Recent Content by 5yrtrader

  1. New American Dream is Renting;

    Looks like buying is beating renting over the past year http://ycharts.com/indicators/case_shiller_home_price_index_composite_20 :)
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Sep 26, 2012 in forum: Economics

  2. Mark Zuckerberg American Hero

    I take it you are for gay marriage? 5yr
    Post by: 5yrtrader, May 31, 2012 in forum: Chit Chat

  3. New American Dream is Renting;

    Ok, I agree that if you plan to live somewhere for 1 year then your math and idea is correct, renting beats buying. However most people always...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, May 9, 2012 in forum: Economics

  4. New American Dream is Renting;

    That chart is inflation adjusted, so take out the adjustment and anyone that bought in 1895 and sold in 1942 would have seen the nominal value of...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, May 8, 2012 in forum: Economics

  5. New American Dream is Renting;

    I bought a place in Chicago last summer, my mortgage + taxes + insurance + association fees is 30 to 45% below what it would cost to rent my...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, May 8, 2012 in forum: Economics

  6. what is this ?

    It sounds like you put in the best offer and haven't been filled yet. Am I missing something?
    Post by: 5yrtrader, May 2, 2012 in forum: Options

  7. Penson

    I don't think Penson is anything like MF Global. At MFG you had a CEO with a huge ego over leveraging the company's balance sheet, when the bet...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Mar 28, 2012 in forum: Retail Brokers

  8. Why is the T-note yield curve messed up?

    Its small only in nominal numbers, the 30yr is actually yielding 50% more than the 10yr, its a big difference if you look at it that way. 5yr
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Mar 20, 2012 in forum: Economics

  9. Stop Limit orders on crude

    50 cents, if entered electronically.
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Mar 5, 2012 in forum: Commodity Futures

  10. Why does California have so much industry/jobs?

    Texas is actually an outlier in the data set, I knew it would come up. But I would bet that it holds true with in Texas too. The nicest areas of...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Feb 8, 2012 in forum: Economics

  11. Why does California have so much industry/jobs?

    My guess is that your assumptions about what makes an economy strong are completely wrong. Hypothesis: "horrible high taxes, huge nanny state"...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Feb 8, 2012 in forum: Economics

  12. TBT long play

    The 10 yr is a "note," bonds is referring to the the 30 yr future contract. 5 yr
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Options

  13. Why would someone buy deep in the money call on dividend stock?

    The lack of response from the OP leads me to believe that he did, in fact, sell it for 12.30 and answered his own question. LOL 5yr
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Options

  14. Why would someone buy deep in the money call on dividend stock?

    Hey, Just want to point out that $3 + 12.30 = $15.30. I will take that trade all day long. Thanks 5yr
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: Options

  15. Socialism nearly killed the Pilgrims...but it produces great places to live

    What exactly is a "nig nog?" You asked this: "By what right do you hold a nation collectively responsible for the deeds of their ancestors?"...
    Post by: 5yrtrader, Nov 29, 2011 in forum: Economics