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----------------- From: roland.freund Tuesday, March 22, 2005
08:50 AM In 2001 Enron became worthless --------------------- From: lkymn Tuesday, March 22, 2005
03:38 PM September 2003. ----------------- Friday, March 18, 2005 07:10 AM I had stock ESOP in a bank that was merged the funds were held by the IRS as part of the merger I have been told they have been released about a month ago but was also told i have to wait another month or so to receive paperwork to elect whether i wish to cash it out and then another month or so until i recieve funds I have asked the new bank it they can do this quicker but recieve no answer to my questions if the stock has been released and is active can I sell it? how can I get it Try to find out who the clearing agent is and contact them. --------------- From: forda357 Friday, March 18, 2005 06:57 AM What happens to stocks when a company delist? Once a company is delisted it could reapply once certain obligations are met. You can have a New York Stock Exchange company get delisted and apply for a NASDAQ listing. Or sometimes the company goes bankrupt and the shareholders are left with worthless stock. ---------------- From: ray_bret Monday, March 21, 2005 09:54 AM Do you think Wellpoint will offer a 2 for 1 split any tiem soon? Its getting pretty pricey so a 2 for 1 split does look good. ---------------- Monday, March 21, 2005 10:37 AM whqat was the opening market proce of at&t Wireless on July 20 2001? The opening price was $20.50. The high for the day was: $21 The low for the day was: $20.36 The closing price was: $20.90 -------------------- Monday, March 21, 2005 01:11 PM I have 5000 shares of bankrupt Bethlehem Steel oration (Delaware) and 3000 shares of Bethlehem Steel oration Preferred Convertible $5 that would like to find the cost basis on. I have no records but know approximately when I bought it. What can I do Contact the investor relations department at International Steel. This company bought out Bethlehem. email: Blaise Derrico at: bderrico@intlsteel.com The company must have the historical prices or they can direct you. -------------------- From: rebelb Monday, March 21, 2005 07:33 PM Where can I get the price of Greyhound Corporation stock on 7-9- 76? Also, I believe the company was purchased by the dial Corp in 1992, do you know what that price was? Contact their corporate communications representative at: 972-789-7204 --------------------- From: sagilso Sunday, March 06, 2005 09:34
AM Thank you for the compliment. ---------------------- From: Racerdkline Wednesday, March 09, 2005
10:31 AM Call your broker and have them send you the BUY confirmations and this will tell you how much money you put into it. --------------------- Wednesday, March 09, 2005 07:45 AM If you have a brokerage account deposit it and in a few days they will be able to tell you if it has any value. ---------------------- From: cvanzandt Tuesday, March 08, 2005
07:08 PM I have no opinion on it. --------------------- From: DebbieGreff Thursday, March 10,
2005 10:51 AM There was only 1 stock split after July 16th 1996 and that was October 30th 2000. ----------------------- From: treetop00 Monday, March 14, 2005 06:48
PM Your Human Resources department will have to contact the 401k firm that will give you the shares and price. Or you can have your accountant look at the years you worked for ADP and check your previous W2 tax forms which lists how much money was deducted from your checks. This is also based on you only investing in ADP stock. -------------------- From: Andersonscottd Thursday, March 17,
2005 11:35 AM In early 2003 the stock became worthless. They started trading on the Nasdaq June 2003. ----------------------- From: EdiRaider
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:51 AM When you are doing stock charts it doesn't matter what the company does or the fundamnetals. The chart is telling you the stock has broken all support and is heading lower. Don't be surprised if it breaks its 52 week low of $67.94 shortly. ---------------------- Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:22 AM In 2003. ----------------------- From: alspecs4u Wednesday, March 16, 2005
03:58 PM On May 18, 1993 Sears closed at $53.38. ------------------------ From: jchapin4 Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:53
PM Only if the SEC allows them to
refile. But right now it looks like the ---------------------- Froml: calexh Sunday, March 13, 2005 11:11
AM You invested a total of $6,450.00 for 100 shares of Sears. If you sold your "200" shares as of the closing price on Friday 3/18/05 at $56.95 that would total $11,390.00. ------------------------ From: braggdebbie Wednesday, March 16, 2005
10:57 AM I could not find anything on the company. The best bet is to deposit the certs with a broker and their back office will be able to track it to see if there were any splits and if it has any value. ------------------------- From: jason_purifoy Friday, March 11, 2005
05:38 AM Where did you hear they may merge???? With any potential deal or merger there should be a decent percentage gain if this were to happen no matter what company you owned. --------------------- From: shadeofpale Monday, March 14, 2005
09:13 AM Just my opinion: I never buy any bankrupt company as they do not have a good track record of rebounding. If you have a few dollars to through away then maybe take the chance but don't sink a lot into it. ---------------------- Saturday, March 05, 2005 05:57 AM It means the stock trades on the Bulletin Board. ----------------------- From: rosjr Thursday, March 10, 2005
06:40 PM Any proof you have with regards to the 3 shares make a photo copy and contact Sears to have them send you a certificate. Or find out who their stock transfer agent is and contact them. They must send you a cert if you request and you are shown on the books. --------------------- From: rowdy_morse Monday, March 07, 2005
11:58 AM That is part of your 401k plan and Wal-Marts Human Resources department can tell you who the investment banking firm is. ----------------------- From: sprinkles38501 Saturday, March 05, 2005
12:53 PM The symbol is: ECSPQ.PK ------------------------ From: atrijata Tuesday, March 08, 2005 08:03
AM I don't follow the stock but when
a company issues a statement that there is ------------------------ From:mr higherlife Monday, March 07,
2005 02:46 PM I don't think they trade publicly.
