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I hate it that we have to hope that the Fed and the gov't can get their timing and quantity of stimulus anywhere close to correct as to when to stimulate and when to withdraw and how much........especially since their past performance is to more often get it wrong. I like Milton Friedman's...

I don't have much faith in cops or regulators, so I don't expect much from either. In your example, the cops very possibly may not show up until after the murders, whether or not the dispatcher is related to the perp. Bottom line is you have to protect "yourself" since the voting public is...

It was making total sense to me til you ruined it. Stosh

Good analogy. The cops rarely stop a crime in progress. They show up afterwards, write the reports, investigate if it is a major crime, catch a small percentage of perps, and hope that the perp will someday get some punishment. And we get a new police chief every few years who says he is...

I doubt the likelihood of a deflationary spiral because after all the monetary ease and coming fiscal stimulus takes effect next year, it will be too difficult for the Fed to "mop up" the excess liquidity. It took a "Reagan/Volcker" combo to take away the punchbowl in the early '80s......don't...

2008 wasn't that good for me. That day the Dow dropped 777, I was long 4 YM with no stop. This is my first year of trading full time......I figure I can last a couple more years before I take out a reverse mortgage on the house. Stosh

You are correct that there are some clues out there in the off hours. However, due to the supposed 90% failure rate of futures traders, I suppose most of us are guessing most of the time.....just more so in the off hours. :-) Stosh

Remember that ES trades almost 24 hrs per day, but the stock market which the S & P Index measures, only trades about a fourth of that time (6 1/2 hrs). So, most of the time (17 hrs or so) the ES futures traders don't have that benchmark to guide them, they are just guessing about the...

Now I know how you reach your naive conclusions. It is a reading comprehension problem. You said I claim to have been in combat myself......where did you get that? The closest I even got to Viet Nam was Tokyo to fly wounded soldiers back to the states and the only combat I've been in was a...

Whatever helps to "know thyself". College psychology shows you some tools in that regard. In my case, learning from bad mistakes was necessary......but they say smart people learn from the mistakes of others. Most people make the same mistakes over and over. Stosh

True......but better that you send it here than to OPEC. Actually nat gas has been the big thing in our area, but it seems the bubble has acquired a leak. :-) Stosh

Thank you for the award. You shouldn't believe all you hear on MTV or read in the Huffington Post. By the way, I spent 6 years as an air evac medic during the Viet Nam War, have always read 2 papers per day, and have earned 2 college degrees. When did you serve and what are your credentials...

I have the card with the random number method.....not much of a nuisance. Stosh

I'd rather serve under Sarah Palin (no pun intended) than Colin Powell.

If I had to go into combat and could choose between Rush or Powell for my commander.......I would much prefer Rush even with his ass boils and vicoden. I've followed both their careers since 1989.....couldn't trust Powell. Of course, Patraeus would be best.

Fort Worth, Texas: Malls, restaurants, etc......all doing well here, but I read we are one of the areas that is dodging most of the recession. Stosh

Could it be that the root of the problem is that there are virtually no qualifications for being able to vote? or to hold office? Stosh

I have a business degree and a civil engineering degree. Had lots of time to play while getting the BBA, not so in engineering.

Right.....when seconds count, the cops are only minutes away. Stosh

To be specific, here are the 3 trades I have done in the Dec. and Jan. YG gold futures: Bought 1 YG Jan 09 828.00 Dec. 14 Sold 1 YG Jan 09 835.00 Dec.15 Sold (short) 1 YG Dec. 08 832.50 Dec. 15 Bought 1 YG Dec. 08 836.00 Dec. 15 Bought...