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Think of interest rates as the price of currencies. So if the US lowers its interest rate dollars become cheaper for foreigners. Since any commodity you are likely to look at is priced in dollars a lower interest rates = lower dollar = higher commodity, everything else being equal. Since...

Thats not true, doing due dilligence is different from gathering inside information. Analysts have calls that are available to anyone to listen in. If you hear information that you know will move the stock and that isn't public its probably safe to assume that you either have heard the wrong...

If you learn information that is not available to the public, then yes it is insider trading. Lets say you hear through your investigator that the company is going to have to recall all of the product they produced in the last quarter because it has killed a bunch of kids, but there have been...

If you are talking about inter-month spreads in the same commodity, you can work spreads. If you are talking about intra-commodity spreads, then you are right exchanges won't accept them. But if you are a big enough customer you can definitely leave them working with a trading desk and the desk...

Yes I guess they should have thought of that in 1930. Why didn't I buy microsoft when I was 10.... 5yr

Why do you seem so surprised at "bankrupt???" United, one of the biggest, just came out of bankrupcy, all previous stock holders got nothing. AMR looks like they are headed there. I fly American all the time, they have one of the oldest fleets in business and they have no profit to enter new...

Because you are assuming that everything is based off fundamentals. The market is made up of emotional human beings, a large portion of the stock price is what people feel about the stock.

If thats true then all stocks would have the same P/E ratio

Please see http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=124741 5yr

China is still a centrally planned economy. The government sets the price of many things.... "The Fifth Plenum in October 2005 approved the 11th Five-Year Economic Program (2006-2010) aimed at building a "harmonious society" through more balanced wealth distribution and improved education...

You should try using stop-limits instead of just stops, then you know your maximum possible slippage, but it might not get filled. 5yr

Actually America has one of the lowest overall tax rates in the developed (and even developing world)(see link). Its amazing how heartless people can be, I have no problem giving some of my income away to help my fellow person and think that we should give more away...

yes that is right... its quoted in 1/8 of a cent and trades in 1/4 cent increments

Thats up 1 cent, or 4 ticks... equal to $50 per contract http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/cont_detail/1,3206,1213+14389,00.html 5yr

A 25 bps point cut is already baked in for the April meeting...

I got 8900 for the expenditure approach, I assumed that taxes = gov't spending and didn't include any investment, but could the 1500 in OJ B sent to storage be an investment? And 10700 through the income approach, but had 0 for interest and NFI, because I have no f-ing idea what it stands...

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I see that the treasury only has $11 billion in gold and that the fed has $560 million in gold. 5yr

October 2001 huh, kind of missed the boat on that one. Why do you think a lot of people trade on margin, or risk more than their net worth on one trade? I know a lot of traders and I don't no anyone who has the possibility to lose everything on one trade. 5yr

They are busting all trades below 9036 in the futures, still a big down move, but not nearly as big Any news on this?