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    Congress working to make housing unaffordable to Americans

    Only 1,885 EB-5 visas were issued in 2010. ROI in emerging economies is better than in developed world. Not to mention the regulatory/bureaucratic red tape one has to go through to acquire/maintain a property...
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    hey HFT scum, yeah, you. Watch this

    High-Frequency Programmers Revolt Over Pay http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/28/high-frequency-trading-personal-finance-programmer-pay.html
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    Why don't the public care about long-term solvency?

    Because it doesn't matter, says this economist. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/05/galbraith_the_danger_posed_by.html
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    Shanghai real estate in HUGE HUGE HUGE bubble

    Humans are rationalizing(different from rational). During bubble or otherwise, they will find million reasons to justify their prejudices/views/actions.
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    Sykes sued for being an insufferable promoter

    Spongetech on SEC radar http://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2009/34-60788-o.pdf
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    1/4% Tax on all stock trades pushed in NY Times today

    Ben Kingsley in new ad calling for Robin Hood tax http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/video/2010/apr/09/robin-hood-tax-ben-kingsley
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    Steve Cohen article

    http://nymag.com/news/features/65126/
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    New US Law: 30% tax on outgoing capital flows

    Better explained by: http://nestmannblog.sovereignsociety.com/2010/03/congress-enacts-obamas-antioffshore-jobs-bill.html
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    Why doesn't nobody buy stocks with 15-20% dividend?

    Good analysis of Annaly Capital by Hugh Hendry http://www.eclectica-am.com/pdf/EAMF/reports/EAMF1002.pdf
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    A job, but there's a catch: a 1,000-mile commute

    Milwaukee, WI airport is 80 miles from his home in Janesville, WI and Kansas City, MO airport is 7 miles from his office in Fairfax, KS. Kayak.com has tickets priced approx. $170 for return trip between these airports and travel time is 1 hr 30 min each way. Why on earth is this guy...
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    SQNM: suspicious call buying today

    Preference for males is a common trait of all the cultures of Asia and Middle East. This could be true of asians living in developed countries(USA etc) but not sure. Those preferences will gradually diminish as countries become prosperous. It is one of the reasons some of those countries ban...
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    Options with one-cent increments

    http://www.cboe.org/hybrid/pennypilot.aspx
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    Best Country for Trading (Tax efficiency)

    Costa Rica, Chile and Uruguay don't tax foreign income of non-residents.
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    Where to find Option open interest segregated by investor type.?

    1) That information is aleady available at <a href="http://www.optionpain.com/OptionPain/Option-Pain.php">Option Pain</a>, yahoo etc. However, as metioned in the paper, volume/OI from market making and public buying/selling does not influence clustering. 2)Trading involves risk and there is no...
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    Where to find Option open interest segregated by investor type.?

    I was planning to use the data to identify the factors you mentioned in #2. My interest is in the data of the expiration week and specifically the thursday's close.
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    Where to find Option open interest segregated by investor type.?

    On page 34 of <a href="http://www.business.uiuc.edu/poteshma/research/niPearsonPoteshman2005.pdf">this</a> paper, authors conclude that 'firm proprietary traders maipulate stock prices so that their written optins expire OTM'. If anyone could help me find this data referenced on page 6 and...
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    Britain Worst place to live in Europe.

    She is not innocent. She is after his family's fortune and media publicity. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20013742,00.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/208953/liz_hurley_in_feud_with_father_in_law.html?cat=40 "Liz Hurly sold the exclusive photo rights to the...
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    Best Alternative to US Citizenship

    Dominica citizenship for $75,000 which offers visa free travel to UK etc. http://www.goccp.com/ENG/second-passport/2nd_passport/Second_Passport/Dominica_Citizenship_and_Second_Passport.htm#advantages
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    10% unemployment but H1B visas accelerating

    You won't find many H1Bs in HR, Sales, Legal, Finance etc is because there are qualified Americans available for these jobs and H1B visas will be rejected by USCIS.
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