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It also closed, as per the rules at the time, for a few hours during the 1997 crash (Asian Contagion).

I see a lot of support at zero.

Didn't they also recently purchase LaSalle for $20 billion or so?

Better $3 a share than nothing.....

It's Dr. Evil, I didn't spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called "mister," thank you very much.

How does he save money by firing everybody (with severance I bet) and then hiring new people (who have to be trained)?

I agree in theory, but we did rally for a while after the Bear Stearns bailout and that also didn't change the economic fundamentals.

Bond futures trading down right now. Yields are up.

The bailout is inflationary. Also, Hurricane Ike is headed into the Gulf of Mexico.

But now back to the high of the session. Yet, Treasuries didn't fall as stock indexes hit highs. I like watching the correlation (or divergence of it).

I'm watching the futures trading and the bonds are already rallying back, though still down a ton. This bailout may (or may not) solve the "financial" crisis, but I don't see how this will stop housing prices from declining, the rise in unemployment we've seen, and the higher taxes that will...

That is the quote of the day! I'll print that out and tape it on the wall next to my computer.

Training = expense = smaller bonus for exec

Of course its a lagging indicator. A company doesn't want to lay somebody off only to realize the slowdown was a blip and now they have to hire and train somebody new. So they wait to lay people off as long as they can.

They should be equal, but no broker gives you the full rate of interest. IB gives no interest on the first 10K and minus 50 above that (I believe).

Let me say of myself and almost everyone I know in the press, all the chattering classes and political strategists and inside dopesters of the Amtrak Acela Line: We live in a bubble and have around us bubble people. We are Bubbleheads. We know this and try to compensate for it by taking road...

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If you don't trade too often, just roll them over before you leave if you'll be traveling during rollover period. The reason to trade the current contract is that all the volume is there. But if you won't be trading for a while, who cares where the volume is?

In that case, it sounds like futures would be best. The only negatives are not earning the "market" rate of interest on your cash and rolling over. If you forget to rollover, the broker will automatically close your position. It won't open a new position in the new contract month. I've never...