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    Virtual Kidnapping Scam Collected At Least $500,000

    Mexicans committing crimes against Mexicans?..... it's not prosecutable because no "crime" was actually committed. :D
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    Woman flight attendant held for smuggling gold (into India)

    They should have used molded breast implants instead..... double-D's. :cool:
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    Difference between a hinge and a bugle pattern?

    1) With the triangle pattern, you expect buy-stop orders to accumulate above the upper trend line. You expect sell-stop orders to accumulate below the lower trend line. :) 2) Algo-traders can be tempted to "probe" or "sniff out" resting orders that might be outside of the triangle/wedge and...
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    Options Trader Bets $16.6 Million on 9% S&P 500 Rally

    1) A "Texas Hedge"? :eek: 2) A gigantic "gamma scalp"? :confused:
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    Will we ever visit 09 S&P 500 lows again?

    14-10? :confused:
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    Why Is An Epidemic Of Thievery Sweeping America?

    1) Tide sells "well" at flea markets in blue-collar towns. The thieves usually go to wealthier suburbs to commit the shoplifting. Many retailers don't have "proper" security to confront aggressive shoplifters. The shoplifters have little to fear as long as police are not too close by to the...
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    good ol days of corn and grains

    Brazil can always be relied upon to hype the usual "scare stories" of port strikes and rail strikes along with over-reaction to weather forecasts during their planting season. :cool:
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    Why did bonds fall when fed bought during QE?

    1) That is "partially true" as long as the credit quality does not deteriorate......which can bring about an enormous "deflation" of value/price. :cool: 2) You "economists", who are obsessed with inflation, and explain everything via "supply and demand", in hindsight, are amusing and annoying. :D
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    Why is Chicago losing population?

    1) All blue collar jobs have a "shortage" of people according to their respective trade association. :( 2) It produces a glut of people that brings on wage stagnation and deflation. :mad:
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    Blockbuster Tell All Book Reveals What Sank Christie

    God/Jesus/ the Pope/Buddha/Allah/Madonna help us all if the "47%" becomes the 48%.......49%.......50%.......50.1%!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
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    Blockbuster Tell All Book Reveals What Sank Christie

    1) Strategy blunders aside, didn't Obama always have a "simple majority" of the popular vote and was destined/assured/guaranteed to win anyway? The book seems to be a waste of paper/bytes. :confused: 2) Policy and governing wins re-elections, even more so if you have a simple majority...
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    Why did bonds fall when fed bought during QE?

    1) The FED is the buyer of "last resort". If ever they don't want bonds, be careful of the downside. :eek: 2) Buy the rumor, sell the fact. :eek: 3) The decline can be indicative of pending deflation. There will be no "safe harbors" nor "flight to quality" because everything will have turned...
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    Bob Doll Nuveen Investments said you can't lose in the market now

    He can't lose in the market because he makes his money from management fees, not performance fees. :( :mad:
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    Gold Analysis

    Cool colors! :cool:
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    Why You Should Only Drink Cheap Liquor

    I'll send you a bottle of $6, bottom-shelf, vodka instead of the Grey Goose, Belvedere or Ultimat I originally had you down for at Christmas. :cool: :D
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    Spread Trading

    1) You have to be prepared to lose BIG money when both legs of the spread move against you simultaneously. It WILL happen from time to time. :eek: :eek: :eek: 2) You're not really trading a "spread" with those combinations. It's an "outright". :(
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    Why is Chicago losing population?

    1) Housing projects have been demolished and those former occupants are in Section-8 housing in the suburbs. :eek: 2) It's possible that there is an incorrect census count of Mexicans due to illegal immigration. :mad: 3) Average family size is trending smaller. Where a family of 5 used to...
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    College student who wants to trade professionally

    1) He believes you should reduce the leverage you have available to trade, not increase it. :cool: 2) Are you trading a single contract of eMini S&P with only ~$1250 in your account, i.e. the minimum daytrade margin per contract? :confused: :eek:
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    Commodities reports help needed

    Bloomberg.com----->Market Data------> Economic calendar. :cool:
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    CNBC Loser Steve Liesman Blames Jobs Numbers On Ted Cruz, Calls for Mexican Music

    1) Isn't that mostly a function of having no state income tax? (Wy, SD, Nv, Ak, Fl & Wa) :confused: :) 2) Then again, would you really want to live in any of those "Top 10" states? :confused: :eek:
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