Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-11-2007, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 398
Re: How safe is the stock market?
I own a little AUY. I don't think I like ABX. Here's a 5 part article that explains some of the nuances of buying gold companies while explaining some shady activities by Barricks execs.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-11-2007, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 107
Re: How to prepare for deflation?
I don't like putting everything in gold though. After 30 some odd years of running the entire world on fiat money, the bnkers might be thinking it's time to get back to a gold standard. I'm concerned...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-08-2007, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 126
Re: 110,000 New jobs, Unemployment up ???
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You might also be interested in the Birth/Death model. I'm not exactly sure how it plays in over the long run, but a lot of people say it's a bit fishy.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-08-2007, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 126
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-08-2007, 06:33 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 107
Re: How to prepare for deflation?
I ran back and forth between deflation worries and inflation worries for a long time. I think it's incredibly hard to tell, but I've been leaning toward believing the inflationists recently. I think...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-24-2007, 05:06 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 219
Re: Your Opinions About Jim Cramer
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New investors should use actively managed funds from managers with great track records that beat the market.
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A little part of me died while reading this.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-24-2007, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 200
Re: Collapse of the American Economy?
I hedging... against the possibility that the American economy survives.
I tend to think hyperinflation is the more likely scenario for various reasons, but I haven't been able to get deflation...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-22-2007, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 118
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Forum: Poker Legislation
05-09-2007, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 111
Views: 398
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
04-27-2007, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 83
Re: Mongoloid Bay Las Vegas
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ugh MGM was such low limits when we last went. has it changed ?
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it's still mostly 2/5 NL with an occasional 5/10. The 5/10 tends to be very good when it gets going.
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
04-27-2007, 02:39 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 83
Re: Mongoloid Bay Las Vegas
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MGM has a great room but Caesar's games seemed to have a lot more action.
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I second the MGM, best run room on the strip. If only they could get more action...
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Forum: Brick and Mortar
04-27-2007, 02:37 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 83
Re: Mongoloid Bay Las Vegas
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I'm assuming Mandalay Bay is what you mean. I personally have never cared for their nazi'ish type rules that they keep there. It seems they have a different sent for regulars and a set...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-23-2007, 04:42 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
Re: inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
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Why do you assume service level jobs are worse than manufacturing? If anything they are better for us as they tend to pay higher. Service jobs/education is our...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-23-2007, 04:35 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
Re: inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
My understanding is the same as yours, that dropping the peg should promote inflation. I simply think that maintaining the peg is actually worse for us in the long run because it promotes a hollowing...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-22-2007, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
Re: inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
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Food for thought:
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Interesting graph. Do you trust the CPI enough to evaluate the graph at face...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-21-2007, 04:30 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
Re: inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
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also I want to point out that a trade deficit is not a bad thing. It is pretty normal for growing economies to have a trade deficit, as there is not enough saving in the country...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-21-2007, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
Re: inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
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If the dollar collapses the world economy collapses and really have a doomsday scenario on our hands (which is highly unlikely). To the O.P. If you can find the answers to what economic...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-20-2007, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
Re: inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
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Why would either occur? Both are easily fixed.
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But, for whatever reason, both are often not fixed. Currencies and/or economies fall to these forces, and I wish to better...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-20-2007, 05:23 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 148
inflation, deflation, and playing it safe
Can anyone suggest a good way to go about comparing different ratios of Gold, Government Bonds(short term?), and stocks over various periods during the last 100 years? I guess I'm looking for long...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
04-15-2007, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 207
Re: EPassporte is a JOKE
It's not just a matter of what you have to give them, it's a matter of how many times you have to give it to them...
They locked my account a little over a year ago. It took me several exchanges...
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Forum: Software
03-14-2007, 02:34 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 54
Re: state of NL simulation software?
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What do you mean by NL simulations? Games where you play AI players? Hand simulators?
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I want to be able to ask fairly specific questions, like, if I play JJ+,AQ+ for a...
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Forum: Software
03-12-2007, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 50
the random number problem
I remember seeing someone comment(Prock maybe?) on there being several mechanical difficulties to producing useful simulations including something called the random number problem. This stuck out as...
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Forum: Software
03-10-2007, 07:39 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 54
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
03-10-2007, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 626
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Forum: Poker Theory
03-08-2007, 05:03 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 103
Re: Is it ever +ev to buy in short (live)
I've been buying in short for various reasons at the Rio 2/5 lately, and there's this guy that plays there who will call with almost any 2 preflop if you have $100 or so because, "you can't hurt me."...
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