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q a | Someone said: You bought 100shares of a $300 stock. If you paid $10 to buy and $10 to sell.? |
You need to make 6.6% before you are even...
this is what some one said...and it doesnt make sense to me..
so you are investing 30,000...even 5% of that is 1500$ which is way more that 20$ that you broker charged you, right? Anyone
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thank you all
also to the person who said..this was just meant to clarify not to offend..i think you might have made an error or represented in a different way as others have mentioned |
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Polymath
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Your estimation is dead on! Nice job!
100 Shares of a $300 stock, plus commission = $30010.
To find the exact break even point, I use the following equation:
(P x 100) - $10 = 30010. Where P is the final stock price. With a little algebra, I can find P = 300.20 so the stock needs to rise from $300 to $300.20 per share. What is the % increase?
0.20 / 300 = 0.00067, or 0.067%. Sounds like the person is using "percent of percent" [sometimes called "basis points"] rather than percent. |
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Sgt. Fletcher
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no |
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Cão Bravo
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You are absolutely right. Whoever said that to you is an idiot. |
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Joe
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If you bought 100 of a $3.00 stock and paid a total of $20 commissions, if would take ~6.6% to break even. A decimal point can make a big difference. |
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just_the_facts_ma'am
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Whoever said it needs to get a new broker...
But if they mean $10 PER SHARE to buy and sell, that's $2,000. So, you would need to earn 6.6% on $30,000 to cover the cost. |
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beardog4314
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Maybe they meant $10 per share? that would be $2000 with opening and closing costs, which comes to 6.66% Sounds like a mighty steep broker though.... |
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obfuscatedtoy
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I believe this was someone illustrating about why one shouldnt buy
a *single* stock.
Maybe you misread 100 shares, i think he meant one share. |
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misaac2007
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I think they said $10 per share to buy. |
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