Very well put, Swan Noir, and poignant. Would you happen to know how much progress has been made in resolving this Lehman mess (esp. in the UK)...
Realistically, is this achievable over the long run?
A perfect storm!
How is this to be fixed, if I may ask?
Can you give a few examples?
It seems that futures customers with all cash in their accounts and those with part cash and part assets (like T Bills) will be treated...
Ghost of Cutten, can you possibly name a few brokers which offer such an arrangement for US stocks? Thanks.
Thanks for the link, steve0617.
Would you happen to have the web link in which he mentioned his change of brokers? Which firm does he now use? Thanks.
Fine in theory, but isn't it a fact that IB, like all brokers, want customers' stocks to be held in "street name" so that they can be used as...
Isn't it true that, even for a cash account with, say, Charles Schwab, stocks are still held in street name or by a nominee?
That's bad...
Good job, Daal. Do you short HK stocks through IB? Presumably, only the large cap stocks - HSI constituents - are available? Thanks.
Could you care to elaborate?
I should've mentioned that this apparent oddity applies only to 64-bit Windows with both Java 32-bit and 64-bit versions installed.
If TWS is a 32-bit program, then why does its desktop shortcut point to C:\Windows\System32\javaw.exe which is in fact Java 64-bit?
It seems we have the same problem. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3300830#post3300830 Have you managed to find a...
Hi, all I tried to run TWS for the first time on a new Windows 7 64-bit box. "Initializing environment..." never completed! :( It just...
week 31, not 30.
Good job, neke!
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