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I recommend you find a bottle of blantons.

been reading 'inside the house of money' have we?

That was great.

Well, I chose not to hold anything overnight. Take that as you will.

Umm. I don't want to come off sounding like an arse, but if your concern is about the size of the numbers as oppossed to the mathematical operations you will be putting those numbers through then Yes, I do think you should be worried.

I also love poker. I'm down.

I know a good site. Go to http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/search.php?s= type in "historical data" hit enter.

The simple and most likely unwanted answer to your question is that you should seek insight from both academia and from a trader. This way you can hedge against bias. I'm no quant but I do have some experience with stat arb, so you can PM me if you want to discuss any of this in detail.

Obviously your haven't done your research on Taleb.

I love repetition http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121151

Managing other peoples money.

Good point..... we ought to be much harder on you for making comments like this.

That was the stupidest thing I've ever read. Well not really, but today it is. All this says is that when the GDP from last year of 15 countries is combined that number is greater than the GDP of 1 country (America) last year. But only if you use an exchange rate that has existed for less than...

It's kicked back up to 35 now. Maybe all is not lost.

Ok, So I posted an article on this board on monday regarding the great earnings report that Systemax released Monday after the close. Though the stock gained almost 35% on tuesday it has dropped a bit since then and has been trading in a very volatile fashion. The stock is still off its 52wk...

This response confuses me. Do you mean to imply that thinkorswim gives delayed prices on the market (presumably 20 minutes) but you go out and find reali time data on which to base your decisions? What would be the point of doing that? you'd just be cheating yourself! I'm sorry if I'm absolutey...

Sorry Man. I got offered an interview there a while back. Heard it was a group thing. Looked for info on these boards, found little if anything. If it helps I could tell you I chose not to pursue the interview. but thats just me.

Newswire on Systemax - SYX Press Release Source: Systemax Inc. Systemax Reports All-Time Record Results for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007; Announces Special $1.00 Per Share Dividend Monday March 10, 4:02 pm ET Fourth Quarter Highlights: -- Sales: $769 million, up 19% - all...

Statements like this are only half correct. (though perhaps more so on a day to day and intra day level) The goal of good fundamental analysis is to make predictions about where a stock is going. Deciding if it is undervalued or overvalued and waiting for the rest of the world to realize this...

Jeez. I DK. Its already shed off more than 40% of its share price since october. Its P/E is rediculously high though. So maybe. But just how much further down can it go? I'm certainly not bullish on this stock, but there are better shorting opportunities around.