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  1. Question: Stock trade

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    Go to website Intro to Stock Trading - Stop...

    Go to website
    Intro to Stock Trading - Stop Order and Stop Limit Orders
  2. Question: Stock trade

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    In common parlance, stop and stop limit orders...

    In common parlance, stop and stop limit orders are known as stop loss orders because speculators use them to lock in profits from profitable trades.
    A stop order automatically converts into a...
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    Amazing isn't it? Bernard Madoff uses new money...

    Amazing isn't it? Bernard Madoff uses new money to pay off interest on old money and we call that a Ponze scheme. Investment banks or individual taxpayers do it and we call that taking too much...
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    Get used to it. Females don't have the same sex...

    Get used to it. Females don't have the same sex drive that males do. Why are almost all prostitutes female? Before criticizing CEOs, Presidents, Senators, Representatives, or any other male for...
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    Life is all about choices. Whether global...

    Life is all about choices. Whether global warming is good or bad for the future of mankind on Earth is of no consequence, since it won't be our children or our children's children who are affected. ...
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    No healthcare plan that involves trial lawyers,...

    No healthcare plan that involves trial lawyers, fraud, waste, capitalist insurance companies, capitalist pharmaceutical companies, healthcare lobbyists, uncontrollable costs, etc. can ever be...
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    Bonds have historically been a good investment if...

    Bonds have historically been a good investment if you believe the interest rates are going to drop. Bond values are inversely proportional to interest rates. With rates at all time lows, it seems...
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    I invite you to substantiate both...

    I invite you to substantiate both premises.[/QUOTE]

    Read the Commonwealth Fund report on healthcare in the United States. It substantiates both premises. We have a bad system, and without...
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    Why is everyone talking about the Canadian...

    Why is everyone talking about the Canadian system? Just about every western nation on earth except for the United States has national health care. How about Germany, England, Denmark, etc. One...
  10. Who said anything about supporting the current...

    Who said anything about supporting the current proposal? I am totally opposed to any health care plan that is capitalist based. Insurance companies are in fact, the reason why medicare and medicaid...
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    "A government big enough to give you everything...

    "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."- Thomas Jefferson
  12. No, health care isn't a right. Our society just...

    No, health care isn't a right. Our society just opposes free choice, won't let people choose to die, forces people to stay alive at any cost, be it pain, brain death, etc. But health care is only...
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    Isn't it the "me first" or WIIFM (Whats in it for...

    Isn't it the "me first" or WIIFM (Whats in it for me?) that got us in the predicament in which we find ourselves today?
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    Or an ethical one, but both seem to have been...

    Or an ethical one, but both seem to have been lost in America.
  15. [QUOTE=ETWolverine;1906713]Actually, I get my...

    [QUOTE=ETWolverine;1906713]Actually, I get my talking points not from FOX, et al. I get them from my professional background in economics and finance.

    You might want to try reading a book on...
  16. You are right on, but can't communicate with...

    You are right on, but can't communicate with someone who watchs Fox News and lets people like Rush, Sean and Glenn do their thinking for them. The good news is that they are offering nothing but...
  17. After watching the bloodbath that just happened...

    After watching the bloodbath that just happened with the non-government financial industry, the automobile industry, and the insurance industry that is yet to come, to say the government run...
  18. I think what he means by the returns being...

    I think what he means by the returns being marginal are the increasing costs of keeping people alive. Yes, without doubt, modern medicine has extended life, but at what cost? We have an increasing...
  19. Charles Hugh Smith at [email protected] says it...

    Charles Hugh Smith at [email protected] says it best when he writes;

    The “Impossible” Healthcare Solution: Go Back to Cash

    The expansion of health insurance and government entitlements created...
  20. No system of health insurance will work. As long...

    No system of health insurance will work. As long as capitalists working for a profit are involved, you will have excessive costs. The Federal Government handles military health care and there are...
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    I can't argue with someone without knowledge. I...

    I can't argue with someone without knowledge. I have been to Germany, England, Norway, Denmark and Canada, and know people in all those countries.
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    Want to know why Palin is stepping down now? ...

    Want to know why Palin is stepping down now?

    Do a web search on Five Year Oil Price Chart and you will bring up

    Light Crude Oil (CL, NYMEX): Monthly Price Chart

    Select that and all will...
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    This is not the way health care works in any...

    This is not the way health care works in any other Western Nation in the world. If it was, they wouldn't waste money treating elderly, who, by the way, are the most in need of health care. And for...
  24. Without a doubt, President Bush didn't do any...

    Without a doubt, President Bush didn't do any favors for America. Those who believe he kept us safe because we didn't have another attack, I would be quick to point out that President Obama has kept...
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    You are absolutely right, and I am as adamantly...

    You are absolutely right, and I am as adamantly opposed to a health insurance plan of any sort, single payer or otherwise. I do, however, disagree with you that anyone can get health care in this...
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    Private practice will boom in United States as...

