What are your trading rules? [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 14 answers

Why do they still do open outcry? It would seem that there is a more efficient way to accomplish complex trade transactions than shouting and hand signals.
posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Earlier this year, as part of my 401K, I sold some of my investment in my company's stock (total value ~$2000). A couple of weeks later, my company released a press release that said that they would be restating earnings due to accounting irregularities. I'm now on the list being questioned about insider trading. Do I need my own lawyer? [more inside]
posted on Jul 14, 2008 - 14 answers

I'm interested in both good and bad experiences people here have had with discount brokerages. [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 12 answers

How would I go about buying gold? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2008 - 8 answers

I need suggestions for a name for an online trading platform for work, does anyone have any ideas?
posted on May 13, 2008 - 13 answers

What are some great, informative sites/forums related specifically to trading/investing in/selling metals? Apparently metal is where it's at now that the dollar is dropping. I know little to nothing about finance and trading, etc. - [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 9 answers

trading-web-sites-filter: I'm looking for a website that can display thumbnail charts of your watchlist, all on one page, with technical indicators displayed on the thumbnails. Paid or free. [more inside]
posted on Mar 2, 2008 - 2 answers

Is there a website that shows me when companies are going to announce their quarterly results or do other things that usually affect their stock price? [more inside]
posted on Feb 14, 2008 - 8 answers

[EconFilter] Does stock trading / futures speculation create economic value? [more inside]
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - 18 answers

NASD licenses (specifically series 7 & 63) requires company sponsorship to obtain. Once obtained, you need company sponsorship to maintain the licenses. Is there a company who will maintain your licenses for you while you are not working in the financial industry? Perhaps for a fee on top of the annual registration costs? I believe you have two years from separation with your employer to obtain a new sponsor.
posted on Oct 6, 2007 - 5 answers

Can your average person who spends their entire workday in front of a computer short the dollar online, through some sort of investing site? I'm macroeconomically literate, but know next to nothing about what sort of options are available for playing with my money. I read about day-trading Japanese moms making money on the currency trade, and I'd like to keep my relatively meager savings from vanishing into some Weimarish wheelbarrow-of-bills traffic jam, so...do I need to learn Japanese to do it?
posted on Sep 20, 2007 - 17 answers

Help me ascertain the correct job title for a character I’m writing who deals in high stakes international finance. Difficulty level: I have a limited understanding about stocks, bonds, or securities. [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 8 answers

Why can't you put numbers in a stock trading symbol? (Or can you?) For example, 3M is MMM, which works out, but it would have been easier for them to simply have 3M. (I tried to Google for the answer, but there are so many irrelevant hits.)
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 7 answers

Help me leverage my ability to pick failing companies. [more inside]
posted on Jun 4, 2007 - 13 answers

the art of buying and selling aka whealing and dealing. How to improve? [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm looking to become a trader in Canada, and need some ideas on how to go about it... [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 2 answers

I am looking to apply for an entry-level position at some of the large investment banks in NYC (Goldman Sachs, Bear Sterns) as well as some smaller ones. I have friends that work in banking and are encouraging me to become a junior analyst. Do they drug test? How extensively? [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm interested in getting some custom trading cards made, something slick along the lines of the Moo cards... [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2006 - 6 answers

I lost track of a blog I really like... can anyone identify it from very sparse clues? It is a stock / trading blog. (**If you can tell me about any other stock, trading, economy, or venture capital blogs that you like that would be very appreciated too!) [more inside]
posted on Aug 23, 2006 - 5 answers

UKSharesFilter: Some of my relatives have had a small selection of the shares in an inherited portfolio disappear over time from their online tracker, so my question is what has happened to the following stocks: CHB.L; GAA.L; MFBUEUGI.L and MFBUTRU.L, and should they have received any notification, documents or even cheques, (and what can be done about finding out more)? (I should clarify that they still have the certificates and haven't sold, traded or otherwise physically disposed of them, it's the listing themselves that now come up as 'No Such Symbol' on the internet listing of the portfolio).
posted on Aug 7, 2006 - 5 answers

