Author: pluginever

Assuming my capital gains tax is 20% for ease of math. If I buy a stock, it goes up, I sell, if I want to buy back in hoping to buy more stock, does it have to drop 20% to actually end up with more? It sure seems that way: eg: I buy 10 stocks…

I invest mostly in US and some part in Indian market. I am an Indian national so I understand the Indian market very well too. I invest mostly in Nifty 50 which is broad index for top 50 largest Indian companies. While making investment, I want to assume no foreign exchange rate risk. So I…

This is the first election in US history where one of the candidates has a ticker symbol named after him and the last time the polls were this close was Bush vs Gore. What stocks are going to rise and what stocks are going to fall if: A) Harris wins by a wide margin? B)…

These daily discussions run from Monday to Friday including during our themed posts. Some helpful links: Finviz for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks Bloomberg market news StreetInsider news: Market Check – Possibly why the market is doing what it's doing including sudden spikes/dips Reuters aggregated – Global news If you have a…

Oct 6 (Reuters) – Activist investor Starboard Value has taken a stake of about $1 billion in Pfizer (PFE), opens new tab and wants the U.S. drug giant to make changes to turn its performance around, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Starboard has also approached Ian Read, a former Pfizer CEO, and…

This one caught my eyes, because I'm a believer in the Great Rotation, and sooner or later, over-coverage fatigue will set-in with A.I and tech stocks. Not to mention, the power hungry data centers can't be fueled alone with solar or wind. Traditional energy is here to stay. This is also a good diversifier in…

Hi All, Simple question here. I’ve got about $250k sitting in my savings that I would like to keep readily available for investments or even life events. Would storing in SGOV be ok? How does it work? I get a monthly dividend? Can I then sell at anytime? Thanks!

Distributors are amazing stocks. I’m looking for the next group of smaller cap industrial stocks that can replace the existing group of distributors that are now at high multiples. distributors that i love but are too expensive include: Ferguson $FERG +140% in 5yr, 23x PE, 40bn mkt cap WWGrainger $GWW +240% – 27x , $50bn…

I'm interested in what caused colgate Palmolive to skyrocket in the last year or so. Oct 2023 to now the stock was up from $60ish to $110. It's now dropping under $100 and based on technicals (my limited technicals anyways rsi, bolinger and roic as well as DCF valuation) it seems like a good buy,…

Let's say for example I own 100 shares of Apple and I bought them 10 years ago. And then I bought two more shares of Apple yesterday. In a month from now I sell two shares. Or five, whatever. Do the shares that I'm selling count as short-term or long-term gains considering I've had shares…