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This isn't really that difficult. I get the feeling people make something simple into something difficult. If the cash registers are ringing and the stores are full, chances are better than even business is doing well. What trait allows you to figure this out? Common sense.

China has gone to war or had military action against Japan, the U.N. (the U.S., South Korea), the Soviet Union, India, and, Vietnam all within the last century. China sure looks like a great and peaceful neighbor. By the way when China was at its most vulnerable with European powers and...

What exactly is "end of day swing trading of stocks"? Is that when you buy at the end of the day and sell on open the next day or within the week? Or is it when you buy in the last hour/30 minutes and sell on close?

What test for randomness will you apply? How will you determine the distribution of the population? How will you account for skedasticity?

If one trade can ruin you, you are doing something wrong.

I wonder how many of you realize that a country can experience both inflation and deflation at the same time. It's relative. Deflation at home and inflation versus the rest of the world.

There aren't many notable issues separating the two candidates but this sure looks like one.

I have two partitions on both of my two hard drives. One for programs and one for storage. I actually bought the second hard drive because I had a software problem with the first that prevented me from accessing it. But I didn't want to delete the files on the first in case something went...

Why is leasing thought of so highly in the US car industry? Maybe it's the reliance on such that have driven the US car makers to such dire straights. I don't seem to quickly think of Toyota whenever the term car lease comes up. I wonder why?

Just got myself a point and shoot camera and loving it. I'm a complete idiot when it comes to cameras so take my advice with a pinch of salt but in my view the convenience of a small compact camera is likely to far outweigh the quality issues for most people. What's the point of having a...

You don't seem to understand what happened in Japan. After the bubble popped, asset prices kept going down and down and down from their lofty heights. Wen consumers realized that what they wanted to buy would become cheaper the longer they waited it created a disincentive to spend and weakened...

You really don't understand a thing Slider. It is both a bane and beauty of the system that the central bank can create that $5 out of nowhere. Think of money as an ingredient in a recipe for a product. Imagine the inventor/company that wants to manufacture a computer but for want of...

It should be noted that communism is a very idealistic form of government in a theoretical sense. That's why many countries adopted it in the 20th century and tried it out. It sounds good on paper. The poor will be looked after. Everyone will have a job. Everyone will be supplied a home...

Um Slider, what do you mean by no interest? You think the government can simply tell the market they will ban the imposition of interest? Then what will happen is this: no lender will lend. Sources for credit will dry up. People won't be able to buy things and take advantage of...

I think I see now what the hangup in your thinking is Slider. In your imaginary world is the supply of money fixed or not fixed? If the supply of money in your theoretical world is static, then, no, what you say cannot happen because like in sjfan's example for one person to be more...

I will let you in on a basic idea regarding capitalism Slider. The assumption a bank makes when it lends you money is that you'll put it to good use that will ultimately net you a return higher than the interest they will charge. As long as you can achieve that higher return you shouldn't care...

Sjfan you are making the wrong offer to Slider. You can reverse it and put him even more on the spot. Slider a bank offers to lend you money for 5% annual interest rate for ten years. Inflation is expected to go up during that time resulting in negative real interest rates. Would you...

So he wants to speak in front of a wall. Is this a big deal? Why the hell should we care? Why should his opponents raise a hissy fit over it? No idea. You have to earn the right to speak in front of a wall? Germany should feel privileged that a man who may become the most powerful man in...

I think focusing on the stock market indices will only give a partial picture. The current scenario we are seeing is sort of reminiscent of the 1970s with inflation a potential problem and commodities going up. There is dramatic damage being done to the currency value that is not recorded.

A bottomless well may well be a remarkable thing, but at the end of the day it still gives no water.