Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-27-2007, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,114
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
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What about cases where you buy ahead of forming a relationship? And how can anyone actually prove that you traded on the insider information, if that information happens to be your own...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-26-2007, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,114
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
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So why didn't they bring that case?
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It was a much easier case to get her for lying to the investigators. It is a common prosecutor tactic to go after...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-25-2007, 10:13 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,114
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
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What if "my" company was a proprietorship? What if this "insider" information is thoughts in your head? Say you own a large private corporation and you're the single largest customer...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-25-2007, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,114
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
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So why didn't they bring that case?
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It was a much easier case to get her for lying to the investigators. It is a common prosecutor tactic to go after a target for perjury...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-25-2007, 12:35 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,114
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
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Scenario #1 - Baconovic told Stewart only that Waksal was selling, and Waksal did not tell Bacanovic to tell Stewart. Bacanovic had a fiduciary duty to Waksal, violated it by telling...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-24-2007, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,114
Re: Is This Insider Trading?
As others have pointed out, 2 & 3 are not insider trading, but I think there is a strong case that situation 1 violates Rule 10b-5. You have a fiduciary duty to the shareholders of your company and...
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Forum: Travel
09-26-2007, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 142
Re: Cairo, Cairo, Cairo
Pretend you are married (wear rings). When I studied abroad there people used to go to the semi-decent hotels by Bab al-Hideed (the train station) for this purpose.
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Forum: Travel
09-26-2007, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 274
Re: OOT - I just had the urge to go to Egypt.
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I would go to Sharm El Sheikh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharm_el-Sheikh). Supposed to be gorgeous that time of year.
Is March really impulse?
fyc
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Forum: Travel
09-26-2007, 01:51 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 274
Re: OOT - I just had the urge to go to Egypt.
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http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/boozer12.jpg
enjoy[sic]one of these
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That's the improved, privately produced Stella, which came out in the late 90s. Prior to...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-28-2007, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 197
Re: ABX pricing
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if not in those securities, how did you profit off of the situation you foresaw?
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I opened a position in an equity that has exposure in this area.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-28-2007, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 197
Re: ABX pricing
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A nationwide meltdown of catastrophic proportions is going to happen. Did you mean to say marked to model instead of marked to market? All the subprime and most of the alt-A CDOs are...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-28-2007, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 197
Re: ABX pricing
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the next step is to figure out how to price a CDS spread based on the cost of the insurance.
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It's basically an underwriting issue that depends on a number of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-27-2007, 03:06 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 197
Re: market action, how can this play out?
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maybe i'm missing your point here...but have the charts changed that much since july 6th?...
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I think it is fair to say that the answer is yes:...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-26-2007, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 197
Re: market action, how can this play out?
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bear bought CDOs that were backed by subprime mortgages.
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the bear funds made highly leveraged bets on the CDOs, which was a very bad idea. i actually think that the aaa...
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Forum: Golf
06-13-2007, 03:12 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 302
Re: Which major would you most like to win?
From a pure golf standpoint it would be the US Open. The uniform brutality of the tournament from the rough to the greens to the 18 hole playoff makes it the ultimate test. I can't imagine a more...
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Forum: Golf
06-06-2007, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 248
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Forum: Golf
05-27-2007, 11:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 297
Re: Best shoes for walking?
I have Adidas Powerbands and really like them. It took one round to break them in, but since then they have been very comfortable.
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Forum: Golf
05-13-2007, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 756
Views: 10,224
Re: What\'d You Shoot Today? (Golf BBV Thread)
I played one of the most uneven rounds I have ever had today. Three birdies, three doubles, two pars, and a bogey for a 4 over 35 at my local 9 hole. Five one putts, two three putts, and two two...
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Forum: Golf
05-08-2007, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 894
Re: Hole in one
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I've had a double eagle but sadly no Hole-in-One.
I'd trade the albatross for an ace.
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Me too. And me too. /images/graemlins/mad.gif
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Forum: Golf
05-03-2007, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,238
Re: Whats your setup?
Cleveland Hibore XL 9.5* w/ Fujikura mid-kickpoint stiff
Cleveland 15* Steel 3-wood w/ Aldila NV stiff
Cleveland 19* Halo hybrid w/ stock stiff shaft
Mizuno MP-60 3-PW w/ R300s (I want to get...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
04-14-2007, 04:18 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 51
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-05-2007, 12:58 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 69
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Forum: Other Other Topics
03-04-2007, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 69
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-13-2007, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 209
Re: \"My biggest position\" thread
I like UST as a company for the reasons mentioned by Najdorf and wish it had been on my radar earlier. I worry now though that it may be fully valued at this point. What do you think a fair P/E is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
02-13-2007, 10:04 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 70
Re: 100k in index funds where to put 50k?
I second putting the 50K in DODFX. I'm generally wary of non-index funds but Dodge and Cox has a long track record of beating indices while keeping expenses low. If the capital gains hit wouldn't...
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