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Welcome to the staging ground for new communities! Each proposal has a description in the "Descriptions" category and a body of questions and answers in "Incubator Q&A". You can ask questions (and get answers, we hope!) right away, and start new proposals.

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Posts tagged finance

Use for questions that belong to the Finance community proposal.

Community tag for the Finance proposal. See the proposal for which topics are covered, the scope of the community, and other details.

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Meta Should Accounting merge into Finance?

Accounting was proposed about a year ago, but there have been no posts in the incubator. A comment on the proposal suggests that accounting should be within the scope of Finance. There is no over...

0 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Incubator Q&A Why are many bond ETFs just like a worse-performing S&P?

There is a common notion that bonds and stocks hedge each other: When business is not going well, companies borrow money to make up for sales and investments drying up, and government (especially K...

1 answer  ·  posted 6mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Incubator Q&A What is the impact of potential cap gains exposure for a retail ETF investor?

Apparently, ETFs have a "potential cap gains exposure" in that, when the ETF buys and sells some underlying asset, it is subject to capital gains tax. Supposedly, this leads to things like buying a...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Meta What happened to Finance questions on Incubator Q&A?

I remember seeing some Finance questions on our Incubator Q&A? Where did they go? I can't find them!

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Ethen‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Mithical‭

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Incubator Q&A Income tax when selling a house

When an ordinary person sells their house in the US, what happens to their tax situation? Usually, houses sell for half a million and up, and considering also regular (ie. salary) income, this woul...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Stephen Ostermiller‭

Descriptions Finance

Site Name Finance Description This proposal covers any topic in finance, from Personal to Quantitative. I came to Codidact because StackExchange lacks a website that covers ALL of finance! For i...

posted 1y ago by Ethen‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Incubator Q&A Should I buy down my mortgage rate?

Some lenders offer an option where one can pay additional money in closing costs to get a lower APR. This is often called a rate or point "buy down". Is this a good idea?

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Incubator Q&A What income groups benefit from IRAs?

In the United States, there are various IRAs intended to help ordinary people save for retirement. It appears that generally, one funds these accounts and purchases securities with the funds. In ex...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by matthewsnyder‭