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Meant to say "the rule rather than the exception"

I think Bush is just an innocent historical figure, means well, but wrong place at the wrong time. R. Reagan was more capable, but is long gone. It has been over 60 years since there has been a major war in Europe. From what I have read, this is nearly unprecedented during in the last 2...

Well, they worked OK on the offense in 1945 against the Japanese.

I think it was Caesar who said "Easy to conquer, hard to control". That wisdom is plainly evident today in Iraq. In our time, whenever the U.S. , as the sole superpower, invades a foreign country (for whatever reason) it is immediately protrayed by liberal media as an imperialistic...

My BS meter says that if Saddam actually gets the rope in a short time (< 3 months) the destablizing forces in that area, and the naysayers of the present administration are getting much more press than they deserve. IMHO

I think the guy is using daytrading buying power but carrying the position overnight. Even though the position is increasing his equity, he is is not at 50% to satisfy overnight Reg T . I think that is correct. Any margin clerks out there? (Of course the correct thing to do would...

I think some forced liquidations will get you a "restricted" status. I don't remember the particulars of that, but it's not good. The Reg T rules are not from the broker, but are from the Federal Reserve Bank. Probably not a good idea to intentially abuse it. Hopefully, some margin clerk...

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I like the good points about hard work/risk approach. That can improve anybody's life. But the Einstein, Mozart stuff though, there is just something mysterious there. We went to a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony last Sunday. Just superb. And to think, that man wrote that music...

Can you just imagine, Warren Buffett and is pal Charlie Munger, having a coupla shots before putting a $billion on the next one into the fold? Think clearly.

Yikes! Drinking while you are trading is like a tree surgeon climbing a tree with a chain saw in one hand and a flask of Jack Daniels in the other. If you lack courage (confidence) to take bigger positions, your fear may be well grounded. Maybe you just need a plan to prove rationally that...

Electric cars were tried 100 years ago (along with steam powered cars). Didn't work then. Odds are long now. How about the technology of converting coal/nat gas to gasoline. Apparently some folks have been doing that for several decades (but not in U.S.) Anybody know what the price point...

Business news, like pro sports, will eventually be hosted mostly by people who "been there, done that". The money is too big. (Code for journalists need not apply). Ms. Butt-Aroma will, as water does, seek her own level.

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I have a dell with twin 19" LCD screens in my home office. If I am flat, I like to go downstairs, do workworking stuff etc. I'd like to get a notebook (wireless connection) for downstairs to watch the market. But I would like it to just run the same DSL session that is also running in my...

Ameritrade sweeps cash to http://www.reservefunds.com. Right now, about 4.35%. for commercial paper. Not a great rate, but Ameritrade tools are pretty good. Also, you can ACH in/out free (but there might be a max of ACHs per week). The treasurydirect.gov website works pretty good too (all...

Stagflation: I don't have any money on it yet, but I suspect oil will turn up soon. ($60 bottom??). That guy from Iran doesn't strike me as a somebody who's gonna help out the U.S. consumer.

You guys have good arguments about booming deflation. But how do you square that with the likely biggest looser in a bad defationary scenario: the U.S. gov. Nominal wages -down; tax receipts down. Interest payments - fixed, maybe rising. The range for the last 25 years is 15.5% high, 3.6%...

I don't know which way this SPX is going to break, but that GOOG pattern back in March was no wedge. Sir, that's a rising triangle. IMHO <img src='http://users.tellurian.net/tom/charts/images/goog.jpg'> IMHO