Recent content by BadCo

I don't know if it's too much info as much as unknown info. A lot goes on behind the scenes that doesn't show up on official volume numbers.

Let's say you're long 100 shares and you decide you want to reverse your position and go short the same number. So, you put in an order to short 200 shares. Would you be charged one fee: shorting 200 shares; or, two fees: selling 100 shares and shorting 100 shares? tx

He's not there to be responsible. He's there to help unload stock on the investing public.

Takes two to Tango. The Eurobanks didn't have to buy all those CDOs.

For most, 12K isn't enough to ruin your credit or declare BK. That's why the banks have recently, raised rates. They know most people will bitch and moan but will continue to pay, as opposed to non-recourse mortgage loans where people will just walk away. The play is to not keep a balance on...

thanks Ouch:( Can I write it off against dividends received?

I was short AT&T for a few months and just noticed that my account was debited for the .41 quarterly dividend. I don't have a lot of experience on the short side. Is this correct, that the short seller is liable for the stock's dividend payment? tx

Silly trolling like this is why this board isn't what it could be. Apparently, the owners are more concerned with traffic whoring. Of course, the apologists will say he's just giving his opinion, but, this is something that can be quantified and compared to the average year.

This can't be right: "Lenny Dysktra manages Nails on the Numbers, a subscription service sold by TheStreet.com. He is 81-0 this season on his options picks . Dykstra writes regularly about options trades for TheStreet.com."

You guys are making my point. Given a choice, wouldn't you rather just transfer cash back into your bank account, as opposed to calling scottrade, waiting for a check to show and then having to deposit that check?

This isn't an indictment of unions as a whole. No one denies that unions have made lives better for many, but, this particular union has helped run this particular business into the ground.

That whole letter sounds like a football tout service: "Call xxx-xxxx and get the winner of the Cowboys - Redskins game."

You have a ton of baby boomers about to turn 60. The NYSE insiders will not, under any circumstances, give these people, who will soon be eligible to cash in their 401ks, an opportunity to pull all that money out at market highs. I do believe there will be a bull rally in 2009, but, it...