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    Ron Paul: "The U.S. Government Must Admit It Is Bankrupt"

    The Bush tax cut was enacted to spend down the surplus that Clinton had accumulated - it should not have been extended. Now no new taxes has become theological dogma among Republicans who zombie like take their orders and perform an oath to Grover Norquist. The deficit could be elimated if...
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    What strategies do you guys use?

    Do you have numbers to share? W/L ratio, annualized return rate?
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    What strategies do you guys use?

    Have you kept a track record on this?
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    Buying calls on earnings momentum, which ones?

    You'd be better off buying Puts. With exception of ETFC these do not have a history of positive earnings surprises.
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    Republicans: Trillions Could Be Cut from Budget if We Eliminate Empathy

    Only two things are infinite. The universe and human folly and I'm not sure about the first. Albert Einstein
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    Republicans: Trillions Could Be Cut from Budget if We Eliminate Empathy

    Bold new Republican plan: WASHINGTON: Speaking on behalf of congressional Republicans, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said today that trillions could be cut from the Federal budget if Congress can agree to eliminate empathy. “The current budget is bursting at the seams with pet...
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    McMillan Adv/Decline Oscillator record

    Does anyone have the track record of this system post 2001? I have the results(published in Profit with Options) 1984-2001, 787 OEX points.
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    Millions to lose Unemployment benefits over the next month!!!!!!!

    The country is being run by and for the top 1% - the top income echelons own the Republicans, almost literally. For them to claim that tax cuts for the rich pays for itself in jobs and increased economic activity is ridiculous. No - it will be mostly saved or invested abroad. There are many...
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    Should the USD be abolished?

    Can you summarize?
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    America's public servants are now its masters

    Tell me if I'm wrong but aren't we paying our Senators and Representatives their salaries and benefits for the purpose of working together to find solutions to the nation's problems? As I see it, one party automatically objects to and fillibusters whatever the other party proposes. Nice pay...
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    Has anyone subscribed to MTOptions before?

    Thanks for sharing. If only everyone considering this service could read your post.
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    Transocean - RIG

    I might like Noble (NE) here better.
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    taxation on option spread.

    Does 1256 allow Stock options?
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    Transocean - RIG

    Bad news for RIG. Anybody like it here? Where is support? Transocean (RIG) fell 3% to $45.26. An employee of the company, which owned the now-sunken Deepwater Horizon, said an alarm system on the massive rig had been disabled to avoid people getting woken up in the middle of the night from...
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    taxation on option spread.

    Try "Tax Guide for Traders" by Green. You can't escape shortterm capital gain rate unless you adopt "trader status" or have Capital Loss Carryovers.
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    Now job seekers has to pay appication and background check fees

    Probably an itemized deduction as a job seeking expense. What irks me are the employer job sites where you have to fill out an entire application in excruciating detail and then a lot of them are buggy and poorly designed although I notice they're getting better lately. Not much...
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    SEC charges GS with fraud

    Fab appears before Senate sub-committee next week - better that he keep that humor in check.
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    Daytrading quickly becomes a bullsh*t job, and as such people justify it?

    Some may survive and even thrive by daytrading and good for them. But it's not actually socially useful and therfore bs.
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    SEC charges GS with fraud

    Financial reform is coming, the Republicans will have to yield as Wall St has a distinct image problem. from Paul Krugman, NYT: For the fact is that much of the financial industry has become a racket ---- a game in which a handful of people are lavishly paid to mislead and exploit consumers...
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    Senator Jim Bunning blocking benefit extension!!!!

    Right thing? Would it not have been equally right to block spending under Bush? Why not then?
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