Secret Finance

water_skipper asked:


What was the PE of the stock market before and after the stock market crash of 1929? What I’m really wondering, was that stock market really a “bubble” crashing?

Miss Yahoo asked:


I heard that the housing market being low in sales and with the forclousure market crashing, it is affecting investors so much that they are moving money out of equities (stocks) and investing more in safer investments. Thats why the stock market has been down so much in the past week.

How does this happen? I was reading about it, but I didn’t really understand. Are investors pulling out their stocks from big lenders? How exactly does it affect the stock market? I need help understanding it in normal terms that make sense.

Please advise, thank you!!

Average Joe asked:


One of the reasons I asked was also because I’m still a rookie at investing and wanted to hear some opinions. I’m as green as can be when it comes to stock market investing, and I understand people lost lots of money, but is the drop really a reason to be nervous? I understand it’s a sign there might be a change in the lending market, but is this a reason to be nervous about investing in the stock market or to start trading all your stocks? I mean it’s not like the America is an unstable country. It’s no reason to start pulling all of your money out of the stock market, right? This is a proven market that should stabilize itself in a while, no? Is this just an opportunity to buy cheap stocks?

Chime in on the stock market plunge?

lamvpink asked:


Korean stock market is very connected with US stock market. Due to subprime mortgage loan, Korean stock market got damaged a lot. Since subprime mortgage loan, I have been interested in this for so long time. Please tell me how Korean stock market stay independent from US stock market.

JAY asked:


Hello, Im 19 years old and wanted to learn a little more about the stock market and how it works.
In the stock market right now and i see all these things that dont really understand, hoping that someone could tell me what all this means?

$ Last Trade - 27.87
Volume - 45,216,569
$ Change - 0.12
% Change - 0.43

Knowing all this can someone tell me what all this means and tell me if i did own this stock how much money i would have made?

Thanks in advance.

mcrevell80 asked:


My husband is starting business school in the fall. I completed his FAFSA and our expected personal contribution is $53k per year (yikes!).

He has a considerable amount saved in his 401k account and since we are both young it might make sense to use that 401k retirement $ towards school expenses.

Is there any way to do this without incurring huge penalties? I know we would pay taxes on the amount in the 401k, but if we are using it for education expenses it seems like there might be some way to use the money without paying the penalty…

Does anyone know of a good way to do this?

Bryan C asked:


My wife’s company just added a 401k and I am considering contributing to it but was wondering if there are limits to max 401k contributions if we file married/jointly? I currently max out my 401k account and I know with our combined income status IRA contributions are no longer tax deductible so I am worried adding to her 401k will bring the same limitation.

Flying J asked:


If I am planning to leave my job in the near future and I have 30k in my 401k and approx. 12k in loans, how will the loans be repaid? Do I pay the taxes at year end? Also what if I decided to cash out the rest?

mishatim asked:


I want to understand if the 401k loan interest schedule is different from a mortgage interest schedule. For example, in a mortgage payment the interest is the most of it. Is it the same with 401k loan?
Reason for asking is to see if it makes financial sense to use 401k loan to pay off a mortgage on a property. Thanks!

nikkisdaddyo2000 asked:


In order to avoid bankruptcy, during a 9 month period of unemployment, It was necessary to take early distribution monthly from 401K for income. Are there any hardship provisions for this type of “forced” early distribution?