Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

A call for stakeholder input by the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) on its approach to calculating investor losses from unsuitable sales of illiquid exempt market securities has ...

A company's profit margin reveals how much of its earnings it gets to keep after it pays all of its expenses. It is a ratio of earnings to revenue. Companies with strong earnings report high profit ...

Calculate unrealized gains by subtracting original investment cost from current value. Include trading commissions in cost basis for precise tax-related calculations. Monitor unrealized gains/losses ...