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I swear that's "Casper the Friendly Ghosts" evil twin complete with "Black Face". Or was it a ghost from a Scooby-Doo cartoon. Damn, too many drugs in my youth!!! How they ever came up with the visual concept of the red circle with crossout is beyond me. I bet someone got a big promotion...

Look at the NBA draft and the current rosters of the NBA teams. they were and are become littered with players from Europe. It's really no surprise to me that the US lost.

Better be careful with that approach. Texas baseball and football players get taxed in California when they play here...... Are you sure you are different? My understanding is that if you are a resident of another state and work in the State of California, all wages earned in California...

That's my plan JW........ :cool: Later, Cracked

Bankers are definitely greedy..... The major players I always hear touting that a bubble doesn't exist are the organizations directly tied to the industry. Nat Assoc of Realtor, etc. Since when would it be of advantage to tell your potential purchasing clients that it may be a bad time to...

Been through two crashes in So Cal. 40%+ reductions in value in under 2-3 years. People move/sell for all sorts of reasons and an increase in rates would drive affordability into the toilet. Affordability is already down in the 20% range in Orange County. If the rates increased 1% point it...

If Cap'n Crunch raises the price on that darn cereal again, I'm sinking the little SOB's boat!!!!!! :D Back on topic..... Until interest rates increase and the music stops, I don't foresee much in the way of a sharp decline in housing. Once the spigot is shut, watch out...... I...

I hope you meant this sarcastically. The bread I buy was $3/loaf yesterday and it was around $2 2 years ago. The turkey was $7/lb and around $5/lb in the same time frames. I know it cost me way more to buy groceries and fill the tank on my truck than it did 2-4 years ago. This 3-5%...

Anytime CNBC (Constant Nuisance Broadcasting Crap) has a piece about something not being a bubble you know what's next..... No bubble at NASDAQ 5000 was there????? I also heard the "New Paradigm" tossed around, Deja Vu all over again..... Now they trot out Ken Heebner from a Reit...

Not wanting to be a stick in the mud, but, 9/11 is coming up and if anything wierd happens I would hate to think what those futures might look like afterwards. I certainly don't wish any ill will on anyone. You might want to be prepared for anything if you are buying today..... Later...

You mean the "servicing of the US naval fleet while in town on liberty and was hung up wet" look. :eek: I agree she isn't much to look at and the "crack ho binge" look isn't that far down the scale from where she started..... :D Later, Cracked

Porcsches and such are nice, I prefer the old Detroit Muscle. '70 Hemi Challenger Convertible I read that a '70 Chevelle Convertible, likely a SS 454, sold for $170, 000 at auction not long ago. This current rush to buy autos reminds me of the car market after 1987. People bid up...

Not sure I understand the issue. Was it implying that by being a trader and conducting business during market hours you are precluded from also trading a retirement account? An IRA/Retirement account is an entity unto itself and separate from other assets held by the trader. Much...

If your tax preparer EVER did something so outrageously incorrect they should be fired on the spot. It's unbelievable the incompetency in tax preparation. If the preparer was a CPA, I would file a complaint with the state board regarding the issue. I've done some thing that stretch the...

No prob with the pix for me. I think they add a bit of needed color in appropriate threads. If the pix are relevent to thread thread........ post away, but try to be considerate of the lower bandwidth folks with file sizes. The Abby Jo/Chimp picture was a true classic....... Good work...

MTM on futures nullifies the 60/40 treatment according to "THE CODE". All P&L is ordinary gains. You may or may not have been deemed MTM depending upon the form of the letter written to establish MTM. If you CLEARLY stated securities only, that DOES NOT establish said treatment for ALL...

If Philly is the best exchange it can seem like it takes DAYS to get filled and then only when the position starts to move against you. If I'm using the the SMART, I do the following... ALWAYS have the string of all exchanges open to open to find out which exchange has the best price. If...

You can segregate MTM treatment of stock and futures. The two are under different definitions as one is an equity and the other is a commodity.

Not enough when I have a winner and too many when I've got a loser..... Later, Cracked P.S. up to 8

I believe you can't buy and sell between the echanges. If you buy from onechicago, you have to sell to onechicago. You couldn't sell to AMEX or another exchange even if the price was better.