I for one think its too early to judge Geithner, going to give him the benefit of the doubt for now. He can't be that bad of a guy, he's from...
What's illegal? Short selling is not illegal. Naked short selling is already a violation of SEC rules, they should just enforce it already and...
First post, this is a joke right, funny. But seeing as 63%+ of Americans owned stock in one form or another according to Princeton survey in 2006...
Wrong Walter. Dismal effect from raising the Capital Gains tax by Clinton. All of the growth that came from the period of Clintons presidency came...
Stamp tax was the reason behind the Boston Tea Party. If this does fly we might have to rebel and form our own government. Maybe take over a state...
I'm sure that a lot of this has been covered, but it could never happen. Pete and rePete (Stark and the guy from Oregon, so left they 'goose step'...
I used two computers for a while with 3 screens, just not necessary anymore. Unless you are running Bloomberg or something, uses up a ton of...
It's really unbelievable. Having been at a bank, at a hedge fund and a daytrader, I have never been able to short a stock without a locate, ever....
These stocks didn't pay 10 years of dividends either, bet their numbers are much worse. I can't imagine giving my money to someone like Bill...
I always felt that markets tend to go up in an orderly fashion. On the upside you get much more 'back and fill'. Oppourtunities to get onboard if...
Great to hear you swing both ways T-Bone! No place for a bull market trader these days. Careful though, with statements like yours you may have to...
Funny because with the Westminster dog show on last two nights, I couldn't help but think of the following. That guy who anchors the morning CNBC...
Don't think Dodd cares either way about the Hedgies in CT, I don't think relaxing MTM would matter much to them anyway. However, as head of the...
Agree. I chart the E-Mini, but trade the SPY (SPY tends to have misprints and throws off charts). It works vice-versa as well. They are so linked...
E-Mini S&P 500 currently down 6.25 to 858.75 or .72 % (ES H9)
I looked into moving to Canada when Obama got elected. I was just worried that he would spend too much and enter into a protectionist type mode....
If I were smarter I guess I might have seen this as more of a warning sign, don't know what I would have done anyway. I remember looking into the...
Insane. There are algorithms that trade in and out of the SKF's all day long keeping it in line with the current weightings for the short banks...
Most people I know use ARCA, as do I. It DOES matter regardless of size. I try to buy everything on the bid and sell only on the offer whenever...
Without taking sides on the issue, because I am now a daytrader and proud of it, I will say this which I haven't really heard said well yet, but...
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