Recent content by yonisin

I don't disagree, but it was profitable for me day-trading AIG on Friday; actually it offset my other bad trades, so I made a little for the day. Considering where I was at one point on ERX, it was appreciated.

I have a day trading account, but I'm researching dividend stocks for income should I ever be able to retire. Can anyone suggest a site, or a list of stocks? Thanks, Yoni

I use Scottrade; I like the commissions. But the site often has periods of slow response. It has cost me in the past. A question: Scottrade doesn't update DTBP during the day. If you have a non day-trade position held overnight it reduces your beginning of day DTBP, but if you sell it...

Actually the investors were last on the thoughts of the government. How is the average investor doing on his investment in C, BAC, etc. And though not financial institutions, GM and Chrysler the stock investor was wiped out totally. The bailout money was an attempt to save the system itself...

Please stop this thread. Eventually he has to be right. But how much gain have his lemmings lost.

I'm a few years away from being a paid tax preparer, but generally speaking, they are no tax consequences until you withdraw from an IRA. It's all taxable as ordinary income. The downside is that you forgo long-term capital gains treatment, favorable dividends treatment. And even if you...

how'd that work out for you

What ever happened to the public/private partnership to rid the banks of toxic assets. C has already effectively been nationlized. Obamanation now feels not much resistance to bring the others into the fold.

Thanks for the replies. Today was interesting watching the post Fed action, as it always is, but with 3X ETFs, it really gets exciting.

I've been trading these 3X ETF's, but I need something that precedes their movement, other than Dow or S&P. I know it's the Russel 2000, but what indicator could I watch? Hopefully someone will help without the flames usually applied to those of us who are fairly new to the game.

No, simple questions are not negatively framed.

Looking for stock market history is looking for answers that are not there. You can manipulate the statistics pulling what you want out of them. Recent history is more of a guide, but it's certainly not very accurate. But then you are an a_, so what do I care what you think.

Don't know but I pulled the S&P 500 date for the low point (intraday) in October 2002. It was up 30% one year from then. But it took five years to make a new high. It seems that we're searching for the bottom, and the decline is greater and faster. I still think the tech/telecom bubble of...