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agreed.. overvaluation is not a good predictor of a crash, at least it hasn't been in the US.

there is such a thing but they are hard to find. they are diamonds in the rough.

I agree, their security measures seem like they were created randomly by 5 people working independently of each other. I just added wire instructions, which requires my password and security token and an email token -- that should be enough security already. Yet they require me to call in to...

Discriminating against one's ethnicity is considered a no-no in our society whereas age discrimination is generally acceptable. (ex: you need to be a certain age to buy a firearm or tobacco or alcohol, and vote, etc..). So those liberal dopes will not discriminate against someone who looks...

I don't mind a security device but I hate the one from IB. The buttons are tiny and very hard to press. I like the timed devices that don't require entering a pin into the device. by the way, the device I have is the original one IB handed out years ago. They are small enough to put on...

Another soothsayer is humbled.

You're expecting the rest of us to pay $15k for a flight to avoid your screaming children? airlines need to have a surcharge for each child under 6. The burden should not be on the innocent traveler, it should be on the one who brings inconvenience to others.

Sure every airline will have children but I've noticed there are more kids on SW than any other airline I've flown. There have been several non-SW flights I've been on that had 0 kids. I've never been on a SW flight with less than 5 kids under 6. The 3.5 hr hell flight I mentioned before had a...

what do you expect, this forum is mostly kids and former gambling addicts.

Reducing demand won't work. Oil companies and countries would just reduce output to keep supply & demand in balance.

Check your figures. No company on the face of the earth made $400B in profits in 2006. XOM had $36B net income in fy2006.

I flew Southwest a few times and I've come to the realization they suck. They seem to have some policy that encourages parents to bring along their 4 year old, because every flight I've been on has several screaming infants or young children. My last flight was particularly bad -- 3.5 hours of...

1. true depending on your definition of 'big pockets' 2. I think you meant to say, "...there is a potential for unlimited loss". false, due to margin call 3. true 4. true

you mean you had the problem where you couldn't upgrade TWS because the installer thought you had the latest version? I used to have that problem and figured it out on my own (IB support was of no use as usual). You need to clear your internet browser cache. The problem was IE was not...

Yes, unless you put a software firewall on the trading machine. A hardware firewall only protects the LAN, but if a machine on the LAN becomes infected, all other machines on the LAN are at risk unless they are individually protected. The other way to protect your trading machine is to never...

After the debacle in Iraq, there's no way we're going to war with Iran. if I were them I wouldn't be the least concerned. p.s. there is no such thing as a missle with a 2500 mi range that has the accuracy to target something as small as a camel, but I'm sure you knew that and were just...

Are you suggesting that an options trader doesn't need to understand options pricing to become successful long-term? If so I would disagree.

Making that much in a few months in a bull market is nothing special. If you gave $20k each to 50 people and 10 barnyard animals of various trading experience, you would find that at least 10 of the group would make over 100% during a bull market. For a portfolio to be highly profitable you...

What a clown. There is so little in common now with 1929, it's not even worth a detailed response on my part. This market is a bit overvalued, but not by the epic proportions needed for a total meltdown. And the economy the last few years was nothing like it was in the years leading up to...

The US is easily #1 in per-capita gasoline/oil consumption, BY FAR. And so what about the rest of the world? This thread is about gas prices in the US. Are you saying that because other countries are wasteful, it's ok for the US to be wasteful too? If so that's a terribly weak argument.