The UK based company I don't work for is not a fairly large online financial information provider. Understandably we receive no traffic at all from Google and other search engines for searches related to various company names. Recently I discovered that we catalogue all the search terms by which people reach our site and do a WHOIS search on their IP address using public WHOIS servers. We then search this information for things like "users from ms.com searching for takeover and at least one other word." Then we buy shares in whatever company people from ms.com are looking for along with takeovers. We have no relationship with any of the companies involved other than that we get to see their search terms. So far there is a definite correlation between these things, and we have made money. Could this qualify as insider trading? We are exploiting non publically available information that's for sure.
posted on Jun 22, 2006 - 14 answers

Speculating Filter: What happens to the value of a Put Option if the underlying stock halts trading and/or goes bankrupt? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2006 - 9 answers

I'm searching for a Mac-friendly online trade broker. Something with great tools that I can use for up-to-the-soonaspossible statistics and whatnot. Any recommendations? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2006 - 4 answers

Has anyone had good experience with book swapping sites? I've got lots of books to trade, and rather than sell them, I'd like to trade them for other books I want. [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm looking to do some casual stock trading...likely 1 or 2 trades a quarter, in amounts around $1000 or less. What online stock trader site is best for me? [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2006 - 10 answers

Anyone know anything about FreedomRocks.com? [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2006 - 18 answers

Opinions on the best online online brokerage out there right now? I want to buy some stocks and do a little trading for myself away from my retirement account which is handled by a professional. Hard to pick between the big boys (e-trade, scottrade, etc.) or maybe there's a better option I'm not aware of. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
posted on Dec 28, 2005 - 11 answers

When researching Indexed ETFs or Closed-End ETFs with the intention of buying, should I be looking at the fund's Yearly NAV Return or the Market Value Return as an indicator of success? [more inside]
posted on Nov 23, 2005 - 2 answers

Nokia PAYG are about £30. Someone, somewhere in the world must want to buy one for more. [more inside]
posted on Nov 11, 2005 - 5 answers

Where are some online places I can go to find people who want to trade music (mp3s) via email? I want to discover new music so I don't really know what I'm looking for, specifically. [more inside]
posted on Sep 22, 2005 - 11 answers

Where should I begin to find out something about a company called "Daimler International Trading Ltd"? It's not publicly traded, and Google fails me. One would assume basic information such as where the company is incorporated is public information?
posted on Jun 27, 2005 - 5 answers

Can you decode the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) jacket colors that are worn on the floor by traders? [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2005 - 3 answers

I'm trying to market cool events happening at my (reputable) workplace to families with young children, and some other cool events to young professionals. We have a lovely and responsibly kept email list here of our own constituents, but we want to expand into new territory to promote events. [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2005 - 2 answers

How does "after hours" stock trading work? Is it something a small time stockholder can take advantage of, or only for the big wheels?
posted on Jan 13, 2005 - 10 answers

I've saved a little bit of money and have decided to invest it in the stock market. I don't have alot to invest but it is certainly something I can and plan on building on.The question now is what online trader to go with. Any reccomendations for online traders with low minimum starting balances and good learning tools for beginners would be greatly appreciated.
posted on Nov 15, 2004 - 7 answers

Would it be legal for a member of the NYAG's office to start shorting a company Spitzer's about to sue shortly before he makes his first press release about it, given that my impression from this article is that his doing so tends to lead to drops in stock prices?
posted on Oct 22, 2004 - 6 answers

I recently signed up for Peerflix, a DVD tradeing service. So far my confidence level is low, seems like a lot of DVDs are listed but not available. Some DVDs (the better ones) require huge amounts of peerbuxs making them dogs for tradeing and difficult to earn enough peerbuxs. Activity level seems low and theres no one home at support and no community support group. Anyone have any experience with it?
posted on Jun 17, 2004 - 9 answers

I just graduated law school and have received a significant amount of money in graduation gifts. I'd like to "invest" the money in the market but I have no idea how to do that. I'd like to use online investment software that is very intuitive. Any suggestions?
posted on May 11, 2004 - 15 answers

Online brokers...there's about a zillion of the darn things. Any of the Mefi gang have experiences, good or bad, that they'd like to share to help me pick one? I'm not a day trader, I won't be doing huge amounts of transactions, but I'd like to be able to get away from the seriously high commission fees I'm paying for buy and sell orders through my current broker. (Especially since they do nothing but place the order...it's not like they offer advice or anything.)
posted on Apr 29, 2004 - 8 answers

I'd like to start investing in stocks. What's the best way to get started in a safe, conservative way. ETFs maybe?
posted on Jan 8, 2004 - 7 answers