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    MF global sanctioned over 6 times! before collapse

    Over roughly the past decade, MF Global was sanctioned half a dozen times and fined a total of $12 million, including a $10 million fine levied in 2009 for "significant supervision violations" that occurred during the five years prior, according to CFTC enforcement archives. One 2008 infraction...
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    Sony botching customer relations - going "viral" on the internet

    MPAA cops coming to your house. Watch out.
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    For all who are currently short S&P or Dow, what is your target level??

    I am short 32 Jan 2013 strike 160 calls on SPY.
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    OWS spreading now penn state riots!

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/10/penn-state-students-flood-streets-after-firing-paterno/ At around 12:20 a.m. local time Thursday, the university issued an official police dispersal order through Facebook, warning students to vacate downtown State College immediately. It came after...
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    GOP support new taxes

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-retooled-internet-sales-tax-bill-gains-senate-support-20111109,0,1835185.story I thought GOP was against tax increases?
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    College degrees are becoming like options contracts

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203733504577022110945459408.html Companies that have resumed recruiting say they tend to focus on the most recent crop of graduates, rather than go through résumés from a few years back. Recruiters assume a recent graduate has fresher...
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    I sold 32 deep OTM calls on SPY on tue

    160 covered call for Jan 19,2013 @ 1.45 on my long term portfolio as an extra little dividend. don't care if assigned by then. Think SPY will cross 160 next jan? :D
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    Whitehouse is denying alien contact!!!

    http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/07/white-house-denies-alien-contact/?intcmp=obinsite Is this why the pre markets are down?
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    CME Harddrive futures hit limit up today.

    Figures GS is taking advantage of this. CME Harddrive futures go limit rise to new highs CHICAGO, November 7 - Harddrive futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surged as much as the daily trading limit of $340 per terabyte. Goldman sachs taking physical delivery of 1TB disk drives...
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    Next generation of Americans SOL. Thanks Babyboomers.

    The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday. While people typically accumulate assets as they age, this wealth gap is now more than double...
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    Corzine hires Criminal Attorney.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20111104_Don_t_let_the_beard_fool_you.html In any case, it's incredible how little Corzine and his associates learned from the collapses of Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Bros., and AIG. And it's very hard to believe that just a few months ago...
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    Corzine hires Criminal Attorney.

    http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/04/corzine-hires-criminal-attorney/ Humm..
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    Option Premium Time Decay?

    no different if your naked the stock. I sell puts and calls on IWM and SPY every month. I don't like selling options on one stock, better to be diversified with the ETFs instead.
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    Option Premium Time Decay?

    Don't roll them, let them get called away and sell a put for the next month instead of a covered call. weekend time value is taken out friday.
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    Whats going on with Pension?

    They closed at 1.20 same price as MF global before BK announcement. I heard they use racetrack bonds as collateral. Is there MF risks with Pension clearing?
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    MF Global Bankruptcy and loaned shares?

    http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/01/news/companies/mf_global_bankruptcy/ NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Money was found missing from the books of MF Global, a discrepancy that cost the brokerage a potential deal with Interactive Brokers and forced it into bankruptcy, according to government agencies.
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    MF Global Bankruptcy and loaned shares?

    Wow no genius here knows?
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    Russia sends men to space, US has no capability.

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/10/31/russian-spacecraft-launched-successfully/ Amazing. Imagine if in 1980 someone told you that in 2011 Americans would have no capability to send men into space, only the russians.
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    Taiwan and China.

    I heard the US has to protect Taiwan if China decides march in and make Taiwan part of China. Wont that mean War between the US and China? I could see markets going down 40-50% if that happens.
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