Recent content by Deez_@$$ets

I was just idly glancing over this tutorial page from TD Ameritrade, mostly just to see how it relates to the TD Ameritrade platform and interface, but then I realized something here doesn't make sense. I thought I already knew this basic stuff... :confused: Here's the example scenario they're...

The calculation for total P/L for a portfolio should be simple, right? It should be just: (current portfolio value - cash deposited)/cash deposited x 100 Right? This is how it's done in Robinhood. I can double-check the % that the app is showing by typing the numbers manually in a calculator...

I'm in possession of some Siemens stock (SIEGY). In November, I received a much larger dividend payout on these shares than normal. It was $6.12 per share which is several times larger than it normally would be. Everywhere you look, the dividend yield is for SIEGY is listed at something like 2...

But apparently, there's an added complexity here because I don't understand the stuff about shares, warrants, and units. I read this page before your reply: https://moneyfortherestofus.com/318-what-is-a-spac/ But it doesn't detail the exact mechanism of what it means to buy the regular shares...

Ah, thanks! So, at the point in time when there is either a concrete announcement of a target acquisition, or just a rumor that they've started talks, it is not yet determined what the ratio of conversion of [ESC] to [MUNC] shares will be, correct? Once the deal is finalized, then we will know...

I don't get it: why can't anyone answer this fundamental question? Isn't this one of the largest forums having to do with stocks?

There's been a number of IPOs recently that were done via the reverse merger (or whatever it is--I don't really understand the details of this mechanism for going public) by using SPACs. If there's a publicly-traded SPAC already in existence, and it is going through the process of taking some...