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    this story is really off putting of americans.

    Years ago, I thought about adopting a couple of Russian teens When one hears about what happens when a 16 year old Russian orphan comes to the end of the line and is then dumped on the street, the % of them that commit/become suicides, drug/alcohol addicts, prostitutes, murdered, criminials...
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    Let's solve the tax problem without Volcker

    I have my own version of a new tax. All: Corporate taxes Workmen's comp Retirement/Social Security Medical/Medical/Medicaid "Green costs" Pollution controls Dental Basic Life Insurance Environmental Mandates and costs Public Education and other worker costs, aside from wages...
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    entry management

    one person thinks something works. Another group does a comprehensive test. That is the major difference.
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    Common mistakes of Investors

    The prior ones were a pullback and the last one was the breakdown :D
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    New System Build Questions.

    This topic was on another thread last week (Bolimomo?'s thread, you might want to read. Just make sure the quantity of RAM works with the Windows you choose. Based on what I read when experimenting with a setup, Dell claimed that over 4G of RAM does not work properly with certain MS Windows -...
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    IB Changes Futures Pricing

    Speculation.
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    Common mistakes of Investors

    Well, that is true until the music stops, and there are not enough chairs for all. As they say, it isn't the fall off a cliff that hurts, but the sudden stop at the bottom. A lot of people who rode the late 90s, early 2000s internet/telecomm bubble were holding onto companies with this kind...
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    entry management

    Yes, it is nonsense, as long as you ignore facts, statistics, logic, reason, and intelligent attempts to quantify how something really performs.
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    Size

    Risk of Ruin has a lot to do with Size http://www.mypivots.com/articles/articles.aspx?artnum=22 http://www.poker-tools-online.com/riskofruin.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_ruin
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    How to split partnership for a CTA firm

    I suspect both you and he are living in LaLa-land - raising money is very hard and so is creating a serious track record. 3 months is nothing, frankly. But it sounds like a 50-50 split is fair. And do NOT do just a partnership. Form an LLC in the state you live in, and have VERY clear...
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    Energy trader interview - looking for tips / advice

    you need to provide a lot more info - what is your background, when is interview, describe client better, give a generic description of the applicable experience from your own resume (without giving away your personal details), post the job req, etc. Otherwise, hard to help you...
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    Vote people off the island

    1) there is going to be a lot of different opinions on what constitutes something worth complaining about. 2) this is a forum, and the main point is debate, discussion, different opinions on topics. There are some who only like hearing "Happy" thoughts on a topic and dislike dissent. 3)...
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    Spam?

    Regardless of the purpose of the thread, this is blatant free publicity in the OP http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2798622#post2798622
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    How are you positioning for the eventual Market top?

    Did you get their contact information? I am pretty sure this kind of guarantee is illegal, and you could turn them over to the SEC, whatever... If not, their phone# might be on incoming calls list of your phone for that day...
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    How are you positioning for the eventual Market top?

    Did you get their contact information? I am pretty sure this kind of guarantee is illegal, and you could turn them over to the SEC, whatever...
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    Let's solve the tax problem without Volcker

    Why is the purpose of the tax code to "benefit poor people"? Tax is about collecting money to pay the govt's bills. They already receive many benefits - welfare, food stamps, EIC, heating oil/energy subsidies, Medicaid, section 8 housing, free retraining, and a lot of other stuff. I have no...
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    See the way Palestinians treat their children

    How do you know it is not the Karamazov Brothers Flying Circus preparation? :D
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    Common mistakes of Investors

    95% of new traders think they will be in the 5% that win Somehow, the laws of probability are suspended when dealing with oneself.
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    how many elitetrader names do you have?

    All of us are really just clones of Baron, Joe, Magna, talking to each other...
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