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The 1920’s German economy was in a depression after WWI and the hand writing then led to Hitler. The 2013 German economy is an economic powerhouse today. So I don’t see how you can draw any conclusions between the two era’s? :confused:

America’s total funded debt including government and private is 3.5 times GDP and our unfunded entitlement debt is 5.5 times GDP. Add to this Obama is running trillion dollar deficits each year. What could go wrong with all this debt? The fed raises interest rate for any reason and the...

It is not about party BS any more. It is using what you learned as a trader. It is about the risk of living in this country under extreme politics. Many people see Obama like Napoleon driving his troops through the Russian winter. He is driving Debt to unprecedented levels risking an...

You may be right about Boehner. But to many people Obama is now looking like Napoleon driving his troops through the Russian winter. He is driving Debt to unprecedented levels risking an unparalleled financial crisis in the world. He is creating a huge portion of the American population totally...

People throw around IT terms like “Reverse Engineering” in ways they were never meant to be used. In the late 1990s I was on the management team as the DBA manager we were given four banking systems that had to be reverse engineered for Y2K. All we were given as input was the data (IMS...

Speech Grade: A+ I love hearing this kind of motivational speaker talking with the youth of today. It’s the same speech my DI gave my platoon in boot camp back in the days of Vietnam (and this was only the beginning of dragging us through the muck). We need many more like him to kick the...

Syriza isn’t the problem. I don’t expect to wake up Monday and hear Syriza won so Greece is leaving the Euro. This is more about how much more money (blood) can the Greek vampires suck out of Germany so there is no default.

Here is a short course in how economics and the stock markets are tied together. Key economic indicators such as http://www.rightline.net/education/economic.html has always (for as long as I have been in the markets) affected the stock markets. The big three of these indicators are...

So Zuckerberg made $20 Billion? He is the exception to the rule where small businesses like his grow into large businesses. Small businesses are like small traders 95% fail. So you have to give Zuckerberg credit. Few small businesses succeed to be profitable long term. Most are broke within 5...

Apple and the market seem to have different ideas about bottoms judging by today’s selling?:confused:

Apple is back testing the recent lows. In pre-market today it is down around $7 to $9 or 1.2% to 1.5% as I write. We may even test the low 555.00 again next week before we get a bounce. You could have to wait a few days to fill your order? I don’t see a resumption of the uptrend for a few...

There is no “Puzzle” as to why so many traders wash out. It was the same reason I washed out twice in the middle 1990’s – greed and ego. I thought I had the brains to beat Wall Street’s best in on any day using my “tested” day trading method. It cost me a pretty penny to find out I...

Dumping a proven method for one of greater potential would not be an option. There are too many intangibles surrounding this ‘system of greater potential’. The first of which is whether I would have the psychological make up to handle the new systems ups and drawdowns. The best I could do is...

I agree. He is the best contrarian indicator in the market today. :)

A few years back I switched most of my PC data to off-line storage. I put the data off-line on a LaCie 2big Quadra 2 TB 2-Disk RAID Hard Drive that runs about $300 from Amazon. With four RAID levels, it meets my storage needs, whether it’s for security, capacity, speed or a combination of...

While I was a Comcast customer I came home from work to find the TV listing channel had been removed. When I called and complained they say “You have to upgrade. We no longer support listings on that level…” So I cancelled my Comcast service and installed WOW. This listing channel had been...

This article explains it all: http://www.stansberryresearch.com/pub/reports/201112PSI_issue.html#continue

Your perception about jobs is correct. From my old IT colleagues I hear that many great IT jobs are still going unfilled. So much so I was recently called by a recruiter I had done business with for many years. My friend the recruiter had the sound of desperation when he called me. He asked...

General testing of IT grads is really not the answer. Specialized testing is the answer. Let me explain. A new grad today must adapt their limited knowledge of computer systems learned in school to business IT processing. Many of these new IT grads are not able to make the leap. For those IT...

I gave up teaching Computer Science in night school about 12 years ago. It was an interesting experience when it finally ended in the last 3 years. After having taught for 14 years I was asked one night to see the new dean of the computer department two weeks after a semester ended. The...