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Our misguided entry into the Vietnam war pushes us over the edge. The US was already showing signs of monetary problems and they could have been corrected but once we jumped into the policeman of the world state in Vietnam we pretty much started digging the hole. Things to note, It was...

I wonder how long before the rest of the world wake up to discover that China is not a friend.

GE will ejaculate a dime on the 23rd so it will no longer be engorged and erect post ex-div date.

Our slow slide down continues, now our R&D is seeping away. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_52/b4161029131864.htm Has the U.S. lost its Yankee ingenuity? For the first time in 2009, non-Americans were granted more U.S. patents than resident inventors, accounting for 50.7%...

There was money to be made during that period (short options) :)

Guy finds an easy arb opportunity and folks here thing he is doing something wrong :)

Are you crazy. You are comparing IB which is a FINRA/SIPC firm to some website a bunch of orientals put up in a few days to suck in dumb money. Stupid comparison and totally inappropriate.

We might have to end up doing the same at some point in the future.

But if you tie currency to assets of value (ie basket of stocks, land etc..) Then every dollar would have value backed by something.

Same thing was happening in the 30s Read the out of print book called "The invisible scar" It is very detailed. The best great depression book out there. Strange that it is out of print and only a handful for sale.

Curious, what would happen if in 20 years someone figures out how to turn lead into gold or silver. Using some new tech. How would that effect the economy. About stock, why would a company want to dilute themselves. They have dividends to pay out etc.. printing more shares would only hurt...

and 1.25% Margin rates.

The US government will buy a basket of S&P 500 stocks and use that as the backing for new money. So one dollar would be backed up by the equivalent in 1 dollar representing fractional ownership in productive companies. It would provide something tangible. And you can turn in dollars...

THIS IS the future

That is a creepy robot :) Soon though the will come up with this kind of robot. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y6KJtFZoflc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess"...

The reviews say this is the best movie ever made in the history of cinema. Some I read in rotten tomatoes. Sounds like its doing okay.

They sell white cats in boxes. (Black or white ones)

not today. I am gonna take the next week off looks like.

I guess I will not be selling any contracts. Even the ITM puts I sold are pretty much losing IV. Hopefully IV pops back to the upper 35's 40's after the holidays.