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    Equity Analyst Warns Against Buying Bank Stocks: 1,000 Banks Will Fail In Next 2 yrs

    with all the attention on the major banks that really are too big to fail, because they represent and handle significant portions of our national settlements system, then are there really over 1,000 banks out there, all those small local and regional banks, then whatever made them think...
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    S&P Has Gone Parabolic (Has Busted Everytime in History Afterwards): Chart of the Day

    they always said you can get numbers to pretty much say anything you want to, just shrink the chart to 5 yr intervals and see the change from previous decades all on one chart and then draw a conclusion that doesn't even amount to the width of one pixel on that chart. hmmmm, statistics...
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    After hours futures going beserk

    can't quite see how all this economic real pain is bullish, can't quite see it, perhaps, us priviilidged elite traders should spend down our savings for over 15months with no hope of a job in the next 12 months, and the Senate not allowing jobless claims payments to go beyond 13weeks...
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    NoDoji's Day Trading Log

    awesome dude! so, how's that working out for ya?
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    This Is How To Judge a Potential Prop Firm's Operation

    uh, I'm on the inside, and not trying to get in somewheres, already there, so no, those are not comments from or about me or my experiences I too have seen same, regarding trading desks and the variety of those who get in for a while, what allows someone to stay remains more substantive and...
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    NoDoji's Day Trading Log

    point of clarification please a doji is a candlestick pattern, usually a hammer or something (ok, just acting like I don't know) so is this thread about trading where you either ignore or don't have these patterns on the charts? or is this just someone's handle, and this is their...
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    Jim Rogers blog

    if we're talking about the pundit that appears on CNBC and is fabulously wealthy? then has anyone noticed how unpopular and depressing his rants over the US is going down, speech really are?
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    Do trades take price from initiator or aggressor?

    factor in the reality that the high frequency traders that intentionally manipulate prices, destroy that simplistic, dated, original thinking method of trades matching and such, simply flood the electronic markets with bids all over the place so that on these penny variations, the ability...
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    Cramers has once again destroyed peoples lives

    ever notice their disclaimer? something to the effect that whatever he says may have been previously stated (presumably to others prepositioning to benefit from his ranting), and should not be relied upon .... wonder why they're trying to protect the station? hmmm
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    This Is How To Judge a Potential Prop Firm's Operation

    you can sum up the interview process along the lines of these qualifications: 1) do you look like me? 2) did you grow up where I did? 3) do you worship or act like you worship like I do? you're hired. other than that, there must be some problem, next! (sorry, that's the reality)
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    Latest news from the Middle East

    latest news? they built a few amusement parks and water parks allowed the average poor citizen who is rife with hatred against the wealthy elites, to visit for a few days and they had so much fun just living and enjoying life that they forgot about those jihads.....
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    backtest for 3 years, blow up in 3 days,

    the basic premise of backtesting is when going live, even in simulated mode, that the events are sufficiently dispersed to cover a broad range of randomness, so as to cover all possible or most possible outcomes in the futures. the reality is, these are singular events and news issues we're...
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    Video aptly showing why Banks are 'zombies' (propped up by lax regulation)

    so like, what broke?, with our overly regulated consumer protection laws? what broke with our corporate welfare protection laws? what broke to have allowed all these unverified sub-par loans to be packaged and sold with the supposition of the full faith and backing of either FNM or FRE...
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    UN calls for new reserve currency (Oct 6)

    question is: "did anyone answer the call?" it seems that calling for something, would require responses and answering those calls, hmm, is that just stalling tactic?
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    why do people laugh when I mention day trading?

    very well said there are so many software firms happy to sell you the next latest and greatest Emini trading platform, telling you that stock trading just doesn't return the same as futures, and charge over $16,000 just to be a member of their over crowded chat rooms, just to have someone...
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    New COMCAST 50MB Speed

    wow, that was useful.... so how does chrome handle flash and adobe screen emmulation, since so many webinars are using shockwave and other session sharing brands?
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    why do people laugh when I mention day trading?

    its a generational thing, seems most traders point to this very same statement, seems the older generation really knew what they were talking about, after living through the depression and the next generation (children of those in the depression), in terms of needing (mental) stability...
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    why do people laugh when I mention day trading?

    they laugh, when you say fund manager, hedge fund operator, trader too.... go figure
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    Do trades take price from initiator or aggressor?

    most of these ancient discussions are acedemic with the advent of ECN's (and the crowd says: "whoa") those crossing networks jealously guard their matching logic like their ........ cherry... (i.e. bottom dollar) iow, exactly what triggers or causes the prices on the (ladder) or...
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    Gulf states, China, Russia, France and Japan to end conducting oil deals in USD

    hmmm, sounds like the movies, isn't it Halloween soon?
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