Recent content by Rona1d

What happened to the ~$65 billion figure that was jumping around headlines?

Can we really cast all the blame on Bernanke? Historically speaking, rising equities signal an eventual improvement in the underlying economy. Unemployment has been falling, firms are seemingly less reluctant to invest, and if not for the pending sequester, the U.S. is well on its way to...

What programs do you guys use for pnf charting, or are they all done by hand?

"There are many books on short term trading (and several threads on ET) that will provide you with a valid edge and risk management rules. Anyone who can read, identify common patterns, and follow basic rules for entering a position should be able to trade successfully." Lol its definitely...

Spain has been screwing around with temporary contracts at an ever growing rate since its inception into the euro zone, and now its gone to bite Spain in the butt. Being pro cyclical, temp contracts inflate any growing economy, and crush any shrinking one. The case for temporary contracts is...

The United States taxes its citizens no matter where they live. It proves difficult for a U.S. citizen to escape to tax havens under these conditions, unlike any other country (e.g. Germany, Canada etc.)

With mid-term elections coming to an end, and the change from a democratic majority leader in the House to a Republican, there has been recent commotion about the huge disparity in income inequality between the US, and say Germany. The "Gini Inex" in the US has been steadily increasing since...

To gain a grasp of past historical "recessions," i found an article from Aswath Damadoran's website: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/articles/riskprem.htm It does an excellent job of highlighting key aspects of the most recent recessions such as the increase of risk premiums...

I've been reading a lot of blogs containing the "QMC method" and was wandering if ET'ers can help me on understanding what exactly it is and where it is applied. Thx a lot

thx for commenting guys. I'm sure the congress will give them the bailout, whether it's the beset thing to do or not is still undecided?

In the midst of the media's intense coverage of the 3 automaker's hearing with the congress, senate, and house, lies a clear cut choice. For this example, i will only use GM. option one for GM: Declare bankruptcy and restructure it's company. In order to compete with european car makers...