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    Anyone successfully traded the IBD 100 list

    A lot of people make a lot of money with the IBD 100.... To try and use it as a contrarian indicator is simply foolish at best... These stocks show strength because of increasing earnings, increasing revenue and increasing buying by institutional investors They will reach a "buying top"...
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    Where to find most recent news ?

    Briefing.com had it on as it happened..... Sorry, bubba, but you have to pay to play..... SteveD
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    Cheap stocks don't go up

    I would suggest a good reading of Bill O'Neills books....he explains how and why a stock goes up and another one does not... His research firm has some very interesting data going back 50 years on low price, low quality stocks.... His CANSLIM method of analyzing a stock is applicable to...
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    Tightening Lending Standards To Slash Subprime Mortgages by 50%; Alt-A by 25%

    I have already lived through two of these rodeos....I have neither the time nor the inclination to try and explain it to someone who is not financially sophisticated.... Sorry...best of luck to you..... SteveD
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    Tightening Lending Standards To Slash Subprime Mortgages by 50%; Alt-A by 25%

    Read the book "Liar's Poker"...that explains how the industry started.....very few keep the loan....most packaged and sold "upstream" to investors such as insurance co, pension, college endowments etc etc... There will be companies who buy the "troubled" loans from these investors and rework...
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    SEC ALERT* Cramer Show Insider Leak....

    There is a notice posted before and after the show that "this information may have been previously publicized"....also very clear that info is NOT part of CNBC's opinion..... SteveD
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    Hyper inflation

    I give up, LOL....... The world is coming to an end...... SteveD
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    Hyper inflation

    What form do you own gold? When people say they buy "gold" I have never understood exactly what that means.... Coins, gold bullion, gold company shares, ???? Two experiments: Go to a jeweler and see what he pays for gold, and in what form he buys it.... Take your gold to your local...
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    Jim Rogers Predicts the Implosion of "Lots" of Hedge Funds: Traders Beware

    Rogers goes around making very broad statements and then claims he "predicted" the event..... Other hedge funds will go under.....duh really Jimmy??? Everyone, and I mean everyone, saw the commodity bull market coming.....huge growth in India, China etc etc..... He told Maria that...
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    Hyper inflation

    GOLD is a giant scam preying on the fears of the vulnerable.....No one is going to give you anything for the gold in a dire situation...they don't want the stuff...what can they do with it...sit and look at it?? A large bag of small diamonds would come closer to doing what some "doomsday"...
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    Hyper inflation

    EXACTLY how would one use GOLD.... Take a gold coin to the grocery store???? Store gold bullion in your garage??? It is extremely heavy...very bulky....and not accepted in any form as a currency in any part of the world that I would live in... It is just a legal 'scam" that the...
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    Hyper inflation

    Gold is a silly suckers game that ended in the 80"s..... You guys live in a pretend delusional world if you think EVERYONE doesn't take US Dollars...... Foreigners KNOW that if they buy 500 million worth of 90 day T bills......they will get 500 million back in 90 days, if they so desire...
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    Hyper inflation

    Greenspan has always said the greatest danger is : deflation That is why Fed lowered rates so much..... The US has a 200 year history of financial soundness....no other country even comes within 150 years of that.....dollar will fluctuate but don't worry about it... Do you really...
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    Futures or Stocks?! The truth

    Always keep this in mind: When you buy 500 shares of DELL, you OWN those shares in the company....you are allowed to vote, participate in dividends, splits etc etc... Everything else in the market was created by Wall Street Firms to generate commissions, provide hedging opportunities...
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    Institutional Traders

    Another broker gets a call to SELL 300,000 shares of XYZ over 64.00..... That is what makes a market...... SteveD
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    GOOG trading down to 85?

    YHOO got as low as $8 in the big drop..... SteveD
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    CNBC Pulling Out Kudlow At Every Opportunity to Talk Up The Economy

    I do not see the connection to Bush ???? Most of the commentators on CNBC know more about the market than any three of the posters on ET......absolutely fact..... Just because one writes it down does not make it true.... SteveD
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    Abby J. Cohen: Stocks underpriced, Value everywhere

    I choose not to go against Goldman ..... I'm funny that way, LOL..... SteveD
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    Market order 37 seconds before close and NYSE won't honor it...

    Trading on those kind of days is dangerous......it was announced several times that quotes/trades were unreliable.... Like driving on the freeway with everyone lights off This is a good example of why I watch/listen to CNBC....I know it is so uncool to do so.....LOL I like to be as...
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    New Home Sales Plunge 17% - Most In 4 Years

    I love these doomsday real estate forums, LOL... First: New homebuilders are NOT in the real estate business....they are in the manufacturing business....just like GM and DELL....inventory builds up....they stop producing product till inventory is reduced.....classic business sense...
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