I went to their website and there is no --------------------------- From: Pardesi-kudie Thursday, March 10, 2005 05:30 PM Is it a good idea to invest in GM's Stock? Based ONLY by looking at a 2 year chart I feel GM could go down a little further possibly to the $25 range. If this is a long-term buy then its not a bad entry price as you can always dollar cost average each month. -------------------------- From: barh Thursday, March 10, 2005 03:22 PM for tax reasons I need the closing price of Homestake Mining stock 2/16/1989 Homestake was bought out by BARRICK GOLD (symbol ABX -NYSE). I would contact their investor relations department- Mr. Darren Blasutti a: email: dblasutti@barrick.com They should have the previous years Highs & Lows as well as daily stock prices. ---------------------- From: slashr711 Date: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 09:08 PM can you tell me how a 1for40 reverce stock split works,if i own 100 shares When a company does a reverse stock split the price of the stock is raised but your shares are reduced. So in your example if the stock price was $1 and you had 100 shares that is equal to $100. When you do a 1 - 40 reverse split now you have 2.5 shares $40 = $100. A company usually does a reverse split when there are to many shares outstanding and a reverse split lowers the amount to be traded. ---------------------------- From: nanny68 Thursday, March 10, 2005 01:41 PM what is the future of winn dixie? i own shares, and don't know whether to sell with a loss, or wait for a takeover? The stock closed at $0.88 on Friday 3/18/05 but was approved for an $800 million line of credit. As far as selling you have to make that decision because everyone has a different thresh hold as far how much of loss you one can take. If you have other stocks in your portfolio and sell them at a profit you can off-set it with the loss of any shares you sell of Winn-Dixie. In my opinion only I would not invest any NEW money in a bankrupt company. Look at the message board and see how many investors got screwed by K-MART. ------------------------------ From: p.maples Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:16 PM My grandmother recently passed away. She has two stock certificates, how do I go about getting the name on the certificate changed to my mother's and uncle's names? You would have to contact her lawyer to see if there was anything written in her will or the estate. ----------------------- Thursday, March 03, 2005 05:07 PM If you have a brokerage account I
would deposit the shares to see if there ------------------- From: afleming529 Friday, March 04, 2005
07:05 PM In My opinion I would convert the
shares as I feel K-MART will go higher and ------------------- From: alyami_abdulhadi Friday, March
04, 2005 02:20 PM I'm sorry to say you will have to write the shares off on your taxes. -------------------- From: renwickjoan Friday, March 04, 2005
09:06 AM Each firm has to pay fees to be a member and the SEC gets their cut. ---------------------- From: aderro Friday, March 04, 2005
09:39 AM From what I can see it never split. ----------------------- From: Becky Smith Thursday, March 03, 2005 5:29 PM I bought Walmart stock through the employee purchase plan in 1986- 1987-1988 when I worked there . I have recently sold the stock and need to know how much I paid for the stock. I can't find out any information for those years. Please give me some info on where to look . Thanks Have a Nice Day! You can go to: YAHOO FINANCE and type in the symbol: WMT Once you see the page with price of the stock look to the lefthand column and you will see: "Historical Prices". You can key in any date. ---------------------------- Thursday, March 03, 2005 01:29 PM What happens to stock when one company buys out another such as May Company and Federated? What generally happens to the stock of the company being bought? Usually there is a premium paid on the company getting bought out. -------------------------------- From: Cgroeltz Thursday, March 03, 2005 09:41 AM What setttlement do you recommend for the Sears-K-Mart merger? In my opinion only: i would take the stock as I feel K-MART will split. If it does split then I would sell the stock. --------------------------------------- Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:25 AM when did k-mart first went public The original name for K-MART was "S.S. KRESGE" which went public on the NYSE on 1918. In 1976 they changed the name to K-MART. ---------------------------------------------- Wednesday, March 02, 2005 01:39 PM How does a corproration handle buying and selling stocks with their broker on their books? A broker cannot be paid by a corporation. Usually the corporations have an account set-up at a brokerage firm and they can deal with one broker if they choose but they cannot pay the broker a salary. That's illegal. -------------------------------------- From: mktgmgmt Date: Monday, February 28, 2005 01:50 PM Dr. Stock first of all, I would like to say thank you so much, for finding the company information for dietingplans.com. I want to sell the 200 shares of stock that I have and contacted the company, which publicly trades on AMEX. I was told to let my stock broker know that I want to sell my shares. The thing is, I don't have a stockbroker and don't know the first thing about retaining one. I was given the 200 shares of stock 5 years ago, instead of monetary compensation, because I was on contract with them as a freelance writer, when the company first began. I would only need a broker for the sell of the shares, is this feasible and where do I begin? I personally deal with Ameritrade. Since you don't do a lot of investing I would see if your bank can sell the shares. Some banks bought out stock brokerage firms so they may be able to sell the shares. If you use an "on-line" firm like E-TRADE you can sign up via their website. You have to send the original stock certificates to them but before you do that make sure you make copies of the "front" & "back". ----------------------------------------- Monday, February 28, 2005 11:56 AM take cash or shares in the sears DEAL!? if you are a sears shareowner? In MY opinion only: I would take the shares right now because I feel there is a good chance K-MART will split soon. If they do split then I sell all my shares. ----------------------------------------- From: dgrotheer Sunday, February 27, 2005 01:17 PM I have found stocks from 1987 in the Golden Nugget and can't figure out where to research what happened to the stock??? Any Ideas on where to go? I went to their website and there is no "investor relations" department. You could contact the hotel and see if they could direct you. Or you could deposit the certificates into a brokerage account and they would be able to tell you if there is any value. -------------------------------------------------- F rom: vanillag2002 Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:04 AMMy Uncle left me with 100 shares of stock in the now bankrupt venture stores, I heard they are restructuring ,how long will this take? will this stock ever be worth anything? I would have your accountant write it off. If you have the stock with a broker just leave it in the account. Ask the firm for a "worthless stock certificate" form. -------------------------------------- From: vanillag2002 Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:54 AM when a stock symbol has pk on the end what does it mean? It means it trades on the PINK SHHETS. Generally these stocks have high risk. ------------------------------------- From: rl69cl Saturday, February 26, 2005 09:54 AM what is my wllmart stock worth Wal Mart closed at $51.49 a share on February 25th so multiply that price with the amount of shares you own. ---------------------------------------- From: jcavewilson Thursday, February 24, 2005 07:52 PM what happens to stock in a company when it merges with another company? When it merges there will be essentialy a buyout. One company may opt to pay cash for your shares, or give you stock in their company for every share you own. It can even be a combo of stock and cash. If you own shares in the company and the certificates are with a broker once the merger is done your portfolio will reflect it. ----------------------------------------- From: mike12 Monday, February 21, 2005 05:33 PM Can a privately held company refuse to buy back stock from a shareholder? The fact its "privately" held means they have no obligation to purchase the shares as they were not filed with the SEC. ----------------------------------------- From: guebeshian Wednesday, February 23, 2005 07:30 PM I wanted to find out about recent Kmart stock prices K-MART now trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol: KMRT Look them up on YAHOO FINANCE and you can read a profile of the company or visit their website and contact " Investor Relations" to get updated material. ---------------------------------------- From: judypage85 Sunday, February 20, 2005 09:50 PM i have a401k) in irwin company back in 1988. i would like to fine out what is worth now. If its Irwin