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Over a 10 year period, I would think that the dividend growth is more important than the yield. Personally, I would prefer to own stocks that have consistently grown their dividend for the past 10 years than stocks that have a large dividend. Especially when you consider the inflation that is...

I highly recommend both of those books. You have selected probably the two best books out there to learn from. You won't really learn trading until you do it. Put on a tiny trade. So tiny that it's embarrassing. That is the way to start.

You are certainly right about the time frames. One question to think about may be, how long term are your charts? There has been a lot of trending going on the past couple of years. An example of a shitty year for trend traders would be 2005, the Year of Whipsawing.

I don't think it is that simple. Canada is loaded with people working for the government and is a socialist state. But they are not coming apart at the seams. They have commodities to sell. That is our problem--nothing unique to sell-- just food and weapons, arenas in which the Chinese and...

Well I am beyond stupid to get up and go to work every day and make these mortgage payments. I think sleeping in till 10 and then treating my friends to a nice 3-martini lunch at the Four Seasons would be nice. I'll start tomorrow.

The answer to your question lies in your statement "You can then just sell some otm calls on it and cash in month 2. And if it goes a bit too low just wait your time if you wish and start again." Had I been selling BAC or AIG premium a couple of years ago, I would be waiting until I'm in the...

Yes, I am familiar with his work, and have been using his ideas for almost exactly a year. I have to admit that I tweaked them somewhat to produce a slightly faster system with more trades. I have made about 15-20% on that part of my portfolio over the year. I am looking forward to seeing how...

Yes, I have had this problem before. Their solution is to re-download options oracle, which just takes a minute, and works well. It does not goof up any of your archived files of your positions.

Soliciting opinions.

Well, so what? "They" can ask us born-in-America citizens for our papers, too. Most places have laws that you have to carry ID with you. If you are pulled over for a minor traffic violation and do not have ID with you, technically, they can take you to jail.

You really don't want to blindly reinvest dividends. There is no reason to plow them back into the same stock. When you amass enough dividends to buy some shares, put them into the best stock you can find at that moment. Forget about amassing a certain number of shares of ABC or DEF. It is...

Ian, where are you from? This is America. Yes, you can say these things on TV. To above poster: bank failures are always on Fridays. That is how the Feds handle it: they go in on Friday afternoon and shut the place. That is why the news always comes out on Friday--it is not public until...

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I like it because they know how to pick stocks. I suck at stock picking. You can use the numerous methods on their site to adjust the list of stocks you get to the level of risk you are interested in. They rank every stock, even the garbage. A guy in my Vector Vest group gave a...

definitely agree--if you read only one, this should be it

No, not gay. I'm a woman.

I have a crush on Bob Pisani

....and before anyone comes on here and flames me about naked puts, you can't use them in a retirement plan.

Inflation scares me enough that I would not want to get involved in bonds or annuities. Here is some free advice (probably worth that--ignore if you don't like): go to S&P or Mergent's and find some long-term dividend achievers. Don't choose the ones with the highest dividends. Instead...

It may be that IB does not have the quotes and positions in TWS until Monday.