Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,004
Re: Countdown to CFA Level I
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if im not mistaken, when you register for the 2008 tests you'll be paying for the 2008 curricula. moneygrubbing pooptards they are
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Son of a ... Ugh, I should have...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 02:31 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,004
Re: Countdown to CFA Level I
Quick question about study materials: I have the official CFA study curricula (volumes 1 to 6) that say 2007 on the cover. Will I be able to use these for studying for the June 2008 test? I assume...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 989
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 12:55 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,004
Re: Countdown to CFA Level I
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I am just worried about not having any degree in accounting/finance. I come from enggr./comp science background. trying to learn the basics of accounting from online tutorials, time value...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,004
Re: Countdown to CFA Level I
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Little background and reason (where do you hope it will lead you) for taking the exams? I am thinking about taking the exam and asses the benefits as far as career goes. TIA
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 01:40 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 3,094
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 11:55 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 10,980
Re: How to build credit
Just get one of the credit cards that gives you 1% back and pay it off every month.
How do you pay for gas?
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 842
Re: Lower home prices everywhere
But Case-Shiller only goes back to late 80s, right? So basically as far as housing downturns it's only got one other downturn (late 80s/early 90s) in its history.
So, I'm not disagreeing or...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,004
Countdown to CFA Level I
This Saturday. Good luck to me and anyone else taking it!
I wish I had given myself more than 2 months, but I think it will be a good experience and I should be in great shape when I retake it in...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-24-2007, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 862
Re: Four Ways To Use My Ideas
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For those who don't want to wade through all this lets put it more simply. Get good at predicting what to expect the market will make a stock price. If you are right, and you disagree, and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-17-2007, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,004
Re: Rank the business degrees
It really won't matter if you go to law school. If you might not go to law school, you should just pick based on what kind of job you'd want. As noted econ is good training to think analytically...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-17-2007, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 1,425
Re: Improving On Buffett And Desert Cat
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Don't invest unless you can explain why people are taking the other side.
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I think you are underestimating the scope of this. The "other side" is a very large number of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,063
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Forum: EDF
11-14-2007, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 2,814
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,216
Re: Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
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Well, I can't just take your word on this. What are the relative sizes of total income tax revenue versus the other items?
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If you are rich, income taxes easily represent...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,216
Re: Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
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those ntu figures do not include payroll taxes, but i think they DO include capital gains taxes in their definition of "personal income taxes".
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I agree. The link does...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,216
Re: Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
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Who pays what in taxes (http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=6)
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This doesn't include payroll (aka FICA, aka Social Security taxes) and the top marginal rates you cite...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 05:35 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,216
Re: Warren Buffet\'s Stance on Taxes
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My basic take on it is that Buffet is being a [censored] idiot.
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Well, of all the things Buffett (two Ts, BTW), is or might be, idiot is not one of them.
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Forum: EDF
11-13-2007, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 2,814
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 1,311
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Forum: EDF
11-13-2007, 02:35 PM
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Replies: 188
Views: 3,752
Re: Fall Fashions (and good deals on fashions!)
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If you go to Brooks Brothers or Land's End you're going to pay well over $100 for a custom shirt.
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Land's End custom shirts can be well under 100, depending on pattern (I...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-13-2007, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 1,311
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-09-2007, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 251
Re: Analyzing a business, this looks sketchy
I don't know anything about these companies, but if I were thinking of investing in ARII, I'd be curious to know the relative stake Icahn has in the other two companies mentioned (ARL & ACF). For...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-09-2007, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 656
Re: Ask me about the CFA program
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78k charterholders and 140k candidates currenly in the pipeline.
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That covers the whole world but if we just divide 78k by the number of adults in the U.S. (about 220m)...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-05-2007, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 245
Re: Financial Sites You Regularly Visit
I like the columns at pimco.com (especially Gross's of course) for their big picture point of view. Same goes for economist.com.
Neither will give you stock picks, but both will do a good job of...
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