Energy the stock is worth a shade under $0.10 cents per share. If its Irwin Financial the stock is worth $22.94 a share as of February 25th. The fact its a 401k you should be receiving quarterly statements to find out the value. ------------------------------------------- From: katbird22 Monday, February 21, 2005 04:51 PM DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CUT-OFF AMOUNT OF STOCKS ARE FOR K-MART IF YOU HAVE THE OLD TYPE OF STOCKS. ALSO, WOULD IT DO ANY GOOD TO FILE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO TRY TO MAKE THEM TO HONOR THE OLD STOCK. If you have the original K-MART stock from the NYSE it is worthless. Have your accountant write it off. The government protected them when they filed for Chapter 11. Once all the creditors were paid (pennies on the dollar) there was nothing left. If you get a Class Action Lawsuit letter you have nothing to lose by adding your name to the list. ------------------------------------------------ From: mktgmgmt Monday, February 21, 2005 09:26 PM I have 200 shares of common stock with a company call FitnessHeaven.comissued back in November of 2000. At that time it was worth $3.23 per share. They have since changed their name or sold the company and it is now dietingplans.com I have contacted them for information about present stock per share value, but have heard nothing from them after 3 attempts. What should I do? I would like to find out the value per share and possibly sale my shares. thank you SClay I went to dietingplans.com website and their a part of a company by the name of: Intermix Media, Inc. They trade publicly on the AMEX. You can look them up on YAHOO FINANCE with the symbol: MIX ------------------------------------------------- From: renwickjoan Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:03 AM where do you go to find 'CUSIP' numbers for stocks? thank you. You can go to: http://activequote.fidelity.com/mmnet/SymLookup.phtml -------------------------------------------------- From: bartdinwiddie Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:23 AM Dr. Stock My Grandfather purchased shares in Mid- Central Oil Company in 1920 how do I find any info on this company and any stock value If you have the original certificates then you should deposit it with a brokerage firm. They will be able to determine if they have any value. Make a copy before depositing them. ------------------------------------------------- From: mike.prewitt Friday, February 18, 2005 02:05 PM When you purchase stock to be a share holder. What rights do you have to the company. Can the company refuse to let you know the financial status of the company. Example the stock 1 share was purchased for 5000 after I inquiredon the value of the stock a year later I was told by phone $5582. I said fine I want to sell it. Months go by ; many phone calls and finally the BBB was contacted. Then the company say the value was $58.62. Fishly! I suspect fraud. How do I determine what's going on. and who to I contact. All publicly traded companies have to disclose earnings. Did you have an account with a broker and he refused to sell it? If that's the case you contact your local NASD office and sue the firm & broker. --------------------------------------------- From: s_agila Tuesday, February 15, 2005 08:03 PM What happens if I buy a stock between the record date and payment date of stock split? Your account will still reflect the stock split. ------------------------------------------- From: kdvanh Tuesday, February 15, 2005 07:55 PM Dr-Stock, I had several hundred shares of Kmart stock,(laid off employee)when the company declared bankruptcy, how/where can I find the value of that stock,bought over 29 years,in order to determine the lost dollar amount? If you contact K-Marts investor relations department they can contact the "stock transfer agent" who has a list of all the shareholders and their purchases. Or see if you still have your tax forms from the past years to see how much was deducted from your checks. Maybe you accountant has copies. -------------------------------------------- From: toolie Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:29 AM I own 200 shares of now defunct Enron. I can only find records of purchasing100,I think it may have split. Where would I find historical info? You can go to their website and contact investor relations or ask your broker to track it down. --------------------------------------------- From: asustaita37 Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:01 AM If I sold 64 shares of ibm stock for 5715.17 and paid 1241.27 which were stock that had split do i claim the difference of what i paid for it and what it sold for as cap gains? What happens to the other stock that has no value beside it on my espp purchase detail? this show where the stock split but does not show that i paid for it because of the split. how doe i claim this on my taxes? Even when a stock splits you have an original cost basis. If you sent your broker $1000 for shares of IBM and it split 1,2,or 3 times anything over $1000 is a cap gain. That is why investors will sell their losers to off-set the gains at the end of the year. ---------------------------------------------- From: kwheelhouse Thursday, February 17, 2005 04:47 AM Is the Symbols MCWEQ and WCOEQ have any worth It looks like they are worthless. But if you have the certificates I would bring them to a local broker and they can trace it via the "cusip" numbers which are like a catalog number on the back of the certs. ----------------------------------------------- From: ngold24 Tuesday, February 15, 2005 08:55 AM Dear Dr-Stock, My father (deceased) purchased 400 shares of MCI stock for me sometime between 1984-1986 (I think). In 1995 I signed the certs. over to my broker. They are now worthless. How can I find out the original amt my father paid for them so I can take the loss on my taxes. I have the cert. #s but not the date of purchase. Help! Thanks. All publicly traded companies have "stock transfer agents" who have a list of the shareholders & when shares were purchased. They may be able to trace it back to the '80's. Another way of doing it is since you signed the cert over to your broker the firm should have a copy of the certificate you deposited with the date he purchased it on. ---------------------------------------------- From: kpdancn06 Tuesday, February 15, 2005 if a person bought 100 shares for a dollar each how much would they be worth today? If a person bought what for $1???? --------------------------------------------------- F rom: Nederfly Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:06 AMi am trying to find the price of sears stock in 1972,1979, and 1993. can you help. it would be appreciated C. Clark The best way to do this is to go to YAHOO FINANCE. Type in the symbol "S". You will see the stock quote and if you look at the left-hand side look where it says "Historical Prices". Click on that and you can go as far back as you like. To save you time here are the prices as of December: December 29th, 1972 = $116.00 December 31,1979 = $18.00 December 31,1993 = $52.88 SEARS dID SPLIT 2 FOR 1 ON jULY 18TH 1977 --------------------------- From: lmrundal Sunday, February 13, 2005 11:31 AM Step father bought stock in 1935. He passed away, left cert to stepdughterbut didn't transfer it. She passes and daughter gets in pile of papers. She passes and son gets in pile of papers. No signatures, just blank transferspot. Not worth anything ?? Appreciate any comments. Seek out an attorney but in my opinion I would think if you can provide the death certificates and prove the family relationships the son could have it registered in his name. Then its a matter if the stock has any value. ----------------------------- From: Sunday, February 13, 2005 05:48 PM what's going on with level 3 com stock price? On February 14th there was a class action lawsuit brought against LVLT. Go to this site to read about it: http://www.nasd-law.com ------------------------------- From: showmoor Sunday, February 13, 2005 04:40 PM What happens to stock if the company goes private? If the company traded publicly and then went private the shares would have to be purchased form the exisiting shareholders. More or less a buyout situation. ------------------------------- From: loumol Sunday, February 13, 2005 04:31 PM What was Greyhound stock price at yearend 1981 1982 I could not find any quotes. The company was broken up into 7 different companies. You had Vermont Transit Co, Greyhoun de Mexico, GLI Holding Co. I would go to their website and email them: www.greyhound.com -------------------------------- From: bradrogers506 Saturday, February 05, 2005 08:38 PM what happens to my company stock if my company is bought out? If your stock is publicly traded then whatever the buyout price is that's what you will receive per share. ---------------------------------- From: kevinmonell Friday, February 11, 2005 12:05 PM What do you think of TIVO stock? I don't personally track the stock but based on the technical chart you're buying a stock near its 52 week low which