    Private practice will boom in United States as well if we institute National Health Insurance. What is amazing, though, is that Americans look at Canada or England to justify why Universal Health...
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    You are right on. Most Americans don't have a...

    You are right on. Most Americans don't have a clue about what socialism is all about. They have heard that the other western countries that have national health care are suffering, yet the...
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    Your points are irrelevant. Capitalism is a...

    Your points are irrelevant. Capitalism is a dying concept in the United States. You can whine all you want about the reasons. Blame it on Madoff, AIG, Lehman Bros, or the thousands of other firms...
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    I don't agree, but the beauty is that we will see...

    I don't agree, but the beauty is that we will see if we live long enough. Capitalism is going down, just as did the Roman Empire. J.B Haldane was correct when he wrote: Capitalism did not arise...
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    You can get more done with a kind word and a gun...

    You can get more done with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. Willie Sutton - Bank Robber

    Wealth is the means, and people are the ends. All our material riches will avail...
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    But the money is already out the door. The...

    But the money is already out the door. The lenders want to be repaid and will call for repayment when it is due. What are we supposed to do when CHINA calls in its notes? We cannot just simply...
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    Fidelity isn't a good company for a beginner...

    Fidelity isn't a good company for a beginner because of their high brokerage fees. I use them because I trade so much that my fees are low like they are at ScottTrade, Ameritrade, Etrade and others....
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    I don't totally disagree with your thinking, but...

    I don't totally disagree with your thinking, but am a firm believer that were the government not to help GM and Chrysler, Goldman Sacs, AIG, and others, this country wouldn't be recognizable anymore....
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    I won't argue with you, since you are clearly a...

    I won't argue with you, since you are clearly a Bushy conservative that still doesn't get it. Lowering taxes doesn't always generate jobs, nor more revenue for the government. Do your research. ...
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    Does lower taxes paid by insurance companies...

    Does lower taxes paid by insurance companies means higher taxes for everyone? I don't thinks so. President Bush not only lowered taxes on everyone, he went on the biggest spending spree in the...
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    I am not sure investing in mutual funds is a safe...

    I am not sure investing in mutual funds is a safe bet. If, as I wrote in a book in 2004, the baby boomers decide that the stock market isn't a good place for secure retirement and they start...
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    I think what is missing here is that there are...

    I think what is missing here is that there are more than 40 million Americans without health care insurance or access. I would be surprised if any of them like the American system. I don't like it,...
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    This is what we have in America. How many people...

    This is what we have in America. How many people die every day because they don't have health insurance? How many people die because their insurance won't cover the tests that might save them? How...
  39. Question: Random thoughts

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    I believe that in a society, those things that...

    I believe that in a society, those things that are necessary to sustain life are a responsibility of the society to its people. My book on Amazon.com "What has capitalism done for you." was written...
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    We don't have to worry about global warming. ...

    We don't have to worry about global warming. Sometime before that destroys our planet, an asteroid will make contact with earth and will end human life.
  41. Question: 3yr olds fits!

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    I had a son that like myself, refused to accept...

    I had a son that like myself, refused to accept authority. After trying just about everything, my wife and I found that the only thing that worked was ignoring him, and when something came up that...
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    Madoff going to jail does nothing for me. I...

    Madoff going to jail does nothing for me. I would rather have a system that has him work for the rest of his natural life and the pay he gets for his work goes to his victims. As far as civil...
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    Sounds good, but that isn't our system. We can...

    Sounds good, but that isn't our system. We can pick apart our system of injustice in many ways. I, for one, dislike the fact that there is no justice for the victims. Madoff may go to jail, but...
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    Jakester: The way you deal with any person that...

    Jakester: The way you deal with any person that breaks the law is to put them on trial, convict them if possible, and give them the sentence as provided by the judge or jury. That is the American...
  45. What you are missing in your family is love. You...

    What you are missing in your family is love. You need to shut off the television and the video games and start spending time with your wife and kids. I have been married 41 years, and not a day...
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    Before we can say whether Christianity condones...

    Before we can say whether Christianity condones torture in some circumstances, we must come to an agreement on the definition of torture.
    The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or...
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    If you search for better business bureau and go...

    If you search for better business bureau and go on their website you can type in Wilshire Holding Group and find they are a member of the Better Business Bureau if it is the same one you are looking...
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    Your best bet is to contact the IRS at...

    Your best bet is to contact the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 and ask for someone in the Retirement accounts section to help you learn your options. Tax laws change all the time, and they will know what you...
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    Savings bonds, treasury bills and similar...

    Savings bonds, treasury bills and similar investments are relatively safe and sound, but if our stimulus package creates inflation, then having your money in low paying interest investments isn't a...
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    Rodger Riney founds Scottsdale Securities in...

    Rodger Riney founds Scottsdale Securities in Scottsdale, Ariz. in 1980. The first two branch offices open in St. Louis, Mo, and Phoenix, Ariz.
    It has changed significantly since then, but its branch...
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