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    'Biggest Ad Fraud Ever': Hackers Make $5M A Day

    Equating the security of an ad network with the security of the software used on the secure side of military networks or in financial markets as equivalent is pretty absurd. It's roughly equivalent to saying the plastic remote control airplane you bought crashed so we shouldn't fly in airplanes.
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    GAMBLING ON THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE OPTION FORMULA

    The point flew well over your head I think. Take a look at when skew first showed up and why.
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    Is working Asian hours that bad?

    Wow, big change! Good luck, different service but having done my 20 as a helicopter pilot I'm happy to answer any questions you have if you want to PM me.
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    GAMBLING ON THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE OPTION FORMULA

    I'm not sure it's even his consciousness, it's more like a random meme generator fed by random passages from Malcolm Gladwell books.
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    GAMBLING ON THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE OPTION FORMULA

    Are you familiar with volatility skew? You may want to read up on it a bit, as no intelligent discussion on this topic can take place without substantial discussion of skew and I've yet to see it so much as mentioned here.
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    BC Government offering interest free loans for house down payments!

    Is this table not inaccurate? http://www.taxtips.ca/taxrates/canada.htm I'm guessing you're including Provincial tax, which again if you compare to living in a high tax state in the U.S. the numbers are very similar.
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    How Liquid are SPY options, and options in general in comparison to securities?

    I can almost always trade SPX a nickle off the mid with a limit order, so the spread is irrelevant. Are you talking market orders?
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    How Liquid are SPY options, and options in general in comparison to securities?

    You should be cautious when interpreting this data. It probably doesn't really mean a whole lot because it's probably almost entirely held for their clients.
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    GAMBLING ON THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE OPTION FORMULA

    What exactly is your point, stick with commodities?
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    If assigned stocks I own

    The commission part totally varies by broker, so you'll need to ask yours to find out.
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    BC Government offering interest free loans for house down payments!

    It's a discussion board my friend. I've learned a lot about the Canadian lending market I didn't know and it's stimulated some trading ideas for me. If you aren't getting anything out of it simply stop reading the thread.
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    BC Government offering interest free loans for house down payments!

    So just require the fixed rate if you're using the downpayment program right? For many people what you call their "lifestyle" may very well be buying food, paying their mortgage or rent, paying for transportation so they can get to their job, putting clothes on their back, and not much else. It...
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    Is working Asian hours that bad?

    Thank goodness for that. They also won't ever have to learn how to use a sliderule or kill a woolly mammoth with a spear. Instead they can focus on the things that add value in today's economy, which is much more about about a good GUI and intuitive design than squeezing the most you can out of...
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    BC Government offering interest free loans for house down payments!

    Are fixed rate mortgages not widely available in Canada? I only ask because you all are acting as if rising interest rates will impact mortgage holders where it would actually be the opposite if they were in a fixed rate mortgage. As a renter, you're fully exposed to rising interest rates and...
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    Is working Asian hours that bad?

    It's funny how much this post contrasts with the earlier posts. I agree with your assessment that there are a lot of kids coming out of college with 5-10 years of programming experience. I find that pretty amazing, in a "kids these days kick ass compared to kids my days" kind of way. Back in my...
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    Two Securities Traders Charged In Scheme That Netted $26 Million In Illicit Profits

    If your point is that one branch of the SEC shouldn't prosecute obvious violaters because others are getting away with it then sure, your point is made. I happen to disagree with that philosophy, but if that's how you feel then fair enough.
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    Is working Asian hours that bad?

    From what I've read by FCXOptions on this board I'd say he's exactly the person you're looking for if you can snag him.
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    PG&E Pacific DC Intertie - on/off/volume data

    To answer the OP's question, this data is of no value because the real-time power flows are already publically available from the ISO (http://www.caiso.com/)
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    BC Government offering interest free loans for house down payments!

    Certainly that was one factor. However huge swaths of subdivisions were also being built across the country, in many places they literally used up all the buildable land for miles and miles. If the people who shouldn't have had loans just defaulted on their loans it would have been a minor blip...
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    BC Government offering interest free loans for house down payments!

    Isn't stifling building something that decreases real estate supply, thus keeping prices steady? The housing bubble burst in the U.S. was in large part due to overbuilding, perhaps that is't the case in Canada?
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