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    What If Lebron Did Something Else?

    ipse dixit
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    What If Lebron Did Something Else?

    your remark bowls me over.
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    What If Lebron Did Something Else?

    he doesn't compare to Pele who is a certified genius and would have succeeded in any endeavor.
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    Affirmative action hiring in Tech

    the idiot will soon be history.
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    Broker with most available shares to short?

    "Other brokers might charge a lower margin rate to attract you," reread my post. . it said IB charges less then everybody else at all amounts. it is 2% vs. 8% for other brokers on small amounts. there are brokers who charge 8% on a riskless transaction. the reality isthe small person nearly...
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    Victor Niederhoffer and Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A Quick Comparison

    let's not quibble about numbers or definitions but I believe you are wrong about neiderhoffer. you have been spending too much time in FL.
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    Victor Niederhoffer and Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A Quick Comparison

    More... one more contrast is that taleb has groupies, female students, who follow him around to public appearances.
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    Victor Niederhoffer and Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A Quick Comparison

    [/QU for the truly expert reply ask poster, volpunter. volly can prove you wrong if you are so inclined. ;)
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    Broker with most available shares to short?

    if the industry is hyper-competitive explain the differential IB charges 2% vs. 8% margin rate on small loan amounts and and also wide differences on larger amounts? this situation has existed for years. why have these differences not been competed away?
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    Broker with most available shares to short?

    it is not crazy to take 50% as you say. it is what competition and corporate strategy is all about. there is no reason that every service a company offers should have the same markup. as to your commission example there is right number for a given moment in time, . what was right just after...
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    Victor Niederhoffer and Nassim Nicholas Taleb: A Quick Comparison

    it was a great ego trip as people foolishly gave him money.
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    Japan has fallen victim to the Keynesian scam

    "figures never lie but liars always figure" you finally admitted one of your statistical nonsenses after previously not taking into consideration that the like feature was introduced fairly recently. unlike strong people you have an intense desire to be liked. lots of luck with your quixotic...
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    Do you think finance novels inspirational? Your list and rating, please?

    1) Wall and Mean by Tom Bernard - A hedge fund trader with a gambling problem comes up with a trading scheme involving Nicaraguan government debt to pay off money owed to some Brooklyn bookies. (2) Das Kapital by Viken Berberian - Far from being a reprint of the classic tome by Karl Marx, this...
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    Do you think finance novels inspirational? Your list and rating, please?

    subject: financial fiction energy traders- short by cortright mcmeel 8* the embezzler by louis auchincloss
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    Getting A Job In Finance While Trading

    your knowledge (of whores) is second to none.
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    Tim Sykes: How to Make Millions by Marketing Yourself as a ‘Douche Bag’

    it is the sizzle not the steak that sells.
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    Alexis Tsipras' "open letter" to German citizens

    volly has outdone himself. only a fool would not realize that the misspelling of father was not a spelling error but a typo. "d) In case you have missed something it is not just Germans who are running out of patience, it is most European countries and their tax payers who are tired of the...
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    Alexis Tsipras' "open letter" to German citizens

    maybe. A sex therapist is travelling through the Middle East getting data on goat-sex.First he visits Mahmud, an Iraqi goat herder on the outskirts of Baghdad. “Tell me” he says, “What method do you use for goat sex?” Mahmud replies, “Well I trap her head in a fig bush then attack from...
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    Alexis Tsipras' "open letter" to German citizens

    du bist ganz verrückt. from birth or from relationships with ladies of the night or from poor market timing?
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