What laws have been placed on the U.S. Stock Market to keep it stable?
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stable?!?!? we're gonna have another stock crash and the middle class will become non existent
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Anything that has to do with the past/future submissions of your state/federal taxes should be kept for seven years.\n\nALSO.. another thing VERY IMPORTANT.. If you have stocks and have dividends each year and you pay taxes on THOSE dividends, keep the papers until you SELL or liquidate the stocks. You do NOT want to pay taxes on the gains in the year you sell the stocks IF..... IF you have been paying taxes on the dividends in the years past. The IRS tried to get me one time but.. I kept ALL the dividends earned and the tax papers proving that I paid taxes on them.. I kept some for 25 years.\n\nLight bills, cable bills, etc can be gotten rid of after a year
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SHARE MARKETS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR ITS FLUCTUATIONS..\nNOW A DAYS THE INDEX GOING HIGHER..A SIGN WHICH SHOWS A COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS..\nWELL.\nE.C. IS HIGHLY EMPOWERED TO CONDUCT AN FAIR ELECTION OF THE WORLDS BIGGEST DEMOCRACY.
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Darts and a WSJ. :)\n\nThis strategy outperforms quite a bit of Wall Street pros, based on a few studies.
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The U.S. Census has your answers!\n\nThe closest information you can find is in the 2006 Statistical Abstract of the United States:\nhttp://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/06statab/foreign.pdf\n\nCheck tables 1276 and 1281 for current foreign investments and holdings in the U.S.
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Your question is not clear.  If you are referring to a roll-over of a 401K or IRA, then the rules are the same regardless of the State, because these are Federal laws.
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Putting to much stock in something..\nFor What Goes Up WILL Come Down...\nTry and contain yourself always..or you'll be headed for a fall..
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finance, theory and practice of conducting large public and private dealings in money. Important institutions of private finance include those that deal with insurance, banking, stocks (see stock), bonds, and other securities. With the development of the national state, public finance—the management of the revenues, expenditures, and debts of the state—has been of great political, as well as economic, importance. The most important source of government revenue is taxes, but sale of public properties and franchises, as well as the sale of interest-bearing bonds, also contribute. Since the Korean War, a large part of governmental expenditures has gone for various military and defense needs. Other important areas of governmental expenditure are health, education, and welfare (the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs); interest on the national debt; and public works. Important institutions of international finance are the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund.
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No, that led to all kinds of perversions of market forces in the past. Liquidity is also an issue. \n\nIf it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Legislation enacted by the federal and various state governments to regulate trade and commerce by preventing unlawful restraints, price-fixing, and monopolies, to promote competition, and to encourage the production of quality goods and services at the lowest prices, with the primary goal of safeguarding public welfare by ensuring that consumer demands will be met by the manufacture and sale of goods at reasonable prices.\n\nNo Competition/Antitrust law seeks to make businesses compete fairly. It has had a serious effect on business practices and the organization of U.S. industry. Premised on the belief that free trade benefits the economy, businesses, and consumers alike, the law forbids several types of restraint of trade and monopolization. These fall into four main areas: agreements between competitors, contractual arrangements between sellers and buyers, the pursuit or maintenance of monopoly power, and mergers.
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They could stay overbought for months or even years!\n\nHave you considered the "short sale" of companies that are flaky and poorly managed but have inflated stock values?
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Maybe look into GASB34.  It's an accounting standard for government.  It is causing a lot of uproar because of what it means for asset management.  Hot topic right now.
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The best way to protect yourself against a stock market crash is to have a diversified portfolio and practice asset allocation, stocks, bonds and CDs and money markets.  If you have a long time horizon, ten years or more, you shouldnt worry about a stock market crash.  Because you have time to make up for it.  The closer you are to retirement, or the time you will need the money, the more of your portfolio that you should have in safer investments like bonds, CDs and money markets.  If you have a long time horizon, a well diversified and balanced portfolio, then a crash is a buying opportunity.
