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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #825 on: June 09, 2014, 02:30:00 PM »


I am going to read this





Actually, I will probably get it on audio.  I like to listen to non-fiction on Audio when I do other stuff.

Saw that tonight. Looks very good.

Just finished it, got it on audio and listened on a very long road trip.

Amazing, scary, and somewhat disheartening.

Over $11 Billion annually is getting bilked from investors, and it's probably even double that much.  Just "poof," gone into the hands of essentially legitimized cyber thieves in bed with the big banks/brokers.

When your 401K isn't what you want it to be in 20 years, just think about the lost billions (trillions by then?) that were stolen from investors in the form of essentially a "tax" that we all pay to these fucks.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #826 on: June 09, 2014, 02:41:07 PM »
Just finished it, got it on audio and listened on a very long road trip.

Amazing, scary, and somewhat disheartening.

Over $11 Billion annually is getting bilked from investors, and it's probably even double that much.  Just "poof," gone into the hands of essentially legitimized cyber thieves in bed with the big banks/brokers.

When your 401K isn't what you want it to be in 20 years, just think about the lost billions (trillions by then?) that were stolen from investors in the form of essentially a "tax" that we all pay to these fucks.
yeah that sucks, but i bet finance is as fair as it's ever been.

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Re: book recommendations
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #828 on: June 09, 2014, 03:09:50 PM »
is this what you went to prison for chings?

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #829 on: June 09, 2014, 03:11:57 PM »
not illegal!  ;)

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #830 on: June 09, 2014, 03:33:49 PM »
Yes, it's legal scalping is all.  It's the government's fault, not really smart people's who are good at making money from nothing. 
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #831 on: June 09, 2014, 06:04:25 PM »

Yes, it's legal scalping is all.  It's the government's fault, not really smart people's who are good at making money from nothing.

True, only if you are into ethical relativism.  If they made car jacking and murder legal tomorrow, the car jacker murderers would use the same argument.

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« Reply #832 on: June 09, 2014, 06:13:22 PM »

Yes, it's legal scalping is all.  It's the government's fault, not really smart people's who are good at making money from nothing.

True, only if you are into ethical relativism.  If they made car jacking and murder legal tomorrow, the car jacker murderers would use the same argument.


...and, it's not just "scalping."  If you are attempting to buy any meaningful amount of shares, you cannot avoid being "scalped."  UNLESS, you use IEX, BUT your broker will more than likely ignore your request to use IEX and eff you straight up the ass and you'll never know, because they don't have to tell you.

Congrats on your ass rough ridin' by your own broker...a broker  who COULD have chosen not to eff you, but Governments fault tho.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #833 on: June 09, 2014, 09:39:05 PM »
It's better than scalping, like if scalpers had first dibs on all the tickets.  I don't fault Wall Street guys for making money in a way that the SEC permits.  I mean we can get on our high horses and talk down or try to make them feel bad, but I don't think they'll stop on those scores.   

It's strange to me you aren't mad at the SEC for allowing it.  They could ban it just as easily as they did insider trading and front running.  They haven't though, yet it's their job to stop such abuses.     
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #834 on: June 10, 2014, 07:34:46 AM »

It's better than scalping, like if scalpers had first dibs on all the tickets.  I don't fault Wall Street guys for making money in a way that the SEC permits.  I mean we can get on our high horses and talk down or try to make them feel bad, but I don't think they'll stop on those scores.   

It's strange to me you aren't mad at the SEC for allowing it.  They could ban it just as easily as they did insider trading and front running.  They haven't though, yet it's their job to stop such abuses.     

The SEC is in bed with them too, and pretty incapable of enforcement on this.

I think they COULD try and shut the current stuff down using existing rules.  It really IS insider trading and front running.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #835 on: June 10, 2014, 09:25:23 AM »
So it's like $15B per year?  That's $50 per US citizen (and I'm sure not only Americans are affected) per year.   :zzz:  I'm not saying it doesn't suck, but I'm sure I pay way more in commissions. 

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #836 on: June 15, 2014, 11:05:39 PM »
Just finished a dance with dragons and started the shinning.   First Stephen king book

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #837 on: June 16, 2014, 12:20:54 PM »
The shining is pretty great, imo.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #838 on: June 16, 2014, 01:09:02 PM »
There's a sequel to The Shining out now.  Dr. Sleep.  I just started it yesterday.  :eek:
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #839 on: June 16, 2014, 01:23:24 PM »
There's a sequel to The Shining out now.  Dr. Sleep.  I just started it yesterday.  :eek:

Read it this fall when it came out.  Meh.

Maybe my taste has gone away from King a little bit, but pretty much everything he has done after Wizard and Glass has seemed lazy and uninspired to me.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #840 on: June 16, 2014, 01:24:38 PM »
I'm still going to read it. 
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #841 on: June 16, 2014, 01:32:40 PM »
I'm still going to read it.

You won't hate it.  It will move fast and be ok. 

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #842 on: June 16, 2014, 01:33:38 PM »
I'm reading 1Q84. Holy crap.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #843 on: June 16, 2014, 02:10:51 PM »
I'm reading 1Q84. Holy crap.

Saw this at b&n this weekend and almost made an impulse buy. 1984 is my favorite book so I'm interested
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #844 on: June 16, 2014, 03:45:49 PM »
Rusty writes the best book reviews in the biz.  Either he says it's his favorite book a million times or maybe holy crap or some other stuff.  Some bay area periodical (a BAP) is gonna scoop him right up for book reviews.

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BAP: scoop scoop scoop!
Rusty: infinite jest is my favorite book
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #845 on: June 16, 2014, 03:49:31 PM »
I'm reading 1Q84. Holy crap.
Did you finish 2666?

I am really thinking about Infinite Jest.  Knowing what books I like, do you think I would enjoy his style?

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #846 on: June 16, 2014, 03:58:53 PM »
I think if you could get through the book of 2666 where he kind of technically and dryly describes all those murders, you would have the patience for Infinite Jest. And patience is the biggest hurdle there.


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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #847 on: June 16, 2014, 04:03:23 PM »
I'm reading 1Q84. Holy crap.

Saw this at b&n this weekend and almost made an impulse buy. 1984 is my favorite book so I'm interested

It's really nothing like 1984, although it's mentioned a bit. 1Q84 is one of the most well crafted storylines I've read. Without spoiling too much, it takes you on a slowly building but decently compelling story and then all of a sudden you find yourself in holy-shitsville and can't put it down.

Mr. Bread, I'm also reading "Nature's Metropolis" about Chicago. It's no "Infinite Jest", but I enjoy it!

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« Reply #848 on: June 16, 2014, 04:43:30 PM »
That sounds pretty good then.  I'm not sure about your Chicago history book. 
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #849 on: June 16, 2014, 07:27:56 PM »

I'm reading 1Q84. Holy crap.

me too, not terribly far though