If you are a securities trader, you can make a “mark-to-market” election under section 475(f) of the tax code. Under this election, a trader reports all gains and losses from securities held in connection with a trading business as ordinary income (or loss), including securities held at the end of the year.
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Taxes : Mark-To-Market Election
April 15th, 2010 
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January 26th, 2010 Before You Invest Goldman Sachs has closed its Global Equity Opportunities (GEO) Fund.The hedge fund, which was once deemed the organisation’s flagship investment vehicle, is thought to have shut during December of last year, an unnamed source told the Financial Times.At its peak, GEO attracted up to $7 billion of investment but the sum dwindled to $200 million by the time it was closed by the bank, the newspaper reported.GEO suffered during the start of the global financial crisis, losing an estimated $1.5 billion in the first two weeks of August 2007.The fund traded in algorithms which were impacted by the subprime mortgage crisis of 2007.Goldman Sachs, CV Starr & Co, Perry Capital LLC and real estate business man Eli Broad were among the investors who place together a $3 billion rescue package to keep the fund afloat.The investment was eventually recouped but the fund never attracted the same level of interest following the losses of that period.Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs recently unveiled results for the fourth quarter.Profits of $4.8 billion were recorded by the bank in the period, which took annual earnings to $13.4 billion.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Algorithms, Amp, Business Man, Capital Llc, Cv, Earnings, Eli Broad, Equity Opportunities, Estate Business, Financial Times, Flagship, Fourth Quarter, Global Equity, Global Financial Crisis, Goldman Sachs, Hedge Fund, Investment Vehicle, Quarter Profits, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Unnamed Source Comments OffInternational Monetary Fund now estimates global bank losses at $3.4 trillion
November 8th, 2009 Before You Invest The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reduced its estimate of global bank losses by $600 billion – but warned the new figure of $3.4 trillion could rise further due to high unemployment rates across the world pushing up loan losses.Rising security values combined with a new way of calculating losses are to thank for the improvement on the original $4 trillion deficit calculated in April.But the IMF says that around another $1.5 trillion worth of loan writedowns will hit banks by the end of 2010.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Banks, Brink, Earnings, Economic Recovery, Financial Institutions, Financial Meltdown, Global Bank, Global Financial Stability, Global Financial Stability Report, Government Support, Imf Report, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund Imf, Jose Vinals, Loan Losses, Policymakers, Public Purse, Reuters, Trillion, Unemployment Rates No Comments »Bank fraud trial begins in China
August 7th, 2009 Before You Invest Executives charged with being involved in China’s largest alleged bank fraud have gone on trial in the south of the country, it has been reported.According to Reuters, Caijing magazine states that bank officials and property developers charged with fraudulently borrowing $1.44 billion from Bank of Communications (BoCom).Around half of the money has been recovered, with an unnamed representative telling the news source that the case would not have an impact on the earnings of BoCom this year.Officials first started investigating the case in 2007 and the magazine added that police are still attempting to locate former BoCom regional president Liu Changming who is suspected of being involved in the alleged fraud.BoCom is China’s fifth largest bank by assets and is partially owned by HSBC. It recently posted a 39.87 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase in net profit for the opening three months of the year, with the figure totaling $1.16 billion.
Goldman tops estimates with record Q2 earnings
July 15th, 2009 Before You Invest Goldman Sachs posted a net income of $3.44 billion, or $4.93 a share, in the second quarter, up 65% from a year ago. The earnings were the largest in the firm’s history and topped analysts’ average estimate of $3.65 per share. more athttp://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ayS40SuxDlU0
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Amp, Earnings, Estimates, Goldman Sachs, Net Income, Newsarchive, Pid, Second Quarter, Sid, Topped Analysts, Tops No Comments »Monster to Settle SEC Backdating Claim
May 20th, 2009 Before You Invest Monster Worldwide Inc., the world’s largest online- recruiting company, will pay $2.5 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit for making misleading public statements about stock options it issued.The suit and settlement were filed yesterday in Manhattan federal court. A federal jury last week found former Monster Chief Operating Officer James Treacy, 51, guilty in a criminal trial of defrauding investors by improperly accounting for backdated stock options at the New York-based company.Monster reported in 2001 that net income was $69 million when it was really $3.4 million after options expenses were recorded, prosecutors said in the Treacy case.
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: 5 Million, Chief Operating Officer, Criminal Trial, Damages, Earnings, Federal Jury, Investor Lawsuit, James Treacy, Manhattan, Misleading Public Statements, Monster Worldwide, Monster Worldwide Inc, Net Income, Nine Years, Option Grants, Prosecutors, Recruiting Company, Securities And Exchange, Securities And Exchange Commission, Stock Options No Comments »Goldman reportedly eyeing share offering to repay government
April 10th, 2009 Before You Invest As Goldman Sachs prepares to report solid earnings for the first quarter, the company is looking into making a large share offering to investors to help pay the government back for its $10 billion loan, sources said. The exact size of any offering has not been determined, but sources said it would likely be several billion dollars, at least.more athttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB123932742279007541.html
Posted in Finance Fraud Tags: Billion Dollars, Earnings, Exact Size, First Quarter, Goldman Sachs, Investors, Loan Sources, Wsj No Comments »Disclaimer
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