oakmac

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by oakmac 18y ago
Aside from the obvious advice to keep your expenses as low as possible, I think you might consider a change in attitude. You are playing a game with a positive expected value, but the rules of the game are such that payoffs are very large
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by oakmac 18y ago
That is neither good nor accurate advice.
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by oakmac 18y ago
I would also like to show my support for Kohana, Notepad++, and XAMPP.
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by oakmac 18y ago
F5
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Public Recognition: Table XI
6 points by oakmac 18y ago|0 comments
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by oakmac 18y ago
I updated my profile with my email address.
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by oakmac 18y ago
From my experience the only reliable source of historical stock data is the exchange source. Nasdaq.com records go back to January 2nd, 1990.
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by oakmac 18y ago
I did this exact same thing a few years ago only stripping the data from nasdaq.com using Perl. I used to hit their site once every 2 seconds times roughly 2500 stocks every day for about 6 months. I would only grab as much data as I need
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by oakmac 18y ago
"I bet users wouldn't be opposed to paying a monthly subscription." If Facebook started charging a monthly fee to be a member it would die a swift death. What Facebook should do is start charging for additional services beyond a basic prof
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by oakmac 18y ago
Any prediction (and especially a prediction involving financial markets) with this time scale should be completely ignored. Please read The Black Swan for more information.
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by oakmac 18y ago
Sure, but that isn't going to necessarily affect their currency's stability (only it's valuation). The stability of the CHF is rooted in the country's deep history of political and social stability.
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by oakmac 18y ago
Fundamentally this is an investment question. Because currencies trade against each other on an open market moving your money from one currency to another is speculation. In the case of total economic collapse the only things of value will
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by oakmac 18y ago
The Swiss Franc is known for it's stability against other currencies.