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It won't make any difference if it's free. A lot of knowledge is free, and people still don't take advantage of it--they would rather sit in front of a TV set. People who really want to go to college will figure out a way to do it. They will get loans, work nights, live like a pauper, and...

I'm a statistician among other things, but I don't want to belabor this. There is no way to absolutely, definitively "prove" anything with statistics. All you can do is show the probability of something based on observations-and more observations are always better than fewer. So-called...

SmartMoney, You have expressed the loneliness of trading very well. I share your feelings and experiences.

Siebert was the first woman in the US to become a billionaire herself (she did not marry or inherit the money).

Interesting group of veil-clad ladies on a corner in Bellevue, WA this afternoon with large sign: "Democracy in Syria Now"

Nearly all of my failures to follow my rules take the form of failure to take trades because I am afraid of them. I don't find myself trading stuff that is extra. I am thinking maybe I should keep a journal, so I can more effectively prove to myself what I already know: that the scariest trades...

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not "in the business" and don't know how these things work....I don't want to "out" anyone who needs to remain anonymous, so please ignore my question or just tell me to stop if I am out of line. Any speculation here as to who Ploutos on Seeking Alpha...

That is correct...I trade a lot of these. Near month or next month is best because they have the most favorable spreads. But I stick to high-liquidity ETFs. It won't work that well with individual stocks, unless you are using about the 50 most liquid ones.

Interesting article--thank you for posting. I completely relate to this: "Research has shown that those students (all of us, really) remember a new word or fact best when they learn it and then relearn it when they are just on the cusp of forgetting it."

Who cares how many atheists there are? Why do you care?? I don't care what other people believe, as long as they don't try to make me believe it, legislate it in my country, or blow themselves up in public.

Not being as well-versed in economics as I would like to be: how would negative interest rates work? The govt pays people to hold treasuries? (they cannot pay me enough) I go to refinance and bank gives me an interest-free loan? (wow, better than a toaster)

From the books above, read Wolfinger, then start reading McMillan. You can skip around in McMillan and read what interests you. Start by trading 1 or 2 contracts at a time and until you understand how options behave. Study option chains (www.optionistics.com).

Agree with above---read Faber's stuff. See the links on his site: www.mebanefaber.com. Consider a membership to www.aaii.com. Inexpensive, and you can meet some like-minded people if you go to the local meetings. Lots of good info out there on dividend investing. Check out the monthly...

This is a great idea--best way to learn anything. I believe it is how Montessori engages children. Why would I ever want to put 8 queens on a chessboard, anyway.

You are only permitted to take one ETF to a desert island with you. Which do you want?

Do people pay more attention to the U Michigan survey, or the aggregated one, or something else? Or does it not matter-maybe they all come out about the same?

As mentioned above, nearly everyone needs correction by sometime in their early 40s. Are you nuts? Why the hell don't you get your eyes checked? They are your eyes, for chrissake. Ever heard of glaucoma? Silent and progressive, till you go blind.... but totally treatable when caught...

I made the same point on this forum about 3 years ago and was nearly crucified. If some of the respondents could have crawled through the cable and murdered me, I'm sure they would have done so :) It's true, though. We have a set of bad alternatives, and we must choose the least bad among...

Jobs' decline should teach us all to stop bitching about what we don't have. Without your health, you have nothing. The brokest trader on this forum would not want to trade places with Jobs, for all his moolah.

I find the CNBC advertisement fairly innocuous. It's obviously just an attempt to get people to "stay tuned." And things are a bit out of control, aren't they? And isn't it the job of the media to point out the truth? Thanks for the real troll. He is lovely.