Recent Content by Bernoulli

  1. IB TWS reacting slowly

    I've had something similar happen, the last time today. TWS was running so slowly that my whole system seemed frozen. I opened up the...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Oct 8, 2009 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  2. Think PEs indicate equities are cheap?

    Interesting chart. I would like to see a chart that attempts to "normalize" P/E for different interest rate levels. I don't think you can use...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Nov 16, 2008 in forum: Trading

  3. Doctors Ban More Medical Schools.....Greater Number of Students....Protect Incomes...

    As a side note, if anyone had bothered to read the article they would have noted it had absolutely nothing to do with the AMA. The article was...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Nov 10, 2008 in forum: Economics

  4. Why can't "the solution" be LOWER taxes, NO deficits, SMALLER government...?

    What is your point? In 1918 the minimum rate was 12% (reduced to 8% in 1919) on $4m (~$55,000 in current dollars) income. Only 5% paid...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: Economics

  5. Why can't "the solution" be LOWER taxes, NO deficits, SMALLER government...?

    Here is the history of the maximum tax rate courtesy of a report from The John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business at the Harvard Law...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: Economics

  6. Why can't "the solution" be LOWER taxes, NO deficits, SMALLER government...?

    This may be true in Latin America or even Italy, but there has never been an epidemic of conducting business off the books here. The same people...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: Economics

  7. Why can't "the solution" be LOWER taxes, NO deficits, SMALLER government...?

    Wouldn't that be expected?: as people get older they earn more. In fact I could have been one of them (banking wasn't such a great payer in 1979).
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 19, 2008 in forum: Economics

  8. betting on horse races vs. trading

    Yoohoo - I don't think you're understanding 'zero sum'. A positive sum game implies a net increase in wealth across all participants. In...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 8, 2008 in forum: Trading

  9. McCain = bullish, Obama = bearish for stocks?

    I always figured that with Republicans coming into office investors would load up on stocks (drive up prices, lower returns) in anticipation of...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 7, 2008 in forum: Economics

  10. betting on horse races vs. trading

    There was a terrific book written about 20 years ago by Bill Ziemba called "Beat the Racetrack." Ziemba is an academic whose approach to the...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 7, 2008 in forum: Trading

  11. Worst TWS Yet?

    I think I found the solution to my problem. It seems that the jre since update 6 (as near as I can figure) has been running more restrictively....
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 7, 2008 in forum: Retail Brokers

  12. Worst TWS Yet?

    I had an issue with 885 (now .7) at startup where I would get the splash screen, at which point it would hang. I then rolled back to 882 and...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Aug 6, 2008 in forum: Retail Brokers

  13. Globex Time & Sales from CME

    Slickcharts- Thanks for making this data available. It has been a great help. I noticed there are several dates missing for the 2008 year....
    Post by: Bernoulli, Jul 17, 2008 in forum: Educational Resources

  14. Let's talk about McClellan Oscillator and Summation index

    I know nothing about McClellan oscillators but in researching them I see they are derived from stock market advance-decline numbers. So why apply...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Jul 10, 2008 in forum: Technical Analysis

  15. Ideas for struggling traders

    I remember when the bond futures closing at 3pm (NY) was a big deal (years ago) but now with electronic trading extending well beyond 3, I don't...
    Post by: Bernoulli, Jul 4, 2008 in forum: Trading