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For your information, OMCATE stands for: Only Money Counts At The End :p :D :cool: :) :eek:

The following is my understanding of the issue after scanning through page 1 and page 12 of the prospectus: Dividends are distributed on the last business day of April, July, October and January. The record dates are the second business day following the third Friday of March, June...

My broker sent me a prospectus for Nasdaq-100 Trust dated January 30, 2004. Dividend and distributions are mentioned on page 1 and page 12 of the booklet. You may like to download it. Hopefully it'll help.:p http://www.amex.com/?href=/etf/prodInf/EtPiOverview.jsp?Product_Symbol=QQQ

It is entertaining to read these reports. However, it is nothing like to talk to the people at LTCM in person, and/or work with them in 1997(when the hedge fund was at its peak). You might be amazed by their arrogance. In addition, the mentality and attitude of the founders and senior...

Actually, D.E. Shaw almost went bankrupt in 1998. It is(or was) true that some managing directors there never enter or execute a single trade. However, I heard that Renaissance have been doing well. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=200371&highlight=shaw#post200371...

Although most ads state that C++ is a requirement, it will be likely that they'll ask you a lot of tricky C questions in the interview. There is little advantage to use C++ instead of C in number crunching.:p IMHO, a quantitative analysis or quantitative trader seldom needs to write or...

What are the characteristics of successful traders, who trades with their own capitals? What do hiring managers in big companies look for, when they conduct interviews? Are there any conflicts? Do these managers want independent employees, who answer to no one but themselves. What are the...

Wed Jun 2, 2004 02:35 PM ET By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thirty months and a billion dollars in fees later, Enron Corp. is nearing the end of its bankruptcy saga. Starting Thursday, representatives of the collapsed energy trader and creditors will pack Manhattan federal...

I ***THINK*** if you use the illegal trading profits to buy a multi-million mansion at Florida, you can keep the property no matter what happens.:p That is one of the reasons that many former and current CEO's, CFO's, COO's, etc. invest in the Florida real-estate market.:D...

Joked About Stealing From Grandmothers By KRISTEN HAYS, Associated Press HOUSTON (June 2) - Enron Corp. traders openly discussed manipulating the California power market and joked about stealing from grandmothers during the Western energy crisis in 2000-2001, according to transcripts of...

IMHO: Trading is a game of will, not a game of skill.:p

Business Week has published some data about young Americans recently: Among the critical 25- to 34-year-old age group, the percentage with some college education has risen from 45% in 1991 to 58% in 2000. If you do not have a degree, you provide a good excuse for the hiring managers or human...

Basically, you double your trading capital every 70 months.:p It is a good secondary source of income.:D

The rule applies to both stocks and options. It was proposed by NYSE and NASD. It has nothing to do with Interactive Brokers. I cut and paste from their web site, because it is convenient. Unless your brokerage firm is not regulated by the above two entities, you do need to keep a minimum...

The NYSE and NASD have imposed rules to limit small investor day trading. Customers who have made four or more securities day trades (open and close a stock or option position in a single day) within five business days are considered "Pattern Day Traders". Pattern Day Traders are required to...

The hedge fund D.E. Shaw was another example. David Shaw started his hedge fund with four people. His strategies were so successful for almost ten years that Bank of America was willing to gave them billions of UNSECURED loans in order to share part of the trading gains. In August 1998, his...

The situation may not be that bad after all. :p :p :p Mon May 17, 2004 11:18 AM ET HELSINKI (Reuters) - One in four Europeans has fallen asleep in the workplace, with the Irish leading the pack but the Dutch able to stifle their yawns best, according to a survey released on Monday...

Hopefully, the damage will be contained.:( Thu May 13, 2004 07:00 AM ET By Charles Aldinger BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew in to Baghdad on Thursday on a surprise visit as the United States struggles to quell outrage over the torture of prisoners that is...

Few months ago, she tried to explain the concept of shorting gamma to Mark Haines on Squawk Box. He could not understand it either.

Maybe. If CNN headlines news can report the release of a 1954 Japanese film at NYC, anything can happen.:p I love show biz.:D We always have some pleasant surprises.:cool: