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Spoken like a true, pure capitalist. :)

US markets seems to be shrugging off scandals over scandals, without investors losing faith in the important economic system for investing and making savings grow. Specialists, mutual funds and corporate powermongers - even stock exchange top-dogs - all seem to radiate honesty and trust to...

The reversal was just hilarious with dr. Rice saying how testifying would be the best thing for her - but ... Now this latest developement shows some real spine ! (ironic) :D

Rosetta Stone Language learning - http://www.rosettastone.com/ I got several language Rosetta Stone courses myself, including chinese. Also Pimsleur - www.amazon.com/Pimsleur - http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=pimsleur+language (several discount...

:D Sure, here in Brazil a swimming pool is 2 - 3000 USD, not a big dent in most traders budgets, but e.g. in northern europe, Canada or other freezing plazes, costs could be prohibitive. A nice shower is just as refreshing sometimes. If you're lucky - then you already bought a house with a nice...

Bloomberg just reported that the Saudis said there is enough oil out there on the markets, and they will be cutting 1 mn barresl/day soon. Saw a little dip on those breaking news.

Nothing is wrong with you, but your actions/strategies are not determined, and you're waivering. Strategy is how you get to your goal. Have you set an explicit goal for the trade ? And do you have the strategy for this trade ? Making it explicit, repeating winning strategies, and making them...

I don't understand why it shouldn't be a 3rd party software. IB should care less really, and rather focus on the trading aspects of the software. Here's a solution: 1. install VNC or TightVNC - http://www.realvnc.com/ - http://www.tightvnc.com/ 2. check the advanced options -...

The performance issue is very true, but for starters it's good because you get an idea of what you can do with your chosen platform. It also depends on programming experience and commitment. There are some posts on the IB discussion board about Matlab, but as far I can remember there is no...

Actually , you just go into your browsers options Tools->Internet Options->Advanced-> Sun Java and deselect it. This works for individual sessions. Beats installing/uninstalling mania. :)

I guess you haven't been looking to hard. Here is all you need except some socket programming skills: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/loadFile.do?objectId=345&objectType=file If you understand how to program using the IB TWS APIs, then you're all set to go. I would also...

Yes, corruption is one of the world's biggest problems for fair gloablization and ability for social and economic reforms. Oil companies have perhaps the worst track record there. In europe there have been a lot of scandals uncovered with oil companies bribing officials, their relatives etc. I...

It's easy for anyone to get high-speed internet access for everyone rolled out quickly now that the Wi-MAX IEEE 802.16 equipment is coming into production. A stupid promise, when it's rather obvious in the first place, and I don't see the big improvement in the economy by this, as probably not...

No, and if you read up on further China details, you would see how they're diverting from communsim with regards to the economy with various reforms - hence the strongest growth rates in the world the last few years. And if you wan't to talk human rights, consider death penalty and Guantanamo...

They are the greatest nation on earth in terms of population. The last few years they also had the best conditions for capitalistic investment and growth. When it comes to area, it's on par with the US, and almost half of russian area. From CIA Factbook: "For centuries China stood as a leading...

slamma, if you can get everything on paper, agreements all proper, OKed by business lawyers (Deloitte-Touch-Tohmatsu e.g.) and you meet them in person to get an understaning of what they can offer in terms of credibilty and seriousness, you might proceed by offering funding. Ask for proof of...

Well, as you get older this really takes a toll on your reserves too. When you're in your early twenties or younger it's no sweat, but later on those habits break you down. I used to trade the european markets from Brazil with a 4-5 hours difference (GMT-3,-4), but have given it up. However, I...

Well, in fact if you did some research or knew a little more of China, you would be aware that China has the greatest number of millionaires (USD-wise) in the world. Also they lifted 150 million people out of poverty during the 1990s - 12% of the population and half of the total incidents...

NeXT was a truly innovative platform, actually favored by traders, and many specialist aplications were developed for it. Nowadays we have OpenStep and Mac OS X, which probably is the most elegant looking and designed operating system out there. It is based on the Mach microkernel, and is in...

Yes, most of us depend on charts to be able to trade. I have several data suppliers, so I have some redudancy. As far as the charts goes, I even do my own charting from IB data using snazzy vector-scalable Flash charts that I've developed myself. I've found that the IB quotes are really fast...