I use to believe that no major government would adopt crypto currency as their default currency. Why would they spend money buying bitcoin when...
Dow $100K by adding MSTR. Hmmm. Let's see DJIA closed today at 43,269. MSTR closed at 431. The DOW is a price weighted index (very unusual since...
a) The Bid/Ask spread for IWM is very wide b) The total value of all 2000 companies in the Russell 2000 Index (which IWM uses) is about half the...
I think it is easier to explain by showing a concrete example using stocks, then once you understand the concept you should be able to see how it...
I was referring to the bitcoin itself to keep the example simple. But it could also apply to the bitcoin ETFs. However, some of the short bitcoin...
Any asset that can be shorted does not have a fixed supply. Every time a bitcoin is shorted, a new virtual coin is created that can be sold to...
Apple already can print money forever and ever. Total value of all bitcoins: $1.4 trillion. Total value of entire crypto market: $3.2 trillion...
Reminds me of big story from when I lived in New Jersey where a NJ resident was fined for killing a rat that was eating his tomatoes. Instead of...
Yes but a pound of USD paper (16 ounces) is heavier than a pound of Gold (12 ounces)
Yes for Act 60 you have to buy a home within 2 years of moving here. That gives you 2 years to decide if you want to stay longer. Also I know once...
You should reconsider. First, whether it's Singapore or any other country, unless you are willing to renounce your USA citizenship, you will owe...
Yes "learnt" is a word. An alternative past tense to "learned". "Learnt" is commonly used in British countries.
I have never used this IB API feature, but it could be useful to me, so I checked it out. First I logged in to the IB website and subscribed to...
America was made great by two factors - a) A massive amount of fertile, undeveloped land filled with natural resources; b) Slavery. At the height...
I have never used IB API with futures, but with stocks, the IB API does not report every tick.
I stand corrected; Partially. I double checked the stats. The stock market initially fell 35% in Feb and March 2020 (Trump's last year in...
I think you mean 3 years. Trump's last year, during the pandemic, was a total disaster for stocks, jobs and the economy.
Sadly, with the exception of people who possess special skills (software engineers, nurses, professional athletes, etc), there is virtually no...
I use IQFeed. Their quotes data is lousy, but their news API is not bad. And is very reasonably priced....
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