From The Art of War by Sun Tzu, a classic on military strategy:
Knowing the other and knowing myself,
in 100 battles [there is] no danger
Not knowing the other and knowing myself,
one victory for one loss
Not knowing the other and not knowing myself
in every battle [there is] certain...
to show you my approach...an email I sent to Carl Rove via website
of course a reply is unlikely, but this is my direction
If I can attract one or two good sponsors, then I have a base to work from
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Hello Carl,
I am US citizen and a...
we have to bypass reason -- because the imprint is now deep in the public's (unconscious) minds
a good rational argument is not going to work once the propaganda is stuck in the brain
I live in a foreign culture and can observe this directly...that propaganda is seen as truth and is...
Ready for Action? Don't sit around worrying,...do something...you will feel better....
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I could use a web designer/webmaster's help to get two websites launched. These will come up faster if someone knows the technology. I am using SiteSpinner, which is probably adequate for the...
Yes those two points are enough.
There is a third concern about the instability that High Frequency Trading is causing...well everyone is concerned.....and the public only hears of the worst flash crashes....
But the FTT of course is not the correct solution.
Simply make it illegal for...
We must be engaging...to engage and communicate with the public
everyone now days has a very short attention span
if traders try to " push" the public to seeing FTT from the trader's perspective it is never going to work
Remember that Steve Jobs said that communication of Apples vision...
Remember when talking to the public...they have no idea what trading is, as a profession, they think it is gambling.
They have no idea how the markets work.
So, when talking with the uninformed it is better to talk with them in terms of their personal concerns, not the concerns of traders.
Yes, a better tax is a tax on banks assets or revenue.
Another good discussion point with the US public is to say
"Let Europe experiment with the FTT. If after 3 years it is successful in meeting the revenue goals without hurting the economy, THEN we can consider it in the USA".
We...
I just had an email exchange with a very intelligent, well educated engineer who told me that she is for the FTT, and she believed most of the public was.
If Obama wins.......
Please consider, each of you, putting in some effort to bring more education to the public.
I should clarify that the first web site will be for traders, showing a concise summary of FTT, calculations, outline the follow-up project to the public, and then asking for support in skills or money. I want to build a small core of dedicated people who are willing to donate some time and...
since I'm focusing on the web site production...
does anyone care to contribute specific real world examples for each type of market
I would like to use also
ES
CL
NG
6E
for futures, the examples can be reviewed here before I integrate them
prices tied to today, for example...