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gm will be bailed out like chrysler, united airlines, bsc, etc. companies like gm are too special for the government to ignore.

wow talk about the worst comparison ever. you're comparing american cars from the 80s and early 90s to an 06 honda? even the worst car today is better than any car in the 80s. i had a jap car from the early 90s and it was one of the most unreliable cars ever. what does that prove? very little...

who trades at bid/ask anyway? enter a limit order somewhere in between and you'll get a fill. the best product depends on your trading strategy. you should try all of them (spx, spy and es) and see what's best for you. obviously if spy & es were the end-all, then spx wouldn't be around but...

cars, like many things, are a status symbol. they are fashionable just like clothes and personal electronics. an ipod can last 10 years, but why do poeple buy a new one everytime the new model comes out? i know people who change cell phones every year just to have the latest.

i hope not. anyway that decision is more controlled by their clearing firm than tos.

and when it goes against you, you can easily lose 5-12 months profit.

yeah i heard of this huge grocery store that pays 15 cents per gallon of milk and they turn around and sell it for $3.75. what a bunch of crooks. and my plumber told me he pays $19 for a faucet that he turns around and charges $130 for. on and on...

there won't be any replies because there's no such thing as a risk-free strategy that pays 27% annually

man, i hope you covered. you're gonna get rocked today

if you trade individual stocks or stock options, you need to worry about massive gap-downs overnight. but for indices, i don't think the market can fall overnight by 20% due to limit down on futures. it may fall 5% overnight then continue to fall when the market opens, but at least you have...

the areas in calif that are dropping hard are the less desirable areas such as stockton, merced, bakersfield, riverside, etc. these are bedroom communities for los angeles and san jose/san francisco. desirable places like sf which didn't undergo a building boom in 2003-6 have not dropped much...

well now that oil is so expensive, i expect the proven oil reserves around the world to increase. as for high gas prices provoking a fundamental social change, it's happening. gm announced it is making a strategic, permanent shift from suvs to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

qht - riskless positions benefit the most

WTF are you talking about????? so you're saying that if stocks cannot be bought on margin, you have 1:1 odds of making money. guaranteed profit!! :confused: :confused: i nominate this for et's dumbest post of 2008. believe you me, to be nominated for such an award on this forum is quite a...

speculators got their ass handed to them in 2001 (tech bubble) and 2006 (housing bubble). it'll happen again. we don't need to do anything, just let it happen on its own.

i have pm with tos and they do not cross-margin between fut options and equity/index options. at least i did not see any between es and spx.

demand doesn't have to double for prices to double. the supply/demand/price curve is non-linear. if supply was tight, as it has been, then a modest increase in demand can bring about exponential increase in prices.

i didn't even bother watching the kimbo fight because i knew it was gonna be lame. he's just a passing fad, the william hung of fighting. everyone knows he's not any good, but people watch because he's the blue-collar underdog who got to where he is through perseverence and toughness (not talent...

their website says 500k, are you sure it's 250k? do you have pm at oh, and if so what are your thoughts?

some markets like globex are already opened most of the day. you'll find the liquidity sucks afterhours. even if you build it, they won't necessarily come.