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Here's a list of countries you probably didn't know existed, http://www.escapeartist.com/OREQ4/For_A_New_Nation.html. There's some seriously wacky stuff out there. There's one country which has the aim of recreating the Roman Empire. Another one was a tiny rock off the coast of England that a...

My father is an Italian citizen and my mother is an American citizen. I was born in American and have lived here my whole life. I'm pretty sure I'm also an Italian citizen, although I could be wrong. Last time I visited Italy, I had to apply for an exemption from military service, so I'm...

I'm both an Italian citizen and an American citizen, which I suppose makes me also an EU citizen. Could I use my dual citizenship to get tax breaks in European tax havens if I live there? Or does my American citizenship prevent that? I saw a thread on Switzerland and I wondered if having dual...

Have you backtested this strategy?

Ya, I know, we could all write novels on why the buy and hold strategy is worthless. Still, for those with 30+ years until retirement, are you ever tempted to buy some new company with a great story? I sometimes wonder if when I'm 70 in a rocking chair I'll say to myself, "I wish I had just...

Globaltrader, to answer your question, yes. My size has been known to move the market...in my dreamworld :p

Jeeez, I hope your webpage shows your short positions, otherwise you might wanna throw your quantitive investment model in the trash.

What's this turtle trading formula I've heard mentioned before? Is this the same turtle thing refered to in Market Wizards?

Thanks StrayCat. I'm not really looking to trade options. I'm just looking into hedging my equity positions with them. So I was wondering how much of a given option I would need to hedge a given equity. I suppose the answer lies somewhere in this Greek hell. I was thinking that if I trade...

Thanks Lobster. You're a huge help.

That would be funny if I weren't the one asking the question.

What's a Delta and where do i find it? Thanks.

So if an underlying stock goes up 2%, what percentage would a given call go up? Stock goes down how much does a put go down? Do I have to do elaborate calculations to understand the answer to this question? Do I need to understand Black-Scholes? I'm trying to figure this out for hedging...

It's nature's sick joke that those least deserving of reproduction are the most apt to it. When you think about it, the smarter people are, the more they hesitate to reproduce, thereby allowing the bottom of the barrel to outpace them. It would seem this pattern would lead to an increasingly...

Jim Rogers has a really cool site, www.jimrogers.com, that chronicles his worldly travels in his off-road modified Mercedes SLK. Really interesting. He travels to all the arab countries I'd be afraid to go to and all the classic spots in Europe etc. Check it out.

Should I bother pursuing a career in finance/investment management? Or should I just stick to trading myself? I have no idea how the investment management/finance/securities industry works. I'm really into trading and the market in general, but I can't stand traditional fundamental...

I need tickers to put into my Stockwatch Pro scanner. Where can I get a list of futures tickers?

Genetics man...Genetics...And on the maternal side I believe.

As a general rule, are simpler strategies better than complicated strategies? My reasoning is that the more complicated your strategy is, the more likely your returns are the result of data mining (or whatever it's called when you unrealistically perfect strategies for backtesting). Also, are...

To invest with a CTA do you have to be accredited? Or is that just hedge funds? What other investments are out there, besides hedge funds, that in order to invest in you have to be accredited? I dunno if you guys ever read it, but in Rich Dad Poor Dad, the author always talks about his "fast...