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It's a good thing that our government "knows" better than you, me and the private sector.

I may have to look into that. What is the learning curve like? I work a full-time job and position/swing trade stocks, etf's and mutual funds on the side, so how labor intensive is it? One thing I've always wondered about (options) is that essentially if it is a hedge (covered position)...

I agree that "hope" is no strategy, but I took the position with a fairly long term mentality. I guess I didn't bail because I had seen nothing from the chart, to make me think that this wasn't just some consolidation before another run up. "Hopefully" that turns out to be true. I don't...

I agree and hope that gold will break out from here. I've been in my current long GLD position for a few months now and I've been upside down in the trade almost the entire time (entry $117). I don't normally hold losers that long, but gold has just been consolidating this entire time...

The rules can always be "adjusted" significantly in 2012, when we have a GOP pres, GOP House and GOP Senate. They likely won't have have a super majority in the Senate, but there will easily be a handful of Dems that are willing to vote for "improvements" to the bill after the 2010 and 2012...

To add insult to an already bad jobs picture, the "health care effect" hasn't kicked in yet. This new law will have very negative consequences on jobs, whether Dems want to admit it or not. And this won't even kick into high gear for another year or two until companies start preparing for 2014.

You have obviously never run a business. My dad owns a business with around 150 full and part time employees. I can guarantee you that this bill will have a negative impact on hiring in his company going forward. His salaried employees will have to work longer hours and start with less...

These Dems are unbelievable. At this point, even questioning their ridiculous policies, results in intimidation tactics and bullying.

Please don't hiJACK this thread...... OP, if you want to read up on Jack's nonsensical posts, he has 4,000 of them. If you want to stay on topic, please don't feed him questions.

Quite true. I personally think that salaries for POTUS and SCOTUS should be 10x what they are currently (with term limits in place). Maybe that would attract some talent. It amazes me how stupid the average congressman is in the most powerful country in the history of the planet.

This is how I trade as well. Hold times of a few days up to a couple of months. I've realized that it's much easier to manage my emotions and trades, if I don't use leverage and have longer hold times. With that said, you probably won't find a ton of valuable info on position trading here...

85+% of journalists vote Democratic........you do the math. I will be the first to admit that Fox News leans right, if you admit that CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, NYT (and virtually ALL other major newspapers) lean left.

You don't have to buy car insurance, if you don't drive. You don't have to buy business insurance if you don't own a business (although I believe you'd be crazy not to). This takes it to a whole new level.

As with ALL "government solutions" to problems, this bill will have enough unintended consequences to make your head spin. The problem is that HC is 16% of our economy, so it will have far more unintended consequences, and they will affect just about everyone. I think for a small handful of...

Yes, because your neighbors to the south subsidize your security. Do you really think that the Russians wouldn't man handle the entirety of your natural resources were it not for the US?

I say the less time in these liberal indoctrination camps the better for the kids. Although it sounds like this will be a net wash in hours.

It's a US dollar, long etf. The etf is long dollar futures.

Innovating new technology and continuing to explore/drill from our current energy sources are not mutually exclusive.

These two things have had an enormously positive impact on my trading in the past year. I tried futures and piddled around with forex trading both short term, but have done so much better in stocks where I position/swing trade. A great bull market in the past year has also helped greatly...

horse & buggy < automobile