You'd still have the transaction cost because you'd have to train everyone to speak English.
The cost to you is usually zero and the transaction cost can be less than 25 cents.
The transaction cost for this flurry of trades was a tiny fraction of the taxes I will save.
The transaction cost cost about the same as PayPal fees, Rosenthal says.
Americans write 68 billion checks annually, with an estimated combined transaction cost for businesses and consumers of more than 75 cents per check.
The sudden and wholesale destruction of the pseudo-property system for information goods is not the solution, though left unchecked that is the natural response of the transaction cost-free Internet.
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For instance, if a more restricted food stamp just provides a transaction cost for recipients and they generally find a way around it, then it may be a cost with no benefit.
That was followed by the explosive growth of available mutual funds by which investors could swap an entire portfolio with just one phone call, and later just a click of a computer mouse, with no transaction cost if handled directly with the mutual fund, and only one small commission if handled through a discount broker.
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Furthermore, processing costs are low: about 30 cents per transaction, half the cost of clearing a cheque.
The other half, which you are managing yourself, will cost only transaction fees, a small sum if you buy and hold.
The investor responsible for the transaction greatly reduced the cost of positioning for limited bearish movement in the price of XRT shares through expiration.
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Because credit card companies have always charged a swipe fee, one that was paid by retailers per transaction to cover the cost of equipment and processing.
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The impact of these interest payments on the cost of the transaction will change over time.
It was just easier that way: nobody likes to be reminded of the cost of each transaction.
Opposition to a financial transaction tax says the extra cost would undermine liquidity, adversely affect market quality and distort the value of a security.
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In this way, a fiat dollar adds risk, and thereby cost, to every transaction.
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The goal of the Amendment was to make swipe fees reasonable and proportionate to the actual cost of processing a transaction.
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With the new partnerships, Foursquare will get paid on a cost-per-transaction basis.
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On check-out when the sale transaction goes through, the actual cost of the stay is deducted, and that is when the balance of the earmarked sum is returned for your use.
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Addressing "some important issues like fiscal incentives, reducing cost of credit and transaction costs will help Indian exporters become more competitive, " said Sanjay Budhia, chairman of a panel on exports set up by lobby group Confederation of Indian Industry.
In this strategy, called a zero-cost collar, your costs are limited to your transaction costs alone, since your proceeds from selling the calls will zero out the cost of the puts.
The surcharge is supposed to equal the actual cost of processing the credit card transaction, which is typically 1.5 to 3%.
As I described in Part Two of this series, driverless cars have the potential of dramatically reducing the transaction costs associated with transportation, including the capital cost, depreciation, fueling, maintenance and insurance.
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But she says her adviser warned that it would "cost a lot of money" to undo the transaction.
By promoting mobile transaction apps, banks are nurturing a consumer behavior that could cost them billions if a new leader emerges as king.
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These include the transaction costs inherent in a trading strategy (even if the cost of a trade has dropped dramatically in the past 10 years) and limited or no access to the vast computing power that competitors will be using to crunch the numbers.
In addition, transaction-only group-buying sites will have a much higher user acquisition cost compared to content publishers with built-in audiences.
And because of its smart cost and revenue structure it charges a modest commission on each transaction and does not store goods itself eBay has been one of the most consistently profitable e-commerce businesses.
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