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My personal opinion is that rape is a violation of a woman's privacy, and therefore is a crime. How can that be defended and justified? If a man can not control his sexual impulses upon seeing a scantily clad woman, it is not the woman's problem. It it the man's problem. People have pointed out ...

[quote=RRK;74870]I am curious, can you pls point me to the source that said currently US market is 30% of the world market ? Because this will significantly affect my international allocation.[/quote] Dear RRK, Although I could not find the original article in the few minutes I searched, I was able ...

[quote=RRK;74870]I am curious, can you pls point me to the source that said currently US market is 30% of the world market ? Because this will significantly affect my international allocation.[/quote]

Dear RRK,

I will try to locate the source and post it here.

YRS

[quote=Lakshya;74514]Of course, .75 played huge role. But I am more interested to know about timing of free fall and reason of free fall. For eg. Indian mkt came down almost 4k in matter of 4-5 days. How much US "R" effect on Indian business? apart from IT and few export business not much. Compare ...

Folks, Just a few random thoughts. Fortunes are created at market bottoms in bear markets. The market downturn seems to have a lot further to go. We have entered a secular bear market. This is really a falling knife, not a market bottom yet. For one, the bad news from financial institutions is not ...

Re 431: Just a minor point or two about Fidelity's commission schedule: The Gold Commission schedule ($8 per trade) applies for account holders with at least $1M in assets at Fidelity OR 120 transactions per month. If I am not mistaken, the silver level commission is $14.95 per trade. Secondly ...

If it is not too late, I am interested in participating.

YRS

It is not clear from your message as to whether you live in India or in USA. Assuming you live in USA, you (as an NRI) are not required to file income taxes in India, unless you have taxable income in India from investments. Without filing a tax return in India, you will not be able to take ...

Hi, As far as I know: - There is no limit on the amount that may be converted from an IRA to a Roth IRA in any year - Once the amount of tax due is determined, it may be paid from any source. These funds may be from your IRA (they do not have to be). - Re. taxes, I will defer to someone better ...

Hi,

It is 25% of salary that can be contributed to a SEP IRA. You have until April 15 of the following year to make this contribution.

YRS