is not bad. Now you have to say to yourself "How high do I think it will go either short-term or long-term". If you feel its a good long-term hold where the return on investment will out weigh the risk then buy some shares. There are traders out there that will buy it under $4 and if they get 1 - 2 points may dump it. ---------------------------------- From: michaelamendez Tuesday, February 08, 2005 07:51 AM how much is 1 share of general motors common stock purchased in 1989 worth today 2/8/05? If you purchased GM on January 3rd, 1989 you paid $83.50 for 1 share. On March 29th GM split 2 for 1 so you would have 2 shares. On 2/8/05 the closing price was $37 x 2 shares =$74. There were cash dividends paid out totaling $60.68 since '89. So the grand total is: $134.68 -------------------------------------- From: forrester Tuesday, February 08, 2005 07:58 AM how many times has WalMart stock split since Jan 1997?? In the 1990's WMT split: July 9th, 1990, February 26th, 1993 & April 20th, 1999 -------------------------------------- From: relkin Tuesday, February 08, 2005 09:15 AM What was the price of Walmart (WMT) on 5/1/99? The markets were not open on 5/1/99 but WMT closed at $44.43 on April 30th and it closed at $44.55 on May 3rd. ----------------------------------------- Wednesday, February 09, 2005 12:03 PM I have old Kapok Tree Inns Corporation Stocks. The company is out of business what do I do with the stocks? You could take a chance and deposit them with a broker to see if there was any stock splits or buyouts. Or just frame them and hang them up in the den. -------------------------------- From: yogachic325 Saturday, February 05, 2005 01:34 PM When was the last time that yahoo split? YAHOO split May 12th, 2004. It was a 2 for 1 stock split. -------------------------------------- From: dprzski Friday, February 04, 2005 08:41 AM What is the price of Uniroyal stock? I have some old U.S. Rubber stock is it worth anything? If you are asking about the old UNIROYAL TIRE company they no longer trade. There is no value. ----------------------------------- Wednesday, February 02, 2005 08:58 AM what is the price per share of stock at the Bank Of America? Bank Of America Corp which trades under the symbol BAC on the NYSE closed at $46.89 as of February 4th. ------------------------------------ From: katy212 Tuesday, February 01, 2005 04:40 PM What is K-marts stock price K-MART trades on the NASDAQ and as of February 4th closed at $103.93. If you owned the old stock which traded on the NY Stock Exchange under the symbol "KM" that is worthless. ------------------------------------- From: bippus1 Saturday, January 29, 2005 06:26 PM is gm a good stock @$35 to$38 range I don't follow the stock personally but based on looking at the chart as of February 8th I agree with you that the $35 - $38 dollar range is a good price. ------------------------------------ From: stellamybella Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:47 AM can you tell me the closing price of AT&T Wireless on July 9, 2001 when it went public. Go to this link taken from the AT&T website. You were give a certain amount of wireless shares + cash for every share of AT&T you owned. This site will do the cost average for it. http://www.att.com/ir/ss/tbi/worksheets/taxbasis7.html ------------------------------------- From: Jsanderson_12 Monday, January 31, 2005 10:31 AM What will happen to adelphia shares if Adelphia is bought by Time Warner and Comcast; on the other hand, what happens if the company sells pieces to different companies? Even if they break up the company there will be a final buyout price that is averaged out. They will take the cash and divide that by the amount of shares outstanding. A company like Time Warner could also offer a 1/2 share of their stock as compensation. Time Warner is trading around $18 a share as of February 4th which would translate into you getting $9 for every Adelphia share. But I'm guessing this will be an all cash deal. -------------------------------------- From: lee.cleveland Monday, January 31, 2005 02:45 PM I bought additional shares of AT&T wireless as part of the wireless spinoff. How do I determine the price per share at the time? Go to AT&T's website as they will help you with the cost average for tax purposes. ---------------------------------------- From: wcwilliams3 Friday, January 28, 2005 10:10 PM I had stock in 98' about $355.00 worth at the time I cant find any of my papers on it how do I find it and claim it? Or is there really any use in pursuing it? If it was a named company like IBM you could try to find out who their "transfer agent" is as they would have a list of shareholders. If it was some obscure company that you cannot even remember their name then I would say to forget about it. Did you possibly put the certificates in a safety deposit box?? --------------------------------------- From: dwain_coquat Friday, January 28, 2005 12:01 PM Why was enron stock declared worthless? All the money was drained by the greedy corporate executives. --------------------------------------- From: michael valdez Thursday, January 27, 2005 6:12 PM I want to buy some shares of QBID.PK David Letterman mentioned the company (The Queer Network) in his top 10 list. Do you think this is a good buy? You can buy shares of the stock. It trades on the pink sheets (no jokes intended) at around 3/10ths of a penny. I would go to their website and request a financial package before buying or checking with your broker. ---------------------------------------- From: tomvlasic Wednesday, January 26, 2005 09:36 PM Dr. Stock, In December you indicated you did'nt have an opinion on CMKX. Do you have one now? Who is the Green Baron? Tom Vlasic Hi Tom, I still have no opinion on CMKX. Sorry. I don't know who the Green Baron is. ---------------------------------------- From: ladylynn929 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:12 AM Please explain how a Reverse stock split works. When you do a reverse stock split there are less shares but the price is higher. Lets say you had 1000 shares of ABC stock and it was trading at $5 your portfolio would show a value of $5000. If the company does a 1 for 2 stock split the portfolio would now show you have 500 shares but the stock price is at $10 for a value of $5000. ----------------------------------------- Wednesday, January 26, 2005 09:35 AM Why do companys purchase their own stock? There are many reasons. Some of them are: just like an investor they feel the stock is undervalued. To give investors confidence that a CEO is stepping in to buy. The NASDAQ, AMEX & NYSE have certain rules that the board members hold a certain percentage. ------------------------------------------- From: mistybrooklacount Wednesday, January 26, 2005 11:49 AM Could I get a history of k-mart stock from 1995 to 2005 I tried looking up the old symbol "KM" via YAHOO FINANCE but it is no longer listed. You could email KMARTS investor releations department and tell them you need the prices for tax purposes. ------------------------------------------ From: dockery1218 Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:59 PM any way of finding what gm hughes stock sold for in 1984 I tried to locate it but could not. I would go to this website: www.gm.com and click on "investors" and send their investor relations department an email. ------------------------------------------ Thursday, January 20, 2005 09:32 PM I have a general stock question. If a small company that is publicly traded is purchased by a larger company that isn't publicly traded, what happens to the small companys stock? I would assume it would still be traded, generally, would the value increase or decrease? According to your example the "larger" company would essentially buy the shares of publically traded company and absorb them making it a "private" company. The majority of the time the larger company probably owned shares and now makes a bid via cash. The smaller company lets say was trading at $7 you have to hope the larger one buys them out at say $10. Thus you would have a premium. ----------------------------------------- From: ENBrawley Wednesday, January 19, 2005 07:29 PM What is the status of Enron Shares (old). I understand that they may have been declared worthless in the bankrupsy filing in mid November 2004. I cannot get any definative information from the internet. The stock is worthless and you can write it off of your taxes. Ask your broker for a "worthless stock certificate" form. ------------------------------------------- Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:23 PM whats next for IBD IBD is not a stock I watch but based on the price and the regulations of the AMEX it could be delisted. Check with your broker. -------------------------------------------- From: meihua37427 Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:48 AM What is a difference between .ob stock and .pk stock? The "pk" represents that the stock trades on the pink sheets. The "ob" means the stock trades on the bulletin board. You won't find these stocks listed in the local newspapers.
