Right, thanks to Ebbers and his competition against ATT you and millions of others have enjoyed the benefit of low, low phone rates. But since...
I guess the manufacturing sector needs new systems to keep track of the millions they're laying off. :p
Hydro, I somewhat agree. I've said it before that I think the ''trader/investor'' ratio is too high (too many traders, too few real investors)...
Dell does barely better than breakeven on the low-end consumer line. They do well is on the business side and higher-end consumer.
I agree with most of what you state. However, when you buy insurance, the insurance co. won't control when you die and has no idea if/when your...
Preserve who's wealth? Options are zero-sum. Whatever 1 side makes, the other loses, so where's the wealth preservation? With all these exchanges...
There is nothing special. They did well in the go-go years when they managed less money and now it's just all BS hype.
Oh yeah, Wall St is such a group of honest boys and girls. They follow the law to a T! Pffffffttttttt.....
What effect on producers/consumers does options on 4-5 exchanges based on the same thing like buiders, oil cos, steel, etc have? Other than to...
Originally, trading in stocks was sold to the public as a way to raise funds for the start/financing of public companies. But where's the...
Let's say I make a market in the S&P's. I sell 1000 contracts at the ASK. Now, instead of buying some random index to lay off the risk, I buy a...
That's a statistical use of the word edge. But in markets, there are other kinds of eges including more ''physical'' edges where on player has a...
Maybe if this capilalistic system were more honest to begin with, people like Ebbers would in turn be more upstanding. This society...
Total garbage is all I have to say. All the exchanges each have their own gambling centers now. The ''hot plays'' (steel, builders, oil,...
If a 10% drop in value won't bother you much, I'd put into a Latin America fund or index that has no hidden charges/loads. The problem with...
Anything that is ''top-performing'' is RARELY low risk. Not possible to have your cake and eat it too.
(Intraday) Indexes from S&P? Dow Jones? Bloomberg? Exchange Indexes? Others
I realise you didn't ask me but in my opinion the simplest explanation is that the ratio of traders to investors is very high. Too many scalpers,...
One funny thing I've noticed over the years has been the indexes/charts used by magazine editors/writers to get their latest crop of readers all...
Maybe you you won't like what I'll say but anyway here it is. The stock market is no longer the market of 1, 3, 5, 10 years ago. If I were...
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