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This is a very amusing and interesting thread, but remember the US Supreme court does not exist as a stand alone entity out on an island somewhere. When they examine cases and issues and make rulings they do weigh the impact on the nation and consider "compeling interest". If the state of...

It is incredible that with so many waterborne special operations forces that militaries around the world have, SEALS, SBS etc... these pirates have not been destroyed a while ago. At any rate I hope that the Blackwater security teams are allowed to be heavily armed. They need .50 sniper...

You can buy stock in your own brokerage account (set up one with an online firm if you do not currently have one) then request the physical certificate, but in your friends name. There is a form that you will need to complete to do this. The only problem is that the transfer agents charge $95...

So the democrats want to continually dump money into the auto part suppliers as well as the big three? Is the plan that Senator Levin talking about, govt loans or just cash infusions in return for preferred shares? How will they ever payback billions in additional loans without major...

I for one am amazed by the recent ideological changes the country has undergone, due to the credit crisis. It seems that the republicans have given up on the ideas of limited government and free markets. The democrats have never really believed in those ideas, so their recent actions do not...

I live near Detroit and trust me your dogs and your ugly wife would be shot in an instance. Many states including Michigan allow citizens to get concealed weapons/pistol licenses...so a handgun can be on your person, where it needs to be if your life is in danger. Self-defense has nothing...

I think most politicians know this, they just use these tactics as a backdoor way to raise taxes on the public.

I made good money stocking up on Assault weapons prior to the Clinton Gun Ban in the 1990s then selling them for twice and tripple what I paid for AKs and AR-15s and the high capacity magazines everyone likes. I have been buying again because I like collecting guns, but things may be different...

Those swing states will be the key and Obama has a very difficult time in them, even without massive republican turnout. He needs to win states that Kerry lost and he has to yet to make a convincing argument as to why people in those states should vote for him...besides that he was against...

Stockcharts...if you are new to trading you might also want to focus on finding out which firm has the best training program for new traders. Since learning to trade in a consistently profitable manner is so difficult, being with a firm that provides a good mentoring/training program is...

Silk, you make some good points regarding the price of crude oil, are you going to short the USO, or buy puts on it now??

I sold my May call options on Visa a few days back, and have been looking for an opportunity to buy some June or even July calls, on a pull back. I may have missed my chance today to get them really cheap, when the stock was down $4, but maybe not. Does anyone think this stock is overplayed...

I think that VISA may go to 100 or higher, but I need to switch out to the June calls. I bought the Visa May 80 calls (VEPs) at 2.30 and they are now trading around 8 or so. Now might be a good time to take some quick profits, then buy some Visa June 100 calls. I saw your thread on the...

I am still holding my VISA calls, but may sell this week. The guys on this thread definately called this one right. Thanks.

Thank you MA...thank you for saving VISA and for saving me!!

Ouch. Now that hurt.

I have been thinking about what might happen with Visa after their earnings report, and I must admit that what you all have been saying makes a lot of sense. I also do not see it dropping dramatically, unless they really screw something up. I got burned holding MSFT calls thru earnings, as...

I got long a bunch of the Visa May 80 calls (VEP's) today and I am thinking of selling them right before earnings on monday...as I am somewhat nervous about their earnings. Of course if I sell they will put up excellent earnings and the stock will gap up out of control tuesday morning. Who...

It seems that the Google earnings were the perfect opportunity for a long strangle, especially with expiration being the next day. Although the Apple earnings would not be as good an opportunity as Google was... maybe buying both May call and put options, but out of the money, might be a...

Does anyone have any idea about the salary ranges of the traders (equity and fixed income) who work at mutual fund companies? Since they are not market making, do they received bonuses based on performance? I understand that there will probably be wide differences between mutual fund...