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Is opening an office something only an experienced and profitable trader can/ should do or can any entrepeneur with the capital open an office and staff it with traders? And, how does an office owner make money (aside from his own trading)?

Newbie question- If there is a danger that some of the major banks could fail- Where exactly is a safe place to park your cash, under the mattress?

Could someone please explain what a market maker does exactly. As i understand, a market maker buys from one trader/ broker and then sells on to another trader, is that correct? What i am interested to understand is, how does a market maker control/ hedge the risk of his 'product' falling...

What is considered the safest place to put cash, for an EU or UK investor? Government bonds? Bank account? Under the mattress?? I have been keeping most of my cash at Barclays and letting the bank put the cash into a short term (1 month) 'treasury deposit', which i rollover every...

Apologies if this post is in the wrong section but I have a question about hedging. I’m interested to know how traders of physical commodities control pricing risk using the financial markets or any other method. Example- An oil trading company enters into a long-term contract with a...

What about emails, messaging and voip. etc Is it possible to keep one's online communication private and secure? How do companies, especially, say, law firms, hedge funds etc keep sensitive information secure?

How about Internaxx?

I don't know if they were ever users of ET but i know of at least two pro's who used to post, and maybe still do, on msn and motley fool websites. Monish Pabrai who runs a fund with about 250m and whitney tilson who runs a fund with something similar. So there are some pro's who look in and...

Could anyone suggest an online source, preferably free, of historical market data with at least basic metrics such as dividend yields, pe ratios etc and going way back, early 1900's if not earlier...? I have tried the various suggestions posted earlier on this site and web searches come up...

Could someone please advise where i can obtain historical US economic data. Particularly interest rate data pre 1950's (1900-1950) The St Louis Fed site only has Fed Funds data from 1954, unless i'm missing something? Were base interest rate called something different back then maybe...

I realise this may sound a little paranoid ……..but I’m a born worrier! Under these two worst-case scenarios, what do you consider to be the safest options for preserving the value of ones assets/investments? I’m based in the EU. 1. Inflation takes off. 2. Severe recession...

What workplace options does an independent trader (trading own capital) have? Working from home or renting an office alone is not appealing. Is it possible to rent a room, cubicle or even desk space amongst other traders? Thanks