Bogleheads :: View topic – Stationed in Iraq and Roth IRA
We write here all the time about asset allocation and asset location. It’s worthwhile to figure out your goals and then the asset allocation that will get you there, then the asset location given the containers or accounts available to … read more…
Personal Finance tips for Managing the Income Portfolio. Helpful …
Finally, the Asset Allocation Formula is often misused in an effort to superimpose a valid investment planning tool on speculative strategies that have no real merits of their own, for example: annual portfolio repositioning, … read more…
A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation – Melane …
A Quantitative Approach to Tactical Asset Allocation – Melane Faber. I believe I have mentioned this before but it’s so important that it deserves a second writeup. http://ssrn.com/abstract=962461. Excellent Paper! … read more…
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Economic and Market Update: Market Rally&at last!
I hope you enjoy my latest update. If you have any questions or comments, don?t hesitate to call.
Economic and Market Update: Market Rally?at last!
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An Economic Tsunami Lies Ahead- Revisited
An Economic Tsunami Lies Ahead- Revisited
– Critical Economic and Market Update
– Portfolio Repair and Recovery
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Four at Four: Investors Take the Wheel
I am proud to say that I was recently quoted in the Wall Street Journal.
It?s quite an honor. I put the article below if you?d like see it.
In this Update:
- What is going on with the ma… read more…
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Asset Allocation: International Investing
From WallStreet*E’s Investor Education Series.
Open Question: Ideas: money management or asset allocation?
anyone have strategies on money management or asset allocation when dealing in stocks.
I’ve gotten some great general info with my questions.
I have read a lot and will continue to, but I’m looking for more detailed ideas or examples of people that have made a living trading. I need to either make a living or hang on for a while until I can find another job.
There is a lot of potential here. I’ve missed thousands get getting in at the wrong time.
I’m up about $200.
Maybe what I need is a mentor for awhile.
I’ll try going to messenger maybe thats where I should be.
Voting Question: Accounting Test HELP!!!?
here is a tst i hav ei need some help!
1. A characteristic of a fixed asset is that it is
a. intangible
b.used in the operations of a business
c.held for sale in the ordinary course of the business
d.a long term investment
2. Land acquired so it can be resold in the future is listed in the balance sheet as a(n)
a. fixed asset
b. current asset
c. investment
d. intangible asset
3. Which of the following should be included in the acquisition cost of a piece of equipment?
a. transportation costs
b.installation costs
c. testing costs prior to placing the equipment into production
d. all are correct
4. Which of the following is included in the cost of constructing a building?
a. insurance costs during construction
b. cost of paving parking lot
c. cost of repairing vandalism damage during construction
d. cost of removing the demolished building existing on the land when it was purchased
5. Accumulated Depreciation
a. is used to show the amount of cost expiration of intangibles
b. is the same as Depreciation Expense
c. is a contra asset account
d. is used to show the amount of cost expiration of natural resources
6. Expenditures that add to the utility of fixed assets for more than one accounting period are
a. committed expenditures
b. revenue expenditures
c. current expenditures
d. capital expenditures
7. A capital expenditure results in a debit to
a. an expense account
b.a capital account
c. a liability account
d. an asset account
8. In a lease contract, the party who legally owns the asset is the
a. lessee
b. lessor
c. operator
d. banker
9.All leases are classified as either
a. capital leases or long-term leases
b. capital leases or operating leases
c. operating leases or current leases
d. long-term leases or current leases
10. Factors contributing to a decline in the usefulness of a fixed asset may be divided into the following two categories
a. salvage and functional
b. physical and functional
c. residual and salvage
d. functional and residual
11. A fixed asset’s estimated value at the time it is to be retired from service is called
a. book value
b. residual value
c. market value
d. carrying value
12. When the amount of use of a fixed asset varies from year to year, the method of determining depreciation expense that best matches allocation of cost with revenue is
a. declining-balance
b. straight-line
c. units-of-production
d. MACRS
13. The most widely used depreciation method is
a. straight-line
b. sum-of-the-years-digits
c. declining-balance
d. units-of-production
14. The depreciation method that does not use residual value in calculating the first year’s depreciation expense is
a.straight-line
b. units-of-production
c. double-declining-balance
d. none of the above
15. Expected useful life is
a. calculated when the asset is sold.
b. estimated at the time that the asset is placed in service.
c. determined each year that the depreciation calculation is made.
d. none of the answers are correct
16. The accumulated depletion account is
a. an expense account
b. an intangible asset account
c. reported on the income statement as other expense
d. reported on the balance sheet as a deduction from the cost of the mineral deposit
17. The process of transferring the cost of metal ores and other minerals removed from the earth to an expense account is called
a. depletion
b. deferral
c. amortization
d. depreciation
18. Expenditures for research and development are generally recorded as
a. current operating expenses
b. assets and amortized over their estimated useful life
c. assets and amortized over 40 years
d. current assets
19. The term applied to the amount of cost to transfer to expense resulting from a decline in the utility of intangible assets is
a. amortization
b. depletion
c. depreciation
d. allocation
20. The exclusive right to use a certain name or symbol is called a
a. franchise
b. patent
c. trademark
d. copyright
HEELLPPP PLEASE
Open Question: how can I create a Financial Model for financial assets allocation?
I am trying to make financial assets allocation model. in other words , I want to construct a financial model , for allocating of financial assets. how can I do that? what is its process ?
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