you haven't been to a B&N in a couple of years? You got the impression that no capital gains tax is payable on trades? Honestly, for your...
"spread hope not fear"? Just wish things away? It's amazing that most adults did graduate from high school but can't engage in a rudimentary...
add Kudlow to that list
And speaking of Erin, does anyone (other than herself) think she's funny? Gross and infantile humour. She should leave the humour to the only...
Hi Copernicus, I'm interested in your thoughts I'm an NYC trader and I can tell you that conditions are pretty grim here so you must be seeing...
transaction taxes already exist in certain other countries such as the UK for example. There is "stamp duty" on every share traded which is just a...
I've got several books withinin arms reach of my desk that discuss this at length plus a file folder on my desktop with a multitude of papers on...
Some A-list name in the last few days on CNBC and from the Financial Times have said: [I quote where possible, paraphrase in part b/c I DVR'D...
cosine, That's news to me. May I pat myself on the back just a little bit since I came up with that by pacing around thinking and having...
That's a high quality post Brandonf. It occured to me that creating a subsidiary of an existing established fund whereby the new sub manager...
the OP may have been a little dramatic in his description but the main point is solid I think. Often industry insiders know stuff long before...
It was Nixon that unhinged the dollar from gold because he didn't like the discipline it imposed upon the US government. Governments like to...
the ratio of those advising the OP to persevere versus those saying he should quit seems to be at least 2:1. The word "quit" has a negative...
can't opine on uni in Bristol but I can opine on econometrics and it's usefulness and in a word: very Econometrics grew out of the quantitative...
This is from an experienced tader with some real cred here. Very well put Lindq. thanks. Perhaps Hoyt would like to invite opinions on his...
And regarding Einhorn on CNBC, did you see Bartiromo? OMG is she on the Lehman payroll? She was combative as hell against Einhorn and pretty...
I agree with Joab, this is pure curve fitting. But these guys' clients would'nt know what curve fitting is. Until Felton trading and the new...
clarification: that's (negative) -36.86%, it doesn't look clear from the previous post.
I know this thread is old but here is a relevant paper on exactly this issue: http://search.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=959024 His...
I agree with Surdo Low risk, I know several people who have traded from crazy locations like boats on a river, starbucks in London etc...
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