Sunday, March 13, 2011

Odd Lots March 14

The official definition of odd lot is a group of shares amounting to less than 100 shares. For purposes of Stockerblog.com, it is a group of news snippets from various financial and business web sites. It has nothing to do with being 'odd'.

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The SEC is looking at hedge funds with repeated, above-market returns

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The US National Debt in real time, along with debt per citizen and debt per taxpayer.

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Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK-A) (BRK-B) Warren Buffett in a rock video.

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Check out mortgage brokers' backgrounds at Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

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Zions Direct has set up an auction system where you can bid on corporate bonds, municipal bonds, and certificates of deposit. For example, a Wal-Mart 13 month bond is currently bid to yield 2.25% and a University of North Texas one month municipal bond is currently bid at 2.46%.

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Carl Icahn is giving back his investors' money.

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Three extra days to pay your taxes. Taxpayers will have until Monday, April 18 to file their 2010 tax returns and pay any tax due because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed in the District of Columbia, falls this year on Friday, April 15. By law, District of Columbia holidays impact tax deadlines in the same way that federal holidays do; therefore, all taxpayers will have three extra days to file Federal taxes this year. Caution: this deadline extension probably doesn't apply to your state income tax.

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