I joke about this but seriously, in the Orlando, FL area, growth seems to be all the new Amscot (payday advance loans) businesses, Dollar Stores...
Stock trading does not exist in a vacuum. Your comfort level for taking risk is surely affected by many other factors. Having a paid off house...
Assuming you don't have an interest only mortgage, I would pay off the mortgage as long as that still left me with a "decent" amount of cash. My...
"what you propose would only attract gamblers who "think" they know how to trade" I think the above says it the best. The interesting thing...
You are correct. I purchased my first home in 1981. I put 20% down, assumed a first mortgage at 9.5% interest which represented 1/2 the price...
"i dont care about getting laid" :eek: First, what plans if any did you have before you received this money? I would park the money in...
#3. Because I would still have 3 grand left. :) Joe.
Someone has to pay for the stock. If you don't have enough funds (or buying power) in your account to pay for the stock, you have to do something...
"My favorite equation of these amateur "traders" is Selling Naked=Income." Income = CD's, Bonds Option selling and/or buying has a negative...
You are correct. The (C)ombination formula is: nCr = n!/r!(n-r)! where n = # trials and r = # to be selected. Not sure about a shortcut but it...
I think you have a typo. At the moment, more like a social disease. :eek:
I don't want to rain on your parade but here is my honest opinion. You write that you have a profitable system, but took a hit (apparentely...
"Anyways, the system's semi-proven (30% profitability over 4 weeks of trading. 22 days of trading. 16 gains, 2 even, 4 losing days. I believe I...
The concept is, if you have a record that is worthy, then you should have already proven that you can make serious money greater than the averages...
The tone of your post tells me (whether I believe that you are successful or not is another question) that you are not a "people person" and...
No offense and with all due respect, if you have to ask this question, it would be hard for me to believe that you would have a record that would...
25% of profits? Joe.
I don't understand your beef with T-Bond investors. Why does it matter to you? Remember, to get a rate of return greater than a risk-free rate...
Humpy for President!!! :eek: :) (but if you are outside looking in, you may not be eligible) Joe.
"How Dumb are T-Bond Investors?" I would say that most T-Bond investors are not dumb at all. I would suggest to you that anyone that does...
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