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That's true but I think C should be treated differently because they also have a commercial banking division that shouldn't be doing as badly as their investment banking division.

Yahoo, while user friendly, occasionally seems to have problems with their data. Only thing you can really do is wait until it gets fixed.

Some people are stating that buyers are hoping that another party will up the offer but being long now seems to offer too little upside for the reward.

I'm interested in trading futures and I'm looking for a place where you can get information on futures terminology, contract size, etc... I looked up CBOT and a few other sites but their stuff is too confusing. Any help would be appreciated.

I think it's headed toward bankruptcy unless something happens soon. The LCD TV business is extremely capital intensive and BRLC simply can't keep up with the "big boys." Notice how the largest companies, such as Samsung and Sony, are making joint ventures to spread out the costs.

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone following computer products. Flash drives (made with NAND) are dirt cheap compared to where they were 2 years ago.

Good point. If the Fed buying/selling Treasuries cannot affect the interest rate, then the whole reason for the Fed's existence would cease to exist. IMO, the idea of fixing rates is ridiculous. Capital would flee for the exits if investors had no certainty as to what bond returns for...

I don't know about the other aspects, but if I recall correctly the Fed can also manipulate the money supply by buying/selling Treasuries.

Current Bid/Ask is also ordered by size from largest to smallest regardless of who put in the order first. Unless you're some wealthy individual investor, MMs and institutional players will always cut in line ahead of you.

Shame, Wynn is a nice place.

I don't know if this will be helpful, but Yahoo Finance has a well maintained calendar of upcoming economic events, earnings reports, IPOs, etc... http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html

Somebody here mentioned that the best posts on Elitetrader are from old posters who may or may not post now. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Companies that pay out dividends, assuming all other factors are equal, are generally valued higher than companies that do not pay out dividends.

What's your problem? I asked a legitimate question and one that I'm sure others are interested in. :confused:

Will the markets end red or green this week?

Are these guys actually long/short with their own money or are they recommending that you go long/short?

Kodak holds most of the patents for OLED technology, which will probably begin to replace LCD by 2010.

Bloomberg TV is probably your best bet.

Sony actually uses Samsung LCDs from a joint venture that the two have called S-LCD.

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