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1.
Sometimes, the more you trade, the lower your per-trade commissions.
True. Some brokers reward "active traders," as they are called, with lower per-trade commissions, provided that the traders meet a certain minimum number of trades per time period.
2.
All else being equal, which of the following planners would have the biggest conflict of interest regarding your money?
A commission-based planner. Anyone who earns commissions has an interest in encouraging as many trades as possible. To what extent they act on that interest will, of course, vary.
3.
You short 100 shares of fictional company Hoosier Soybeans Corp. at $20. The shares subsequently drop to $15, and you close out the short position. What would your cash profit be?
$500. Youll borrow 100 shares and immediately sell them to receive $2,000 (100 shares x $20/share). Once the stock drops to $15, you buy the shares back for $1,500. Your cash profit is $500 (cash received of $2,000 minus cash paid of $1,500).
4.
Say you are relaxing at home a week after having bought some stock on margin, and the price of the stock has dropped immensely during those days. Suddenly your phone rings, and it is your broker. You know instinctively that this is _______.
A margin call. If the stock price drops deeply, your broker may worry that you wont be able to pay back the loan, and he or she will give you a margin call asking you to add more cash to your account.
5.
Full-service brokers who get paid by commission may have an interest in trading frequently for you. What are some possible downsides of this?
Both of the above. Frequent trading, while it may have other values, can lead to commissions that chip away at your returns, and it can lead to more taxes on gains that you make.
6.
If you place a market order to buy 100 shares of fictional company Wolverines Sailboats Corp., at what price and when would the trade be executed?
The trade would be executed immediately at the best available price. A market order tells the broker to buy or sell at the best price available, and the trades are usually executed immediately, assuming the market is open.