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No, it doesn't work that way - just hit HELP twice and send a request to tech support saying "I want to do xyz" and they will get back to you. Over 12 years I have never been refused anything by bberg tech support and neither should you be if you are a licensed user. Suss

In the investment industry that is true. Suss

If you're a licensed Bloomberg user than Bloomberg tech support can show you how to do this in minutes. Suss

Try View menu, Sized with Window... Suss

Someone seems to have a deeply romanticised view of his own "outlaw" place in the universe... I think if we scratched you we'd find a person with faults and shortcomings like everybody else, so what's the point in pushing the thread towards personally offensive comments? Suss

What, ultimately, do you want to do? Trade like a daytrader, or manage a fund at a long-only house or hedge fund? If you want to work as a fund manager or buy-side analyst, a CFA is very useful to have. For a sell-side analyst I don't think it adds much, if anything - good analysts are good...

Have you considered swing trading? Is there some reason - other than better margin - for trading intra-day? Suss

You've lost 10% of your funds in 3 trading days... Most people would consider that a bit worrying. I have been watching this thread and it's been interesting to see you break down the mechanics of the trade and build the system. If the system you have created is reasonably modular, you should be...

You make some sensible points and I agree that labour is important - absolutely crucial in fact - but to get back the original argument, you simply can't credibly argue that Japanese labour is low cost. (Better managed, more flexible perhaps, but not cheap.) It seems to me that this is not the...

I can't see how low labour costs are a factor for companies like Toyota and Honda, which after all are the ones with which Ford is competing. Japanese labour is expensive and so is US labour, a good deal of which is used by these two companies. Somebody else mentioned that Ford seems to be...

Ahem, China is a long way behind the US in terms of economic clout, as are Japan, Germany, UK etc... Suss

If a culture is defined by some commonality of experience, what is a global culture? Who are its members and what binds them into the whole? Suss

It has its moments, but I don't want to be doing this for another 5 years. Suss

Yeah, me. Every day and on the sharp end, not in a support role in IT, legal, or admin. But you're right about the compliance issues - any serious investment bank will come down very hard on that, especially anything that could be construed as front-running. Suss

I don't this is always the case. A decent fraction of my clients on the buyside don't really need to work any more: they could live comfortably on what they have. I know several who have made tens of millions of dollars (hedge fund partners) and they still come to the office every day. They're...

People have made some solid points on both sides of this thread, but the arguments about freedom are particularly persuasive. Think about how much or how little freedom you have now. Does your work allow you to live where you want - whether that be Queensland, Oslo or Arkansas? Is commuting...

Having worked for several IBs in the frontline for a dozen or so years I agree with a lot of this - luck especially. However, although you have to be smart I don't think a sparkling academic track record is the main determinant of success or even a good predictor. I'm not intending to...

Hey, no offense taken. Kid.

Who indeed? Maybe that's why nobody around me seems to retire early! I have all this to come - first baby due next April. Suss

Not at all offended, simply suggesting that retiring early doesn't seem to be a practical strategy even for Wall Street. I was being slightly facetious about middle age by the way; I'm 37. [Edit] On second thoughts, maybe I was right the first time - 40 in 3 years... Help... Suss