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MegaShort commented on getrichdietrying's blog post. 12:17 PM

Becoming a Seasoned Investor Part. 1.

Momentum21 wrote:

isn't our ability to beat an index based

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MegaShort commented on ikkyu2's blog post. 11:19 AM

Review

"I have averaged a 20-25% annual return (absolute) over the 10 years that I've been managing my investments, and I think that's pretty decent."

That's awesome, nice work.

What

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MegaShort commented on Valyooo's blog post. 11:07 PM

Where does credit card debt and margin debt come from?

Yeah, I meant Reg-T margin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portfolio_margin

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MegaShort commented on stockmktdouble's blog post. 10:43 PM

CEO of JA SOLAR HOLDINGS (JASO)

"JA Solar Holdings has lit a fire under the entire solar industry with blow out earnings. The stock rose from $5.61 to $9.56 on Monday, a nearly 80% gain."

LOL. They reported a loss of

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MegaShort commented on Valyooo's blog post. 10:29 PM

Where does credit card debt and margin debt come from?

A certain percent of people who take out loans are not going to pay them back - that's human nature.

Now depending on the terms of the loan, default might be more or less risky. Credit cards are unsecured debt,

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MegaShort commented on Valyooo's blog post. 8:48 PM

Where does credit card debt and margin debt come from?

Or rather it's 50% currency and 50% loans. Or 67% assets and 33% debt

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MegaShort commented on Valyooo's blog post. 8:37 PM

Where does credit card debt and margin debt come from?

"Like if I had $100 in cash and you had $0, and you borrowed $100 from me, there would still be exactly $100 in the system"

There would be $100 cash, and a $100 loan, which one friend records as an

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MegaShort commented on TMFPostOfTheDay's blog post. 2:25 PM

The Next Ten Years

"Dividends return cash/income without selling your share of the business and without incurring transaction costs."  

If you're dealing with a serious amount of money, taxes are a lot more

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MegaShort commented on jiltin's blog post. 11:02 AM

What is happening with Solar Industries? Why is it exponentially going on?

What do you call it when the price goes crazy, completely independent from the fundamentals of the business?

"a bubble"

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MegaShort commented on OklaBoston's blog post. 10:10 PM

ARUN

Are you sure you're looking at the right chart? If ARUN has a strong technical uptrend, then I'm a ham sandwich.

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MegaShort commented on getrichdietrying's blog post. 6:47 PM

Becoming a Seasoned Investor Part. 1.

awallejr

That's true.

But although AAPL announced a $10B buyback in early 2012,

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