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If you are having recent usage of CPU memory all of the sudden it can be something else causing you the problem. When we put Windows XP Service Pack 3 on four of our PCs all of the sudden we noticed a big increase in CPU use. We discovered that a new tool was installed with the Service Pack 3...

A few weeks ago I came across an article that nearly made me fall out of my chair which was that the United States’ EPA is already in China funding projects on this. Here is a link: http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/international/china/index.html

netedge My sentiment or actually my equity index trading strategy was very well put by Art Collins. Quoting Art, “The usual function of bear market rallies is to provide more grist for the downside mill. In other words, Tuesday was an opportunity for a hostile market to trap evermore...

So true and am glad to hear you say so.

Piezoe, You are so right! Debt is so out of control and destructive. The Feds constant increase of it and the compounding of it with interest upon the debt needs to be dealt with asap. This is exactly what happened when the USSR could no longer keep their country intact, and they could not...

There are a lot of differences between the S&P and the e-minis because there are many e-minis for different indexes like the DJ, Russell, SP etc. But if you asking if there is a difference between the big S&P 500 contract and the mini-SP 500 contract beside margin differential then the answer...

leo11 Currencies certainly are the trades to be in right now. You think US Dollar Index will hit greater than $1.05 by Q2 2009?

Do you think this analyst still works there? The restatement came in a research note dated Aug. 19 but sent out on Wednesday. The U.S. investment bank is one of the most influential financial players in commodities markets. Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs equity analyst Arjun Murti...

TraderTX If lumber works out, let us know. I used to trade lumber and too many times got stuck with limits against me. I could hold my trade long enough (couple of weeks) and break even, but I will never forget those long days. Since then, I moved away from contracts with thinner volume...

Scottrade Ranks Highest in Self-Directed Investor Satisfaction in 2008 J.D. Power and Associates Study Oct. 28, 2008 Business Editors ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2008--Scottrade, the leading branch-supported online investment firm, has been ranked "Highest in Investor...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/business/worldbusiness/28yen.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin The Boxer is dead on, and this article gives details

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/business/worldbusiness/28banks.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin good Japanese Yen story for you

Pound has been great for the last few weeks and so has the dollar. Am staying out of gold. Will we see $1.90 corn and $30 oil; maybe. If so, then still some good shorts left...

Anyone know of any good research on timing of these evolving and seemingly regular after-hours swings in context to the influence of the “quants”, the 24 x 7 electronic futures contracts, and the algorithmic order placements that have impacted some of the old school trading methods of the...