I would like to get some advice on ths issue of account safety with brokerage firms. Specifically, 1. Are brokerage accounts at risk due to...
first time close under 8000 two days in a row. Will we see 8000 again?
Someone please help me understand this: I know the current housing price is artifically propped up, but why can't I build a new house at lower...
Recession is a necessary evil. In a free economy, only a recession can weed out unproductive businesses and put people to better use. In a way...
Suppose you have a $400K mortgage debt on a $300K house (-100K equity) and you walk. Can the bank go after your bank account and other assets...
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me about short order fills on activitve stocks (e.g. SP500). Specifically, what's the typical fill speed for...
Mccain president.
That's BS. The only possibilities is that these folks are just too shy/polite/nice/embarassed to tell the pollsters what they really think.
no representation no taxation. revolk voting age.
One week to go, polls have obama lead narrowed to 2% from 7-12% a week ago, why? Up to this point most polls have been serving one purpose:...
Is it safer to keep your cash in a brokerage account or bank account? Thanks.
Now since FDIC only covers $100K, so someone with $100M cash mush have 1000 accounts to keep his money safe? How does it work?
I heard that for futures, there is a pit session and electronic session, and you can get quotes for "combined sessions". Now for trading purposes,...
When you buy a futures contract, are you creating a new contract, or just getting an existing contract transfered to you?
I was not able to short QQQQ this morning. Does this happen often? It is surprising to me that such a liquid ETF is not shortable.
If you frequently trade one stock (say QQQQ, long only, no rest period longer than 30 days), by definition all your losing closes are wash sales...
Is it possible to have a long-only strategy that makes money even in a down market?
I have over 5000 trades in 2006. On my 1099-B I got a total sales proceeds, but then there is a "SUPPLEMENTAL TAX INFORMATION" which lists all buy...
In an effrot to print out 4000 trades and reduce postage (as well as save the forests), I'd like to know if I can use very small font for schedule...
Even when I manually change the time on my computer, it still goes back to the old time once it updates with the NIST time server. Does anyone...
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