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This is the point I think a lot of people don't understand. 80% of gun homicides are gang related. Less than 20% of guns used in crimes are obtained legally, and most sources show that less than 10% of guns used in homicides are obtained legally. I'm not against things like background checks &...

8% of the nation's population are convicted felons. Based off your statistics, 7.7% of illegal firearm possession convictions are committed by felons. So felons carry firearms illegally at about the same rate as the regular population. I'm kind of surprised the rate isn't higher, but then again...

When I was 18, I assumed that all trading was algorithmic. I thought you were wasting your time attempting to trade unless you were buying & holding index or mutual funds. I invested in mutual funds for over a decade before really discovering the stock market. If could go back and give myself...

Dear Germany, Enjoy your 0.5% GDP growth in 2019 and your pending recession. - Murica

Platform: I'm not sure you'll find a better platform for paper trading than Das Trader Pro. They're expensive, but you have to pay for live L2 data, even if you're just paper trading. Sometimes a broker will allow you to set up a secondary paper trading account with live data if you fund an...

15 Pack of plastic MAGA straws - $15 Trolling liberals that want to ban plastic straws - Priceless Sounds like a good deal to me. :D

If you look at the supplemental material from the article, you'll see that there are 8 states that require a UBC for firearm purchases, 3 states with a UBC for ammunition purchases, and 1 state with an existing firearm identification requirement. Connecticut, Illinois, & Massachusetts are the...

Thanks for the link. That article wasn't listed under the link that CNN provided, and it doesn't come up if you search the word "firearm" and search for articles posted in July. How did you find it?

It sounds like an interesting study. Too bad it doesn't seem to exist. The CNN article says it was published this past Monday by Pediatrics, but none of their articles from July seem to contain this information. I wonder if it got taken down due to misinformation.

That's true. What I meant was that you're typically allowed to short non-marginable stocks assuming your broker has access to the shares. Most brokers won't let you short stocks on the threshold list though.

Non-marginable stocks are typically shortable. Whether or not a security is non-marginable is determined by whether or not you can use margin (leverage) to purchase it. At least that's my understanding of the terminology. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong.

I always preferred bench press because you could adjust the angle to hit different areas of the chest muscle. Incline for upper chest, flat for middle chest, and decline for lower chest. Plus I liked the ability to easily change weight to do drop sets. I always liked dips for triceps.

Gang violence skews the way others view our country. I've heard people from other countries say that they're afraid to travel to the U.S. because of all the gun violence here. They don't understand that the vast majority of our gun violence happens in the inner cities, and the rest of our...

I was watching CNBC a few weeks ago, and one of the commentators said something really interesting. Over half of the democratic base is over the age of 50, and they identify as either moderate or conservative. Democrats are putting themselves in real danger of losing the election if a far left...

Have you considered whether or not it's wise to use leverage for your active trading? The S&P 500 averages just under 10% a year. So if you're paying 5.5% per year in interest, you aren't really gaining that much by using leverage. You are however exposing yourself to amplified losses in the...

This is really interesting. Your backtesting seems to show the exact opposite results of what the article claims. So in basic theory, the inverse operation should be successful. You should be able to see large gains by buying at the open and selling at the close everyday. Did you use regular...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate I wasn't just talking about gun homicide rates, I was talking about overall homicide rates. Our overall homicide rate is about 3X higher than Canada's, 4X higher than England's, 8X higher than China's, etc. The reason...

:D The best way to win an argument in 2019...

I'm not sure about overall crime rates, but homicide rates are definitely lower in countries without guns. That being said, 80% of gun related homicides are gang related. So the U.S. is actually one the safest countries in the world if you avoid the inner city areas of places like Chicago &...