--------------------------- From: rajji777 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:52 AM can I cancel a contract to purchase real estate within 24-48 hours aftersigning in Dupage county Wheaton, IL? I'm sorry but I don't answer real estate questions. ----------------------- Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:22 PMin stock quote, what does "pk" mean at the end of the usual lettering(EG:dans.pk The " PK " represents that the stock trades on the pinks sheets. There is no bid or ask price when you trade a stock like this. ----------------------- From: Shirley DeShon Friday, January 14, 2005 4:01 PM I recently found stock certificates for perferred and common stocks for "Taste Right Foods Incorporated" from 1946. I did some research and found that the company is still in operation. How do I go about seeing if these have any value? They are not in my name, but have been in my family. Thank you for your information. The name of the person whose name appears on the certificates would have to open a brokergae account and then deposit them. Each cert has a "cusip" number which allows the firms to adjust the stock for any splits or buyouts. It would take about a week to get the results. ------------------------------- Friday, January 14, 2005 08:03 AM largest U.S. firm to file for bankrupty in April, 1987 I beleive it was U-HAUL. ------------------------------ Friday, January 14, 2005 11:02 AM what would happen to my ADELQ stock if another comapny buys it? It depends how the buyout is structured. For example would a company like Time Warner offer cash, stock or a combo. They may say for every share of ADELQ you hold TIME WARNER will give you a half-share of TWX. ----------------------------- Thursday, January 13, 2005 04:03 PM Dr. Stock my question is I'm interested in buying a couple of stocks that are .pk they are trading at around .0005 cents a share. My question has a stock that was trading at fractions of a penny ever reach .50 or even a dollar a share. The stocks with the "pk" are pink sheets and they can go up or down just like any other investment. The problem with the pinks is that they usually have a lot shares outstanding as they fell out of favor with investors so it will take mangement time to restructure these companies. Its high risk and high reward. ----------------------------------- From: Teresa Shores Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:11 PM My husband received a 1500 stock option from Kmart when he was a manager there in July 2000. This was when Chuck Conoway was the CEO and it was an incentive for the managers. This was basically received in the form of a letter and certificate. We forgot about it and when cleaning some files came across it. Since my husband no longer is a manager with Kmart, and the stock option does not expire until 2010, would he still be able to exercise this option, Thanks for any info. Teresa & Robert Shores I would check with human resources on that. Technically the company that traded on the NYSE was disolved via bankruptcy protection and I would think that the stock option is worthless. But you never know. ------------------------------------------- From: rmoss Wednesday, January 12, 2005 09:50 AM what happen to stock that company go bankrupt! such as kmart. The investors that had the original K-Mart stock were left with a worthless stock and should be writing it off. ---------------------------------- From: bippus! Friday, January 07, 2005 04:40 PM do you have any thoughts on the stock of sharper image(shrp) Just based on a technical chart on January 11th: Over the last 2 years SHRP has hit bottom at the $14 - $16 price then makes a nice run. Considering that most of the electronic retailers did not blow away the Street during Christmas we could see a little more weakness but at these levels its not a bad play. Consult with your broker as this is just my opinion. ------------------------------ From: a1toolsandmore Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:51 AM How can I buy stock in Samsung or other companies when they are listed on the Pink Sheets but no price or activity is given yet. Everything is in O amounts. I understand that Samsung will go public soon but how do I buy before it goes public? Thank you. SAMSUNG does trade the symbol on Yahoo Finance is: SSNLF.PK On January 11th it closed at: $417.25 per share. ---------------------------------- From: Hertausjoy Thursday, January 06, 2005 12:51 PM I have a Meedwajo, Inc. Stock Certificate. Is it worth anything? There are 500 shares I could not find anything on the stock. If you have a brokerage account you can deposit it. On the back of the certificate is a "CUSIP" number. It's basically a catalog number that is used to track stocks. ie: if they split or were bought out. If you deposit it and it has value the firm can find out in a matter of a few days. ------------------------- From: mike_wrubel Monday, January 03, 2005 01:28 PM in regards of k-mart i purchased certificates after jan. 22 2002 after the commitment date. my certificates were recorded in the corp. books after the date. wouldnt it be under the recording acts to where i gave life to the company under the recording acts. i bought in march, twice in june once in oct. of 2002. now my question is how a bankruptcy judge could let a company become deceased when new equity was given after jan 22 2002 and recorded in the books? K-Mart gets more and more confusing and many investors have been burnt. If you received a NASDAQ listed security you are fine. But it seems the commitment meant nothing and creditors were paid first, followed by bond holders, preffered shareholders amd the common shareholders received nothing. If your broker recommended the stock and it was trading on the pink sheets then I would sue them. -------------------- From: g_knighton40 Wednesday, December 22, 2004 09:05 PM What is a warrent???? A warrant trades like a stock except at a discount to the common share. Almost like coupon. A warrant has an expiration date but it can always be extended. An example is: Years ago INTEL traded around $12 and had a warrant at $3 which is a 4 to 1 ratio. If INTEL common went up so did the warrant but it did not go point for point until the common hit I believe $50 & the warrant was worth about $12.50. INTEL then shot up to $100 & the warrant started to trade like crazy and was worth $50 ++++. INTEL then "called" the warrant in. Meaning you could either sell the warrant just like a regular stock or redeem 1 warrant plus cash for 1 share of common. --------------------------------- From: bippus1 Sunday, December 26, 2004 03:21 PM if i want to own a stock till it hits a specific price then hold it if it stays above that price but sell it if it goes to or below will a stop order do this You can put in a "stop-loss" order. If it's a NYSE stock it will stay on the books but any other exchange it will be cancelled at the end of the trading day and you will have to re-enter it. -------------------------------- From: lazylady Wednesday, December 29, 2004 01:17 AM In response to an question dated 1/9/03 you were touting the stock VMII..that it would break into double digets- $10.00 ... (there were other emails regarding it since tho I can't find them). What is your current prediction for VMII and why has it not performed as you had imagined it would? Thanks.. PS.. a "search" feature on your site would be nice for finding previous entries using keywords. VMII is a VERY STRONG BUY. The company is expected to finally generate reveues in 2005 and break even. In 2006 they should be profitable. I feel once a contract is announced with AVAYA and a potential Telephone company then the investor community will realize this company is going to be a huge winner. Once any news is released regarding voicemail installations by AVAYA (AV -NYSE) then VMII will never see these prices again. Just my opinion. ---------------------------------------------- Saturday, January 01, 2000 09:22 AM Edocs, Inc. a privately owned company sold out to Siebel (SEBL), what does this mean for my edocs stock? Thanks If EDOCS,INC is privately held then it means nothing to your stock. It would have an effect if Edocs had registered stock with the SEC and it traded publicly. -------------------------------- Monday, December 27, 2004 02:07 PM I have recently started investing in stocks. Can you tell me what .OB means after the ticker? The "ob" represents that the stock trades on the Bulletin Board. Generally these are considered penny stocks as