Recent Content by tacosplz

  1. Tax Planning At Year-End Generates The Most Savings

    Does anyone know if a blanket mark-to-market election can be amended to exclude section 1256 contracts, or would the existing election have to be...
    Post by: tacosplz, Jan 4, 2020 in forum: Taxes and Accounting

  2. 15:59 Options Snapshot

    Thanks Matt. At what time do you get open interest?
    Post by: tacosplz, Aug 8, 2019 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  3. 15:59 Options Snapshot

    Is there any data provider that offers a single-file snapshot of the entire US equity options market (Bid, Ask and day's volume for every...
    Thread by: tacosplz, Aug 8, 2019, 9 replies, in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  4. Is there anyone still using ActiveTick as a feed?

    Yes. I realize that I'm only getting what I'm paying for, but I'm still annoyed as hell that their http API, along with their entire website...
    Post by: tacosplz, Jul 20, 2019 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  5. Help generating some "foreign income"

    Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately the special dividends paid by VMIN are not foreign income (I just called and asked).
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 31, 2017 in forum: Trading

  6. Help generating some "foreign income"

    Executing a million dollars in trades in pursuit of a a few thousand dollars in tax savings does seem like overkill. But on the other hand, the...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  7. Help generating some "foreign income"

    The US depostiary, like any shareholder, only gets the net dividend (i.e., gross dividend minus withheld taxes) from the foreign company. It then...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  8. Help generating some "foreign income"

    The most liquid UK stocks usually have ADRs or ordinary shares on the US exchanges.
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  9. Help generating some "foreign income"

    Why would I want to trade on the LSE at all?
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  10. Help generating some "foreign income"

    Royal Dutch trades directly on US exchanges, but the Netherlands imposes a 15% withholding tax on its dividends, which is too high for the trade...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  11. Help generating some "foreign income"

    I just had a look at one example. I considered buying ~$200k worth of AMX (a very liquid Mexican stock with a 10% dividend withholding tax) at...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  12. Help generating some "foreign income"

    Finding a highly liquid stock in the right tax jurisdiction (UK, UK Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong and Brazil have zero dividend withholding...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 26, 2017 in forum: Trading

  13. Help generating some "foreign income"

    EZU looks like another candidate. If I can find enough very liquid ETFs paying foreign dividends with low tax rates before the end of the year,...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 25, 2017 in forum: Trading

  14. Help generating some "foreign income"

    Thanks toonerdy. It looks like EMB might be another good candidate. It's stable enough that hedging an overnight hold might not even be...
    Post by: tacosplz, Oct 25, 2017 in forum: Trading