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A+ Also, keep a hard copy at home of the ones where you instruct someone to pay a tax bill, forbid them to do something illegal/unethical, or agree to handle a legal matter. Don't bother asking me how I know.. :(

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/01/28/top-10-ways-to-avoid-a-tax-audit/ Not an outstanding article, but decent reminders. also, http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc303.html "Worried about an IRS audit? Avoid what's called a red flag. That's something the IRS always looks for. For...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=ar.aKlNjF4TQ from another thread.. Thermactor, I now agree with you. My opinion has not changed that the individuals who are committing these crimes against account holders will burn in hell for their trespasses. The Swiss have...

..and it would be better if gold was ____ instead. (That's the part you forgot.)

My work wanted me to have a hot new computer, no price limit. I ordered a custom computer from a place online recommended to me by one of my techie friends. 12 GB of designer ram, 4 hard drives in a RAID 10, vid card w/ 2 GB of memory, i7 at the fastest speed, $2500 for just the box no monitors...

lol I love these two new words! and then to go on to spell "efficacious" correctly, really put a smile on my face. :D

Post up a few graphs with your entry and exits marked so we can do some Monday morning quarterbacking. We just might be able to show you what you ought to be focusing on to help you make money.

Go get 'em neke! Still love the roller coaster! I hope to someday become confident enough in my trading that I can fling around the sums that you do.

I've never understood hedging for the small time player. I can't figure how I could hold a position, hedge it, and come out ahead of just unwinding the position outright. I always figured it was for big players who were scared about a near term event, but held too large of a position to sell...

Exactly. Ford went down to a buck and a half. Some people bought there, I know this because sales were recorded and every sale requires a seller and a buyer. Some of those people said "what the hell, it's just a buck and a half". And well, those people hit a 10 bagger in less than a year.

I was wondering if anybody else was going to pick up on that. I have to think it relates to those old school charts that use X's and O's to track price, but I'd love an answer from an expert.

cuz the law for a balanced budget worked so well..

I understand in theory that European style options can trade under parity, but how does it work in practice? It just seems like there is an arbitrage opportunity there for a riskless profit if it were to happen..

All those moving avergaes are not more information, it's the same information (historical stock price) presented in a muddled way. More information is reading the newspaper, watching CNN, and the like.

Alright everybody, get ready for.. Die Hard 9 "Die Trading" Bruce Willis reprises his role as action-seeking policeman John McClane, this time on his most challenging assignment yet: Wall Street. International trading terrorists have commandeered fiber optic lines into all of the worlds...

I heard it too! A huge whoooshing sound.. as if something just flew over the head of someone nearby..

Dammit! I thought I was going to get rich by going both long and short a billion shares. Then just sit back and collect dividends on the long position..

Not everyone is a momentum/trend follower. There is a lot of capital out there that invests long-term on fundamentals. Let's say Fidelity does some analysis and decides they would buy any company on the S&P500 at 20% under it's current price in a general market, non- company-specific black...

let x be their current rate of return let y be your rate of return ask for (y-x)/2

I was surprised that Ireland ranks above Switzerland. I thought there were only pockets of prosperity in Ireland with widespread pub-crawling, while all the Swiss drove around in their BMW's wearing dark three piece suits and overcoats.. (Remember, I am an American that has never been to...