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by pitnips 12y ago
North Metro Atlanta. I think people there tend to prefer country clubs over neighborhood pools/tennis courts, but I'm really just guessing since North isn't that specific.
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by pitnips 12y ago
If you know it's an avatar, maybe not. But if you think it's a real girl, then yes, absolutely it should be.
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by pitnips 12y ago
Actually in this regard you could argue poker is fairer due to its transparency. Poker has a fixed rake that everyone knows about and can see. Brokers can charge variable commissions and time their trades to their advantage, all while the i
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by pitnips 12y ago
Even those who make money during a stock market crash (which is actually extremely rare and very difficult to do considering the cost of shorting a position or holding extremely costly derivatives, like CDOs) really shouldn't enjoy i
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by pitnips 12y ago
Ah, good question. I should have been more clear. I meant futures/forwards on commodities and currencies , not stocks. Most investors don't use futures/forwards in the stock market unless they are hedging something. They j
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by pitnips 12y ago
And those both seem awfully similar to the stock market. If you're good at poker over the long-term, then you may be better off "gambling" than "investing." And hey, at least when you lose at poker, you may have sti
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by pitnips 12y ago
More like Boeing wants to replace Airbus (if US airlines strictly used Airbus) in the US.
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by pitnips 12y ago
I think it's more lack of understanding of the stock market than it is "pro-Apple."
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by pitnips 12y ago
The key here is the context of inflation risk. In an inflationary environment, his point holds with the rational investor. Most people would rather invest in something than effectively lose money by holding cash.
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by pitnips 12y ago
Nature of the business. Amazon is a growing company and invests heavily in itself to stay relevant, to grow, to achieve long-term success in a very competitive environment. Amazon's customers care mainly about price. Apple has been suc
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by pitnips 12y ago
Some companies certainly split their stocks to encourage demand, but I don't think any do it for "desperation." As for Apple, they've proven time after time they don't really care about short-term expectations.
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by pitnips 12y ago
All that has been priced in for some time.
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by pitnips 12y ago
A split has absolutely zero impact on the worth of your shares. The primary reason companies do it is to attract investors who are more comfortable paying lower prices for the shares, thus increasing demand and driving a higher price.
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by pitnips 12y ago
Last tax holiday was the Homeland Investment Act in 2004. HIA II could be an issue worth debate in 2016.
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by pitnips 12y ago
I think he's agreeing with the absence of low value comments near the top but suggesting that comments that may add value are being forced from the top.
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by pitnips 13y ago
But R is free!
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by pitnips 13y ago
so, October Sky 2014?
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by pitnips 13y ago
So effectively there was no arbitrage opportunity.
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by pitnips 13y ago
This only happens when management is poor. Good management will simply fire incompetent people unless they would in fact make good managers. In my experience, underperformers are: 1) fired, 2) transferred to a department that doesn't
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by pitnips 13y ago
Second question needs an answer. If there really was an arbitrage opportunity, it couldn't have lasted more than a few seconds. I doubt the "arbitrage opportunity" is taking into account all relevant factors.
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by pitnips 13y ago
There's really no good reasoning. Though many companies may do this, MOST (by far) companies do not.
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by pitnips 13y ago
Actually, it's most likely that software development is capitalized and amortized over the life of the product (GAAP standard is typically 3 years). Basically, accounting rules allow you to spread the cost of software developers over a
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by pitnips 13y ago
Simple guess is there's software outside of your google account that tracks the location. Then, once you're google account is assigned to that phone, the google account is mapped to that software and therefore assigned to all of t
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by pitnips 13y ago
Not necessarily true. Just look at gold - you can say the same thing about competing metals, but gold was the original and is seen by people as the true de facto metal currency. This has been the case for hundreds of years.
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by pitnips 13y ago
I worked in Treasury for a Fortune 500 with operations in 80 countries, responsible for FX hedging, and I can say that ALL banks are absolutely terrible currency forecasters. I can't blame them for being inaccurate, since there are so
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by pitnips 13y ago
Since it's decentralized, it doesn't need banks to prosper. That's the beauty of bitcoin. It can function as a currency while still being seen as a commodity in the eyes of the law.