most trade under $5 per share. ----------------------------------- From: lsaka1 Saturday, December 18, 2004 07:12 PM Is it wise for an newcomer to make a decision to purchase stock of 2 seperate companies that are about to merge? for instance Sears and K-Mart. If I want to buy should I purchase a little of both, or invest in the one that is going to take over and become the main company in the end? Generally the company who is shelling out the money for the buyout will go down in price as shareholders begin to digest what debt may be incurred. Sears may fluctuate a little because of the holiday season but I would not expect a great runup in price unless there were rumors that another company may be interested in buying them out then you could decide to make a play. It seems shareholders for both companies are happy with the deal. ------------------------------------------- From: chastapcs Tuesday, December 21, 2004 05:46 PM i could use any info that has not been found or talked to death before i make a decision on this stock im interested in. could you help?? the stock is called CMKM DIAMOND INC [CMKX]. thank you I have no opinion on the stock. ---------------------------------------------- From: asspeckman Monday, December 20, 2004 04:22 PM what does .ob .pk mean after a stock The PK -represents the pink sheets. The OB- represents the bulletin board. --------------------------------- From: neilmurray2002 Tuesday, December 21, 2004 05:32 AM What does it mean when a stock symbol has the letters pk at the end if it. It trades on the "pink sheets". You will not see a bid or ask price on these stocks. ---------------------------------- Saturday, December 18, 2004 04:21 PM How do I find out if I have Anthem stock? I was given an option to takestock or cash a few years ago and I believe I took the stock. Check with your broker to see if anything was transfered into the account. If the company was boughtout foind out who handles investor realtions questions and they can guide you as they can get a record of what was given out by the stock transfer agent. ---------------------------------- From: CarrieLynn23 Monday, December 20, 2004 09:32 AM What happens when a stock is suspended? If they do not open trading on the stock again what happens to the $ we've invested? Also is there a timeframe it can be suspended for? Once a stock is suspended from trading the SEC decides when or if it should continue trading. If the stock was on the New York Stock Exchange they have the right to drop them then the company can apply to the AMEX, NASDAQ, BULLETIN BOARD or PINK SHEETS. If the stock does not meet certain standards they could also file for bankruptcy and nver trade again at that point you lose your investment. ---------------------------------- From: joseph Tuesday, December 14, 2004 05:42 PM We own shares of Veritas, and today we learned that Symantec is in the process of aquiring the company Veritas (VRTS). We acquired the stock at $16-17, so what happens when another company buys the company that we have stock in? Thank you for your time. As the deal is waiting for SEC approval you will get 1.12 shares of Symantec software for every share of VERTS. So if you go by December 23rds closing price of 25.37 your value is now at $28.41. You could either hold or sell the stock. In any event you have a GREAT cost average. If you had 1000 shares once converted it will now show 1120 shares of SYMC in your portfolio. This is done via computer transfer. -------------------------------------------- Sunday, December 12, 2004 07:47 PM do you think ge will hit $40 If you look at the chart GE broke a 52 week high on December 14th at $37.75 and now is pulling back slightly which is healthy. Generally stocks that hit new highs will have profit taking of 10 - 15% so GE could retrace to $32 - $34 if that occurs then a nice run up should ensue. Just check the volume and make sure its trading within its 30 day average. ---------------------------------------------------- From: loisennis Monday, December 13, 2004 04:51 PM I own stock in the bankrupt K-Mart. How can I close this out and take the loss on my 2004 taxes. Ask your broker to supply you with a "worthless stock certificate" form and have your accountant off set any gains you may have for 2004. ----------------------------------- From: timone34 Thursday, December 09, 2004 06:30 AM how would i go about finding out how to get money that was put into 401k about ten years ago and what type of info would i need to conform. To save yourself from getting hit with taxes then I would open another 401k account with any brokerage firm and then roll it over. If you held the original 401k with a company you use to work for then the should still have it in house. If thats the case contact their payroll division which will give you more info. ----------------------------- From: tbandier Wednesday, December 08, 2004 01:58 PM what happens to your stock when the company files for bankruptcy? Part II when the company reemerges do you get your shares back? If you take the case of K-Mart they had stock trading on the NYSE filed for bankruptcy paid all their creditors, bondholders etc and the common shareholders got nothing as there was no money left. K-Mart retired the shares and issued new shares on the NASADQ and the original shareholders got nothing. In your case that is what you have to look for. Did the company "retire" the shares you originally held, did they re-emerge as a private company which in that case the shares you have are worthless unless its trading on the stock exchange again. --------------------------- From: pelatiatrujillo Monday, December 06, 2004 05:19 PM What are penny stocks? Penny stocks are usually classified as a stock trading under $5 -------------------------- From: kachina Monday, December 06, 2004 09:34 PM hi, my father and i purchased a lot of kmart years back. do we still have these shares? or were they lost in the bankruptcy filings they had? thanks in advance for your time I hate to break the news but the shares were retired worthless. You now have a tax write off. --------------------------- From: dviefhaus Tuesday, December 07, 2004 09:54 AM My mom recieved walmart stocks when she worked for them in 1981 but moved and never found out what happened to her stock. How do we find out where to look for them and are they still there. You would have to contact Wal-Mart investor relations and they will call the transfer agent who has a list of all the shareholders. They can be replaced. ------------------------------- From: s_super_us Tuesday, December 07, 2004 02:05 PM If I was to have shares with K-Mart before they went bankrupt, will my shares still be in the market since K-mart has been re-developed? The original K-Mart shares which traded on the NYSE are worthless. Its now a tax write-off. The stock you see trading on the NASDAQ was a new issue the stock you owned was retired. -------------------------------- From: mhart623 Friday, December 03, 2004 I own a small amount of shares from working for Foot Locker who was part of the Woolworth Corporation in the 1990's. But Woolworth is no more and Foot Locker is on the name I see on the stock exchange. Did those shares transfer to the Foot Locker name? Are they still have worth? In my opinion they did transfer over to the symbol FL which is on the NYSE. If you want to make sure 100% open a brokerage account and deposit the shares or stop by a firm and they can call the clearing agent to verify. ----------------------------- From: simmonsjames Friday, December 03, 2004 02:30 AM My wife was an att wireless employee and had been given two stock optioncertificates one for 400 shares at $16.50 and one of 250 at $29.00. What happens to them since Att wireless and Cingular Wireless merged. From what I read the buyout price was for $15 which means the stock options are worthless since they are higher then the price Cingular paid for ATT Wireless. ----------------------------------------- From: wbholt Thursday, December 02, 2004 05:11 AM dates of walmart stock splits since 1972 Splits ocurred in: August ' 75 -2/1 December ' 80 -2/1 July ' 82 -2/1 July ' 83 - 2/1 October ' 85 -2/1 July ' 87 -2/1 July ' 90 -2/1 February ' 93 -2/1 April ' 99 -2/1 ---------------------------------------- From: maryschool Thursday, December 02, 2004 09:57 AM What happens to the stock when two companies merge? Anthem and Wellpointmerged and anthem's stock became wellpoint's stock and Anthem employees are now Wellpoint employees. Wouldn't the stock transfer