2013/7/31-9/16 [Reference/RealEstate, Finance/Investment] UID:54720 Activity:nil | 7[31 Suppose you have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank earning
minimum interest rate and you're not sure whether you're going to
buy a house in 1-5 years. Should one put that money in a more
risky place like Vanguard ETFs and index funds, given that the
horizon is only 1-5 years?
\_ I have a very similar problem, in that I have a bunch of cash
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2013/5/9-7/3 [Finance/Investment] UID:54675 Activity:nil | 5/9 I'm stock newbie. Let's say I made $1000 in Jan 2012 and then
lost $1000 in Feb 2012, does that mean I'm not liable to pay
any tax given that I made $0?
\_ Yes.
\_ Are both long term gains/both short term gains? And I assume you
mean realized gains, i.e. you actually sold the stock in an
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2013/7/31-9/16 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Industry/SiliconValley] UID:54719 Activity:nil | 7/31 Hi, I am looking for a monitoring recommendation for use at home
with my MacMini and as a second monitor for my Airbook. At this
point I dont want to buy a fancy Apple monitor -- will probably
wait for then to announce a new one -- but price doesnt really
matter [office buy], but it doesnt seem like there is any need
to spend more than $500? Historically I've just gotten a decent
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2010/3/19-4/14 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:53756 Activity:nil | 3/18 Why is a genuine Mac Book charger $60 when it's only $20 on eBay?
I failed to see a difference in quality.
\_ Why does popcorn cost so much at the movies? Why do car values
halve the minute you take it off the lot? Why do you suddenly
pay less when you become a senior citizen? There are economic
reasons for just about every pricing puzzle.
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2009/5/23-29 [Computer/Companies/Ebay] UID:53036 Activity:nil | 5/23 I'm seeing a bunch of old German copy stuff w/ Swastika on it
selling on eBay. Doesn't eBay ban Swastika? Or I got it confused
with other stuff?
\_ These are only banned in Germany.
\_ and in France.
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