Recent content by Michael88

I agree with you that most people bashing Vista have probably never really used it. I havent for example, but I have see it in action and as usual with Microsoft you need a strong computer (CPU, Memory..) to make it run smoothly... otherwise its clever to have XP ;) I was going to buy a...

Since years, IB is famous for bad support, bad charting backfill and charting interface... but even with these problems there are really good for the rest, probably the best... So forget IB for TA/charting and get another solution like DTN+QT or PROREALTIME, and you will be a happy IB client...

True, QuoteTracker is around $60... I tried QT, and I agree its "good" application but you still need a good data feed and IB feed is not reliable enough for this... PRT is cross platform : MAC, PC as its java, no need to backfill on your computer etc... At the end, its lot more than $60...

Good combo is IB as broker and PROREALTIME for charting. web : prorealtime.com

FOXNEWS is probably the worst and most unreal news channel I know, so I think FOX ad is too much... :) About Cramer, I am sorry but if you are dumb enough to watch the cartoon channel "CNBC" and trust Cramer picks, then you do deserve to loose $$$... Cramer is not that bad as a person...

There are ETNs : DGZ, DZZ http://www.powersharesetns.com/products/gold/ More Gold ETFs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_exchange-traded_fund Complete ETFs list : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exchange-traded_funds

Among FXP, DUG, XLF, SDS, and the others ETFs... What are your favorite ETFs for trading OIL, GOLD, MSCI, US etc... ?

Is it the same Henry Paulson that said in Tokio on March 5th 2007 : ;) “Some of the credit issues are there, but they’re largely contained. The global economy is more than sound. It’s as strong in the last couple of years as I’ve seen in a lifetime. All the economies are growing...

3 days now MICEX and RTS are halted... MICEX lost more than 10% within 1 hour yesterday when market was open for a short time...

I know these 2 good ones : 1- ZoneTick World Time Zone Clock http://zonetick.com/ 2- Qlock http://www.qlock.com/ I hope it will help you. Have a good day :) Michael

IB TWS charting tool is not that bad, but its too slow and buggy... I use : [1] Quotetracker.com with IB feed, for live quick view (especially for live markets not provided by prorealtime like AMEX) [2] Prorealtime.com for charting with their own live feed. They have one of the best...

(February 2007) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told members of Congress Wednesday that U.S. financial markets appear to be "working well" and are functioning normally, one day after the Dow posted its biggest one-day point loss since the market reopened after the Sept. 11 attacks...

Its always nice to take past quotes from "important" mind/people and see how they fit into the actual economy... I will start with Henry Paulson (Tokio, March 5th 2007), he is the actual United States Treasury Secretary and member of the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors...