Howdy,
Now that the NYSE has gone to trading in decimals,
does anybody actually negotiate to the penny?
While I'm afraid that my reasoning is obvious, here's
why I ask anyway: Negotiating to the penny is
expensive, and it may be worth a few cents to get the
trade over with and move on. Once par
--- Bryan D Caplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Actually, I was thinking about kids' amazing ability
to learn languages, which involves massive
memorization."
Language learning is a hard-wired trait--another well
established fact. Kids pick up language automatically
from their environment. Some
William Dickens wrote:
>
> >Ie, why do people accept lower returns just for the >privilige of
> >picking the stocks themselves?
>
> Mostly because they believe they are smarter or more knowledgable than average and
>will outperform the market. I know some very sophisticated people who believe t
> 1a) In the market, the owner of a stock can "write" a call option on stock he
> owns, meaning a buyer pays the stock owner a market price for the option.
> The option buyer is paying for the rights to the future gains from the
> stocks, the stock owner giving up rights to the gains.
Well, you
Dr. Noel D. Campbell
Asst. Prof. of Business Administration
North Georgia College & St. Univ.
Dahlonega, GA 30597
(706)864-1621
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>Ie, why do people accept lower returns just for the >privilige of
>picking the stocks themselves?
>Mostly because they belie
> fabio guillermo rojas wrote:
> > It's well documented that long term memory is nil for children less
> > than five years of age (doctors call it "pediatric amnesia") and
> > is very spotty until about 12. Maybe children can remember strings
> > of numbers well in labs, but they can't remember th
>Ie, why do people accept lower returns just for the >privilige of
>picking the stocks themselves?
Mostly because they believe they are smarter or more knowledgable than average and
will outperform the market. I know some very sophisticated people who believe this
(and at least some of them hav
Hi All!
Here are few more reasons why people pick their own stocks:
1. You can control you own taxes. There is nothing worse than buying a mutual fund right before a distribution!
2. You can easily monitor your portfolio of stocks and understand why each stock has gone up and down. To understand wh
>It's well documented that long term memory is nil for children less
>than five years of age (doctors call it "pediatric amnesia") and is
>very >>spotty until about 12. Maybe children can remember strings of
>numbers well in labs, but they can't remember things from a year or two
>ago terrib
fabio guillermo rojas wrote:
>
> > Come on, Fab - pointing out examples of brain differences explaining
> > behavioral differences is hardly convincing evidence that brain
> > differences are the right explanation in this case.
>
> My point is that behavior is more than cost-benefit calculations
William Dickens wrote:
>
> >Come on, Fab - pointing out examples of brain >differences explaining
> >behavioral differences is hardly convincing evidence >that brain
> >differences are the right explanation in this case.
>
> Hey Bryan, don't you know the plural of anecdote is data? Seriously, th
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