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According to a press release I read on Tuesday the firm had net capital of about 5 Billion at the end of the last quarter. It also stated that if the judgement and punative damages were to have equalled 2.4 Billion pre tax credit based that would only amount to about $1.5 billion post tax credit...

Mr. Blockage, Personal experience with purchases that have "short trial periods" is that they are rarely ever worth it. Do not wait, return it immediately. Preferably without opening or installing. I did not buy this "software" but from all the things I have read from ET and other posting...

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on . If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, "Who's on...

YES it is. Do you think it is about done on the downside or do we have more left to go? This keeps getting more and more curious! Attached is todays I Watch info. The only meaningful news was from after the market close yesterday. "International Paper Executive Vice President and Chief...

Something that I had forgotten that I ordered was a home study course on options trading from a company called Top Trader. It just arrived in the mail (book with 3 CDs) and a quick read is that it might be helpful to beginners not sure about those of us that are more advanced. I will start going...

If you would like a good basic and a little advanced options training for FREE log onto the OIC site at www.optionscentral.com and sign up for their free training. You can also call them at 800.options. I personally attend every class they have when it comes to my area. I always pickup some...

That is my point exactly! This stock has not been this low since March 2003. Why are the institutions net buying of the stock over the last thirty days? 5000 OTM calls purchased in two trades within minutes implies someone (institution, etc) with pretty deep pockets is the buyer since the...

Thanks for the input. I went to look at the same info for HON, but it has institution selling where IP does not. The net buying by institutions (chart attached) for both looks about even though.

Just recieved an alert from Schaeffers Investment Research about the intraday OTM June options. "Tuesday, particularly on the June 35 call strike (IP FG). More than 5,000 contracts crossed the tape on this out-of-the-money position, the majority of which translated as new open interest this...

I have had both good and bad experiences with realtors...... these transactions and results happened in two distinct areas of the country...I have had commissions from as little as 5% (residential)to as high as 15% (commercial property)....the RE boards do NOT require enough training...I had one...

For what it is worth... I contacted IBSOFT by PM pertaining to another thread about quotes freezing...I did this to inquire if they had the same quote supplier as my current BD...They answered in a timely fashion, were curteous, and helpful....even though I am NOT a customer of theirs I...

I use Opera (www.opera.com). It has been terrific. I find its built in features such as popup blocking, magnification, image restrictions, search functions, security, tabbed windows...well everything about it great. Have not used netscape...find MS explorer a pain (somewhere below the neck)...

You can get free options calculators and more from the OIC plus Man Financial has a terrific options calculator available for free. Both of these calculators can ber downloaded and installed onto your system, the Man Financial calculator requires Shockwave or maybe Java.

If you are looking for a trend (directional) change, I recently read that if one uses four standard deviations the probability of a reaction increases to 99%+....do not know if this works but perhaps you could backtest and let us all know if the author was correct.

Mr. Def, HSBC is an English bank with operations in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and mainland China as well as other areas of the world. What the author of this thread might consider is what will happen with the HK$ if or when the chinese remove the Yuan peg to the US$. The HK$ & the MACAU...

There are two very easy solutions both hardware implemented...to boot from different hard drives at different times, use a product like Winnix which allows you to choose the boot drive. 2nd solution...get an internal hard drive carrier that allows for the quick swapping (pull out/ push in) of...

In trading education followed by application is the path to becoming a better trader. I have just attended a D&P show from Star Trader. They are currently offering a three day educational traing class in Atlanta for later this month for $99.00...Yes I am going. If you wish to learn Fibonacci...

different thought same subjet... IF there were enough traders that COULD get along long enough to attempt to broker a transaction with a BD to get better pricing, why not start buying the stock of a small BD like Rushtrade (RSHF.OB) over a period of say 1 year and have that group take control...

For those of you considering another firm, remember ALL firms have their pluses and minuses. I have done business with quite a few firms over the years and was not pleased with most (Merrill, Schwab, Morgan Stanley, JB Oxford, Scottrade, etc. I was a broker (glorified salesman w/7,63 & 24)...

Mr. jnbadger, Extremely good observation. I do not know about the past 15 years however perhaps I can shed some light on the past 16 months which appear to have been extremely difficult. I attempt to go with free trials when possible so as to gain knowledge of their style and to especially...