In this tough economy people are looking to save as much money as possible, but it is not always that easy. Some people make it even tougher on themselves by their own ignorance of tax laws and a stubbornness to do it themselves. In this case, there is often more taxes paid than is necessary

In particular there is one way that people often misinterpret. When selling a property and then reinvesting it, it can be sheltered from taxes as long as it is done properly. If you try to shelter some money that does not qualify it could come back to hurt you.

A 1031 tax exchange is the reinvestment of the money gained from the sale of one property to another like property for the same intention. For example, if you wanted to get out of one rental property into another, you could do that and avoid taxes because you really have not gained anything yet.

There are also some other requirement s that the transaction from one property to the other be completed in a certain time frame. For example, the replacement property must be identified within 45 days of the sale of the relinquished property. Also, the sale must be completed within 180 days.

In order to do a 1031 exchange and have it qualify you must use a 3rd party who has been qualified to process a 1031. They are primarily used to hold the proceeds from the sale until you reinvest it into the new property. The government has made this rule to protect against from 1031 fraud.

While the idea is not to have a gain it can happen at times. This can happen for several reasons. One of the reasons that this can happen is when you downgrade in your property. When a gain occurs it is called a boot. The problem with receiving a boot is that you then need to pay taxes on that. Be sure you know where you stand and any possible things that you can do to prevent that from happening if you wish to defer all of the taxes from the sale of the property.

To better understand what a boot it is, it is helpful to understand how this can come about, even without the intention of making this happen. For example, if the property that you invest is less than the property that you sold. Without anything to offset that, it becomes a gain, or a boot. It can also happen in the same case, but instead of cash, the debt is reduced

One of the hardest and most stressful parts of the 1031 exchange is finding the 1031 exchange property within the limited time frame of 45 days. Once that is done, the stress goes down significantly, but the close on that property needs to happen within 180 days of the closing of the other.

If you have never learned about a 1031 exchange or 1031 exchange property, but you buy and sell property, then you should learn some more so that you can stop spending money on unnecessary taxes.

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Never ever trade without a stop loss in place, this is the most important lesson a trader needs to learn from the very start of the trading career. Risk management is an important part of any trading decision. One important way to control your trading risk is by setting stop loss exits. A stop loss exit is a practical tool used in risk management. However, there is an art of developing the right stop loss exit strategy.

On the one hand, you dont want to set too tight stops that you constantly get bumped out of the market. On the other hand, you dont want to get too liberal with your stops that you never lock in a profit.

The topic of setting stop loss exits generally falls under the heading of trading systems. Your exits must be carefully coordinated with your entries. This is a trading skill that you can only learn with experience.

How many stop loss types you can use in trading? There are a variety of stops that you can incorporate into your trading system. The following sevens are the most valuable:

1. Initial Stop: This stop is identified before you enter the market. This is the first stop set at the very beginning of the trade. The initial stop is also used to calculate your position size. It is the largest loss that you are going to take in the current trade.

2. Trailing Stop: This stop trails the price action and locks in when the price action is reversed. Trailing stops develop as the market develops. The trailing stop lets you lock in profit as the market moves in your favor.

3. Resistance Stop: A resistance stop is placed just under the countertrend pullbacks in a trend. This is a form of a trailing stop used in trends.

4. Three Bar Trailing Stop: This stop is used in a trend when the market seems to be losing momentum and you anticipate a reversal in trend.

5. One Bar Trailing Stop: Use this stop after three to five bars move strongly in your favor when the prices have reached your profit target zone. This stop is used when there is a breakaway market and you want to lock in profits.

6. Trendline Stop: Use a Trendline Stop placed under the lows in an uptrend or on top of highs in a downtrend. You always want to get out when the prices close on the opposite side of the trendline.

7. Regression Channel Stop: A regression channel usually represents the width of the trend channel. A regression channel forms a channel between the highs and lows of the trend. Stops are placed on the outside of the lows of the channel on uptrends and outside the highs of the channel in downtrends. Prices should close outside the channel for the stop to be taken.

Try to overcome your fear and place your stops at reasonable places in the market. If you find yourself being stopped out too frequently or if you seem to be getting out of the trend too early then most probably you are trading with a fearful mindset.

