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the secret is out on this one, its gonna drop like a rock

btw is anyone else seriously considering some google puts in the near future?

greatest thread ever.

thats rather lineral isn't it? will we be seeing it become more logarithmic?

no

short sellers show the flaws in companies that perhaps attempted to boost stock price through BS news and PR campaigns, or correct misconceptions about the quality of companies.

I dont know who wrote that definition, I thought it had to do with the GDP in relation to potential output. That is what is important.

well ive looked into that, they dont even let you trade straight out of college, they recruit their traders, I dont even know if you can work your way into trading with them

I am no expert on the trading industy, and I've talked to a few traders, the ones that seem to trade for themselves (for the most part) usually don't make as much, on average, as the ones that work for a trading firm. So really what is the advantage? Is it so that if you hit the big score you...

you have to believe in yourself, why else are you doing this?

there is one guy who made 100's of thousands in a month trading oil futures I think. He had that big thread...I'll try to dig it up. He seemed pretty good.

lol, greatest post ever.

sounds a little like guilt by association

well I didn't read that entire thing, but I wanted to take issue on the main posters point of a commodities price deteriorates with time. However this cant be true, or else there would be no reason for long term speculation. Or what about if we are running out of oil but our demand stays...

As he is one of the great economists under Regan that basically fixed the awful socialist government we had, and then went on to great success in the private sector, I am not going judge him too harshly. Especially, seeing as no one here has accomplished as much as he has.

why is everyone so against the increase in deficit spending when we aren't even in a inflationary state? And doesn't anyone remember the economy BEFORE the tax cuts?

What will happen now, I think we're all in agreement that the tax cuts is a good reason why we are experiencing this bull market, and a good economy. So now that there is a threat that those might not become permanent, how will the market react?

wow I guess I was wrong on my predictions, props to whoever called it.

other than capital gains?

If you have LEAPS that are in the money, I dont understand why you would want to sell it and buy the stock. By doing that you are assuming much more risk than you have right now. But like the above poster said, its if you believe in the company. If you dont, then get your money out of there...