Recent content by ryancy

I think people who lived through the Beanie Babies mania understand the analogy. People who were not around then do not .

The President doesn't seem to realize that USPS needs Amazon way more than Amazon needs USPS.

The difference is in the business model. Gain runs a dealing desk and FXCM does straight through processing. With the dealing desk, Gain takes the opposite side of your trade. Gain's actual exposure is minimized in the market as far as margin requirements. Gain makes money when a trader loses...

I see these reports all the time and they are usually biased. Even the quoted report is not comparing salaries to salaries for equivalent positions. The top job in the federal government is the President and that comes with a salary of roughly $400K. What is the average salary of a corporate...

Personally, I enjoyed the video. The pictures were the reason why I looked at this thread in the first place. I wanted to see what other trader's stations looked like. The fact that somebody put the whole thread in a video was just a bonus.

This has to be one of the dumbest purchases ever. If MSFT wants to waste money then why not return it to the sockholders?

It was Good Friday today, a holiday around the world. you can expect low volume on Monday as well for Easter observance.

I'll admit that I'm no expert on oil or the industry. However, I do buy gas regularly. Everyone can see that the price of gas has moved up pretty fast and continues to do so. The general rationale this time seems to be all the unrest in the Middle East is causing risk. That's all fine and dandy...

ForexMagnates.com posted an interesting article on it this morning. http://forexmagnates.com/dbfx-is-exiting-the-retail-forex-market-transfers-clients-to-gain-capital-forex-com/ It might be related to new requirements being forced by CFTC.