over to the other company. Do I lose my stock by holding on to the stock as the company was purchased. Should I have sold it. How does that work? It states under the terms of the agreement Wellpoint stockholders will receive $23.80 in cash & one share of Anthem common stock. You did not lose any shares. Check with your companys payroll director or your paystub will show if money is being taken out if you were in a 401k plan. ------------------------------------- From: mja57 Tuesday, November 30, 2004 My wife's mother's estate is in the process of settling and there are 100 shares of Kerr-McGee stock in it. These were purchased back in the 60's,then reissued in the early 80's. How do we determine the value today and how do we find out the history and impact of any splits? The easiest and best way do this is to deposit the shares in a brokerage account as they will be able to track the history of it and once the shares are settled in you will see if there is any value. ------------------------------- From: geraldgarner Wednesday, November 24, 2004 07:49 PM i have old k-mart stock from 1987 what is it worth? I'm sorry to tell you the stock is worthless. When K-Mart filed for bankruptcy they paid out the creditors, bond holders and whatever was left went to the preffered shareholders the common stock holders like yourself received nothing. The stock you see now is a new issue which trades on the Nasdaq. The NYSE K-Mart stock went to the pink sheets and was retired worthless. ----------------------------------- From: mcostantini Friday, November 26, 2004 08:39 AM I am interested in two stocks advr.ob and vmii what is your input. thank you I don't follow ADVR but the fact its in the bio-tech sector anything is possible with an FDA approval. VMII is my biggest holding. Look for tremendous things to happen in the 60 - 90 days. --------------------------------- From: laserhaas Tuesday, November 30, 2004 10:22 AM eToys filed bankruptcy,, it has a confirmed plan,,, It is now 3 years old and the intention is to dissolve the public shares. In the course we found out the the attorney for the creditors committee placed a CEO in etoys that the attorney for the Creditors Committee had a secret partnership with. Question 1. Does the illegal collusive intent to defraud change things. question 2. As the public shares /entity is not yet dissolved can it be saved as there were companies that wanted to do so,, but the creditors and the CEO objected,,, now that we know they had a secret deal,,, can the public shell still be salvaged. The only thing I can tell you is look at the many questions I receive on K-Mart and how they screwed all the shareholders. ALso MCI, ENRON & Global Crossings. These were some of the biggest companies in the world and the SEC protected them. I would think there is a case to salvage the shell but at what price. And with a class action lawsuit i would say the SEC would just dismiss the attorney but still tell the shareholders its worthless and you have a tax write-off. ----------------------------------- From: spizaj Tuesday, November 30, 2004 08:25 AM If I owned 100 shares of AT&T in 1980, what companies to I own now? And could you tell me how many shares of each company? The stock itself would now give you about 300 shares after the splits but as far as other companies I can't help you with that. Lucent would be one. ------------------------------------ From: matymatt Friday, November 26, 2004 07:40 PM Can you explain the $50 cash offering for current Sears Stock holders. Is this on top of what I already own of Sears b/c the price of the stock is over $54 so I would think it is to just not trade it in. Am I wrong? For each share of Sears you can get $50 in cash. Even though the company right now is trading above that price $50 is what you get back. You also have the option of taking a " 1/2 " share of the new formed holding company. The reason for the "1/2" share is because the new company is going to be trading at $100 a share. So if you want to own shares of the new company you have to give up 2 shares of Sears. You have to way the risk: take the $50 cash or if good news comes out now and Sears goes up to say $55 sell. OR give up 2 shares of Sears for every new share of the holding company and hope the price stays above $100. -------------------------------------- From: ztxs: Sunday, November 28, 2004 07:46 AM when I was a child my father bought stocks in my name,unfortunately my father has since passed away. All I know is the company name, what do I need to do to prove I own this stock? You would have to contact the company and if they are still around then the corporate office can direct you to the "holding company" which has a list of all shareholders. From there you should be able to get the stock certificates re-instated. ------------------------------------------ From: stepthisway Sunday, November 28, 2004 11:10 AM HOw has McDonalds stocks performed over the last five years? The easiest way to find out is go to www.yahoofinance.com and enter their symbol: mcd You will be able to click on a chart and go back as far as you'd like. Looking at the 5 year chart they were as high as $50++ and as low as $12+. --------------------------------------- From: Dale Meins/ Sunday, November 28, 2004 11:27 AM Buying Stock Options How does it work? Options are VERY risky and it would take me to long to explain but the best website is: www.cboe.com click on: " Learning Center " -------------------------------------------- From: clarkec Monday, November 29, 2004 03:52 PM what does an E mean after a stock They have not complied with the Nasdaq, Bulletin Board, AMex regulators as far as price needing to maintain a certin price, or amount of insiders holding the stock etc. If you read about the stock you own then there should be a news item letting the shareholders know as the company must file with the NASD or SEC. Or you can go to: www.sec.gov and search for the company by stock symbol and the paperwork should be on file for you to read. Generally these companies get the filing done and the " E " drops off. ---------------------------------- From: HawkeyeMA Monday, November 22, 2004 04:57 PM Should I take the $50 per share offer for Sears or take 1/2 share of new merger? I hate to hedge on this but its your call. Depending on the amount of shares you own and how much money you invested in Sears I would do this "PERSONALLY"....... Lets say you had $5000 invested in Sears I would take 100++ shares of the $50 buyout price. This way you got your original investment out plus a few dollars profit. Then take the rest in the 1/2 share option. If you see a nice return on the investment short-term then start to scale out of some shares and use it for other investments and keep a few shares for the long-term. Always stay liquid so if something comes along you have the cash. This is just my opinion. -------------------------------------- Sunday, November 21, 2004 03:33 PM KMART HAD TO CLOSE ALOT OF KMARTS-SO THEY DID NOT HAVE TO GO BANKRUP,SO HOW CAN THEY BUY SEARS? There is a lot of speculation with regards to K-Mart and the closing of stores. The bottom line is the government granted them bankruptcy protection which got rid of a ton of debt and screwed the loyal shareholders. ------------------------------------------ From: jlweary Saturday, November 20, 2004 04:28 PM how do you become a share holder member Buy the shares of the company ------------------------------------------- From: jlweary Saturday, November 20, 2004 04:30 PM how much stock have to be to split? There is no set price that a stock has to be in order to split. Its decided by the board of directors and the sharholders. Its usually designed to make a stock more attractive to buy. ------------------------------ From: Walter Wedler Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:40 PM As a former Kmart common stock holder, I am bewildered by our bankruptcy laws. In the pecking order of paying off debts, the common stock holder is last to be paid. Since the common stock holders received nothing indicates that there were no more assets to liquidate. When Kmart reemerged last year from bankruptcy it quickly returned to profitability. Not on the back of sales, but by selling off assets (realestate - stores). The stock shot up to over $100/share, and now Kmart purchased Sears for $11 Billion. My question is: Since the real estate (stores) are assets, how come they weren't sold (liquidated) when Kmart filed for bankruptcy, and the proceeds distributed among the