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Amazing how things can turn ugly so fast on a missed estimate. Anyhow interesting looking chart.

Okay dumb idea. Sounds good in theory but 1000 barrel contract. I have no space for all those barrels. Plus It might raise some eyebrows in the neighborhood.

cool. So If I buy 2 contracts of unleaded gasoline for delivery in aug. I could bring my pickup pull a tank and filler up. So I can take advantage of backwardation and save money on my gasoline over todays spot price at the gas station. plus save money by not paying the overhead (franchise fees...

Curious if you buy 1 contract. And you decide to take delivery where do you pick up your barrel of oil?

I already have a margin account with etrade. I just do not want to use margin just what I have. the problem I have with leverage is that means for every 1 dollar down you are down 20 dollars. Sounds dangerous. I figured if I stick to name brand stocks, trade only with money I have and if the...

I have not been an active trader, mainly buy and hold and reinvesting dividends since 87. anyhow right now I decided to use the dividends and deposit the cash from the dividends for this year into etrade so I can do a bit of daytrading. I should have 100K at the end of the year (Thats what I...

I subscribed to it since I want to learn more and its really neat. Lots of cool charts all kinds of real time details. It is not a direct ECN type deal but it is not bad for 30 bucks a month, Interesting to see how the market works. I bought more GE today using it and it was fast.

From Time Amid price surge, output slump and energy crunch, Bush seems stymied From all sides, the intertwined problems of inflation, recession and energy squeeze are closing in on the U.S. economy. Prices keep roaring ahead at a double-digit pace. Inflation-straitened consumers, who have...

I bought 400 shares of GE when it went to 31.75 and 150 shares of PG at 65.22 I bought 100 shares of BP at 59.90 a while back as well for my retirement portfolio. I am 32 right now and I plan on reinvesting the dividends into the stocks. Are these good stocks for the future? They seem pretty...

That is the confusing part. The dividend tax so Obama is going to tax it like ordinary income now? That does not sound good for people investing today to retire tomorrow. I guess the savers are going to get penalized so they can bail out the home flippers and the people who chose to drop out...

I just started out investing for my retirement. I opened an etrade account a bought dividend paying stocks and had etrade reinvest the dividends into my stock. I am not rich by any means I just live below my means (no car payments for years, still driving my 98 corolla) Is that true that...