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    Can you hedge real estate?

    %% SAME here. NOT sure , even in a good market like Dallas/ that I would want ''an average ''LOL:D:D I do like an average on 100or 500 stocks sometimes. I do like above average RE.........
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    Trading Costs Across Brokers

    %% Thanks for the link; I remember rereading a lot of it/good read . Even though 2023 is almost over; top 10 stocks in SPY ,QQQ are over+ well over $100.[Could be why IBKR + SCHW.... sells ''stock slices''{ fractional shares}] Of course, many have made fortunes selling stuff under $100...
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    THE GREAT TAKING - "If You Want To Survive What's Coming, You Need To See This" | Mike Maloney

    %% LOL. EXcept for big bid\ ask spread\ history\ storage ,+ in some cases insurance; opps\ gold + silver have never done that well. Especially when compared to a benchmark like SPY or QQQ or RE............ I do have an empty energy drink bottle named-branded ''Gold Peak''; but its empty + I...
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    Can you hedge real estate?

    %% Good rebuke; RE is so local based . Some commercial buyers use RE options, may make sense in some ways; but when i bought properties[commercial + residential+ land] i would rather risk- reward with cash or conservative bank loans. Plenty of ways to manage risk on RE. Local banks value RE...
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    Can you hedge real estate?

    %% Some had to sell @ that price{-50%-45%}; so buyers market. Location may have changed over the years, too many crimes ,CA taxes, +regs, +buyers exodus, most likely??
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    Next Shoe to drop: Commercial Real Estate

    %% THAT's sure an improvement over the 1920's 30's; when had so many belly up state banks, uninsured banks[NO FDIC]+ no Fed bank regulator much . Good thing for me i don't depend on a bank overly concentrated in CRE. That's is a good pattern/ good bull uptrend shrugs off negative...
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    Risk management techniques

    %% Absolutely; good rant. And for some that are visual+ likes printed charts, also fun + multi purpose. I never bought into the trading book theory, trading or investing had to be boring:D:D
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    Trading is gambling- Only if you make it gambling

    %% THAT's not gambling according to Webster's. As far as people making up thier own definitions , no thanks . NOR does a broker get ticked off like a casino , with winners or big winners LOL.:D:D Hint, so many day traders do not make money, can you take a hint?? Since you used the word ''...
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    Can you hedge real estate?

    %% BUT that sellers[lenders one sided contract] of all the loan balance due if values drop\ sounds like a super buyers rip off, even more so with 100% RE gains already.[And the lender may, depending on contract, sue you for the balance if foreclosed:caution::caution:] Also , some should...
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    S&P Equal Weight Index Severely Underperforms In 2023

    %% NOT sure why any would think mean reversion on that; when so many more do it, more often . SPY outperforms DIA-DOW so much, not sure mean reversion is the right term; since DOW does better 1 about 1or 2 years in 50?? Equality not such a good idea there, you think??.Good points + % on...
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    The January Effect: A Comprehensive Historical Review

    %% CAN work that way; but plenty of times / publishing +volume can help it better. Just because JAN tends to be Up + SEPT down[SPY + QQQ]+ has been that way for many, many years, has not messed those 2 patterns up= its well published . As far as forecasting corrections in a bull market one...
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    Can you hedge real estate?

    %% Plenty of ways to mange RE risk; not a complete list hereLOL 1]Very experienced RE agent helps to the max..... 2]I would look @ 100 %gain as good starter, assume a massive check list was a positive??. 3]Local community bankers could give another opinion; even though one I used in...
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    ‘Mass breach of privacy’: TikTok under fire for tracking users online

    %% You mean like part of a bigger pattern of TikTok being outlawed by state govs?? A well know proven pattern\outlawed by now; 34 out of 50 states , a much bigger negative :caution::caution: Any idea why all [ USa states]have not outlawed TikTok by now??
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    Do you think you need to see the order book to be successful in day trading?

    %% LOL\ IF only no one ever canceled ; dont like to cancel orders myself:D:D But i dont want 100% MOC orders, so some is logical; not a real good trend if it takes last seconds to turn up. BUT most dont have to worry about the regulators bringing a case against banging close LOL
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    Trading Basics

    %% Good \ except rule #3.777\a temp loser, figured in your plan [or mine LOL]; add a planned amoUt to it, maybe NOT 7777. IF you or i got in UPRO @ $50 + its $25; go read Big Trends book\ Price Headly writer \ oops we missed the ''elephant trunk sell signal '':D:D. [#6.666] IF mom or sis...
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    Which way? A Gold Timing exercise

    %% MAYBE a bit subjectiVe; but the energy drink ''Gold Top '' =good name anyway:D:D
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    Trading is gambling- Only if you make it gambling

    %% NO, not a gamble if they work @insurance co:D:D That's why girls-women get cheaper rates on LIFE insurance contract\ dont take as many risk / live longer:caution::caution: More risk in an auto on sat nite sometimes+ more drunks on road.........
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    When/where to exit a winning trade?

    %% WAIT for it to reverse , even though when i do business with WMT + DG\ i seldom reverse @, all better View on Winshield , non reverse drive LOL:D:D
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    Trading is gambling- Only if you make it gambling

    %% THAT must be why so many lotto players lose; stupid tax on people that cant do math. Some times it looks like insurance co cant do math-LOL; but turns out its more like grocer on a loss leader just to get you in the store + keep you there as long as possible :D:D
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    Put/Call ratio - A useless metric

    %% I double checked it again, see if it could be mostly useless?? WELL it made great call , to put it simple on a last day SEPT or 1st Oct bear killer LOL,SPY related .Looks useless on QQQ,DOW or DIA, on that IBD chart page anyway BUT same 10 months, advance decline line did much better than...
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