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    bogus guru thread

    the other day i was looking into the funds avaliable at one of my relatives IRA plan: https://www.tiaa-cref.org/public/tcfpi/InvestResearch TIAA CREF is one of the biggest in the industry,now look at their expense ratios: CREF Equity Index Account...
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    ex-dividend dates for 3 - 6 weeks

    depends on your broker or data provider. you can pull ex div dates from interactive brokers via API or IQ feed. you are going to have a hard time find accurate and full div calendar for free. try briefing.com http://www.rttnews.com/calendar/dividend.aspx
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    bogus guru thread

    --The point is, they're not earning their management fees.-- the point is that the 90% of the industry is based around this 'business' model with the goal TO COLLECT THOSE FEES. it's all about 'expenses'\office fees. everywhere. they care less about performance . closed,delisted or...
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    It's time to short the GM time bomb!

    https://www.royalbanksofmo.com/personal_banking/checking/majestic-checking.aspx sorry, it's 2.16% or get 3% on 5 year CD at PenFed https://www.penfed.org/money-market-certificate/?calculator=mmc-calculator better than nothing
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    It's time to short the GM time bomb!

    Dunno, who is going down and when, but crazy credit is back to where it was before last crash. The best indicator is my mail box, filled with 0% APR balance transfer offers. Just as it was before last crisis. Hey..I just got a new car for my wife at 0% for next 3 years. I gladly accepted the...
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    So, what does a good trader make per month?

    you can try google books and see what you can find. i can't recommend anything for stocks(know nothing about other markets,maybe a little bit about corp.bonds) this one-...
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    So, what does a good trader make per month?

    http://books.google.com/books?id=5ZoSAAAAQBAJ&pg=SA5-PA91&dq=intraday+trading&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xprEUofXE67MsQS3zoCQDw&ved=0CGgQ6AEwBjgU#v=onepage&q=intraday%20trading&f=false i was reading this book yesterday . scroll up two pages above "Typical HFT Sheep skinning Cycle" interesting read. more...
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    IRA question

    how about this: husband and wife,filing jointly, she is making earned income,he-short term gains. total below 180K or whatever limit is. can they both contribute to Roth IRA, or only wife? :) Thank you! if it would say- for yourself AND your spouse-then it would be clear,but it's not(at...
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    Yahoo Finance

    yes, i agree on that. they responding very quickly(specially if you are paying for the data subscription) and usually fix things fast. however-when i pointed out that there is a lot of non existing news on their RSS feed-they didn't do anything. i'm talking about something like this...
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    Yahoo Finance

    i was always afraid Jan 1st of every year(and few days after that). cause every year they(various companies) tend to make some changes that make our lives(freeloaders) a bit harder. yahoo became a junk lately. email was terrible, yahoo finance news was polluted with non existing news(specially...
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    Unofficial TWS bug thread

    http://www.investopedia.com/terms/y/yieldtoworst.asp yield to worse can't be 0.013 or whatever number was on screnshoot(maybe, maybe you mean 0.013 *100? and forgot to multiply by a 100?) then it would make some sense.. even if it's called right after customer bought it. the price at ask...
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    net neutrality

    You can have that.just go to china and stay there ps-you might not be able to post on ET from there, but I'm fine with that :)
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    net neutrality

    :confused:
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    Unofficial TWS bug thread

    why IB always trying reinvent the wheel? tried their scanner for bonds on latest browser TWS they have all sorts of yields. current ask yield,ask yield(what's the difference anyway?), last,at bid etc. everything. EXCEPT FOR TWO THAT COMMONLY USED IN FINANCE-YIELD TO WORSE and even more common-...
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    Nothing wrong with getting rich trading hard, but will money destroy your mind.

    and looks like they right about that. if you follow this advise in past 5 years you would be very rich person. might be even richer than your friend :)
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    Record-level metals storage in ‘shadow warehouses’

    the vid posted year ago. what about now? are they still can't find those 9T?
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    TAXES --this cant be true,....or can it ??

    i don't want to argue about anything. all i said(for third time) is that i've been there and i file as that Tax cut or turbotax told me. that's all. even if somehow i was wrong(not me, actually,but the software i've bought)-IRS was fine with it. have nice day
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    TAXES --this cant be true,....or can it ??

    i don't have the output for you,because i was in that situation decade ago. but in case of OP(and as you and others pointed out)-it boils down to the type of gains and losses. if both are short term-it would be zero. i also believe long term losses will be offset by short term gains(that was my...
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    TAXES --this cant be true,....or can it ??

    -- Long term losses can only offset long term gains. Short term losses can only offset short term gains.-- i disagree. and so my tax preparation soft. here is a simple solution for OP or anyone,who is in doubt-grab an old tax preparation app CD like a turbo tax or tax cut or whatever...
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    Record-level metals storage in ‘shadow warehouses’

    looks like someone trying real hard to create an inflation and they really scared of upcoming deflation. Or maybe it's a pure speculation play.or maby HQ was correct :)
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