Buying Odd Lots And Handling Stock Commissions
Many brokerages allow any number of shares from fractions to thousands but watch commissions. A $15 fee on a $250 purchase is 6 percent, while $750 with $15 is 2 percent. Some brokers offer as low as $8. Focus on total costs, not just percent gains, and consider long term holding strategies instead of fixed percentage targets. For more, visit Fool and Investopedia resources.
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Bond fund perils and tips for rising rates
The piece explains how rising interest rates lower existing bond prices and how bond funds can suffer in rate-hike years. It contrasts holding individual bonds with funds, notes advantages of diversification and reinvestment, and points readers to TreasuryDirect and Fool resources for safer, shorter and inflation-indexed options.
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Fool's cap: lesson from a disastrous AIDS test stock tip
A reader recounts buying 900 shares at 11 each after a tip in a biotech firm with an AIDS test. The stock fell to 1.50, and he wonders if wishful thinking or compulsivity blocked losses. The Fool advises researching a company, reading reports, and distinguishing spin from facts to avoid similar mistakes.
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Foolish Trivia Guess: Name That Major Department Store Group
This quiz item asks to identify a large department store operator with 300 plus stores in many states and brands including Parisian Proffitt's McRae's Younkers Herberger's Carson Pirie Scott Bergner's Boston Store and Club Libby Lu. Headquartered in Birmingham Alabama it records about 6 billion dollars in annual sales and often ranks No 1 or No 2 in most markets.
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Toyota Aims for No 1 World Auto Market Share
Toyota Motors reports fiscal 2003 net profit of 1.16 trillion yen up 55 percent and North American sales of 2.1 million. Driven by Sienna and Lexus RX330, the firm holds 42.9 percent of Japan's market and seeks 15 percent global share as it expands and cuts costs.
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Archer Daniels Midland Named World’s Largest Food Processor
The company based in Illinois operates a global transportation network with over 270 plants. It produces soy products, corn for ethanol and sweeteners, wheat bakery ingredients, cocoa, veggie burgers, and solvents. Annual sales exceed $30 billion and it serves up to 300 million meals daily.
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Money fund yields steady as assets slip in latest week
The week ended Tuesday saw unchanged seven and thirty day money market fund yields at 0.53 and 0.52 percent, while fund maturities averaged 48 days. Bankrate notes steady 0.45 percent on money market accounts and 0.25 percent on interest bearing checking accounts. Retail taxable fund assets fell $2.55 billion to $670.70 billion. total retail assets drop to $861.87 billion. Tax exempt funds rose by a million to $191.17 billion.
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Credit-card fees trap unwary consumers in rising costs
uBS MarketWatch reports credit-card issuers raise profits through fees amid fierce competition and more late payments. Information float delays statements to boost fee income, while over limit and late payment penalties can trigger higher rates and multiple charges.
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