happened to me. I listened to people who said do it the correct and legal way. I have nothing of my moms. So go get. Chances are your sister isn't going to take the time and money to take you to court over it. If it's value is mostly to you. If you could make some kind of written deal with her. Have her sign it. I'm sure she would agree to it. If she gets enough to get the next high with. Life is like cards. You gotta know when to hold-um and know when to fold-um. And sometimes you just got to walk away. Good luck. And my condolences.
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It really depends on your goals, financial situation and age.  The older someone is (like your mom), the more conservative you want to be.  However, for someone younger, you need to plan to stay ahead of inflation in retirement and many fixed or indexed annuities will not allow you to do that if that is all you have in your portfolio.  Having a good mix is key.  Many financial planners suggest subtracting your age from 100 and then using that number to decide what percentage of your portfolio should be made up with stocks/mutual funds.  Tell your mom that while she is probably very happy with the way she has invested, you have a different strategy for maximizing growth and staying ahead of inflation.\n\nOne side note - there are some variable annuities that can get you the type of return you like.  So, once again, it just depends on what you choose.  Hope this helps!
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If I were you, I'd not take a whole lot of stock in a pension.  Remember, IBM just froze theirs and they are a financially sound company.  If I were you, I'd make sure I had enough money invested to make sure I could retire well - Don't believe it.
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It may be difficult, especially if the stocks were not held in a "gift to minor" account.  Your parents, obviously the ones who contributed the money to purchase the securities, may have had the certificates re-issued, deleting your name.\n\nIf it was held in a "gift" account, find out what bank or broker holds the account, prove that you are who you say you are, and are "emancipated", and you should have no problem in acquiring the assets.
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No, I believe that your father is worrying unnecessarily.  I think that what has happened technically, from what you say, is that you are tenants in common with your father, having been left your mother's share of the property in trust.  It does not make any difference to your father's position, but I do think that you should take legal advice, as you may be faced with a nasty bill for inheritance tax.  The following link will give you a helpline.  It's worth a phone call to check up on this.  Under the present law, if your mother's half of the property is worth less than £275,000 then no tax will be due. When your father dies (which I hope will not be for a long time to come, by which time the law may have been changed), his half may also be below the threshold, so again would miss IHT. \n\n\nhttp://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:6NomUA1DMqIJ:www.hmrc.gov.uk/cto/glossary.htm+probate+tenants+in+common+inheritance+tax&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1
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The distribution of his estate will be determined by his will or trust.  You need to request that your father make a new one.  If his present will names his wife (your mom) as beneficiary, then he needs to re-do it......Tell him you don't care how he distributes is real assests in his will or trust,  just make sure he has one...a current one!!!! \n\n My dad made a will  10 years before he died.  His wish was that his wife (not my mom) receive the house/.farm, which he figured at the time, was 40% of his estate, and his stocks would be divided among his four children, 15% each.  During those 10 years, he became ill, and she quit her job to care for him. (she was 30 years his junior). He never changed his will, which was fine with me..... she was the only woman who ever loved him for who he was rather than for the amount of $$ he could make (he was a doc).  But, during those 10 years, all of his stocks had to be sold to support them and his illness.  The estate was then thrown into court.  I came to her side to try to get it so that the house/farm would still be hers.  My siblings, (being the reptiles that they were) wanted her thrown out of the house immediately.  Over a year later, I got it settled that she could stay in the house (actually, it was a large farm) as long as she wished, and when she wished to sell, the 60-40 split would be made then and only then.  My dad had independently signed the house over to her 2 years before he died, but they got it denied in court!!!!!!  It was messy.  Wills are sort of complicated.  Your dad needs to see an attorney.  Short of that, he can write out a will IN HIS OWN HAND, rejecting the will or trust he has now, if he has one......  how he would want his estate divided should he drop dead tomorrow.  He then needs to have a couple of friends of his sign each page and date each page, and put it in a safe deposit box.  You don't need to know what it contains, only that it exists.  This will hold up in court.  However, a planned estate (now called a trust) works better.  We are all very good at denying our mortality... wills and the like are "ded stuff" and we all hate to think of that.....\n\nNow for a real twist::::::::::  My ex and I divorced, no children, and our wills were 20 years old.  We did the divorce ourselves, nothing was listed to be divided, got papers off the internet, everything blank, filed, and we were granted a divorce.  But we continued to hold things jointly -- joint checking accounts, joint savings, joint investments, each the beneficiary on our IRAs, I remained the beneficiary to his insurance policy, he paid for the care and boarding of my horse in California, I moved to another state..... etc. Again, none of this was written out or filled in on the divorce papers...... Our 20 year old wills were made when we were flying all over Africa in the late 1980's and figured we'd both die in a plane crash in Kenya somewhere.  So, we left it all to 4 charities.  We did not revise our wills after our divorce....(mistake) we made our estate together, who but the other deserved it more should one of us die, right????  Besides, most everything was joint, anyway, right????  Between the granting of our divorce, August "04 and the time he was killed in an accident, July '05 he did take out a few things  (big investments) in his name only.  Even he thought my name was on them!!!!! In California, joint tenancy and beneficiary status FAIL, read again FAIL with divorce..... unless me, as the surviving ex can prove "beyond all reasonable doubt" that the decedent would have wished joint tenancy and beneficiary status to remain.  I did have that proof, but it took a year, and $20,000 of attorney fees and a mediation session  to prove it.  Those 4 charities froze ALL of my assets, and his too!!!!  Charities, for christ sake!!!!  In the end, against what he really wanted, they got everything that was in his name alone, and cut into some of the th
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It will be in your best interest if the estate gives you a deed for the property and you sign a mortgage back to the estate for the loan.  \n\nThis can be a complicated transaction so I strongly recommend that you retain a real estate attorney to handle it for you.  The fee should not be that high and it will be worth it to make sure that your intentions are carried out properly.