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Hmm, a likely story.. don't tell me, you make a steady 1-2% every day? :) Forgive my cynicism but this <i>is</i> ET

Sorry, I meant avoid buying into bubbles. Yes, when it pops there's a ton of cash to be made.

Anyone who avoids bubbles will by definition miss out on great runs. How much did you make at the end of 2008? Or 2000-2002? The smart money is thinking that both FB and AAPL were (note use of the past tense) the poster boys of the dead cat bounce that started in March 2009. The naive are now...

Remember when Microsoft became the most valuable company in history back in 1999? What happened shortly after 1999? :) Apple has no monopoly position to speak of - it's the just trendiest handset designer du jour. That could change in a flash. Let's step away from our technicals...

Get a watertight pre-nup first. If you don't do that, you're no trader.

He cuts underperformers every quarter? That's a CLASSIC retail investor mistake.. if a sound strategy is experiencing underperformance, particularly prolonged underperformance, the rational move is to put MORE money into it.

Put a thousand monkeys in front of computers with an account and it is a statistical certainty that some will become regulars on ET

Top 1% for this year, sure. Long term this doesn't mean cr6p. You could be in the poorhouse next year, or 5 years later.

And your mental disorder is very similar, just a little more sophisticated. But don't worry, you share it with 99.99% of the human population :)

Quick questions for the bulls: how bullish were you in March 2009? Or, is your optimism a function of the most rapid doubling of the stock market ever...?

Suppose it's raining outside. Seeing this, you go out with an umbrella. For whatever reason it stops raining right there and then. The obvious conclusion is that taking an umbrella out when it's raining is the perfect 'cure' for rain. That's precisely the logic you are applying here. QE...

It's just amazing how few people understand what "dead cat bounce" means, and that no government in history has ever been able to influence the direction of the stock market.

Sorry, but what's this "pre election rally" everyone is talking about? You mean like 2008?

Actually the most likely scenario is the worst bear market in 100 years FOLLOWED BY a truly golden period.. back to the early 1950s.

Those of you who don't know what a "dead cat bounce" is better learn real fast.

And we have a believer! Quite apart from the fact that no one will remember what the hell Facebook was 5 (or fewer) years from now, do you know anything about how markets work, buddy? It's all fear and greed, hope and anger. Facebook - and its brother in arms, Apple - were the icons of the bear...

Time to learn about MARKETS. The news doesn't move the market. Market moves determine which stories are reported. "News? Show me what the price did and I'll tell you the news!" - Bernard Baruch

Ah, you mean you want to be "wasteful" :) Fractional seems to suit Tiger Woods, and he was not known for his frugality. BTW check out the safety record of these things - one caught fire and blew up recently in the South of France, killing all 3 passengers.

Trillionaire? We talkin' Italian Lira (the pre 2000 but soon to reappear currency of Italy) here? :)

Absolutely. Private jet travel is the only important thing that the rich can do that the upper middle classes cannot. Everything else is just a flashier version of what the upper middle can attain, e.g. house, car, holidays etc. What I hate about commercial air travel is the way it has...