Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-29-2007, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 207
Re: Trading on Margin
My trading strategy has a time frame of buy/sell around 2-10 days. Is this the typical time frame in which trading on margin is a +EV play?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-26-2007, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 207
Re: Trading on Margin
Just to clarify, margin interest is charged on a daily basis? If I were to day trade (buy/sell in same day), do I still get charged margin interest?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-24-2007, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 207
Trading on Margin
I'm interested in trading on margin, but have a few questions regarding the process:
1. Are interest payments automatically deducted from my account whenever I sell?
2. If the margin rate is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-07-2007, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 424
Re: Career Decision: Software vs. Trading
Thanks for everyone that gave genuine advice to me. It really helped me out. I ended up taking the MSFT offer and plan on learning more about the markets/trading on my own in the meantime. I sort of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 02:24 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 424
Re: Career Decision: Software vs. Trading
Put it this way, I didn't hate it when I interned at MSFT last summer. There were some interesting moments, some boring, but overall it was pretty much something that I don't despise but don't truly...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 424
Re: Career Decision: Software vs. Trading
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I once read that if you are smart enough to be an engineer you are smart enough not to be an engineer. Does anyone who does it like it?
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Good point. There are very few...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 424
Re: Career Decision: Software vs. Trading
I've actually heard that MSFT pays better than google right now (have you heard otherwise?). Although I have to admit, google's campus looks like a vacation resort and makes microsoft's look like a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 424
Re: Career Decision: Software vs. Trading
The thing is, I'm not completely sure I'll enjoy trading. On top of that, I've heard from many sources that as an intern/analyst for S&T, you're basically grabbing coffee for senior members and get a...
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Forum: High Stakes
01-03-2007, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 123
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-03-2007, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 134
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-03-2007, 10:32 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 424
Career Decision: Software vs. Trading
I currently have a pretty good offer (deadline next week, $20k for the summer) from Microsoft as a software engineer for the summer (I worked there last summer too), but I'm also really interested in...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-26-2006, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 106
Fundamental vs. Technical Analysis
What percentage of the market are in each category (fundamental vs. technical)?
Also, I got this from investopedia:
"Technical traders, on the other hand, believe there is no reason to analyze a...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-26-2006, 04:04 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 87
Diversification
What are general (standard) guidelines for the weights in an equity portfolio? How about for a risky portfolio? Or a conservative one?
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-19-2006, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 464
Re: Meaning of Life
Is that your meaning? Nice. So you wouldn't mind offing yourself right now either?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2006, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 95
Re: Institutional Investors in the Future
I use "efficient" in the vague term of the word: How soon would it be before the business and its profitability slow down considerably because it is asymptotically approaching maximum efficiency.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-19-2006, 08:07 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 464
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-19-2006, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 95
Institutional Investors in the Future
How many years do you guys think it'll take before investing becomes so much of a science that it can be automated to the degree that the market becomes efficient?
20 years? 50 years? Never? And...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-03-2006, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 112
$0 Commission - Legit?
I have run across a zero commission site (zecco.com) and was wondering how legit these kind of sites are. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge about the matter?
Thanks.
Eric
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Forum: High Stakes
11-03-2006, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 790
Re: Finance Job questions
Hi Rock,
Thanks for the responses. They've been very helpful.
I was wondering how difficult it is to get into trading straight from an undergraduate degree vs. MBA (I'm an Electrical...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-16-2006, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 184
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-15-2006, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 184
Re: Baby Survey!
Yes, I'd be interested in everyone's opinion. Just assume you have a baby. Like another poster said, I think this is more along the lines of what your wife would be interested in.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-15-2006, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 184
Re: Baby Survey!
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I'm pretty sure that the joy of parenthood isn't going to make me want to give away all of my kid's information, so I voted 1 for all.
On second thought, privacy's not a big deal to me,...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-15-2006, 06:36 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 184
Re: Baby Survey!
Actually, the target demographic would be those males in the mid 20's age group that would become parents (esp. because our generation is increasingly electronically oriented). To clarify, my...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-15-2006, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 184
Baby Survey!
Hey guys,
I'm doing a school project at U.C. Berkeley, and we're trying to gauge the market for babies (yes, I know the results from 2p2 are prob going to be skewed - we just want rough data at...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
01-02-2006, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 1,695
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