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    Best Alternative to US Citizenship

    I'm thinking about getting out while they still let us. My priorities are access to healthcare, reasonable and stable taxes, and personal liberty. Switzerland?? Singapore??
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    Democrats now officially pushing transaction tax according to Erin Burnet

    "The bill aims to exempt retirement accounts from the impact of the tax."
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    Convertible Bond Trading?

    There are not real liquid, especially in small size. Call your broker to get a quote and size.
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    Index Options vs. ETF Options????

    Open interest on ES options seems much lower that on SPX options. Is the liquidity or execution better???
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    A peek inside the Health Care Bill

    These prices are what you would pay in New Jersey today. The federal plan will pretty much bring NJ style health insurance to the whole country. We already enjoy community rating with coverage for pre-existing conditions after a 6 month waiting period. At least I could leave NJ if I wanted to...
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    Job numbers -175k est.

    Thank God barack is saving or creating jobs.
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    Where would you live if you can make more than $200000 per year from stock mark.

    I live in North Jersey because I don't want to relocate my teenage kids. Otherwise, I would consider Dallas, Miami or somewhere in Nevada. I would like the trading hours on the west coast but would try to avoid the state taxes in Cali. I will make the move when the kids get out of high school.
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    Question about tax on stock capital gain within IRA?

    http://www.irs.gov/publications/p590/ch01.html#en_US_publink10006430 You may avoid the 10% penalty for early withdrawal if you take money out in "substantially equal payments".
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    Federal Reserve Admits Hiding Gold Swap Arrangements

    One can only hope.
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    Erin Burnett talking up Traders Tax

    same
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    46.3 million Americans without health insurance

    Healthcare inflation got out of control when the when the government intervened in the market by creating Medicare. Sure, if you give something away to part of the population, costs will skyrocket for the rest of the population. You would need food insurance to keep from starving if the...
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    Portfolio Margin Broker Comparison

    Could it be that IB recalculates portfolio margin with respect to changes in implied vol in addition to change in price???? So market can move "with" you and vol can move "against" you.
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    Options trade execution question

    CBOE times and sales indicates spreads last time I checked.
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    Options trade execution question

    I experienced this when trading SPX options with Brown & Co years ago. Their compliance officer explained to me that spread orders can trade through a posted bid. I couldn't believe it so I confirmed this with the cboe. You can request time and sales from cboe to confirm that the trade at 0.03...
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    "best" routing with TOS

    TOS typically used to route my non-marketable limit orders to ISE and my marketable orders to PHLX. Cool, no problem. In the last few weeks, it seems that my non-marketable orders are being routed to CBOE where they tend to sit. I did a little test this week. I had a limit order working at CBOE...
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    Ron Paul says healthcare not a right

    excellent
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    Tice Sees U.S. Depression, Says Jobless Rate May Top 15%

    Scooters are like fat chicks, they're fun to ride until your friends see you on one.
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    How can an individual invest in convertibles?

    https://www.ec-server.valueline.com/products/elect8.html
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