Forum: The Stock Market
12-08-2005, 05:07 PM
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Replies: 3
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Re: iRobot
Yahoo says thay are selling (market cap) for $700 million. That seems like alot. I don't know about their military side. I was not impressed with roomba, I think it is a fad. Maybe if it wouldn't...
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Forum: The Stock Market
11-11-2005, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 87
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Forum: The Stock Market
11-02-2005, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 379
Re: Another book question
"Random walk down wall street" possibly at your library explains the jargon and why it is mostly BS.
BTW there is no precise definition of PE. Earnings are calculated in many arbitrary and...
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Forum: The Stock Market
10-22-2005, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 47
Re: How Many EFT\'s to buy?
If you buy 10 different index funds my guess is you will have recreated a broad market index fund, like SP500, only you will be paying higher expenses.
On the other hand if you are willing to buy...
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Forum: The Stock Market
10-22-2005, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 47
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Forum: The Stock Market
09-18-2005, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 86
Re: The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens
At your age earned not unearned income is where the action is. Find out what is preventing you from earning the big bucks and fix it. I think self help books might be a better investment than an...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-31-2005, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 56
Re: how do i actually buy oil
If you want to buy an oil futures contract you need a commodities account, which I do not think you have.
Otherwise with a brokerage account like yours you can buy:
Royalty trusts: BPT...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-31-2005, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 63
Re: What should Greenspan do?
Increasing rates will suck money out of the economy. Money that would be used for in part for energy uses. Basically increasing intereswt rates increase the value of money itself relative to other...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-30-2005, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 63
What should Greenspan do?
1)Lower rates to make capital for Katrina rebuild available.
2)Continue raising rates to support the US$ and control inflation/oil prices?
3)Do nothing because there is a headlight shining in his...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-29-2005, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 88
Re: Real estate
Books are for wussies. Go out look at houses, attend foreclosure auctions ect. What are rents in your area? What are the obligations of a property owner in your area? ...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-22-2005, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 73
Re: Learning About stock market
I suggest your read the wall street journal. Got to you local library and read the business books their, especially histories. Also note that the financial markets may not be the money machines...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-22-2005, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 81
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-19-2005, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 55
Re: Good Financial Plan?
vacation home/investment property
Landlord is a skill which you will need to develop first. Absentee landlord is the hardest type to be.
AC is not Vegas and it unlikely to become Vegas. It...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-12-2005, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 152
Re: Real Estate/Mortgage Loan/Stock Market
It depends on how things play out. For exmaple in Argentina when things blew apart alot of people lost their jobs so they could not pay their mortgages. The gov of Argentina desided that they would...
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-12-2005, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 77
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-10-2005, 08:21 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 96
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Forum: The Stock Market
08-04-2005, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 54
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-28-2005, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 57
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-28-2005, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 138
Re: The King of Beers.
In my local deli in Brooklyn the beer area is filled with brews from Poland Russia ect. There is alot more competition. The rich are getting richer and poor getting poorer. Rich don't drink as...
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-19-2005, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 137
Re: Buy and Hold vs Market Timing
1) Market timing means your are trying to outsmart people who are trying to outsmart you. Why do you think you are smarter than me, Warren Buffett, 2+2 posters, ect for instance.
2) Buy and Hold...
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-16-2005, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 82
Re: Real estate investing form USA Today
"When something breaks and a tenant calls, fix it. And be a stickler for collecting rent. Says Lee: "Tenants can't get behind.""
I knew there was more to it that buy no money down, collect rent,...
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-16-2005, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 60
Re: Iraqi Dinar
1) Iraq could go to a duel currency system. The 'Iraqi' Dinar for internal use and a newly created 'Trade' Dinar for use in export/import. This system was used in S Africa for some time. Iraq uses...
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-08-2005, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 48
Re: LAKES ENTERTNMT (LACOE)
How is WPT worth $700 million? It seems to me they own nothing, it's not like a sports team where you own baseball in a specific city. Why can't someone with say $20 mill. use 15$ mil to boost the...
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-08-2005, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 54
Re: Investing thoughts for infant 23 year old
It looks like agricultural subsidies may have to be cut for the US to comply with WTO agreements and common sense. Needless to say farm states will not cease to exist just because the farm programs...
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Forum: The Stock Market
07-04-2005, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 51
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