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I agree that Obama shouldn't have meddled with ousting the CEO, but I don't think we should be bailing out the auto and banking industry. You can't have it both ways...............

One thing to add to the list - dual internet connections (or at minimum, a standby internet connection). The primary connection should preferably be broadband, while the backup could be a dial-up. When I traded full-time, I always had both connections active, and once, it really saved my...

Dude, what on earth are you talking about. We're nowhere near the 5 % mark. I think we'll be down in the morning, but black Monday ? What is your basis for this proclamation ?

Pardon my ignorance here, as I haven't been trading in a bit, but IB is my broker, and I don't see any indication on their website of any price increases for stock commissions (either now or for in the future). Will this be forthcoming, will this be a "tax" added onto every transaction fee...

I'd love to help, but I cannot afford the tea bag or the postage. Washington will do whatever it wants to do, and although I'm as enraged as you are, I'm old enough to realize that it is next to impossible to fight city hall. Yes, this sounds like a defeatist, accept-the status-quo attitude...

I would bet that they are pulling in 250-300, depending on duties.

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I think you guys are missing the big picture. It ALL starts with the guy at the top. Being stubborn, self-absorbed, arrogant, and clueless are not excuse at all. It's criminal that Bush will be sitting back and collecting his $ 200K per annum pension in a few months. Totally criminal, if you...

Hi all, On Yahoo Finance, there are 2 useful symbols: 1) ^YHOH765 - Closed End Fund Index for Debt 2) ^YHOH766 - Closed End Fund Index fo Equity I'm not positive, but I believe Yahoo gets these index values from Morningstar. Does anyone know how to obtain the above 2...

Jimmy Rodgers is absolutely right ! This bailout is a short-term bandaid, and a long-term nightmare. Best to purge the system of these investment banks, weather the storm (recession), and look to new Investment firms being born. Japan did this in the 1970's, and was very successful with it...

Seriously, legalization and taxation of on-line gambling, which was just recently outlawed by Bush with his last-secon UIGEA law attachment to the Ports bill, will surely add some needed tax relief.

Your broker sounded pissed, because the onus will be on him for allowing you to short through his API. I'm mean, come on, your broker had almost 12 hours to make the necessary changes in his API, test these changes, and then roll it out to you, and ask you to re-compile your program, to prevent...

Bloomberg is a much more unbiased station, IMO. They have fewer yahoos, when it comes to station invitees.

Straying away from the topic of this thread, I am very concerned about the artificial bubble that the government is going to create with the financial equities. I hope that I'm wrong, but isn't this just going to make the crash that much worse ??

Given today's bold and socialistic choice to ban shorting of 799 financial stocks, has anyone heard any news on the banning of short selling derivatives ?? Any talk of banning the short sale of futures such as ES or YM, which in theory encompasses the financial markets on a broader level ...

Something is awry...frozen at 1268 Bid. Bid Size is continuing to increase...ask Size remains at 10.......I didn't think that the No Shorting Ban applied to futures...what's up here ?

Aside from the ludicrous nature of tampering with a "free" market, how on earth will the SEC expect all the brokerage houses to conform to the "no short selling rules", given the complex instruments and derivates that are out there, and given that technology changes will need to be implemented...

Bullish for Debt

What is everyone's opinion on how a government bailout of FRE and FNM, will effect the corresponding Corporate debt ? Will Bill Gross' PIMCO funds, namely PTTRX (Total Return Institutional) benefit from such a bailout ??? I see that Bill Gross is very much behind this bailout. Do his bond...

Any predictions on how the proposed govt bailout will effect Gross' PIMCO fund (PTTRX) ???