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I noticed an unusual charge of around $2,000 on my credit card statement so I called the credit card company to dispute the charge. Then I noticed a package notice that the usps left for me that's from the same company. Turns out that someone got my credit card number and address, set up an...

These ETFs are down big today, their NAVs aren't down nearly as much. Both are trading at a significant discount. AS of 10/10 BND Nav 73.66 price 69.96 AGG Nav 96.99 price 88.40 Anyone know what's going on here?

Hank Paulson has been saying that companies are having difficulty with short term financing. I was at an investment seminar a few months ago, and the analyst said the same thing. If this is true, why is my money market fund paying 2%? Shouldn't the lack of available credit drive rates up? I...

I'm looking to put some more money into the market and am considering VTI (Vanguard TM), VEA (Vanguard Europe/Pacific), and VWO (Vanguard Emerging Markets). Then I noticed that all these funds have large unrealized capital gains. 16% for VTI, 17% for VEA, and 34% for VWO. I'm concerned that I...

Hello, An elderly relative recently died and left a portfolio of ny municipal bonds and preferred stocks. They are held by a few large brokerages. I'm helping the executor settle the estate. I looked at the trading volumes on these securities and they are very low. We would like to sell in...

If you don't know what AMT or ISOs are skip this (it'll make your head spin!) If you understand how to recover AMT credit caused by an ISO exercise please help me. My head is spinning! In 2000 an ISO exercise produced an AMT adjustment of $150K which caused $30K in AMT to be payed. Regular...

I didn't vote in either of the polls I think they are a bad idea. They'll only serve to alienate people and have no useful purpose. Haven't we been through this before? I don't think they should be banned but people should think twice before posting polls on forum members.

My girlfriend brought this movie home last night. I didn't think I'd like it but it was fantastic -- even on our 19" crt. Morgan Freeman narrates. Nature loving folks with large screen TVs will especially enjoy this film.

Given the low rate paid by iBonds I'm looking to redeem. I'm going to wait until 3 months after my rate drops so that I maximize return -- collect the 6.75% and give them the 2.41 for my 3 month penalty. The problem is that Treasury Direct has a lock on my account. They said that they were...

Skype is a VOIP (voice over IP) program that runs on your PC. You can already use Skype of free PC-PC calls. Now they are offering free PC to telephone or cell phone calls within the US and Canada. Skype is owned by ebay. www.skype.com

I'm primarily an index investor.  Since I Ered I don't make regular purchases aside from reinvesting dividends.  I'm thinking about moving to ETFs because of the very low cost costs and attractive mix of index funds. Since I may move fairly large sums over I'm concerned that the price/NAV...

..while teaching a group of school kids about gun safety! Video is on this page

My subscription to Norton Internet Security 2004 just expired. I tried to renew the antivirus component, but they require are full sub for IS 2004 which is $10 more. Since I don't care too much for norton (long boot times, proper removal has required a disk reformat in past) I figured I try...