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Seems to me the best deal is still buying S&P500 index ETFs. Cheaper and better. Warren Buffett's bet with that fund of funds manager just provided ample evidence of that.

Can someone with keener insights explain how a wide and deep education is essential to investing in financial markets? Wide and deep education is rather vague. It can mean learning everything under the sun. What are some important topics to know other than capital structures, corporate business...

Suppose an investor's stock account with IBKR has many stocks bought on margin. The account is profitable. Is it possible that IBKR can launch a nasty surprise by calling back loans even if the account is highly profitable? Of course IBKR won't do such things. It is a good broker. But I am just...

You can use Interactive Brokers to trade Singapore stocks. It is the cheapest broker that I know of. The margin for borrowing Singapore dollars is also among one of the lowest ones. If I recall correctly, only Yen and Euro carry lower interest.

Singapore is a wonderful place for investors and high networth individuals. Zero capital gains tax and low income tax compared to the rest of the world. Lots of financial institutions and private banks to pander to the needs of the rich. What more do you ask for as an investor, particularly if...

I have been downloading EOD U.S stocks data from Yahoo using the MLDownloader. Since yesterday, I have problems downloading from Yahoo server. Anyone encountered the same problem? Not sure if it's yahoo server or my computer fault.

Is the interest rate lower for Portfolio Margin compared to Reg T? If yes, then it's a no-brainer to switch to Portfolio margin.

What are the pros and cons of Margin Portfolio vs Reg T for IBKR customers who wish to apply leverage conservatively? When does it make sense to switch from Reg T to Margin Portfolio? For those investors who invest more in non-US stocks than US stocks, does it make sense to move to Margin...

Hi def, After moving the account to IB HK, does this mean that Hong Kong residents who are customers of IBKR will not enjoy SIPC protection for their stocks?

You're not going to get the answer you want. Stop trading, get a job and build up a capital of your own to trade. This is exactly what I did. Don't risk your parent's money. If you have a conscience as a son, spare a thought for your parents' retirement. The last thing they want is to have no...

I would like to count the number of times a stock price dropped 5% in the next 3 months using Amibroker AFL code. I guess this will require using Ref() to reference future values. https://www.amibroker.com/guide/afl/ref.html Can someone provide some hint as a starting point?

I have been avoiding stocks listed on London due to the high stamp fee. If this tax passes, I will just avoid the affected stock exchanges.

Thanks for all the replies. I can log in to TWS in "read-only" mode now. Full log-in should be ok after regular maintenance is finished.

I am worried about my account being hacked. If I can log in to Account Management but not TWS, does that mean my account is safe?

I am not able to log into TWS now. Yet, I was able to log in to Account Management on the Internet. Anyone face the same problem?

Good features refer to those that enhance your productivity as a trader and investor. My favourite feature are the reports generated by IBKR. They tell me how is my performance compared to the benchmarks.

I have been using Amibroker AFL for several years but I have never used the latest matrix features. What are some applications that can make use of matrices in Amibroker?

I would like to use python to retrieve from fundamental data from Interactive Brokers API. The documentation for IbPy is little. Can someone provide some example on how to retrieve the fundamental data? https://github.com/blampe/IbPy Thank you.

Interactive Brokers provides stocks fundamentals in XML format. https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/software/csharp/topics/reuters%20fundamentals.htm Anyone knows if this XML is in XBRL? Does one need to write custom software to read the XML file returned?

Both stocks and bonds have a historical negative correlation. Why did both crash so hard on 9Sep2016?