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I believe the market will move up and down around the current level until the fed meeting, so something like around 14000 for the rest of the month. The market may go up more if the EU central bank cuts rate. Depends on the fed's action at the end of month, the market may go up even more or it...

I am not single anymore (haven't been for a long time). But I think you will know when you meet the right girl/guy. I met mine when I was still in school, five years since our wedding, and loving every minute of it. I think money should be the last thing in a relationship. You can always...

NIR I am too lazy :) I make enough to have a fairly comfortable living, and buying a house is not high on my list of things to do. At this point, I am not sure how long I will stay in the US. I have multiple citizenships so I am not really tied down to one place, and OC/LA is far from...

It is also possible they don't really care about the price. I have several friends making 300k+ per couple, and they just did not want to wait. This is especially true among my foreign friends. It has nothing to do with being rich or anything like that, they want a piece of the American...

I normally only work between 24 to 30 hours a week, very flexible schedule. On the other hand, my job is considered to be a "designer" type job, so result is more important than the hours I put in. Long hour does not really equal result in my line of work, and I get most of my work done when...

netbank is no more. I guess the market already priced in this kind of things, a 2.5B bank went under, no reaction at all from the general market, strange indeed.

I don't believe the stock market will tank at all. I think a larger correction will happen either the end of this year or the first half of next year. Other than that, the market will continue to be a bull market for a while. The foundation of the market is still quite solid, unlike in 2000...

almon Sorry I missed your message. Algorithm development is a pretty generic term. In my line of work, it mainly involves optimizing the math model behind the product before the initial prototyping. Take a simple flight control system for example, before we can build it, we will have to...

IR I agree with you totally. Although the monthly interest payment is a pretty big cost in itself (more so than average margin account interest due to the large amount), so I think maybe one can use that as the option price. (The total amount of interest payment). You are more bearish...

Peter I think in the end basic manufacturing will all be moved to low cost countries like China and India. That is actually not a bad thing, once the manufacturing cost is down, US/European companies can focus on technologies instead of making goods. For example, although majority of the...

Today I discussed the state of CA real estate with a couple of my trader friends during a nice afternoon coffee break. It suddenly dawned on me that real estate is a lot like option trade. Option can expire, and so can real estate, especially when it is financed by 100% interest only loan...

Peter Thanks for that bit of information, a new BMW every 9 month, that sounds very nice indeed

Jw That would make the tax rate approximately 7.6%, which is on the low side, but you may very well be right. I know for Japanese tax rate is around 14% (more or less)

Liang That sounds quite expensive, no wonder Newport Lexus is so empty. Eff: I don't think a Lexus can be maintained for that price at the dealership, I know my friend's camry V6 cost more than that at Longo Toyota, and Toyota charges lower labor cost than Lexus

fumbling: I have no idea, that is just the way Asian companies work. They will give you a monthly salary, and it is always calculated based on 13 month/year. Maybe a way to see if you are good at math? Asian compensation package is really complicated, take the Japanese one for example...

One more thing, it is important to note the difference between stock bonus and stock option Stock bonus is offered at face value of the stock, Usually one NT$ or Korean Wan a share, so 140K stock bonus is essentially 140K in cash if one turns around and sells the stock in the open market...

NIR: There are many advantages of being a sub-contractor, but one has to bear in mind the additional cost such as health care, pension, etc before making a comparison. For example, my current health care plan would have cost something like 30K/year if purchased by individuals. Pension will...

<p>Daedalus</p> <p>PhD degree now days typically requires 4 to 6 years, the medium is about 5 years (based on myself and my friends) plus whatever time one spend on his/her master degree. In rare cases school will allow under to go directly into PhD program, but usually the program will...

<p>Blue:</p> <p>I think you should be a investment banker if you want to make the big bucks. To me, Irvine is sort of like a engineer, not rich, but well paid, very respectable, and very middle class (In a very good way since middle class is the anchor of the civilization, without which the...

<p>Some information regarding global pay for a electrical engineer educated in US with a PhD, no work experience. This information is collected by myself based on the salary offered to some of my friends and me. Salary is based on USD using the most recent available currency exchange...