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Wow sounds like Shareholders lose and Cisco Employee wins. Well that explains it. Interesting article. so I guess there is a #3, Use Free Cash to pay employees and directors at shareholder expense.

Not buy stocks in companies that pay no dividends. I looked at Cisco, they make money but they do not pay dividends yet the stock does not grow? So what happens to the retained earnings if it is not reflected in the share price? where does the money go. I would think Cisco should be a company...

I never really understood the concept of non dividend stock. I thought when you buy stocks in a company it means you become part owner of the company and you are supposed to take a share of the profits? A non dividend stock to me would be like buying partial ownership into a restaurant but...

Options Volatility & Pricing and Rookies Guide to Options. Should that pretty much cover options? I will start with the rookies guide then go to the other book. I mainly want to write options to make income on my stocks etc.. I figure this could be a good start. Are there other books that...

Thanks for the feedback, I am passivly investing not churning etc.. Well I am down 34.29% for 2008 so lets see what 2009 brings. My goal is to retire and just live off the dividends without having to sell stocks. Is this a possibility? My portfolio is all dividend stocks.

I finished paying my 15 year house loan 2 years ago and been driving the same car since 98. I figure I finance it in 3 years, 0.9% Financing. I want to get the SMG transmission (no clutch) The M button sounds fun though. I would like something nice to enjoy.

Its only stocks I have no bonds because I do not understand bonds or how you price them, coupons etc.. and the Etrade bonddesk is confusing.

Is that bad? how does that compare to mutual funds or hedge funds etc. I mainly have stocks I just buy and hold. I mainly just buy stocks that pay the dividends and then reinvest the dividends automatically via Etrades DRIP option. I just started my portfolio about 12 months ago. Talk...

Whats it like, is it a fun drive? I have been driving my 1998 Toyota corolla since I bought it, I plan on buying the M5 in a few months. I wonder what trade in value I can get for the old 98 corolla and how does the M5 compare in terms of acceleration and maneuvering. Is it pretty easy

14% annualised return VS S&P -40% Not too bad. I am interested in trading in real life though I think I got the hang of via paper trading but would like some insight. I have 500,000 dollars cash I can use for trading but I do not want to use leverage or margin. what is a good platform...