Forum: Internet Gambling
04-13-2007, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 169
Re: Recent Hackings and Neteller Downsizing
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When you forget your password, they resend you it in plaintext. It isn't stored hashed. This is criminally stupid. It's fair to assume that anyone at Neteller can read it, along with...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-12-2007, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 114
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-12-2007, 06:11 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 57
Re: Zecco.com claims free trades?
I just completed the process of opening an account to play with (was longish b/c of some paperwork/regulatory) and my ACH just cleared. Too bad I'm going on vacation tomorrow. Checking it out will...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-12-2007, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 60
Re: AAPL
At the moment, Apple is not an investment-- it's a momentum vehicle. Apple is THE go-go growth stock of the current markets. As one of the only companies able to enter markets with PRICING POWER,...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-12-2007, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 256
Re: My 20 Stocks....Any thing I should change?
Reduce fees at all costs. If you are investing $1000/month (good for you-- a solid start), then paying $960/year in fees? What!? That's like playing low LHE with a 10% rake. Outrageous high online...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-10-2007, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 94
Re: Baby Boomers affect on Market
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Hopefully it will have a positive effect and increase every Gen-Xer salary, but I think that a lot of those baby boomers are going to be a drain on the economy since they will be...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-09-2007, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 94
Re: Baby Boomers affect on Market
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With the Baby Boomer generation reaching retirement and cashing out their nest eggs, How is this likely to change the market? and how much does this affect you?
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This is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-06-2007, 06:34 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 58
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-05-2007, 08:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 60
Re: Fundamental vs Cap-weighted indexes
There's a semi-long thread from earlier this week asking about where to stick 50k for a while. This topic and my opinion are touched on.
Quickly pulling data from the web...
PRF Jan 06 Open...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-05-2007, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 51
Re: Penson Worldwide (PNSN) -- Valuation
I should know a lot more about Penson, but I don't. Off the top of my head they are the #5 or #6 cirrespondent clearing firm (securities and other exchange products like futures) and got there by...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-05-2007, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 139
Re: Realtor Questions
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I don't know what any of this means. Plz explain.
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Ok. So just looking at the buyers here (ignoring Krishan needing to compete with other seller's to provide best buyer's...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 05:20 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 139
Re: Realtor Questions
That's a good point. Once you get the interest, you have room to maneuver.
That said, this seems like a demand discovery problem, which reverse auction can address.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 139
Re: Realtor Questions
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aya, The intention of that plan is good, but the actual plan sucks.
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Would you care to suggest an alternative? The OP hasn't indicated if he's in a place where he can...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 04:49 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 148
Re: where to stick 50k for 10 years
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Um, what do you want to know, specifically? I can't really tell what you're asking.
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Sorry. I'm assuming that we are currently in a downperiod for the S&P500, like the...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 148
Re: where to stick 50k for 10 years
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The first paragraph contradicts the second paragraph. If we are in a low return environment because there is too much money sloshing around chasing yield, it's the worst possible time to...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-04-2007, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 148
Re: where to stick 50k for 10 years
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I'd guess Gull is using dividend adjusted returns.
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True. And a very good point to not overlook dividends. His data are not, though, inflation adjusted.
Gull- what does...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-03-2007, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 55
Re: CTRP
A lot depends on context and the rest of your financials. Nothing wrong with taking profits. Your intuition may be right on. Or the risk profile may have exceeded what you're comfortable with.
How...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-03-2007, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 139
Re: Realtor Questions
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We put our house on the market at 228,000 which was probably a little optimistic but we had time on our side. In June we decide to reduce the price since we hadn't seen many people...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-03-2007, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 148
Re: where to stick 50k for 10 years
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Housing was a bubble which is in the process of deflating.
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I'm actually kindof surprised everyone let me get away with this one. Bubble notions being the subject of wild,...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
01-02-2007, 06:13 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 148
Re: where to stick 50k for 10 years
I don't have a lot of time freedom to post at the moment, but I'll try to fill in my perspective in bits and pieces here. I'm writing as a sidebar on my desktop so it'll take a little while. I'll try...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-31-2006, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 67
Re: Portfolio allocation rebalancing
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If your future allocations are always going to be 1/3, 1/3, and 1/3 I just don't see why it is so important to rebalance. Even if one goes way up, you are still purchasing 2/3 worth of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-31-2006, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 92
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-31-2006, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 148
Re: where to stick 50k for 10 years
DC- I don't know what you're saying, or that we necessarily disagree. Every one of my funds and sector bets this year is outperforming its respective index (no stockpicking at all). Overall I'm ahead...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-30-2006, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 67
Re: Portfolio allocation rebalancing
The data and conclusions are probably all crap, and I don't know if rebalancing improves returns, but it does help balance risk, which is the point of diversifying and investing in multiple...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
12-30-2006, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 92
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