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An investment club is a group of individuals who meet on a regular basis for the purpose of investing money. Image File history File links Question_book-new. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Globe_important. ...

The invested sums can be as little as $10 a month. The first investment club on record dates back to the 1800s in Western America. Various online communities devoted to this type of investing have recently emerged and have contributed to the personal investing boom in the United States. One of the reasons that people come together in investment clubs is to learn how to invest. While investment clubs are commonly organized with members contributing money and investing as a group in a single club portfolio, members of other self-directed investment clubs simply meet and learn about investing but invest on their own. With the advent of computers and the internet investment clubs have also moved into cyberspace. A virtual community is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. ... Investment is a term with several closely related meanings in finance and economics. ... A self-directed investment club is a type of investment club in which members do not make financial contributions, but rather meet on a regular or informal basis to share stock tips and advice, and then invest in their individual portfolios, not in a common club portfolio (as is more... The tower of a personal computer. ... It has been suggested that Virtual world be merged into this article or section. ...

Investment clubs are generally formed as general partnerships, but could also be formed as limited liability companies or limited liability partnerships (in states that allow them). While an investment club could incorporate, the double tax treatment on corporate distributions makes the corporate structure less desirable than a partnership. Typically, a general partnership does not generate any tax liability on its own; instead, any tax liability is passed through to members each year. This article needs to be wikified. ... This article is about a U.S.-specific corporate form; for a general discussion of entities with limited liability, see corporation. ... A limited liability partnership (LLP) has elements of partnerships and corporations. ... Incorporation (abbreviated Inc. ... Double taxation is a situation in which two or more taxes may need to be paid for the same asset, financial transaction and/or income and arises due to overlap between different countries tax laws and jurisdictions. ...

In the United States Investment club partnerships must file Form 1065 and Schedule K-1s with the IRS each year, and with states that require partnership filings. In the United Kingdom investment clubs and their members are required to submit form 185(new) to HMRC each year. Investment club accounting software can facilitate the management of a club's books and the preparation of tax filings. Seal of the Internal Revenue Service Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Part of the Taxation series        IRS redirects here. ... Ensign of HM Revenue & Customs Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is a new department of the British Government created by the merger of the Inland Revenue and Her Majestys Customs and Excise which came into formal effect on 18 April 2005. ... Investment Club Accounting Software is typically used to manage: Member Subscriptions Ownership / Unit Valuation System Investment Transactions Portfolio performance Income / Expenditure transactions Performance reports Manage tax returns // Investment Clubs are groups of people who meet up on a regular basis to make investment decisions, which are typically associated with stock...

Clubs offer the structure and support that many people need to get started investing, and clubs make it possible to get into the market without a big initial investment.

See also

• List of finance topics
• National Association of Investors Corporation (also known as NAIC and BetterInvesting)

Topics in finance include: // Finance an overview Arbitrage Capital (economics) Capital asset pricing model Cash flow Cash flow matching Debt Default Consumer debt Debt consolidation Debt settlement Credit counseling Bankruptcy Debt diet Debt-snowball method Discounted cash flow Financial capital Funding Financial modeling Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship Fixed income analysis Gap financing... National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC), also known as BetterInvesting, is Michigan based 501c3 non-profit organization (since the mid 1998, where prior it was a for-profit organization) whose aim is to teach individuals how to become successful long-term investors. ...

External links

• Investment clubs and the SEC - A FAQ on investment clubs provided by the SEC
• ICLUBcentral Inc. - Resources for starting and running an investment club

Further reading

• Investment Clubs for Dummies by Douglas Gerlach and Angele McQuade (ISBN 0-7645-5409-3), published in 2001