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When the gross domestic product (GDP) falls for two consecutive quarters, all economists agree that we are in a recession. Despite the fact that unemployment may be high in many areas of the country and spending and manufacturing may have fallen off, technically, until the folks at the National Bureau of Economic Research state that we are indeed in a recession, politicians and economists can deny it, because the NBER says it is not so.

The NBER base their declaration on what is happening economically on a national scale. Two or more quarters of economic decline across the country prompts the NBER to declare that we are indeed in a recession.

Since the United States is recognized in the rest of the world as having the strongest economy, when we go into recession, it has an economic impact around the globe.

To pull any economy out of recession, governments attempt to revive economic growth by increasing the supply of money, cutting taxes and generating more spending.

Historically, a recession usually can last anywhere from 6 to 18 months. When it lasts for a longer period without some turnaround, an economic depression is declared. In any prolonged economic decline, stock prices fall, real estate prices tumble and unemployment rates rise.

A significant drop in the stock market can hasten a recession. The failure of significant investment management firms or banking houses can also put the economy on a downward spiral. Even natural disasters or the spread of disease in epidemic proportions can impact an economy.

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The following article includes analysis from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. For more insights from Robert Prechter, download the 75-page eBook Independent Investor eBook. It’s a compilation of some of the New York Times bestselling author’s writings that challenge conventional financial market assumptions. Visit Elliott Wave International to download the eBook, free.

Once upon a time, the term “Black Monday” was to Wall Street what the name “Lord Voldemort” was to Hogwarts. It turned the air freezing cold and sent traders flinching around every corner in fear of a repeat of the October 19, 1987 or October 28, 1929 meltdown.

Case in point: The 2008 “Black Monday” anniversary. At the time, the U.S. stock market was locked in a ferocious downtrend that included regular, triple-digit daily declines of 400 points and more. Needless to say, when the final two Mondays of October arrived, the least superstitious investors surrounded their portfolios with more good-luck talismans than a Bingo player. See October 19, 2008 AP headline below:

“Black Monday: Stocks Sink As Gloom Seizes Wall Street. Prolonged Economic Turmoil” is seen.

That was then. Today, the usual dread surrounding the back-to-back string of “Black Mondays” is nowhere to be found. In its place, media reports abound of a new, global bull market “shrugging off,” “ignoring,” and “making a distant memory” of the event.

For one, “gloom” hasn’t “seized” the U.S. stock market in quite a while; from its March 2009 low, the Dow has risen more than 50% to above the psychologically important 10,000 level. For another, the mainstream experts insist that today’s financial animal is unrecognizable to that of 1987, and especially 1929. In their eyes, it’s a completely different — i.e. safer, smarter, and sounder system.

We beg to differ.

See, while the usual experts want to put as much mental distance between today’s market and those that facilitated the 1987 recession and 1929-1932 Great Depression — the physical similarities are impossible to ignore; more so, in fact, to the latter scenario.

Now, take a look at these headlines from the week of October 12-17, 2009:

“The Great Recession Is Over.” (Reuters)
“80% of Economists Say The Worst Is Behind Us.” (CNN Money)
“The Bull Is Back” (AP)
“The Economic Recovery Is Well Underway” (Wall Street Journal)

They’re interchangeable — Eighty years later.

Along with a similar extreme in bullish sentiment, the performance of stocks between now and the 1929 situation is cut from the same cloth. After an initial plunge from August 1929 through late October 1929, the US stock market enjoyed a powerful rally well into the following year. NOW: After a steep freefall from its October 2007 peak, the US stock market is once again enjoying the fruits of a powerful rally back to new highs for the year.
Also, on closer examination, the October 19 Elliott Wave Theorist (EWT, for short) uncovers an even deeper parallel between the 2009 rally and the 1929-30 one. Here, EWT presents the following snapshot of the Dow during the Depression-era advance (read full article for Chart)

As Bob Prechter points out — in 1930, stocks rallied to the level of the preceding year’s gap. Bob then reveals that the same level has been reached now.

So, we all know how the 1930 rally ended. The question is whether the 2009 advance will experience the same fate. As Bob explains in the Theorist, the only way to know for certain is to “look at the reality of the situation.”

For more information, download Robert Prechter’s free Independent Investor eBook. The 75-page resource teaches investors to think independently by challenging conventional financial market assumptions. – By Nico Isaac

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