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Hi Clambill Just wanted to say that this IS the real Alan Northcott, taking a break from writing to look around on the net! And thank you very much for your kind words on the book, I certainly tried to be as comprehensive as I could (like the "Dummies" series, I thought, but better!) I...

I agree, while you can leverage your money in a way that seems attractive, if you don't get it right, that leverage wipes you out quickly. You can also put single stock futures, which only came out in 2002, in with options - I recently wrote a single stock futures course for Insight Support...

I have to admit that I agree with you about the title of my book. When Atlantic Publishing decided on use me to write the guide, they had already decided on the title. I usually regard investing as longer term, inherent (fundamental) value stuff, and short term as technical trading, although...