Recent content by RonPaul4America

Yeah, I definitely got that feeling later on, but if you read his earlier posts, he wanted to trade options with Sharebuilder. I was suggesting a much cheaper alternative. Also, Sharebuilder's Basic Plan for buying stocks is 36% more expensive, but, yes, their Advantage Plan could be...

No, I just have an account with them. Sorry about the hard sell. I just saw an opportunity to pick up some easy free trades as most here are using a much more expensive brokerage, but my tactics did not pay off.

It isn't. Scottrade's commission structure for options, while expensive, is actually much cheaper than sharebuilder's. It says the pricing for options trading is the Real-time Trade Commission ($9.95) plus $1.25 per contract for the basic plan. So if you trade 20 contracts with Sharebuilder...

That's why I said you should keep a second account with another brokerage so that you can log in to use charts, get streaming quotes, whatever, while using OptionsHouse. To the people using Sharebuilder, what benefits do you think they have over OptionsHouse? Their interface?

I decided to delete this.

Trade gap likely points to slower economic growth WASHINGTON (AP) -- A decline in exports and a sharp rise in imports pushed the U.S. trade deficit in June to its widest point since October 2008, raising new concerns about the weakening economic recovery. The $49.9 billion gap is worrying...

Home construction sinks to lowest level since Oct. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home construction plunged last month to the lowest level since October as the economy remained weak and demand for housing plummeted. But driving the June decline was a more than 20 percent drop in condominium and apartment...

finance.yahoo.com is probably the most popular.

Mortgage Purchase Applications Continue to Plummet

With voter anger about the federal deficit intensifying in this election year, Democrats in Congress are edging away from one of their long-held articles of faith — government spending on social programs such as education and relief for the jobless...

Oracle is making further job cuts related to its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, primarily in Europe and Asia, the company said in a regulatory filing Friday. http://www.businessweek.com/idg/2010-06-04/oracle-to-lay-off-more-sun-workers.html Finance ministers from the world's leading...

June 6 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner diverged on prescriptions to sustain growth, with Europe set to tighten budgets and the U.S. seeking stronger domestic demand...

Most likely cash. By deflation, I'll assume you mean demand for goods dries up and people are fleeing to and hoarding dollars. It's likely gold would fare better than silver in that scenario as much of the demand for silver is driven by demand for new electronics. Don't forget the period from...