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Chas and Nusrat, I used to get the electronic version with WSJ and Barrons and found it to be a little unwieldy, now everyone knows Im not the most skilled, but it was almost like looking at the paper online. By that I mean if you wanted New Highs, you went day by day rather than a straight...

Ok, just one quick question Do people in general feel the market is now more or less efficient than before Reg FD? I feel less efficient. Thanks

DTK, I was not (read can't) think along those lines. If he was holding a Nov 55 Put and the last trade was at $1, he has $100 at risk, by at risk I mean if MSFT closes above $55 next Friday the premium vanishes. Now if he simply shorts MSFT and uses $56 as a stop, he is still short, and...

Aphie, This is just a thought, but consider it as an option. If you were holding the Nov 55 put, you had about $1 of time premium that was at risk. If you were to short MSFT in the aftermarket at $55, you could use that same $1 of risk as a stop. I think if you look at the yearly chart...

Daal, Barron's has a weekly pull-out that lists the leading stocks in three categories. Volume Percentage Leaders, Share Leaders, and Dollar Weighted Volume. The Dollar weighted volume is a fairly static list unless something like the Tenant news hits.

Thanks nusrat!!!

Validator, Maybe both are right if that is possible. Loosely, I interpret EMH as (All available information((public and non-public)) being factored in to the price) and (the fact about most people can't use the information to beat the market). For an example, QCOM just came out with...

It is possible. I just looked at the top ten holdings, they are different between the three. The other option would be to switch in to VTI or MDY or IWZ, I suppose it is a matter of comfort with making the decision. And if you look at the last rally growth as a whole has had better...

TM, if they would stop whispering in my ears, I would turn my head and look.:D Actually though, I don't think that is too far off the mark. I left a party about a week back where the host and hostess were the perfect couple. As I past the garage, I thought he was in there with Medusa or...

Sure, I saw something on RM about year end portfolio adjustments, so it got me thinking about my friends at ET. I think it is I-Shares that has XLK as their tech index, it is a little more narrow than QQQ. But last year around December they ran an add about swapping XLK for QQQ for tax...

Madison, that is correct, but the interpretation of Substantially Identical is usually held to be a little different than swapping a stock for a fund. Or swapping growth for value. For instance, using Ford as an example. If I sell Ford Stock (F) at a loss and buy Ford Call options, or...

I am not sure how many people know that they can do this, or have losses in their portfolios this year. So for the benefit of the people who don't know, and those who may have a few dollars in losses, and maybe a few gains to offset, I will post this idea. The vast number of Exchange Traded...

Chas, I actually think this is interesting as well. Do you know of any sites that post margin debt? I have been looking in Barrons, but can never seem to find it. Thanks Mac

AA, Here is a link to the FBI Website. http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/01cius.htm As for a breakdown of total murder, i will leave the details to those who want to poke around. In 2001 there were 13752 Murders 63.4% were by firearm. Victim to offender relationship. Husband-142 Wife-600...

I thought I would post this for discussion purposes. I would agree that the anti-gun lobby gets a little emotional with their arguments. But, so does the pro-gun lobby with the rapist lying at the women's feet, dead because of a gun. To establish some basic crime stats. Using WWW.CDC.GOV...

Bung, I wish I had an answer for you. There is all this talk about how immoral Clinton was, yet Newt Ginrich had to be taken to court by his ex-wife just to pay child support. One is a champion of family values and the other is Slick Willie. I suspect that a lot of the more vocal people...

I wonder how much reg fd has to do with cutting down any efficiency that the market had? And I am coming at it from a point of outperformance of the indexes themselves. For instance, Jim Cramer had a great run in the 90s running a hedge fund. Per his book, his firm would call analysis and...

Does that seem like an awful lot of volume to go nowhere? Or is it just me?