IBD FAQs - Investor’s Business Daily (2024)

FAQs

What is the IBD 8% sell rule? ›

IBD has two main rules for selling a stock: Take your profits at 20% to 25% and cut your losses at 7% to 8%. If you are buying stocks on breakouts from properly formed bases, following these guidelines will keep your head above water.

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If your stock gains over 20% from the ideal buy point within 3 weeks of a proper breakout, hold it for at least 8 weeks. (The week of the breakout counts as Week No. 1.)

Securities transactions by officers, directors and 10%+ shareholders. Section 16 of the 1934 Act requires a public company's officers, directors and holders of more than 10% of any class of equity security to report their transactions in such company's securities and to disgorge certain “short-swing profits.”

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In general, between 50% and 60% of patients initially respond to therapies in terms of improvement in symptoms or inflammation markers. Of those patients, approximately 20% to 30% go into remission, and of those in remission, at least half remain in remission over time based on clinical trial data.

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The exact cause of inflammatory bowel disease remains unknown. Previously, diet and stress were suspected, but now doctors know that these factors may aggravate but aren't the cause of IBD . One possible cause is an immune system malfunction.

The average cost per IBD patient increased from $8,477 in 2009 to $15,786 in 2018-2019. The annual cost for at least one biologic increased while the cost of nonbiologic medications decreased.

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The 8% sell rule is a strategy used by some investors to minimize losses and help preserve their capital. The rule is typically applied when a stock drops 8% under your purchase price—regardless of the situation. Keep in mind that this isn't a hard-and-fast rule.

The average Social Security retirement payment is $1,866.44 a month as of April 2024, according to the Social Security Administration. If your savings is $164,000, then the 8% rule gives you $13,120 to spend your first year of retirement (in addition to Social Security).

Broker Fee and the 8K Rule

The main premise of the 8K Rule is anchored on the 0.25% broker fee or P20, whichever is higher. The idea is if you buy stocks worth P8,000, then you will pay the 0.25% broker fee instead of the P20 fixed price. Look at this comparison: Buying P1,000 worth of shares.

Rule 8 requires various persons, during an offer period, to make public disclosures, or in certain cases private disclosures to the Panel only, of their positions or dealings in relevant securities of the parties to the offer.