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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

It would be great if we could sort the comments section putting the all anti-government noise to the bottom and let the sane, rational comments on investing rise to the top.

The Wisdom of Half Positions

What is a 'full position'? How is it determined?

The Unintended Consequences of Levying a .25% Stock Transaction Tax

The 'slim to none' chance of passage is small consolation. The same transaction fee shows up again in the National Health Care Act bill (HR 676, i think). Once our elected (one must not forget) officials get this stuff seeded in their alleged brains, it is hard to stamp out, and impossible to stamp out without someone protesting.

Trading Under Book Value

Just a rookie here, but does book value include 'goodwill'? If so, should a company liquidate, is there any 'goodwill' asset to distribute? E.G., Micro$oft has a jubongous amount of 'goodwill' on its books. How does it figure in the Price to Book computation?

Dilbert, The Dow and Gold Theory

Re: DGP from the mad hedge fund trader.
DGP is an ETN, not an ETF, and there IS a difference, especially in a world where banks are tipped over easier than cows or port-potties.

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

How do you compare a company with zilch assets like Lehman to a company with a trillion in assets like AIG? The size of the load to the amount of assets seems pretty ordinary to me. I have been wrong in the past, however.

Options Trader: Tuesday Outlook

Good points, Phil. I sometimes think that the anonymity of the internet identity acts like the anonymity of drivers in a car. Somehow, it brings out something negative in people. Be proud of your thick skin- some of us admire it!!