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    and today in Munich

    I don't think you know what you are talking about. (and that applies to more than just this point). http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/residence.html As I said it would appear that you must simply prove you are able to support yourself and have health care insurance. Conduit: you are really...
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    and today in Munich

    I have lived in Germany before. I had at the time a US Passport and worked for a company with several facilities in Germany... as well as France, Italy, Sweden etc. In those days you simply had to notify the German Government that you were staying for a specific time period... if you exceeded...
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    Trading very big money

    This is just a matter of semantics. Soros was a trader in the very beginning of his 'career' (he was an 'arbitrage trader' for a brokerage firm in NY.) but it is much more accurate to describe him as a hedge fund manager. He uses his knowledge of economics, market Psychology etc. to make...
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    and today in Munich

    The world has become such a fearsome place. I had always thought that when I retire I would go and live in Europe. Paris and Munich were near the top of my list. I have old friends there who would be, if not glad, at least surprised to see me...
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    YHOO

    http://www.investors.com/news/technology/verizon-may-announce-yahoo-purchase-within-days/?yptr=yahoo http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/business/dealbook/yahoo-sale-verizon.html https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/224687/is-yahoo-verizon-the-worst-merger-ever http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=yhoo...
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    Is God mute?

    I feel sorry for all of you. You are like small boys debating how many angels can sit on the head of a pin. I have a BS,MS and Ph.D. in a scientific field. That is my intellectual life. I also am a practicing Catholic and recently travelled to Rome for a chance to attend a mass said by the...
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    The one enjoyable thing about the Trump campaign

    Christie is a 500 Lb. ass kisser. It won't matter... he's a walking (waddling actually) dead man. Cruz had the guts to give the finger to Trump. If Hilary wins he'll be a hero, if Trump wins he's a pariah. It's like Lucifer said: 'better to rule in hell than serve in heaven'.
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    BREXIT

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/theresa-may-warns-britain-will-not-be-rushed-on-brexit-1.2728879 Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself And hath it slept since and awakes it now to look so green and pale at what it did so freely? Lets see: Merkel and May... and if...
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    INTC

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-corporation-intc-beats-earnings-220210858.html
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    Trading very big money

    Just so you know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcker_Rule Banks can't 'prop trade' any more. I haven't researched it but I don't think prop trading was ever a major source of income... in fact it was something of a Trojan horse that made the bank too vulnerable to extraordinary events. It's...
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    Earnings Next Week - The Four Horsemen

    "Are we're rollin downhill like a snowball headed for hell...(?) With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell?". I don't think Merle Haggard is a good predictor of the future. Isn't he dead? The future is what you make it... so get busy.
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    Trading very big money

    From what I find no one 'trades' very large accounts. The closest you could come to that would be inter-bank LIBOR trading which involve interest rate swaps, foreign currency options etc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libor As is human nature, traders in these instruments have inevitably...
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    INTC

    .http://finance.yahoo.com/news/intel-intc-stock-earnings-preview-193607220.html "Intel INTC will report second quarter 2016 earnings results after the bell on Jul 20." Intel is too closely followed a stock to expect to out-think the market... yet one feels the need to make some kind of bet on...
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    HSY

    Just as an exercise what if I would sell a Jan $90 naked put on HSY? (187 days) OptionsXpress estimates that I could get $115 for this. I hold a cash account so the cash required would be $8885. My yield would be 115/8885 *(365/187) = 2.5% annualized. Say isn't that the dividend on HSY? But...
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    Straddles, are they ever profitable?

    Soon you guys will be telling us that since all known information is built into option prices, and theta decay is consistently 'eating your lunch' it is impossible to make any money trading options... at least on the long side. Everybody knows that...or should. Well...I don't think it's...
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    HSY

    Hypothesis #3 I have no basis for believing or disbelieving hypothesis #1 or #2 and simply guess that HSY will remain above 90 in any case (90 was its trough value before it broke out on the take-over expectations): Corollary: I am willing to own HSY for $90 Jan 90/85 bull put spread for a...
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    HSY

    Hypothesis #1: This whole thing will be thwarted by the forces that control HSY and by November will completely disappear returning HSY to $95. Trade: With HSY at 110.66 Nov 100/95 bear put spread for a net debit of $20 Price..... Profit / Loss..... ROI % 75.00.......... 480.00...
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    HSY

    http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/06/30/hershey-cos-stock-soars-on-buyout-attempt-what-you.aspx http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/07/14/hershey-stock-3-reasons-investors-shouldnt-buy-now.aspx?source=yahoo-2&utm_campaign=article&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=yahoo-2&yptr=yahoo...
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    Shell

    http://www.barrons.com/articles/shell-the-worlds-best-oil-stock-1468641709 http://finance.yahoo.com/chart/RDS-B Trade: With RDS-B at 57.01 Jan 47.50/50 bull call spread for a net debit of $160 Potential yield = 90/160 = 56.2% in 188 days or 100% annualized Prob = 78% Expectation = .78(90) -...
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    BREXIT

    Boris Johnson is Foreign Secretary: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-36790977 Hilarious. I think the UK is using the Rocky Horror Picture Show as its strategy guide.
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