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Capitalism (private ownership) requires socialism (public ownership) in order to thrive. Look around you and see how closely information is guarded: patents, trademarks, copyrights, nondisclosure agreements, etc But can you see the paradox? Economic actors take free public information...

If you ask that question, you will probably never reach 100k. Master trading and the dollars can't help but fall into your pocket.

Good luck to all those who will be taking the CFA exam tomorrow ^_^

You can play medium sized trends (like the bull run-up in commodities) but a 'buy and hold and stash it away for a generation' philosophy? With tech advances and tech acceleration making the future difficult to predict, and larger/faster capital flows going to any company who is willing and...

If someone is screwing you over while playing by the rules, that is called an edge (black boxes on Nasdaq). These specialists are NOT playing by the rules, and it'd be ridiculous for anyone to tolerate this. Personal choice: I trade Nasdaq only And yes I did see the new NYSE...

Thank you for posting that insightful paper on EverQuest. Who knew we could learn about reality from fantasy?

Forgive me if this topic has already been discussed, I ran a search and did not find anything. I am an inexperienced trader who tries to swing trade stocks by buying retracements after breakouts and breakdowns. We know that both trend following and trend fading can both be profitable if...

Nassim Taleb avoids traders and business professionals... does he have something, or is he simply arrogant?

I'm not sure why you consider Waksal to be 'sacrificing himself' if he holds onto his shares instead of dumping them. If his company fares poorly, why shouldn't he feel the hurt in the form of a reduced stock price? Besides, the principal-agent problem is already bad enough with execs and...

"Insider trading" should not be considered a crime because there is no violation of rights in a voluntary trade or exchange of information between individuals, where no force or fraud are involved. Waksal violated no one's rights and initiated no force. Waksal simply told his father and daughter...

I'd rather bleed than blow up. I don't mind taking small losses and I love big gains but that's probably due to my personal trading experiences: I've had some huge losses when the stock gapped down against me. But if a system produces many winners with small profits, isn't that inefficiency...

Stewart: "Isn't it nice to have a broker who tells you these things?" "According to Faneuil, his well-paid boss made it clear the Merrill Lynch office was prepared to cover up the trade and intimidated his assistant into going along with the story." [thestreet.com] Seems both suffered...

Why was MSO starting to explode on the upside around 2PM? The upside move was on heavy volume too. Was it b/c of a widespread rumor?

Traders trade anything that moves, and live anywhere that has an internet connection. Companies and countries are just ticker symbols and financial markets to us. Outsourcing is a non-issue for traders: it is simply job transfer across countries. But how about further inequality (gap...

Greed is stronger than pride. Not sure which is the lesser evil =(

I am a positional trader considering going from Ameritrade to Freetrade. Does anyone know whether you can place orders on ISLD or ARCA?

how often will a resting stop loss order in the limit book be 'gunned' down? i often hear about how specialists/MM/experienced traders deliberately drive the stock price enough to hit the stop and then pick up shares on the cheap for larger cap stocks this is not much of a problem because...

You cannot argue your way to God through complicated arguments on creationism, intelligent design, and theism. While we have good reason to believe in God based on these arguments, there are enough uncertainties and unknowns in science that one cannot conclusively say "therefore God exists."...

My pastor also brought up an interesting point: even if an Atheist were to get into Heaven, it would actually be torture to him! While we don't know exactly the nature of Heaven, we know that Heaven is a place where you can be with God. And God is love. So if you don't love others, you...

Axeman: ""I contend that we are both atheists: I just believe in one god less than you. When you understand why you choose not to believe in all the other available gods, you will understand why I choose not to believe in yours." -Robert Stephens You want me to directly address the quote...