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1. That last is already happening a lot. My wife was actually thinking about getting in on the business of referring people overseas for procedures. 2. Yeah, I kicked myself up to middle mgmt. But you're not getting my point: the shortage of which you complain isn't artificial, as you say it is...

All true. The diff is that in programming the middle level guy has to constantly keep on top of technological changes or he's a goner. Not so much if you're a nurse. Taking that as an analogy, once you've learned all the stuff that will get you a degree as a nurse, the lion's share of the rest...

Yeah but for what you would need them for I can see that being the pay. Those are the upper crust of programmers. It's like anything else; the top folks make top dollar. I never made anything close to that. I am humble enough to admit here that I was never a top guy. But that's my point: a...

I was a programmer for years. The only time there was ever a good market for regular everyday programmers was during the Y2K nonsense. Outside of that one year, the market has always been cutthroat. No one ever wants to pay up for programmers even though the skill is a hard one to acquire (we're...

Hilarious. Thanks for the weekend entertainment.

Saw this one go by: NYSE sale to ICE and the death of stocks By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- To long-time market professionals, Thursday's announced sale of NYSE Euronext, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, to an upstart derivatives exchange based in Atlanta isn't the...

This is pretty easy if all you're doing is selling premium in a docile market, like the one we've had this past year. I don't know if next year will be any different, but some year will. I have a suspicion that one of two things will be true: either Karen will be retired and on her yacht in...

So, how's about CYCC? I found this one trolling through the clinicaltrials.gov site. They just announced the results of a trial they did. Ran it by my wife, who's an MD, and she seemed a bit skeptical. Figured I'd put it out there around here and see what the opinions are.

atticus, sellindexvol66, sle, newwurldmn, martinghoul, daal, and stonedinvestor, if he ever puts down the bong and posts again.

It's actually an obsolete leftover, and you could (this came up the last time) argue that it violates the 14 Amendment's clause on the debt: [/b] By raising the question of whether or not the debt incurred previously will be paid, the debt limit violates this clause, or so it was argued last...

Not something to be traded daily, definitely. Simplistically you could sell it when VXV drops below VIX, indicating backwardation, which would be bad for this fund. But people need to research this stuff to use it properly.

People should use this instead of XIV if they want to sell VIX futures and don't want to mess with the futures themselves, or VIX options. Significantly less risk, pretty much the same reward. Not a bad deal. Contango has come in a lot though recently. Still there but not real juicy like it was...

I took the time to write your moronic stupid ass a reasonable response? Go back to your hovel.

What do you think politics is all about? Platonic ideals? You think all those checks and balances are in the Constitution because the Founders thought people were good? Wake up. It's been 230+ years of this after all, and as I write this the US is the largest economy on the planet. There's a...

I was wondering about that yesterday too. Only thing it could possibly be at this point is FDA action against Teavana, remembering that Glaucus contended a number of their teas would have qualified as adulterated and therefore subject to seizure if the FDA so chose. Nothing else would justify a...

Clobbered how in your opinion? Lawsuits stemming from the Glaucus report? Reputational damage leading to lost business? Or just the usual failure to realize the alleged advantages of the merger?

I just did options. Lost a bit, barely a bump. Had it worked it would've been worth a couple thousand. Not a biggie either way. What I'm wondering is, if Glaucus was right, will this just disappear as Starbuck's takes over and sources higher quality teas, or will this come back to haunt them...

Turkey will do it. We won't be sending anyone in. Syria's already attacked inside Turkey, and made them very pissed. This was a big mistake. Turkey has a large and extremely professional army, and they will take Syria's apart in no time. Remember, Turkey is a part of NATO. The Arabs, all of...

long ago changed the defaults on mine, but from what I remember if you're looking at a stock off hours are shaded differently from hours when the exchange is open.

If the communists really are swept away and - this is the important part - replaced by a real, functioning republic, that will be the point when you can finally and truly say they will dominate the world.