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rule 501 regulation d of 1933 sec act provides for limited sales to accrdited investors.  General solicitation may be your problem here.  There are limitations to the solicitation you are using. you would still be subject to state blue sky laws. see http://www.law.uc.edu/CCL/33ActRls/rule501.html for a start.  However it is actually pretty easy.
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I dont know what kind of answer you're expecting. I'm New York USA. We have the Nasdaq, S&P 500, New York Stock Exchange and a few others. Stocks go up and down. You would need to learn alot about stocks and how they work before "getting into stocks". \nStock  101. A small company decides they will incorpate their business. When they incorporate they give stocks to other members of the company. These members are then shareholders. Each share has a worth. It could be $0.20 or $20.00 or anything else. As more people buy the cost of shares rise. As more people sell the cost of shares drops. People get ansy about buying stocks. It's like gambling. You don't know if the your shares will go up or down. People study the company and the market. For instance, Someone has designed a machine that will make typing a letter much easier than using a typewriter. With a typewriter you have to press hard on the keyboard. You must buy ribbon. You must buy correctype and if you want a different font you will nead to buy a new daisy wheel or other item in order to change the font. This new machine will prevent more error because it allows you to see the words before they reach the paper, which give you a chance to backspace without using white out or correct type. No wasted ink. Less paper to throw away because less mistakes are made. And hey my machine even has a spell check. The person who invented the machine has already told all his friends. He has an article in the newspaper. Some reporter had an interview with him. He has even written a short book about it and some new other inventions he has lined up. He has a 10 year patent on his machine. Now keep in mind that the manufacturer of the old typewriter has many "shareholders". The manufacturer of the correct type or white out also has share holders. The Ribbon Manufacturer also has shareholder and the manufacturer of the ink for the ribbon also has shareholders. The new typewriter is called a word processor. He going to sell his new word processor to book publishing companies first. Then hes going "Go Public" and have the outside public buy shares. He just announced the new and improved word processor for the home office. Its lighter and more affordable. It will be just a matter of time before the old typewriter is out of business. A smart shareholder would sell his stock once he/she read or heard of this new invention and start buying shares of the manufacturers of the material (sony, toshiba, texas instruments) of the new machine as well as the new machine (brother, panasonic).\nAnother example: You know that there was a tsunami that destroyed the cities where the largest manufacturer (Company A) of computer memory chips were manufactured. You also know that the second largest manufacturer (Company B) of computer memory chips will now become the largest until Company A gets back on its feet. You had shares in Company A. Well you are going to sell those or just expect a major loss but you've thought ahead and borrowed some money and purchased a huge amount of stocks from Company B. Smart move unless you did'nt read that there was another Company A manufacturing plant in another city not affected by the tsunami.\nDepending on how much you want to invest and on what kind of risks to take will determine how you want to invest. High Risk = Stock Broker. Low Risk = Mutual Funds, CD's, Treasury Bonds.\nI would suggest speaking with stock broker. But be very weary, they are bigger snakes than used care salesmen.
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There are no set rules.  The S&P Index Committee has the final say based on their own criteria.  If you want the full explanation, it is here:\n\nhttp://www.ifa.com/Media/Images/PDF%20files/SP500_Rules_GeneralCriteria.pdf\n\nIt is an easy read.\n\n.
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During the 1920's in the US the economic boom lead to a great number of investors in the stock market. The laws applying to the purchase of stocks allowed for the purchase of stock on margin.  This meant a small amount of money was put down and the rest was held on credit.  Much of the debt was foreign, in loans to European nations who were struggling to recover from World War I. The market did not generate sufficient cash to meet the increased value of stocks.  As the investors took "profits" the market became more and more strapped for cash.  When US banks tried to call in foreign loans the nations were unable to pay. The lack of cash resulted in the rapid decline of stock values and lead to the crash of 1929, bringing about a world wide economic depression in which many people lost all they had.