All Forum Posts by: Karen Parker

Jason, are you a day trader or swing? I've never done well enough to make it a full time business. Largely because I take a lot of risks. I profit but not without substantial losses. What type of analysis do use?

When I was growing up I loved the Rolling Stones. My father hared them. I came in one day and he was listening to "Angie". I said, "But you hate the Stones." He replied, "Even the worst of them can't get it wrong every time. The odds are simply against it."

Depends on who you're working with and the spread. I use realtors for some deals because I have some bring them to me so of course I'm going to list them with those same realtors. Then there are some who are personal friends that you can negotiate with on their commission/fee. Keep in mind some realtors are also investors. These are the best to work with because they know what's going on.

I honestly think it comes down to values. When our country was first started, it held to those that were stated in our Constitution. As we have drifted away from that, the value system in this country has deteriorated. We are no longer a moral society based on honesty and integrity. It is common knowledge that politicians are liars and heads of corporations are criminals but worse,than that, it has become acceptable behavior along with many others that in the past would have been shunned.

The statement that pissed me off the most was:

"They were all in her face trying to scream. What they were trying to scream and nobody knows what that was and nothing got accomplished."

If they would have listened to start with, Kathy Castor would not have been here period!! We don't want this BS. Not only does she need to be screamed at but B-slapped.

Rich, still here too. Looking for tax advice in which your perspective and advice is helpful. I realize in your position that you are less interested in cash flow than equity building but from some of our perspectives, we have to build up that cashflow state before we can move into the equity building state. Or maybe I'm going about it all wrong? Always open to new and creative suggestions. I personally would think a healthy mix of both would be preferable.

MikeOH and Joshua, Matty started the trading thread. Where are you guys?

Mike M, more prayers for you and your family here as well.

Yes, I've seen that problem too and another problem I brought up in one of my other posts is being able to edit the title of a post. Once you click the post, you can't go back and change it from what I have found.

Matty, I use Forex.com for currency trading. There's a very simple reason why. Its where I started and I got accustomed to their trading platform there. I had tried to switch at one point but felt awkward on a different system after years of trading on the same one. The EUR/USD is ideal for beginning traders because it is less volatile than many others and therefore fewer losses. You will see your best movement on the EUR/USD around the times certain markets open, for exampIe, NY opens at 9:30a.m. est. Sydney at 6:00p.m. est. and Tokyo at 8:00 p.m. est. This is when you can profit (or unfortunately loose). I like the EUR/JPY for its wild spikes. It lends for extremely fast profits if your timing is right. I'm more of a daytrader with a an intermediate amount of swing trading. I use Scottrade and Fidelity for trading stocks. I don't do a lot of following the sheeple because most times by the time the sheeple figure out what's going on, the party's already over. I tend to watch the big guys ie. Goldman Sachs, Instinet, Terra Nova, to name a few brokers.

Chris, its a safe bet that if you trade Forex or stocks, you will lose money. The trick of it is to make your gains out number your losses. But yes, real estate rules!