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I will agree that we don't need any Wall Street /GS hacks such as Rubin or Paulson to be secretaries of treasury. However, these hacks didn't introduce and pass legislations - they had greased the wheels pretty well to have both parties passing the laws in their favor. Whether you like...

You know the Glass-Steagall act, but do you know the Republicans that sponsored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act which ended Glass-Steagall? "Respective versions of the legislation were introduced in the U.S. Senate by Phil Gramm (Republican of Texas) and in the...

BMI is notorious for being unreliable on an individual level: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index For example, Kobe Bryant has an index of ~25, mainly because of his muscle mass, but putting him into the "overweight category". http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_05_09.html

It seems to be pretty good for the US senators and representatives through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/no-government-sponsored-healthcare-for-senators-and-representatives.html

This is a continuing thread on the examples of the Talibanization of the Republican party. It would be too crass for any Democrats to suggest this, so a Republican had to do it. After failure to govern properly for nearly a decade, the Republicans have been relegated to a role of the...

Yes, Larry. Please tell us how and where do we sign up?

Ritholtz is just jealous that GS is a bigger and better manipulator than he is. Never underestimate the value of a manipulator in a market. It is hard work and under appreciated. No amount of TARP money can compensate for the great added value GS has brought to the capitalism called Wall St.

Fox doesn't have mastered the technology yet to show them as African Americans

Good Karma for Steve Jobs: Saved by my iPod: Girl survives lightning strike after wire diverts 300,000 volts http://tinyurl.com/nvgzoq http://www.dail*****.co.uk/news/article-1194120/Saved-iPod-Girl-survives-lightning-strike-wire-diverts-300-000-volts.html She was just lucky. If...

For most futures instruments, Tradestation has 6 months back fill in tick resolution and multiple years in minute resolution. IB does not provide tick data, either live or historical, which is what the OP was using. Tradestation is not the best execution brokers around, but the platform is...

Not your brand of capitalism. Capitalism works fine if nobody cheats and you have rules. Under GWBush and the last 48 hours of Clinton, there were no rules and anything goes. We will be paying for that for a long time to come.

Just read this part. Don't you wish you can take this back? Republicans seem to have a thing about wishing a lot of Americans a painful death. This is like Cheney wishing for a terrorist attack to prove a point. Are you sure you even want to be an American?

There are plenty of old magazines extolling the virtues of tobacco and cocaine.

Self denial is a dangerous trait in a trader.

They have already done this in Spain. Perhaps the Germans are just diversifying. Spain is the logical location for power generation to Europe as it has the greatest amount of available sunshine of any country in Europe. "Spain is the fourth largest manufacturer in the world of solar power...

Market manipulation in gold is hard work. You just can't dream about it in the comfort of your home keyboard. You will need to: - limit gold production by buying and shutting down gold producers, a la Enron with their power plants. - spread rumors that the end is near and there will be great...

You are not serious ?! Which derivative buyers and sellers don't hedge themselves in the open exchanges? Perhaps other than the idiots at AIG, most participants will take positions through the market in order to maximize their gains and minimize their losses. Without the underlying structures...

They definitely need to limit gold production to keep the price up because it will be hard to keep gold price up just based on fear and greed. Perhaps some of these hedge fund managers can do this job better than what the Hunt brothers tried to do with silver. Paulson may yet succeed in...

Yes Audi, futures are harder to trade. Rosko doesn't want to discourage you as you will be his main source of income when he trades :) Seriously though, volatility and leverage will usually cause the newbie as well as the veterans to blow a few accounts before they are successful, if they...

He is running for the US senate from CT in 2010. He has such an honest face too. http://www.schiff2010.com/