Recent content by MrPowerBallad

They're one of the few FCMs to offer ACH transfers. Wish more would do the same.

<i>Sarkozy, who turned 57 on Saturday, said a financial transaction tax he is planning for August would set a tax of 0.1 percent on transactions in French securities. He gave no detail on the tax, which France wants to be adopted across the European Union, <b>but a government source later...

Unfortunately, it's not looking good for either of them: <i>The expectation in markets of every region is that Obama will be re-elected president in November, an outlook shared by <b>72 percent</b> of respondents worldwide in a quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll of 1,209 Bloomberg customers who...

Per month.

The Mirus $25 inactivity fee is support is start being implemented this month, so be sure to check your balance at the beginning of Feb to see is they zinged you. They did send out an email about this last month.

FYI -- Enter the first one or two sentences of the article in Google news in quotes, then press search -- you should see one result, which should take you to the full article. If not, clear your cookies and try again. This works for WSJ, NYT, and FT.

Speaking of Sweden . . . Sweden wavers on EU fiscal pact, could join UK http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/13/sweden-eu-idUSL6E7ND41520111213

no mention of tax in draft

In case anyone is interested, the Reuters live summit blog is already including some FTT discussion from various officials as the summit gets underway: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Buzz_from_the_European_Summit

Good lord, I guess this is what happens when you get Obama in a room with Sarkozy without Timmy G by his side: Sarkozy Confers With Obama on Transaction Tax French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that he and President Barack Obama shared a “common analysis’ on the financial transaction...

Some more on Osborne and Cameron speaking out against FTT ahead of meeting: Global finance ministers don’t support a proposed European Union tax on financial transactions, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne told banks in a letter addressing their concerns over the levy...

Canadian fin min reaffirms anit-FTT stance: http://business.financialpost.com/2011/11/01/duncan-doesnt-support-financial-transaction-tax/

I think I speak for everyone reading this thread when I say that I'm truly sorry to hear this. Hang tough, you will recieve your money once the process plays out.

Sounds like a good opportunity to make the FTT sales pitch to Obama: Obama to meet Sarkozy, Merkel this week http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/31/us-obama-g-idUSTRE79U40V20111031

Yes (that's why this thread is almost 1300 pages long).