if there is an investment company has about 30yrs history, can i say it's "old-line" company?
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I would describe it as "well-established" or "long-standing." In today's economy I think those descriptions fit a 30-year-old company.
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Yes you can. One example Is Warren Buffet's company thats what they do.
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base on just part of the word "Ex", I would say no. It's like saying ex-wife. So... ExFinancial was in the financial business and now they are looking to be out of it and the owners are going to run and take all the money and screw all the employees.
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Frankly, if you are asking people for favourite stocks, then I think it is time you take a step back and improve on your financial literacy and investment education before you attempt to invest in anything. \n\nWho in today's dynamic society can guarantee that starbucks will last forever or at least until you retire? Who in today's dynamic society can guarantee the survivorship of any companies and hence their stock for 50 years until you retire? Who in today's dynamic society can guarantee that the stock market will not crash when or just before you retire? \n\nListening to free, off the street advice is an expressway to disaster and there is never one "God-Given-Sure-Shot-Highway-To-Freedom" Stock. \n\nRemember, just buying stocks and holding on does not make you an investor and does not guarantee you a nest egg... your nest could break faster than you expect and will hardly last your lifetime if you do not have any investing knowledge.\n\nIf you want to just invest monthly and forget about it hoping that someday in the future you will have enough to retire on, then you probably want to look at some investment linked endowment plans with a financial planner instead. The stock markets is no place for amateurs with completely no knowledge.\n\nRead more good books and articles on investments to expand your vision and horizon before you decide to go deeper into the subject. For some of the best investment books that I have ever read, please visit http://www.bestoptiontradingbooks.com and for some of the must-read investment articles that I wrote personally, please visit http://www.mastersoequity.com/articles.htm\n\n\nHope these information helps and good luck on your journey to financial excellence.\n\n\n\nhttp://www.mastersoequity.com\n\n\n\n\n.
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I think the first thing you want to do is an online search on the companies - find out whatever you can about them that way.\n\nThe companies could changed their names, the companies could have been acquired, the companies could have gone bankrupt, the companies could have been taken private, etc.  All have ramifications as to potential value.\n\nThere are several published references on old stock certs - see if your library has one of these:\n\nFinancial Stock Guide Service" - updated annually since the 1920's, I think.\n\nAlso:\n"Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable & Worthless Securities" \n"National Stock Summary".\n\nIf you have no success in identifying/tracking the companies, there are services for hire - those will come with a fee.
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Can answer quite a bit after 30 years in the business, but a less general question would be nice.
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I would say just check the Dow 30.  The are established companies that would fall under "blue chip".
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Check their respective prospectus. If they refuse to give, walk away. That's your right as investor.\n\n:->
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If it is a publicly traded stock then the company info would be listed at the URL below.  They have a stock symbol "look up" link as well.
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Our company has been in business for 30 years, so that's not a problem.  But in your case, I would indicate the most recent financials you have and specify that your company was established in 200? and additiopnal financials are not available.  The company sending out the RFP will understand what this means...
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Really depends on your definition of long term and what you think the company is worth now and in the future.  For tax purposes (in the US) long term is usually considered greater than one year.  When financial advisors talk about investing for the long term I think they usually mean 5-10 years or more.\n\nThe real answer, though, is that you need to somehow figure out what you think the company is worth and then decide whether the stock price is high, low, or about right.  Most people use numbers like the price-to-earnings ratio, cash flow, income, and debt ratios to figure out the health of a company.  The nice thing about these number is that they are all readily available at sites like Yahoo! Finance and they're quick and easy to use when comparing one firm to another.  The downside is that they only present a snapshot of the company and you have to use some common sense when deciding which ratios are most important.\n\nFor instance, looking at a retail company like Gap it's important to look at inventory turnover and same store sales figures along with some of the other information above to get a more complete picture of the firm.  But if you're looking at a software company like Microsoft you won't find same store sales (they have no stores) and the inventory numbers may not be as meaningful.\n\nIf you want to get more advanced you look at things like future cash flow predictions and net present value analysis and that sort of fun stuff to determine what you think the firm is worth and compare that to the stock price.
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Well if you know how old they are they maybe worth more then what you pay for them. My advice is you need to look it up on some web site find the name of the company or who made it and look up some back ground on it you never know might be realy old!
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When you get the prospectus of a mutual, they have to disclose the fees, so it's pretty trivial to tell if it's load or no-load.  Just beware that no-load doesn't mean no fees.  They just charge the fees throughout the year instead.
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Legally NO.  They need to show their full record.   A good trader is one that has more wins than losses, that doesn't mean they don't have a fair percentage of trades that fail.  Hence one reason diversification is so important!
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yahoo might have a database going that far back,  http://finance.yahoo.com/\n\nit depends on what stock you want to look up though.
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Investments (that would be addressed with a QDRO) can be defined as pre or post tax investment. \nPre means that tax was deferred on both the basis ( the initial contribution) and the income. A post tax investment means that the basis was already taxed, so tax is only due on the income. Tradition IRA's and 40lK's ( or similar plans) can have both. \nRoth IRA's are post tax investment where the income accrues free of add'l tax.\n\nIn each case, beyond any tax,there are penalties for premature withdrawl. If the funds from the QDRO are transferred into an equivalent IRA or qualified plan, then ther is no penalty and you pay any tax  onlyat the time when you  actually take a distribution. \n\nIf you take a distribution now and do not rollover, you will be required to pay applicable penalties beyond the tax.
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Yes, I've heard of them. They appear solid.\nAny company that managed to exist for 25 years has to know what they're doing.  BTW, check out http://ibooyah.com for investment ideas.