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I've stopped reading zero hedge. Most of the content I will admit is way over my head. That's ok, that's true here also, but I think the constant barrage of negativity and sarcasm isn't good for psyche or performance. I hear a lot of negativity, and I listen and appreciate it, but I think the market is headed much higher. And in the long run, stocks go up. When I fight that trend I'm usually wrong.

Quote: Are the Hampton's douche-central now? Cheers! Well.....on the list of the most expensive homes in finance: #16 Carl Icahn's Lily Pond Lane Hamptons estate I can hear Carl telling his driver to run Ackman's bicycle off the road. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-expensive-homes-in-the-world-of-finance-2012-7?op=1#ixzz2MCh6KsYh

" Don't you see what's happening? Potter isn't selling. Potter's buying! And why? Because we're panicking and he's not. That's why. "

Congratulations and thanks very much! I hope to be here for 22.

Some of you checked microcap in the size survey and I know there are Oaktree fans here. NVTL is up today on a filing by Bruce Karsh. He reported owning 3 million shares or 9%. Royce is a large holder as well. With a market cap of about 50 million it's trading a little below cash with no debt. Just an idea.

I just enrolled in Game Theory in Coursera. After one lecture that I just finished, it's interesting and really well done. I'm four weeks into How to Reason and Argue and I've gotten a little tired of it. I'm three weeks behind now in fact. I previously tried a programing course and in just two short weeks discovered I'm not interested in programing. Someone here mentioned Irrational Behavior. I'm signed up for that. It starts in a few months. I'm signed up for about ten courses in the future and will obviously drop most. What I should take is typing and spelling.

Forget 2012. I'm up 3% for 2013! If I can just do 3% a day.............

I use PasswordSafe. It's free for pc's and a $5 app for mac's. I don't if it's the best but it works well for me. I hope it's safe. On a PC the file stores on your computer. On a mac it will store either on your computer or in the cloud. I have one very long random password I remember for the safe. I read an article once by a security expert who said he keeps his passwords on a scrap of paper in his wallet.

I think that in the long run pessimism under-performs optimism.

What a great website. Dataroma. I bookmarked. Thanks for posting.

I'm a year late to the Steve Jobs discussion. I just read it. Walter Isaacson is a fantastic writer. His Ben Franklin and Einstein biographies are also spectacular. Three bizarre personalities. BTW this Jobs book topic is the most viewed and most replied to topic in the book category, ahead of Seth Klarman's Margin of Safety. Jobs would love that.

Also proposed as "a means of encouraging more responsible trading." Meanwhile on this side of the pond: http://www.cnbc.com/id/49333454 Mysterious Algorithm Was 4% of Trading Activity Last Week - Title should have read quotes rather than trades. “My guess is that the algo was testing the market, as high-frequency frequently does,” says Jon Najarian, co-founder of TradeMonster.com. “As soon as they add bandwidth, the HFT crowd sees how quickly they can top out to create latency.” Translation: The ultimate goal of many of these programs is to gum up the system so it slows down the quote feed to others and allows the computer traders (with their co-located servers at the exchanges) to gain a money-making arbitrage opportunity." In an interview with Michael Price that another poster here linked to, he described HFT as the new way of running ahead of orders, which to me is exactly the right description. I don't know if taxing orders is the way to go but something needs to be done. "Gumming up" the system should be illegal as manipulation. Maybe a tax is the way to fix it.

Try ink on Amazon. I buy Canon compatible ink for less than $1 per cartridge - fifteen for $12 or so. Canon cli-221 compatible. I received one package where the ink had leaked, sent it back in the box, and was credited my cost. All the rest have worked fine. For pictures the quality may not be the same, but for print they work fine. It's so satisfying knowing I've saved a few bucks.

Another option - put the money in something short term, lose a small amount, and if/when rates rise dramatically, buy long term. Maybe you lose a small amount for five years and make money for twenty five.

I got in just in time! Whooohooo! The board is well worth $10. Eleven even! I'll stop before you give me the boot. Thanks for the forum. The quality here is really impressive.

Yahoo adchoices decided awhile back that my T was low and I get ads that promise to "take my performance to the next level". Maybe they mean my trading performance? For those who read the article and are interested, a regular doctor will actually test and a gel is available rather than a shot. I've seen studies claiming women are better investors. Another difference between traders and investors maybe - high vs low testosterone.