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Old 01-08-2016, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by CornHusker4Life View Post
Lance's post reminded me of a question that I have been wanting to ask. If Lance owns 11 stocks with each being 5% of his total wouldn't that be 55% total?

If I have $20,000 in the market and own 10 stocks with each having $2,000 value per stock my percentage is 10% per stock. How do I get down to 5% per stock without adding more stocks to get to 20 total stocks at 5% each =100%.

I hope this makes sense.

Thanks, Jarrod
jarrod, thats a good question, one that i'm interested in hearing the answer of, certain "common sense" things, i lack....
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