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Isn't this a much better quote? (how prophetic!)

For $10 I will run a full background check on them. :D

What does IB pay on cash balances? I instructed TS to buy me a 3 month tbill. They yield 5%, but my small retail amount will get me 4.75% which is fine by me. Granted, that still leaves a cash balance earning little or no interest.

I bid $5 for 100.

Vending machines that accept credit cards? What will they think of next, vending machines that accept Paypal? I'm still waiting for vending machines that you can call from (and pay via) your cell phone. Hasn't Europe been using this technology for 10 years?

I am a little confused. Am I looking at the right stock? Did you get filled at 111.01? That is the price I see at 10:30:37, but a 110.9843 print at 10:30.01 was followed by a 111.1668 trade at 10:30.05 and every subsequent trade was above 111.10 until the first print at 10:30.37 was...

Why are they going public?? Dollar Amount of Net Proceeds % of Net Received Proceeds to be From This Offering Directors and executive officers as a group . . . . . $449.1mm and, more to the point: Nothing wrong with that!

prospectus is 204 pages! Is there a Cliff Notes version?

I didn't buy this dog; It just suddenly appeared in my portfolio (spun off from MO), so I figure I should just get rid of it, but the chart sure looks bullish! Double bottom and today gaps higher, I guess on an upgrade. I own all of about 100 shares, so I am just curious what others...

I got really worried about this just a few weeks ago. I compared the Dow price action in 1987 leading up to the crash to our recent price action and thought I saw some troubling similarities. It still looks close enough to worry about. 4/2/87 through 10/5/87 looks a lot like 5/12/06 to...

I certainly don't have the gumption to fade price action seconds before a big number. My natural paranoia tells me somebody got the number already and it was -50k!

I just went through this yesterday. I bought a 3 month tbill and was going to leave a fair amount of cash to cover drawdowns but I was told that even if I did use up my available cash they would automatically sell the tbill in $5k increments with a $10 transaction charge. No biggie if it were...

What's a "NR7" day? (no range?) never mind... google is my friend, took me to LBR website and definition.

I am new to ET, but I have spent a lot of time on a couple of other forums devoted to very different topics, and I have found that just about any specialized forum will attract a certain number of assholes that like to hear themselves talk (or I should say they love to write many words thinking...

Good timing John! Both in getting out of your trade and getting out of the way! phew!

I spent half the day talking to fairly uninformed people at NASD and NASDAQ. I had the rules read to me and I was told it was a "gray" area. Finally I pulled out my U-5 form and there is nothing gray at all. If you don't know, Form U5 is titled, UNIFORM TERMINATION NOTICE FOR...

Isn't that what the U5 is all about? It doesn't include the words "active" or "inactive'.

I left my job at a broker dealer 3 weeks ago. I have a series 7. Got my U5. The whole department was eliminated. First thing I did was open a futures trading account. Checked off the non pro box for realtime data feeds. No problem. I just went over to Schwab to upgrade my existing...

Thanks for posting the links to all those pics. That is amazing to see where Tom Baldwin is spending his time these days. He ruled the bond pit when I started trading almost 25 years ago. I see he uses 5 screens... I guess I will need to get 4 more!

I just did that. Left my employer so I closed out my 401K and directed them to send the check to my self directed IRA at Schwab. I did it all online.... on Tuesday, and managed to cash out of my diversified equity fund at Tuesday's close. The check is in the mail. The opportunity cost of...