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As you say, perspectives differ. But how much would be "enough"? The more money you get, the more you tend to spend, which generates more demand for money. People's needs frequently expand to consume the cash available to them. Where does one draw the line? At some point (in my case, a couple...

I'm afraid not! I started out by playing with Excel on my own and then I read a couple of books - I find I'm too impatient for videos. In books, I find John Walkenbach is consistently good. This looks fun though: http://www.mrexcel.com/podcast.shtml Suss

One thing to bear in mind is that terrorism did not start with 9/11 but has been around for decades if not longer outside the US. Therefore the costs involved are already built into the economic fabric for those countries. For those countries that do not have active terrorist problems, the cost...

To be honest I think it comes down to sitting down with a book or video, following the instructions and working through the examples. If you need assistance, there are usenet groups that are very helpful. For something as potentially complex as Excel (you CAN start small and simple!) there...

In itself, Excel does not give you an advantage. Excel is just a tool, so how you use it and how effectively you use it is up to you. Spreadsheet programs, like Excel, allow you to do your sums very easily, everything from simple addition to complicated statistics. It's like a notepad for...

Er, well if you're so keen to fail on your own why post a journal? When you do a journal there's no way people are NOT going to give you advice (good or bad). Suss

Peil, I'm not a trader. I'm an equity analyst in a real stock market writing real buy and sell reports to some of the world's biggest institutional clients. This is my day job and I've done it for more than a decade years in a tough market. My approach, like that of nearly all equity analysts...

Boracay easily beats Koh Samui for the quality of the beaches, but I doubt the internet connections are that reliable - haven't been for a few years though. How about Cebu? Out of the mosquito belt, reliable weather, rent an appartment in the Hilton Towers or in Citylight gardens or some other...

True. For example, I have an Nvidia graphics card in one PCI-Express (PCI-E) slot and a RAID card for my hard disks in the other. Both the graphics and the HDD card are pretty fast. AGP is rapidly becoming obsolete, although it is faster than the plain vanilla PCI type, which are actually pretty...

I'm a sell-side analyst covering a sector of the equity market every day. I certainly don't need a CFA for this and it's a lot of hard work to get one (I did start it once but then my job heated up and I ended up with no time to complete it). On the other hand there's a lot of methodology and...

Hedonistic (or hedonic) adaptation is an definitely an issue. In *this* context that boils down to the problem you face when you get more money and find new ways to use it, then get used to your new standard of living. The net result is that you are not really any happier than when you started...