noddyboy, I guess Bloomberg's numbers are based on actual earnings that have come in and maybe some of the spreadsheet's numbers still haven't...
Changed my post, making further edits now, I just took the current quarter from the spreadsheet, thinking it was the year, I still don't see where...
GM's earnings for the year have been terrible (not saying anything new here). Yahoo Finance has them as -$53.3. The S&P 500 aggregate P/E is...
It follows the pivot points very well at night from what I've seen, and it's fairly easy to tell when a move is starting because you'll get a...
Interesting. Here's a scan of the original article the predictions were in: http://www.sabahforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7925...
The Dow went from about 100 to about 160 in 1938, and this year has been compared to that year a lot. So, it's possible. It would also be a very...
6.2 days of average volume needed for all the shorts to cover, definitely could be a short squeeze in it if it keeps moving higher:...
I thought the symbol was SP, and SPX was the actual index, but regardless, there's a big contract and a mini one. The big one is 5x the value of...
I wasn't arguing. I'm just trying to figure out what it means exactly in terms of the market.
How big do you think the move will be? That will in part determine how far OTM you want to go. You usually want to buy as close to the event...
So, it looks as if they won't be exempt. What does this mean? Can MMs operate normally? How in the world does the SEC even enforce it if the...
options on futures get the same treatment as futures for taxes
Don't forget there are two possible components to inflation. Actual demand for goods and money velocity are one component, and that's not going...
Serious question, if you can make $50k in 6 days, which amounts to over $2 million/year, and you have a tendency to gamble in the market...
I guess I take a different view. I'm fairly certain the layoffs hitting the men more than women has more to do with the men getting paid on...
For sector and industry, the Yahoo Finance profile for the company has it. IBM example http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=IBM
Gold's not just a fear indicator of markets going down, though. There's two types of fear today - fear of the market crashing and fear of runaway...
It will make synthetic CDOs have to have a portion paid back. This might have a big effect on the market. It's actually a good thing for the...
Math_Wiz, nope, self-employed don't get unemployment insurance. Makes you wonder about the unemployment figure, huh?
Bob, how do you decide whether to trade the stock or use an option? I've noticed some option trades sprinkled in the mix occasionally.
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