common stock holders (owners)? K-Mart did not own all the stores they were in, many of them were leased. The ones that they closed also hurt the leasing agents but they got away with it. ----------------------------------------------------- From: Eaweir53 Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:10 PM I'm ashamed to admit it, but, I purchased Kmart Bethlehem Steel TWA Western Water before they went into bankruptcy. Are these stocks worth anything to anyone? Is there a website that lists the final disposition of stock in cases like this? I also purchased shares in a biometrics company and a hardware store that went bust. I'm beginning to think my investment choice is the kiss of death for companies. Would preferred stock have suffered any better with these companies? E-A You can do a search lets say on Bethlehem Steel and see they were bought out by another company but for the most part the companies you listed are worthless. I would ask my broker or account to get you a "worthless stock certificate" form and write them off. If you have the original certs you can deposit them to see if any value shows up. Preffered shareholders get paid before the common shareholders, but you have to pay the creditors & bondholders first. --------------------------------------------------- From: jim_and_di Thursday, November 18, 2004 8:48 AM Subject: rainbow media corp My father has a stock certificate issued to him dated Feb 12, 1986 for 11,000 shares of Rainbow Media Corp. Is this the same Rainbow that is owned by Cablevision now? I can NOT find a stock ticker symbol for this company anywhere, even on historical charts, other than some tracking shares that Cablevision issued (RMG) in 1999 and then bought back a few years later. I think he said he only paid .17 cents a share for the stock back then so that may be another reason I can't find it listed anywhere? Any help would be appreciated. jim Cablevision did buy back the tracking stock I think for $2 - $3 a share. You can contact their investor relations department and they can fill you in. There is also a chance they gave you " X " amount of CVC shares for each Rainbow Media share. I would just deposit the RMG's shares into a brokerage account and the firms back office will handle all the conversions in about a week. If you do this make a copy of the cert before depositing the original. -------------------------------------------------------- From: pappa_15 Thursday, November 18, 2004 08:35 AM When Kmart filed for bankruptcy, did their stock become worthless or did it just change to the Kmart Holding stock? It became worthless. Sorry. ------------------------------------------------------ From: chuckieswife Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:15 PM If my KMART stock is no good, why is my brokerage firm a huge increase in my portfolio value? I am confused, it says the stock is suspended from trade for right now? What does that mean? Is it good or not? Thank you for your help If you owned the stock symbol KMRTQ. If you have the stock with the symbol KMRT then you are fine. The previous shareholders who owned K-Mart on the New York Stock Exchange were caught up in the bankruptcy and the stock was delisted to the pink sheets and then dissolved with no value. I'm glad you own the new stock KMRT which trades on the NASDAQ. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- From: kenneth.king Wednesday, November 17, 2004 02:06 PM What happen to "KMRTQ" stockholder, have they lost their money? The previous share holders were left at the alter. The stock you have is worthless and I suggest you have your accountant write it off. --------------------------------------------------------- From: amanda carrier Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:49 PM Hello. What is the price of Hewlitt Packard stock? Thanks for your time. As of the close on Friday 11/19 Hewlett - symbol HPQ closed at $20.08 a share. You can always track the price by going to YAHOO FINANCE and typing in the symbol. ---------------------------------------------------- From: MINNIE974 Wednesday, November 17, 2004 6:27 AM Can you tell me how much Kmart stock is worth today since they merged with Sears? K-Mart did not "merge" but actually "bought" out Sears. As of the close of Friday's trading 11/19 the price of K-Mart was $105. ---------------------------------------------- From: jhlyne Wednesday, November 17, 2004 08:03 AM I have a quick stock-related question for Owen: I bought 1600 shares of K-MART when it was about 11 cents a share. Now, obviously, it's $115 a share. Problem is, after I bought the stock, when they were in bankruptcy, they de-listed it. So I apparently get nothing. While I understand how this works, I wonder if shareholders ever band together and tried to get a pay-out for this. If so, how do I find the other former shareholders? There is nothing you can do except write the $1600 off on your taxes. I always advise people NOT to invest in companies that file for bankruptcy. There were 2 professor from Yale who went as far as the 1960's to see how the companies fare when they file for bankruptcy and if I remember correctly 95% never trade again or go private and the rest never go back to the glory days but just plod along. The original class action lawsuit was thrown out of court. ------------------------------------------------------- From: dianasamples Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:07 AM My husband and I lost money when K Mart dishonored their stockholders. Has anyone filed a class action lawsuit against K mart for this? If so, do you know how I can get in touch with them? The courts protected K-Mart when they filed bankruptcy protection. I hoping with the news of the buyout of Sears there will be enough of an outrage to try to get a civil lawsuit against them. The lawsuit was thrown out of court. ----------------------------------------------- From:kaerlite Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:59 AM I saw the question asked by the stockholder who owned K-Mart stock prior to its bankruptcy. I hit on your web site after reading that the stock that was issued after bankruptcy for $15 a share is now trading for over $100 a share, especially after the acquisition with Sears was announced. So I take it that the bottom line is that the stock I paid $10 for prior to the bankruptcy is still worth nothing, even though had I bought that same stock after the bankruptcy, I'd now be sitting pretty. How can our laws justify leaving former shareholders holding an empty bag when the same company re-emerges after bankruptcy and now has this huge capitalization. That's so wrong, and before I go off on this bandwagon, I just wanted to confirm that, yes, I do have it right. Thanks. K-DOG as i call them really sandbagged the old shareholders and their creditors. For instance if you supplied K-DOG with lets say shirts they were only paying them pennies on the dollar. After the creditors then you have bond holders, prefer shareholder and then the common stockholders. The government protects these crooks but maybe after this latest buyout enough former investors like yourself can get a civil lawsuit going. ------------------------------------------ From: scarletluvslave Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:02 PM i had walmart 401k-how do i get my money I would first open a 401k account with a brokerage account and then notify Wal-Mart to "roll it over" into the new account. If you request Wal-Mart to just send you a check there will be taxes taken out, up to 20% unless you are retiring. ---------------------------------- From: collegegirljunior20 Monday, November 15, 2004 05:21 PM When did Bethlehem steel stocks become worthless? Bethlehem Steel went bankrupt late 2003 and was bought out by Ross's International Steel group. You can have your accountant write it off on your taxes. ------------------------------------------------------- From: richardwiese Sunday, November 14, 2004 08:19 AM Before I try to take Kmart off on my taxes I have a quick If memorie serves me right there was something about if kmart shows a profit within two years of common stock being lost Kmart will have to give those profits back to the original stock holders that lost their money? Is this correct or am I getting confused with something else I'll be honest i have not heard of that one. Consult your broker and someone from the legal department could verify if its true. -------------------------------------------------------- From: akajunem Monday, |
