The point is that the american consumer, with the grateful help of wall street, shot themselves in the foot with a housing bubble, and the...
This is true. As far as I know, commissions from trading are considered capital loss. In a normal account they increase your capital loss, and...
My understanding is that losses in a TFSA can't be used for tax deductions. I'd say that includes the loss incurred by the cost of aquiring and...
Well, Questrade will probably offer the best package if you just deal with stocks and options or forex. They have the best commissions in Canada,...
Questrade is only broker that offers a Tax Free Trading account, as far as I know.
Oh, the infamous doji today. Option holders are bulging with calls. (And we all know their track record) All the shorts need now is some bad...
Doji on the daily. Who was wearing their shorts today?
Put to call ratio came down pretty hard in the last week, and we still haven't broken up out of the downtrend from Feburary for the S&P (as of...
Don't be alarmed if you haven't noticed this already....but the market hasn't been distinguishing between stocks in a sector when fear or euphoria...
Big investors look for liquidity. Investment can go elsewhere if there isn't enough round trip trading happening to provide liquidity....
Don't you think the XLF could do a little revisiting of the oversold conditions of Oct thru Dec 08 on the MACD? Obviously those dips weren't the...
http://www.cnbc.com/id/29565338 Uk gov should be getting a 77% stake in Lloyds. This 'could' be a weigh on the financials early next week.
This would be the blowup in question. http://uk.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUKBNG31368320090205
I used to get reduced margin on those until recently. They went from 30% to 50% last month with Questrade or Penson, whoever makes the...
Yeah, sounds like a good plan. I meant that in general, CDN bank stocks swing in the same path as the XLF, but not in the magnitude of course....
Yes definately. But who says the U.S financials can't get beaten down even more? And of course, the Canadian financials will likely follow the...
Oh Canada. They're dividends are safe, but the stocks move in step with the U.S financials. So it's pretty ridiculous.
If you actually have money, you wouldn't be on here. The vast majority of ET members come on here to: A) Pump losing positions out of...
Obama's talking No details, no rally. I wonder if the announcement tomorrow is just going yap about how detailed their plan will be, but not...
I'm watching it right now. It doesn't make me want to change the channel, like I usually want to do around midday for "Power Lunch", which is...
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