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    P/E ratio

    When calculating the P/E ratio of an index: 1. Is the p/e ratio for each individual stock weighted giving the largest stocks the highest weighting? 2. What about negative p/e ratios? 3 How are outliers handled? Let's say a company just scraped a profit then it would have a p/e ratio of 10,000...
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    Is the price of a Future supposed to be cheaper than the underlying?

    I am on a spreadbetting site and the price of the 3 month future for the ftse 100 is lower than that of the spot index. Why is that? What does it mean?
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    If a company goes bankrupt what happens on a spreadbetting site?

    Let's say you were short on them and then the company goes bankrupt and leaves the stock market.
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    With IB or Berkeley what choice of options do you get?

    I had a quick look on IB and it seemed like the choice was very limited. For each of the ftse 100 companies you only had one choice of option. Is it different if you get an account? For example I want to trade different periods and at different prices.
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    Good prospects and undervalued (USA)

    What happened to the Warren Buffett website?
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    How does the interest rates on a mortgage work?

    Oh damn! I forgot about that. That would make it, assuming the house price is the same as before, a gain of only 140,000 not 340,000
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    How does the interest rates on a mortgage work?

    Ok so taking out a loan of $200,000 at 4.5% interest would cost around $134,000. So a rent of 4.4% would be $10560 and over 25 years that would make it 264,000 which would mean a net profit of $130,000. Then you add on the value of the house at 240,000 meaning you get 370,000 Assuming the...
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    US 161K to invest, suggestions please.

    I don't think a British national can buy a property in the mainland, let alone any foreigner. I'd recommend 10 year Treasury notes.
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    Naked Puts

    Good luck having the 5-10% non worthless options wiping you out. 20 years of steady profits all lost in 1 day.
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    Is the guy on the other end of your trade really that smart?

    Damn! When the next silicon valley company goes public i'm putting my money in all the similarly named stocks and make a killing.
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    How does the interest rates on a mortgage work?

    I see a mortgage as leverage and the purchase of the house as a trade just like any other security. I need to know whether this is a better trade than by trend system.
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    How does the interest rates on a mortgage work?

    Let's say that the mortgage has interest rate of 5% and you have borrowed £100,000. Does the 5% mortgage rate compound each year or is it just 5% of the total amount borrowed? If the rental yield of the property is 4.9% then does that mean you are losing money on your trade and be better off...
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    Buy Google

    GOOG just broke 1000 dollars a share. Who else is getting some of this action?
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    I think I found the holy grail

    I got a strategy that is more profitable than 95% of the users of this board. Cos i'm generous i'll give it to you guys for free. You buy this security called the 10 year treasury bond and then hold it to maturity. The probability of profit is very high, you should get a 2% ROI each year and...
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    Is it worthwhile spending 10 years staring at Times and Sales data?

    Do you think everything you need to know can be gleamed from T&S?
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