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When I managed the RIA I used to work at, it was an SEC mandate that we had backup internet access.  We supplemented our T1 line with a cable modem in case the internet went down.  While this rule is mandatory for registered investment advisers, I find it very applicable to a personal trader.  Nothing is worse than having an open positon and not being able to monitor it for a possible close.

I have a 10 meg cable connection at home.  While it’s up 99% of the time, it will eventually go down for various reasons.  This happened last week while I had a position open.  Luckily that position continued to act the way I wanted but I was not going to risk something like that again.

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Lately, a friend sent me a text message when he was away from his desk asking me to text him the latest quote on AEO.  Of course, I sent him back a text with that information but also let him know that he could look up that quote anytime he wanted to by texting Google.

I told him to text AEO to 466453 (google) and he would get a text back with the quote.  This is a free service from Google.  Try it yourself by sending the ticker symbol to 466453!

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