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    One for the ages: I owe Etrade $106k, ouch.

    you mase a mistake by not quite. the dangers are obvious. the real error was not being flat overnite.
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    One for the ages: I owe Etrade $106k, ouch.

    short etfc.
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    Did Goldman Sachs Just Find The Smoking Gun In Today's FOMC Minutes?

    thanks for the heads up. coming from you it means that they they have something worthwhile to ponder.
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    Suddenly restricted Short Sale shortly after earnings - GMCR

    It was on restriction from the day before, November 17. The fact that the restriction sign was not there is a bug which was resolved.
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    NYSE to eliminate "stop orders"

    it will be held and executed by your broker as per Zr1trader. nothing to worry about.
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    NYSE to eliminate "stop orders"

    i am the whole issue is a moot issue because most orders are not routed to the nyse but are internalized.
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    NYSE to eliminate "stop orders"

    i know that you never make a pit stop o_Obut anal retentiveness is a subject for another forum.
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    NYSE to eliminate "stop orders"

    the article refers to stop orders which when hit result in market orders. it may not include stop limit orders. if not the problem is solved.
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    Interactive Brokers Execution & General Feedback

    why should you get filled on a breakout if the quote is moving away from you?
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    Why buy Bonds?

    they refers to greedy financial advisors and their clientele. with a life expectancy of 30 years it is not even a consideration.
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    Why buy Bonds?

    not quite. the financial advisors flip u out of stocks into bonds. call it whatever animal you want.
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    Why buy Bonds?

    it is a major commission generator for the financial advisor, who then flip the aging client into some large fee based product or some bonds with a wide spread. quite similarly, the active retail trader pays for the market makers' mistresses and cocaine habit.
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    Why buy Bonds?

    your post is the way one should be done. it gives a useful piece of information followed by a question. as to your question if you have the ability to analyze bonds you should consider adding near junk bonds to your portfolio but not a bond etf. you will have to the math to figure out if the...
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    What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?

    no. it is a continuum. at some point a line is crossed and the person is classified as a psychopath. please check the articles which i posted.
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    What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?

    it is a line. it is doubtful that your wife was a full blown psychopath. full blow psychopaths usually reveal themselves.
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    What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?

    in addition https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/handy-psychology-answers/201103/what-do-we-know-about-psychopathy as for wall street http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/is-wall-street-full-of-psychopaths/254944/
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    What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?

    " Here’s a medical riddle: When is just a touch of a disease worse than the full-blown thing? And here’s a hint: worse for whom? Suppose it’s not the sick person you’re worried about, but that individual’s friends, family, colleagues and clients? The authors of “Almost a Psychopath” suggest...
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    What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?

    almost true. they are near psychopaths. true psychopaths committ crimes and end up in jail. near psychopaths are likely to be highly focused and successful people. they also have the characteristic of making the lives of their employees, family and girl friends miserable with their controlling...
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    What characterizes the most successful people on Wall Street?

    the next step is going out on your own. it is a well worned path. your boss cheats you or doesn't give you a fair share. every successful trader starts that way.
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    Hedge-fund prodigy takes a $300 million hit

    not her. her clients took the gamble and lost.
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