What is the S&P return for 2006 ?
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Right now, the S&P 500 is up 151.47 or 12.1% through Thu.\n\nYou can track it a number of places.  In addition to most newspapers, CNBC often talks about where it is YTD as well.\n\nAs for websites, I use prophet.net mostly.  But here are links to Yahoo where you can keep up with it daily with daily quotes and historical quotes.\n\nCurrent\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5Espx\n\nHistorical\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EGSPC\n\nHope that helps!
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For calendar year 2006, the Social Security tax would be 6.2% on the first $94,200.  However, the Medicare tax is 1.45% without a wage threshold.
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According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, based on the first quarter numbers for 2006, this year's GDP is projected to be $13,020 billion for 2006.\n\nhttp://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/gdpnewsrelease.htm
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After one year the value x will x+x*i=x(1+i) where i the profit and x is the initial value\nAfter 2 year will be x(1+i)^2\nAfter 7 years (2004-1997) will be x(1+i)^7\n\nThe final future value is 1311\nThe initial present value is 309\n(309)(1+i)^7 = 1311\n(1+i)^7 = 1311/309 = 4.2427\n(1+i) = 4.2427^(1/7)\n1+i = 1.22921\ni=0.2292=22.92% annualy\n\nAt 1997- 309*(1+0.229)^0= 309.000000\nAt 1998- 309*(1+0.229)^1= 379.858644\nAt 1999- 309*(1+0.229)^2= 466.9663088\nAt 2000- 309*(1+0.229)^3= 574.0491549\nAt 2001- 309*(1+0.229)^4= 705.6878109\nAt 2002- 309*(1+0.229)^5= 867.5133169\nAt 2003- 309*(1+0.229)^6= 1066.448001\nAt 2004- 309*(1+0.229)^7= 1311.00159
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Huh?  Their fiscal year ends on 9/30, so the thrid quarter for them would be 6/30 of each year.  Their resuts for the quarter ending 9/30 (calendar Q3) will not be released until the middle of this month.\n\nTheir results for fiscal Q3 of 2006 are available here:\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/is?s=MATW\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MATW
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The EU Budget for 2006
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___Date ____Open ____High ___Low ___Close ___Volume \n22-Feb-05 ___25.52 ___25.82 __25.35 __25.41 __6,513,900 \n\nThis data from Yahoo Finance go to:\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=BLS&a=01&b=22&c=2005&d=03&e=20&f=2005&g=d\n\n(last one at the bottom of the page is 22-Feb-05)
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Here's a start - log on to Yahoo Finance.  Start reading the articles.\n\nIf you don't know much, just take a look at the closing prices of the S&P 500 every day, which is an "index" that covers most of the market.  That helps you get a feel for what "up and down" means.\n\nDon't spend money on research - learn how to understand company information.  The site below is great!  Avoid technical trading (buying or selling based on price movements, not company information) - it's simply not good for the beginning investor, and the folks in my office think it's crap, and I work for economists.\n\nBest to buy and hold a stock for at least 3-6 months.  A year or more saves on taxes!
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Try the references below for this kind of thing.\n\nBut from the S & T calendar it was 1st quarter 3:16 PM EST on 3/6, Full 6:36 PM EST on 3/14, last quarter at 2:10 PM EST 3/22 and new at 5:15 AM EST 3/29.
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try http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=RSH
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Go to Yahoo finance, in the upper right hand of the page click on my portfolio.  Set up a portfolio that tracks transactions.  Enter in the correct information and it will give you a rate of return.  \n\nUse this feature only if you want to track your personal finance.  If you are doing research on historical rates of return on particular stocks it would be better to use the following web site.\n\nRate of return is calculated by this formula in microsoft exel.  =((B1/A1)-1)  where A1 is the starting price and B1 is the ending price
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Check Yahoo Finance link below.
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I'd suggest speaking to a stockbroker about costs etc, and the returns would depend on the performance of the company.  I think they're about £4 a share just now, and they performed very well last year.  I've thought about it too because Tesco seem to be taking over the world just now...!
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The link below is the 2006 federal tax rate schedule.  The numbers change every year.
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Briefing.com or Yahoo Finance will summarize available data. Flyonthewall.com will also provide this information
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wait to get the inflation and depreciation rates of this year...or if u want calculate them with the 2005-2006 rates
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stock sales are taxed. last year it was at your regular tax rate.