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OK, you seriously are saying that something like electrical engineering and all the math that goes along with it can be taught in a vocational setting? Again, you sound pretty ignorant of what goes into that, or if you indeed have an engineering degree from CMU you're just being obtuse. No way...

That's an odd perspective to take, how many bridges would you want to drive over that weren't designed by someone with a civil engineering degree? Or flights on an airplane guided by avionics designed by people without EE degrees? That kind of anti-intellectualism is generally held by either...

If this is your definition of a "minor infraction" I'd hate to see what it takes to raise to your level of "major"! Obviously execution is hyperbole, but this moral relativism line of thinking isn't one that those of us who honestly make money in the markets hold.

What kind of prop firm is it that only allows you to trade your own money? Seems kind of pointless to me, why did you join them if not to get access to the leverage their capital affords you? Point being, you are trading with other peoples money if you're in a prop firm, by definition. Are you...

In my experience you lose 5% with a probability of 99% and make 100% with a probability of 1% giving you an expected value of less than 0. It's not about understanding assymetry, it's about finding mispriced securities which is far harder for us mere mortals than you let on (I'm purposely...

Attending a top 10 MBA program or the top MBA program in the country where you want to work will get you at least an internship which should lead to a job if you're good at it and the jobs exist. The MBA actually teaches you very little about that job but opens doors like you wouldn't believe...

Dirty little secret that a lot of announced share buybacks never even happen. The board or shareholders "authorize" but don't require the buyback and it seems it's mostly turned into a game to get a headline. I think the number of people like you who actually dig through to see if they did...

I actually don't remember seeing any posts, although I'm sure if I dug there might be some, by posters here in trouble with the IRS. That's actually moderately surprising, given the number of people on ET and the more interesting stuff they at least talk about doing. Maybe they stop posting when...

This article makes a huge and incorrect logical leap, that a small business is the same thing as an entrepreneurial business. Almost every doctor and lawyer is privileged private practice is a sub 10 person LLC or Partnership, and these make up a huge number of the "small firms" in the U.S. Do...

Stock with a restriction on resale. Typically when a company has an IPO, employees are restricted from selling any stock that they received as a stock grant, option exercise, or discount for several months after the IPO, for example. Back in the dot com days you could short most companies the...

Probably not a good idea to ever have children then, you'll end up rolling around on the floor stuffing everything within reach in your mouth and crapping yourself with that philosophy!

The spread between "risk free" interest and inflation hasn't changed much over the years. Looking at interest rates or returns in isolation is missing half the picture.

The election's over dude. She lost, a guy with massive conflicts of interest won. You can stop fabricating pure fantasy now, get a life!

Wow, can we get any more third grade here!

What short selling restrictions exist in the U.S. that any investor with half a brain can't easily circumvent?

Exactly. High growth startups, especially companies like Uber where there are low barriers to entry for competitors, are in a race to dominate their market and then they can milk the profits from that for years to come. Their investor's invested in them to do exactly that, nothing pisses a VC...

Priceline did exactly this during the dot com days, and it's made a few incarnations since but none have made it. I think it's a great idea and I used the Priceline version all the time before they stopped it. But to save yourself reinventing the wheel I'd find the people who tried this before...

This is a bizzare reply. Are you disputing the fact that dozens of Bitcoin exchanges have failed? Do you not grasp the concept that although your Bitcoin is safe while it's Bitcoin you are faced with counterparty risk when you convert it back to another currency using an exchange? Do you think...

I'm not blaming anyone. I agree that the rules are archaic and it's entirely the fault of the U.S. government. I've also learned that you don't make money by assigning blame, it's really rather pointless. In fact I've made most of my money shielding customers from complex, bureaucratic, archaic...

I agree. Keep your anti-semitism to yourself Mtrader.