Dealbreaker's Senior Bookmaker Has A Few Things He'd Like To Get Off His Chest - DealBreaker

Dealbreaker's Senior Bookmaker Has A Few Things He'd Like To Get Off His Chest
DealBreaker
Like this: With the GOP primary campaign in full swing, even more TV talking heads are pointing to candidates' odds at internet betting exchanges and sportsbooks while gushing “It's just like the stock market!” Are you kidding me?

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Daredevils of the Dow - Barron's

Daredevils of the Dow
Barron's
By MICHAEL SANTOLI | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Investors often view the Dow's worst performers as a shopping list for the year ahead, but maybe not in 2012—and the big winners look fully priced. Why Alcoa is the best bet. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

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Eriksmoen: North Dakota governor chosen as a 'hero of his generation' - In-Forum

Eriksmoen: North Dakota governor chosen as a 'hero of his generation'
In-Forum
Time magazine called Kardos a “notorious bucket shop.” This meant that the firm was engaged in fraudulent action by taking the client's money and not investing it in the market. “If the price of the commodity fell, even temporarily, the firm then took ...

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1939 poster of Walt Disney's Pinnochio brings $800 in rare book auction - Antique Trader


Antique Trader
1939 poster of Walt Disney's Pinnochio brings $800 in rare book auction
Antique Trader
This work is a thinly-disguised biography of early 20th-century stock investor Jesse Livermore, a remarkable character who first started speculating in New England bucket shops at the turn of the century. What makes this book so intriguing are the ...

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