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    Ron Insana has become an astute economic commentator

    you guys actually watch CNBC for the commentary? i pretty much watch it for maria bartiromo because she always has a seductive look in her eye. and dont forget about silvia wadhwa from CNBC Europe. she will always be my honeybun! honestly though, they do have some interesting pieces like the...
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    AIG up on bad news?

    the markets are not rational. there are X amount of theories for why a stock reacts to news or economic numbers but the bottom line is the market goes where it wants to go. but yes, i too was surprised that AIG flew up so much on "spitzer" related news.
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    Tough Month?

    may has been a tough month for most other traders on my desk. there are actually several guys who are red for the month. for me personally, this month was fairly average but it definitely was not as good as May 2004 as someone else pointed out. i remember May 2004 as being a goldmine so i was...
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    Investment Bank career advice

    it depends on the responsbility you will be given and the reputation of the companies. most likely, you will not stay 3-5 years to become a trader because you will be tempted to leave somewhere better before then. thus, you want to make sure you will be getting the best experience possible...
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    Investment Bank career advice

    that is why you hook up with women from other floors/groups. i definitely do not recommend hooking up with women that you work with but i see nothing wrong with hooking up with others in the same company. if citigroup has like 100,000 employees, what is wrong with hooking up with 1 person out of...
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    Investment Bank career advice

    either you are in the front office or you are in the mail room. on the plus side, there are alot of females in operations and alot of them are pretty good looking and not out of your league. the women who land the trading assistant jobs are all smoking hot but they tend to be out of your league...
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    who else thinks this new SHO rule is BS...

    i think the SHO rule is BS because no one wants to take the SHO stocks long anymore because they are afraid of getting smacked by a big short seller. but on the flipside, no one wants to short the stock because it takes forever to get filled on the market and large or crowd short sellers keep...
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    Best Prop Firm At This Point In Time

    echo is a pretty solid firm although their commissions arent the best (but not the worst either) and their execution seems a bit slow and shakey (systems crashing or lagging) the past few months. other than that, they are fairly professional and dont seem shady at all. genesis has some crazy...
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    Oil towards 65 or 35

    personally, i wouldnt long oil until it breaks a new high. oil stocks dont seem to have the same strength that they had 1 year ago. plus, it isnt like the US economy is getting any better and the Bush administration would not be too happy if oil shot up over $60 a barrel.
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    HLV "Training" Program

    is it 50 roundtrip trades or 50 oneway trades (25 roundtrip trades)? 50 roundtrip trades seems a bit much in my opinion. the ticket charges are pretty cheap though so i guess it doesnt matter if you churn. 2,000 share lots seem a bit much for every trade too. personally i think 1,000 share lots...
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