How do I find the value of stocks that are 80 years old?
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Go to the Secretary of State's Office in the state of incorporation and determine the chain of events.  If it survived the Depression, it is likely worth a lot of money.  That is a big if.
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go to finance.yahoo.com\n\ntype "^GSPC" then click on history\n\nit will give you the history with price adjusted for dividends
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The formula for depreciated value at the end of each year is:\nValue=(Worth Original) X (1 - Rate of Depreciation)^^Years\nsubstituting for year 2 we get\n30000 = 50000 * (1 - r)^^2  ==> 30000/50000 = (1 - r)^^2 ==>\n.6 = (1 - r)^^2  take square root of each side ==>\n+/-sqrt(.6) = 1 - r  ==> +/- .7746 = 1 - r ==> r = 1 +/- .7746 ==>\nr = .2254 or 1.7746 r must be less than 1 so r = .2254\nsubstituting again for 1000 dollar minimum we get\n1000 = 50000 * (1 - .2254)^^x ==> .02 = (.7746)^^x using logs\n==> ln(.02) = ln(.7746)^^x ==> ln(.02) = x * ln(.7746) solve for x\n==> x = ln(.02)/ln(.7746) ==> x = 15.316...\nThe machine will reach have it's last depreciation at the end of the 15th year and will be worth scrap of $1,000 for every year after that.
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There is a life expectancy calculator here:\nhttp://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/calcs/n_expect/main.asp
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About the best I could find was this, which lists NYSE info for 1900-2003. You have to put the numbers in a graph, but the data is here. Best of luck.\n\nhttp://www.nysedata.com/nysedata/Default.aspx?tabid=115\n\nGo to Historical and then look under   Annual reported volume, turnover rate, reported trades (mils. of shares) (1900-2003)
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Kroydron or something like that. \nHere is a place you can look up value \nhttp://valueguide.pga.com/index.php
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I guess I would go back to about 1980 and buy lots of microsoft and wal-mart stock. Easy street for me.
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Stocks split to affect the perceived value of the stock.  A stock worth $75.00 might go through a 3 to 1 split.  If you owned 100 shares to begin with, you would now have 300 shares valued at $25.00 ea.  The stock is split when the company feels it can drive up sales by making it appear that the former $75.00 is now on sale.  It's all smoke and mirrors to confuse the investor.  There is also such a thing as a reverse split.  These really hurt.  You may have 100 shares at $75.00 and they might do a 1 to 1000 split and all of a sudden you own 1/10th share valued at $75,000.  These usually lose value very fast and before you know it, you have 1/10 share valued at $75.00. A company can split stocks as often as they like as long as they comply with their corporate bylaws.
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If this is a corporation stock, it will indicate which state that it is in. In most cases, you can contact your state's Secretary of State's office to learn if that company is still in business, and what has happened to that company over the years.   \n\nIt might take a bit of work to find any value.  Even if it went BUST a long time ago, the story will go well as a family heirloom.   Write the story and keep it with the stock certificates.
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very easy. contact www.stocksidea.com. they have answer of this
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Here's a stock software program that will screen stocks and help you find ones to buy based upon criteria you input:\nhttp://www.best-stock-trading-systems.com/swingtracker_review.html
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First, you need to figure out what the value of the stock was, and then subtract off the tax to figure out the profit.  In a sense, what you're doing mathematically is saying "14,800 is 28% of what number?"  To get this, divide 14,800 by 0.28 and you get 52,857.14.  Subtract off the 14,800 and you get the 38,057.10 (or close to it, with rounding).
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Go to the treasury department's web site.  You can plug in the month and year of the bond and it will tell you exactly how much your bonds are worth.
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probably 50-75 bucks, depending on the condition of the blueing and stock.  sorry, it's not a high dollar item.  but look at the bright side, it's worth the same now as it was 45 years ago, maybe a bit more.
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Try Yahoo Finance.  You can get a decent spread for the public companies going back a few years.  You can also look at the quarterly/annual reports and grab the numbers from there.  You might be able to find them under all the SEC filing or on the company's web site.
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go to yahoo stock screener and input 5% in div yield field. it will give you a long list. then use other fields to narrow it down to what you are looking for.
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email investor relations for Credit Suisse.. that is the easy way and they should come through with the info or a link.\n\nfaster way would be dashing down to your local library and hitting the microfiche (do they still have those?) for old newspapers or the Business Reference section for old S&P or Moodys books on splits and dividends. wake the librarian up and ask them to help.