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You didn't mention whether you had informed them of your address change before they mailed it to your old address. If you hadn't notified them, then you owe the $40. If you did timely notify them, then it is their mistake and I can understand your ire. Stosh

I've had MSE on my Windows 7 laptop that I bought a couple of months ago.....no problems as yet. Stosh

Sounds like the one on my wife's XP computer a couple of weeks ago......couldn't do anything with it. We used the opportunity to do a clean install upgrade to Windows 7. Stosh

Type dx, then select Dec. 09 futures......last trade is 75.060 at this moment. I asked IB about this a few weeks ago and they said they don't support the index, just futures. Stosh

What?? You want EVERYONE to pay something.......you must be a racist. :) Stosh

Great idea.......wonder why it hasn't been brought up before! Stosh

Me too....it is on par with "Never wrestle with a pig. You'll get all muddy and the pig loves it."

.....true..reminds me of the old saying about "riches to rags in 3 generations".

If the stock market keeps climbing, I wouldn't be surprised to see them introduce something like the OP suggests.......sort of like a stock split to retain appeal. Stosh

How about a 50% tax on all new cars? Stosh

My Charter Cable internet service is getting less and less reliable especially in the evenings. Am in Fort Worth, Tx., FIOS is not available so I guess it is either standard DSL or ATT Uverse that I must consider. Would appreciate comments regarding both to help in my decision? Speed is nice...

$400/mo. for individuals, $500 for office at a single address up to a certain number of employees (around 12-15, I think). I agree that it is a useful summary of overnight situation. He writes it about 2 or 3 am ET so it arrives in your email around 5 or 6 am.....but it loses a lot of its...

I wouldn't be afraid to fire the derringer.....mainly because it is all steel.....heavy and strong, positive locking. But it would only be accurate at very short range in the hands of an amateur like me. Of course, with the shot shell you wouldn't need to be quite so accurate. It is easy to...

I bought a new one about 5 yrs ago, but have never shot it. It seems high quality...made by American Derringer Corp....cost about $300. On the rare occasion that I carry a handgun, it is very easy to put my S&W airweight hammerless 5 shot .38 revolver in my pants pocket. The derringer is...

Thanks, Big Funky.......that helps. Am beginning to see what you mean about thinking in terms of "accounts". Stosh

Easy availability of student loans is similar to the sub-prime lending of the housing bubble. Stosh

Thanks for such a complete explanation of something???? Perhaps someone ELSE could comment on my question. Stosh

I'm trying to understand how Forex transactions work with the IB Universal account. (Yes, I have read the website). Let's assume I have $200,000 USD unencumbered in my IB universal account. I buy $25000 of AUD.USD cash Forex for a long term hold. I think the transaction goes something like...

Hilarious!!!! Thanks, Stosh

I was in business in the '70s and "cost push" was generally blamed for some of the severe inflation of that era. The other cause was called "demand pull" inflation. Without studying it at the time, I accepted that explanation. Later I have learned that inflation has many causes in the short...