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Can someone explain to me how lower capital gains rates stimulate the economy or do anything good for the economy? Lower tax rates sometimes encourage beneficial investment, but I don't think that applies to capital gains rates that apply to all investments. If you have money to invest...

If what you mean by noise is a stock that moves randomly, then no way, it can't be done profitably. Where's your edge? Could you make money betting on the rolls of the dice, if you're only given 6:1 odds for a single dice roll? It can't be done in the long run, and it's the same issue...

There's a few at vipps.com, including Reminiscenses of a Stock Operator. $8 each. Silver

I'd suggest trying a piece of software called "Qurb," at www.qurb.com. It plugs into Outlook (and also Outlook Express, I believe), and seamlessly routes your suspected spam to another folder. It works incredibly well, and for those who like full control over their email, I believe it's the...

I'm looking for some old TC2000 CDs, something like late 1990s or earlier, if possible. I'm looking for daily data for stocks that have disappeared over the last few years (e.g., Enron, Worldcom), and when a stock disappears, Worden no longer includes the data for those symbols on the (newer)...

Try yahoo finance, profile page for the stock of interest. Here's microsoft, for example: http://biz.yahoo.com/p/m/msft.html Short interest info is toward the bottom.

I'd guess that by now, the size of the money he's managing is presumably large enough where he doesn't need to use leverage. In fact, his size is probably making things more difficult for him -- I think he mentions this in the Schwager interview. Also, I agree that the futures markets are...

Anyone have a theory as to why Seykota tends to favor futures markets over stocks?

The farmer uses the futures markets to lock in a profit or hedge the value of his or her unharvested crops out in the field, so as to protect against future events raising or lowering the future value of the crops. When the farmer sells the actual crops, those sales are capital gains, often...

Do you mean adjusted for splits, rather than dividends? I was not aware that historical stock prices are adjusted for dividends (maybe returns are, but prices?) Silver

Momo: Am I understanding that this gentleman is 80 yrs of age? If so, I guess that would give him plenty of experience in gaining insight as to how liquid markets move. Would you say he trades from the chart, or does he watch individual transactions carefully? And how many round trips...

Momo: You describe yourself as a Bobber-Weaver type trader, but how about the gentleman you describe earlier in the thread? Is he also a bobber-weaver that has less success on trending days? SilverDelta (And what's CTTtrading the 2Ts?)

How about Blackwood Trading? I've heard that they have one of the more "high end" platforms. Anyone have any comments on their software or the firm in general?

I'm using RealTick to trade with Terra Nova Online, but I'm wondering if there is any other trading platform that people think is better, particularly with respect to order entry capabilities? What are some of the other heavyweights in the trading platform business? Or is RealTick the...