The answer to your question about how much money i have to invest for stock is between $30,0000 and $50,000. l
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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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(Since you're talking about the IRS, I must put up a disclaimer that this advice is worth what you paid for it.  Nothing.)\n\nIf you have records showing how much you paid for the stock when you bought it, the amount you paid is your cost basis.
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You can invest at least $10 a month to buy Microsoft at http://www.mystockfund.com/ or if you have at least $500 you can open a brokerage account at scottrade.com\n\nTop 10 Answerer in Business & Finance.
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You know there is a minimum amount you have to invest in money market funds. Probably at least 18,000 pounds or 10,000 US
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It depends on the mutual fund.  Exchange traded funds of which there are many,  the minimum cost is that of one share of the fund.  Funds with front end loads normally have a low minimum investment amount, about $500.  Funds without loads normally have higher minimums, about $2,500 to $5,000.  Some funds have very high minimums, $100,000 maybe even more.  \n\nIf I had to guess the average, I would have to guess about $1,000.
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$30.00...before State and Federal Income Taxes, Capital Gains Tax, Broker Fees, etc. If you sold the stock you bought for $500.00 for $530.00, you'd net about $5.00...!
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It really depends on the area in which you want to invest.  It can range from $150,000 all the way up to $750,000+.  What I really want to do once I get my finances in order is to flip houses, that is where the real money is.  =)
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If for some reason you do not wish to open a stock brokerage account, contact your local bank and ask them if they will buy stock for you.  Also ask them how much they charge.  An on line discount broker will charge you about $10.
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Well, if you already have an account set-up with a brokerage house you should have access to research functions.  If not, then the first thing to do would be to set-up an account (I would suggest sharebuilder.com myself).  You might need to define short term.  It would also help if the dollar amount available is known.  I'm a big fan of treasurydirect.gov.  That site allows you to purchase government backed securities (t-bills) that are short term (4 weeks, 13 weeks, 26 weeks).  The interest rate is 5% and the money is state tax free so that's the equivalent of earning 7-8% in a taxable account.  As far as specific stocks go, I would be very wary of taking anyone's word on "hot" stocks.  So please be careful.  This is just a broad brush stroke answer.  I work in the industry (though not at sharebuilder) so if you'd like more details or have additional questions feel free to drop me a line.  Good luck!
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They just break down the price of the stock or fund as a percentage. If you invested 25.00 and the price of the stock is 50.00 you would have you have a 50% or a half unit. This is a common practice for mutual funds and other investing vehicles. It allows you to decide how much money you want to contribute, and they can put your total allotment to work for you, instead of having to wait until you have enough money to buy a full share or unit.
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Unless you already have $5mil, wake up and stop dreaming. Stock investing for a 1 year time frame is inappropriate. You stand a substantial chance of ending up with less at the end of 1 year. For that short of a time frame, CD's, money markets and conservative bond investments are more appropriate, but the prevailing rates are low and you would need to start with$4.8 mil or so to reasonably have a chance to reach your goal.
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There are lots of mutual funds that will take $100 to get you started.  So a search in Yahoo Finance or MSN for funds that start with a min investment of $100.  I have been an investment advisor for over 23 years.
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YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING !!!   No one should have more than 5 % of their total investments in any one stock.   If you purchased it at $ .50 (total investment = $ 5,000 ), wait til it hits $ 1.00 and then sell off half.  You now have all of your investment back and no matter what happens,  you are safe.  If it goes to $2.00,  sell off another half.    Then just sit back and hope that it goes to $ 10 and splits.  In a few years, you could have 10,000 shares worth $ 100,000 but, in the meantime, you have had no sleepless nights worrying about it.
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You're correct.  Presumably you received a 1099-DIV with $8000 (or whatever) in the cap gains distribution.  You would need to include that amount in your return.  When you sell the shares, that amount will be included in your basis so your eventual gain will be total sales price-$108,000.
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Say you own a share of stock valued at $100.  If the stock splits 2 for one then you now own 2 shares valued at $50 each.\n\nIf a $100 share of stock pays a dividend of 50 cents then for each share you have the company pays you 50 cents.
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Hi April,\nTaking what you know you have some amount invested at 5% (or.05) and the remainder of 30,000 invested at 9% (or .09). Since the first amount is unknown, we will call it X. Once we invest that we have the remainder to invest at 9%. \n\nLet X= amout invested @ 5%\n30,000 - X = amount invested @ 9%\n.05X + .09(30,000 - X) = 1940\n.05X - .09X + 2,700 = 1940\n-.04X = -760\nX=$19,000 \n\n$19,000 @ 5%\n$11,000 @ 9%\n\nOR\n\nLet X = amount invested @ 9%\nSo, 30,000 - X = amount invested @ 5%\n\n X(.09)  + ((30000 - X)*.05) = 1,940\n.09X - .05X + 1,500  = 1,940\n.04X = 440\nX= 11,000\n\n$11,000 @ 9%\n$19,000 @ 5%\n\n\nConfirms\n\nYou may further confirm:\n($11,000)(.09) + ($19,000)(.05)\n=$990 + $950 = $1,940!\n\nHave fun with your math :-)
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You can't actually hold 2.43 or 23.13 shares, it should be 2 shares and 23 shares.\n\nBut to answer you question, you would have lost 32.19% on your yahoo investment, but gained 16.24% on your google investment