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You guys are going off the deep end here. I simply meant to point out an alternative point of view. I sincerely apologize if I somehow offended anyone personally. I did not intend to. OPM is for buying appreciating or income producing assets, not for buying depreciating toys. Lenders know...

How about cash for not getting pregnant and soaking the taxpayers for welfare? Cash for staying out of jail and becoming a responsible citizen? Cash for not getting traffic tickets? Cash for college or trade school? And for us baby boomers, cash for fallen-out hair, worn out joints...

How do you know it's people who can't afford them buying them? Maybe it is the millionaire-next-door types, the people who drive their cars into the ground. Some of the most wealthy people I know pay cash for cars and are driving old cars. It seems to me it's usually the less well-heeled who...

I'm not too sure what mental imagery is...

I think you would still be able to buy a 2x fund using 50% margin and get the same result as a 3x fund. If you are crazy enough to do that....

I think that CBOE will sell you these data.

Yes, Optionshouse will let you trade European style index options in a retirement account.

buy some puts

I have looked pretty hard for a site like this but have not found a site devoted to it that is free or inexpensive and that is not flipping people in and out of stuff all the time. I have a few suggestions: Vectorvest.com is about $50/month. They give each dividend a safety rating from...

Say, gunslinger, let us see your paper when you get it written. It sounds interesting. Yes, QCOM! Ha ha. I was never in it, but the rest of my gym seemed to be. There would be people on the treadmills every day watching CNBC and chanting "Go, Qualcomm, go!" You didn't even have to get...

I'm amazed at the things I read on here. This is a public forum. Doesn't stating that you think some one is on drugs put you at risk for being sued for defamation of character? People ought to be a little more careful here. You are not in your living room. BTW, I am fairly certain that...

Why not manage other people's money, indeed. Have you ever owned rental properties or run any kind of business that serves the public? There are inevitable a few people who try to get something for nothing, or get pissed at you about things you have no control over, or pretend they fell on...

Thank you very much. I am interested in the reading, but not computer-savvy enough to download these. If some nice person is going to zip them, please PM me, I would deeply appreciate it.

Interesting things to think about. Surely that would have been a better life. But to make that happen, I think I would have had to work for someone else. Certainly such a position would have been available with the likes of Kaiser or Group Health. And I have friends who went that route...

Interesting post. Well, I'm a doctor, practiced for nine years, and can't say that I much enjoyed much of it. I loved shooting the shit with patients and helping them, but that's only about 10% of the job. Basically I worked my ass off and had no life. I'm employed in the pharmaceutical...

Thanks everyone, for your answers. I appreciate it. No, I definitely don't want to scam the IRS, so it's good to know what works and what doesn't. As usual, "they" have already thought of everything :)

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Any accountants here? If I own a stock or etf that has fallen, can I sell it on Dec. 31 in my taxable account, buy it back on the same day in a retirement account, and take the loss? In other words, do wash sale rules apply across account types? thanks

optionistics.com click on option chains, and check the "greeks" box

[If you see yourself as a victim, you may well be too busy feeling sorry for yourself to notice the many opportunities to change your dismal destiny] Right on, right on.