Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 03:53 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 200
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,523
Re: Reopening Insider Information Debate.
I think David is assuming there is an unambiguous law. I think there is not. "Insider" trading is illegal if certain people say it is, not because there is some objective criteria which make it so....
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 137
Views: 2,556
Re: How to build credit
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The stigma stems for the most part from the fact that someone would need to play this credit card shell game to make $6k/year. The return is central to why there is a stigma.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 544
Re: Making a 2+2 trading system
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Kimichi,
Nice post covering alot aspects of TA...but there is NO magic bullet foolproof sytstem that will conquer the markets.....period.
This is what makes the best traders in...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-28-2007, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 544
Re: Making a 2+2 trading system
Aside: I never understood the idea of "forward testing". It is just the slowest possible way to do backtesting: later.
eastbay
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-20-2007, 11:27 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 779
Re: First good idea
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I'm going to kill myself if this goes to 4.
Krishan
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-20-2007, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 178
Re: Ultrashort ETF: Good if Feeling Bearish?
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What I'm trying to grasp is a more theoretical concept of what happens when you take a long position on a random stock vs taking a random short position. In the first case, you are...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-20-2007, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 779
Re: First good idea
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I'm going to kill myself if this goes to 4.
Krishan
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Please don't.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-11-2007, 04:07 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 110
Re: Rental Question
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It will show up on your credit report/history if it is your lease.
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None of my rentals ever appeared on my credit report, as anything other than an address.
I don't...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-02-2007, 11:14 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 268
Re: Market Model Thingy
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Evan and I talked about ask/bid spread, which appears to be the same as slippage, yes?
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No, slippage is the difference between your data feed's quote and your fill. In...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-02-2007, 01:44 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 268
Re: Market Model Thingy
Lots of traps here. No guarantees you're not onto something, but not likely either. "If it was that easy everybody would do it", and all that.
Slippage and commission is important, and can turn...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-31-2007, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 676
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-31-2007, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 190
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-26-2007, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 779
Re: First good idea
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I would wait until after the 3Q earnings release. Glynn said $4 is a distinct possiblity if they do indeed miss significantly.
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Date?
$4 would suck indeed. I just...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-25-2007, 09:21 PM
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Replies: 144
Views: 779
Re: First good idea
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I'm speaking tomorrow with dsup analyst Chris Glynn from CIBC. Anyone have any questions they want me to ask? His last research report talked a lot about the bridge situation. I'm...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-25-2007, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 68
Re: Turtle Trading
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If the rules enable you to make 80%/year, why do you need to do anything else besides trade?
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They don't, anymore. Those kind of salad days are over. Back then even...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-16-2007, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 710
Re: Buying a first home: Las Vegas
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I started looking around yesterday and here are some preliminary observations:
Homes in Summerlin (on the west side of town by Red Rock) are still selling and don’t appear to have lost...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-15-2007, 01:46 AM
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Replies: 70
Views: 710
Re: Buying a first home: Las Vegas
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This doesn't have to be such a big question mark. If OP can find a place that is close to the cost of renting then he can safely buy. If the cost of renting is a lot lower than the cost of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-14-2007, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 212
Re: new home sales office foot traffic data
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Can you be more specific? I am somewhat familiar with this type of research but it generally comes with a very, very, high price tag.
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Not really. I am just wondering...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-14-2007, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 710
Re: Buying a first home: Las Vegas
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All,
I admit I am basically a Real Estate fish but I don’t see how this isn’t a perfect time to buy. The front page of the Las Vegas Review Journal today proclaims, “Everyone has...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-14-2007, 12:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 212
new home sales office foot traffic data
I have heard rumors that you can buy data showing the foot traffic to new housing sales offices, collected by people sitting there and counting heads.
Can anyone confirm/deny this or point me...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-14-2007, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 95
Re: short a local biz
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Ask to "borrow" the business for a year. Sell it. When it fails, buy it back at a discount, pocket the difference, and return it to the original owner.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-13-2007, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 95
Re: short a local biz
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What if I see a local shop opening up and I know that it is going to fail and fail quickly...how can I profit from this?
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Ask to "borrow" the business for a year. Sell...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-13-2007, 09:51 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 710
Re: Buying a first home: Las Vegas
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My question is for the people in the buy now camp is what do you see that could drive the prices higher in the next few years?
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For the record, I am not in any "buy now"...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-13-2007, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 710
Re: Buying a first home: Las Vegas
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The real recovery IMHO will not be when buyers return,but when credit standards are loosened on the consumers end,and that has already started with last months .50% Fed cut!
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