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How Your Retirement Package Compares to Congress Members

bigdog posted on 03/25/13 at 03:40 PM

Want an excuse to get riled up at Congress? Wait, do we even need another one? Well, consider this your daily dose of congressional ire: CNBC’s Paul O’Donnell wrote an excellent article, How ... more

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holding ire

shakaz posted on 12/14/10 at 06:15 PM

bought 340@2.88...holding for 3mos.  Yes, i think it will be worth it, so if you want to hold your 40 you should and probably add.

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Foreign-mkt jitters, dollar up: Friday Shout-out!

bigdog posted on 12/11/09 at 10:10 AM

What’s shakin’, traders? Let me be the first to welcome you to your weekend. A relatively quiet week on the Street, not so many stock announcements but plenty of news from abroad. Credit downgrades... more

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How evil has Google become?

bigdog posted on 06/15/09 at 09:32 AM

I just read a really interesting article by Daniel Lyons, Newsweek’s tech editor, “They Might be a Little Evil: Google Faces Antitrust Scrutiny”. In it Lyons explains how Google’s less-than-transp... more

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I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today

TheMechanic posted on 05/14/09 at 12:31 AM

J. Wellington Wimpy made the phrase famous in the old Popeye cartoons. Wimpy never intended to repay, and was all-around a bit underhanded. Now we have a situation that you might call the J. Wel... more

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latest killer financial reads

bigdog posted on 03/09/09 at 10:52 AM

Here are some must-reads from my pile / newsreader / inbox. What are YOU folks reading these days? HedgeCo did a nice summary of 50 awesome social networking sites for finance geeks – none of th... more

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Dow 7k, nixing the trader tax, and unholy ire: Friday Shout-out!

bigdog posted on 03/06/09 at 01:34 PM

Even at midnight the stars still shine, folks – here’s hoping this rough week in the markets didn’t rumple you up too much. Now’s a better time than ever to check out what strategies TradeKing L... more

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aib potential buy write

pretzel posted on 01/26/09 at 11:35 AM

Hi guys, Thought i'd write to alert a potential trade.  AIB has been hit hard with nationalization rumors, which people now increasingly believing are untrue(ire is in the same boat). I have lon... more

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