Call for End to Short Term Investing

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by sophiekay, Sep 9, 2009.

  1. FB123

    FB123

    Let's just ask big daddy Warren Buffet to decide. He's soooo smart, he must know what's best for all of us!
     
    #31     Sep 11, 2009
  2. gkishot

    gkishot

    Next time someone wants to sell a stock he needs to call Mr. Warren Buffet and ask if it's ok.
     
    #32     Sep 11, 2009
  3. FB123

    FB123

    No, no... you can't call him, that would be too quick. You have to write a letter. That will give you more time to think about it and make sure that you REALLY want to make such a rash decision.
     
    #33     Sep 11, 2009
  4. That's the interesting thing about this. If you read what they are saying, Short term investing is anything less than several years.

     
    #34     Sep 11, 2009
  5. telience

    telience

    Bit confused by that statement. My reading of the URL you sent is that for stocks held for less than 1 year, you pay regular income tax.

    Type of Capital Asset Holding Period Tax Rate
    Short-term capital gains (STCG) One year or less Ordinary income tax rates up to 35%
     
    #35     Sep 11, 2009
  6. gkishot

    gkishot

    That's correct.
     
    #36     Sep 11, 2009
  7. All of our Bots are using non arbitrary ink. Have you noticed how we have stepped up our frequency lately?

    A lot of evergreens in Aspen seem to be losing their needles.
     
    #37     Sep 11, 2009
  8. It will be America that's mostly in the soup (joining us).Asia will be ok and so will those who recover from brainwashing I think.
     
    #38     Sep 11, 2009
  9. #39     Sep 11, 2009
  10. So Warren the Old Fool Buffet is asking the government to bail him out? Incompetent.

    He is asking for tax favor from the government! Shameless.

    He is secretly inciting a transaction tax on traders and creating an uneven playing field. Crooked.

    Let these old dinasaurs die!!!! This is the Internet age and no sane investor will hold a position for years. Only old old idiots like Warren Buffet do it. It doesn't work anymore.

    So he is asking the government to change the rules of the game. How fucking dishonest he is!
     
    #40     Sep 12, 2009