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shred - i don't knock everything about cramer. i think he's got an excellent ability to assemble quality talent around him in every field (that i know of). that's quite admirable, as most people can't do that. i'll have to contact someone i know who's an RM subscriber, and look over his...

shred - i'll have to go back and see if i have the data, but his AA alert picks were just abysmal when i was a member... interesting thing - cramer doesn't use stops. not the brightest of ideas of course, but explains why he was averaging down in AOL, TYC, etc. "I don't use stops, but I do...

but here's another beaut: http://www.itulip.com/awards.htm (dates that are listed as january are really december, of 2000.)

that is correct, he can't pick stocks. here's what it boils down to: cramer is great at getting talented people around him. if you read cramer's book (confessions), you'll see where he sells out at bottoms...and the thing that saved his firm was NOT him but his wife. he was...

well, i hope this somewhat serious post doesn't knock things out of whack... my wife and i both worked in nyc (we met before that). she decided she hated the p.r. / advertising world, and wanted to become a teacher - giving up (little) money for (littler) money and stuff. we weren't...

thanks for the pointer, alfonso. the only person who i truly think is right most of the time - and just for general stuff, since most of my trades don't run in synch with the market - is donald sew... fleck's site is fleckensteincapital.com ; he writes for realmoney, but is thinking of...

there were 2 people who were pretty accurate in calling an october bottom (and not having called 27 other bottoms wrongly before): jeff cooper and fleckenstein. also, i've seen him say he doesn't know about (some) things. that scores points in my book.

yes, you need 25k to daytrade. the rule (SEC) sucks. but it's there, and unfortunately, it's a catch-22... the brokerages won't put significant money in to sue and overturn the rule. people who need it most (ie. less than 25k) don't have money to sue. so either you better be a...

read the rules about the pattern day traders. it can REALLY cramp your style. basically, you can't make 3 or 4 daytrades in a 5 day period...if you do, you're a 'pattern day trader' and must have 25K in your account. if you don't, and are labelled a pattern day trader, you get locked...

that i've had the restraint, and patience, NOT to jump in with stuff. i also know that periods of decreased volatility will lead to increased volatility, and vice versa. i had an absolutely super duper may, and figured there'd be some time where i'd have almost no opportunities. that's...

for those who wondered why IB did something, and ameritrade/datek didn't do it... http://reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=governmentFilingsNews&storyID=3258089 "The National Association of Securities Dealers in a preliminary ruling said Ameritrade and units Datek Online Financial...

i use opera. i have "pop up windows" disabled.

just got mine today... and i'm close to the town it was sent from (in northern nj). patience, patience! i'll be reading it tomorrow..

duh. no kidding IB is for active traders. the options thing has been beaten in the ground. unless you're an 'excessively active' options trader, their fees are still cheaper than others. i just stopped trading options *period* unless there's a hugely great reward opportunity, and...

she's a moron who calls 'shorting' when the market is bottoming, and writes a book that wastes lots of paper (and the time of anyone who reads it). but it's not like it's a small cap stock, or she's got some privy information...it's C. it's after hours. maybe if they said something like...

but i don't understand why. read the last 25 pages or so, and it was a "oops, i invested in worldcom. oops, i kept buying as it went down. and then i emailed bernie ebbers!" i can't imagine that the first part of the book would be of any use.

i heard that there are 2 versions - one in korea, one in mexico...? but i'm just so glad i got mine. i have 2, and absolutely love them. my eyes thank me, too.

dave - do you have a preference for trading stocks which comprise parts of the indices (whether DIA/NDX/SPX, or part of the RUT) or ones not in there? it seems that often your articles on TM have stocks which have a good volume, but aren't the 'everyone knows them' stocks. though i'm not a...

i have no problem telling people. i've received support, and "wow, i can't believe someone's doing it successfully - good for you!" from nearly everyone. the only ones who i didn't get total support / encouragement from was my parents, who felt it was too risky to do something like that on my...

dafuggin - yup, grimaldi's moved in while i was there. i'm not a fan of the brick oven pizza (i know, im' the only one out there!) . i never tried the calzones, which is too late, since i love 'em and can easily see *those* being something i'd like cooked in brick oven. i love joe's pizza (in...