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Don't applaud it. It's eating me up from the inside. But what is my alternative? Divorce?

Anyone else watching Jim Simon (Former CIA Asst. Director) on CNBC right now? This guy is so cool! He is talking like a total hick. But somehow I have the feeling this is on purpose to throw off those who might want to somehow use his speech characteristics against him.

It is pretty obvious that 80% to 90% of all traders will simply lack the persistence to reach the point of consistent profitability, especially in this instant-gratification seeking world. Probably 50% of all traders never put forth any serious effort to become profitable, they simply wish to...

LOL. I wonder how I would do...

OnTheEdge: When I came to this country I had one friend here. I had known him since I was a boy, and I trusted him with my life. It turned out he was a liar cheated me out of a few grand. Just like you, I didn't care that much about the money, but the betrayal itself was devastating. I have...

Just read that in Sweden the suspect in the murder of a high ranking politician is innocent and being released. Where else can you find a country that would release an innocent man in this situation? Imagine Colon Powell was murdered and they caught a suspect a couple of days later. Do you...

listedguru, I am pretty much in the same situation as you. Often I make .20 to leave 1 or 2 points on the table. But a few days ago, I looked at it a little more closely. The fact of the matter is, at the time of exit you have no way of knowing how far up the stock will go. It's true I...

AFAIK the latter is a felony charge if the total amount is more than $50.

FWIW, in the last couple of years I have done probably around 10,000 trades through IB, and as far as I remember I have had a total of one or two limit orders filled at an "illegal" price. I never did anything about it, just accepted the fill. Obviously, this is not how it should be. But what...

Even if I promise to behave? On a different note, OnTheEdge, I think I understand where you are coming from, but if you want to stick to you accusation of IB "lying" to you, you might want to consider this: The e-mail from IB did not say "we cannot tell", it said "we cannot assume". If you...

Has anyone else noticed how telemarketers have become even more inept during the last couple of months. Just last night I received a call that almost had me wondering if it even was from a real telemarketer. He was quite obviously intoxicated and was babbling "Ahhhh, The ... sir ... good...

The northeastern Aegean has the clearest sea water I have ever seen. At least it used to 20 years ago.

And the funniest thing about this is, if instead of a wire, which takes their computers a nanosecond, you bring in a check, which they have to handle by hand, scan in, mail around, etc. etc., it is free!

Most banks charge for incoming wires. Do you know one that doesn't?

Are you serious, there is a specialist union?

While I am no more from Hitler's immediate birth place than Bush is from McVeigh's brith place, I think you might have a point. But I never saw Hitler's point until I had spent several months in America. Which finally brings us back to the topic of this thread: No matter where you move, it...

That is correct. How did you know?

No, but close enough for most Americans to get it mixed up. I'm from the other side of the world, the European country named Austria.

Thank you for your suggestion. As a matter of fact, the Northwest is pretty much the one region of the US I have never even visited. What are sales taxes and state income taxes like up there?

I understand your concern, but you might want to think about this: If you don't move to the south-east, you should be reasonably safe from lynchings. Plus, just like a labor union, the NAACP (a sort of union for "colored people") has a lot of power here. Non-white humans do get lots of...