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both url's require subscriptions. one question though: do we traders care if the VAT-exemption would be abolished? i don't really see how that would hurt me.

it's extremely important to realize there are very very (!) few circumstances in which exercising an option early ever makes any sense.

quick update on the dutch ftt-situation: netherlands first were against, then suddenly pro-ftt, and then a lot of uncertainty. they then ordered the dutch financial institute to investigate the effects of an ftt and annoucned they weren't going to comment any further on where they stood in this...

you should. i've started writing to a few politicians and pro-ftt aid organization in my country as well. these people typically aren't assholes of some sort, they're just completely ignorant about trading in general. they honestly truly buy into the "0,1%, that's such a small number, nobody...

even without any change in liq, i would be out as well and it's not even close.

i don't know in which country you live, but in my country populist political parties that are anti-Europe, anti-asylum seekers, anti-bankers, anti-cuts in spending, anti-everything, are gaining ground fast. in many countries these parties are near government power, or already in it. i'd say the...

true, but the public image of the typical banker is so extremely bad nowadays, any hint of a tax measure to fight the banker is widely celebrated. it shows how all of this isn't about facts anymore, but about sentiment, and how the anti-ftt should try to change that. it's sad to see how, with...

option A you mentioned in a previous post does make some sense to me to be honest. remember, there are acclaimed economists as well, even in the us, that think the ftt is genuinely a good idea. a lot of these people fail to see beyond the sentimental reasons behind the FTT (the bankers should...

but, let's face facts and be practical. they can't force them. there's no realistic possible scenario in which, for example, the uk would be forced into implementing a tax they really don't want, regardless of whatever might or might not be hypothetically possible under existing eu-treaties.

true. that's why the UK is having none of it and won't implement it. good for them. if all of this was a deliberate germany strategy to shut down the uk, it was a pretty idiotic strategy as it was quite obvious from the start the uk would simply reject the measure as they've now done.

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what makes this even more ridiculous is you don't even seem to get my point and are actually trying to debate this. this thread is about a stupid little tax that germany coincedentally is backing, as is france and a few other misguided european and possibly south american nations, not about mass...

no offence, but what a truly disgraceful post. i personally don't want to be affiliated with people who think it's proper to link today's Germany to what happened in a completely different generation in the World Wars and especially the holocaust, simply because germany nowadays supports a...

it might be in the draft, but it'll not be in the final version without a fight. finland says they can't agree with this as it's unconstiutional. this would mean their constitution would need to be changed, which can only be done with a 67% majority in parliament, which is basically unachievable...

yet, despite those links, you must agree that what they veto-ed has no mention at all of any ftt, and nothing conclusive on any 85% majority voting. what was in there: a commitment to "balanced budgets" for eurozone countries - defined as a structural deficit no greater than 0.5% of...

maybe you've been reading other comments on this than i have, but i was under the impression the uk's veto goes much deeper than just the ftt. what will be in the treaty is the intent of fiscal harmonization and "budget"-cops. from what i understand, but correct me if i'm wrong, the uk is...

a few essential comments which you really seem to be missing judging from your post: 1. the new qualified majority rule has not been agreed to at all at this point, only discussed to be implemented in the future. several countries (by the far the most vocal and with the most strongest...

that does confirm how the treaty that was announced friday really can not be extrapolated to the ftt in any way. sweden (see above), czech republic, cyprus, malta, ireland, luxembourg, ireland -> all countries that, unlike the uk, are in or undecided on friday, but are dead set against an...

let's not get carried away here. the only thing the euro-zone can do at this point is what germany and france are doing. the whole "uk the good guy, germany the bad guy"-rhetoric that some of you keep posting doesn't fly with me, and doesn't have a whole lot to do with the FTT either. as a...

i haven't noticed anything that would suggest that look, obviously everybody on this forum is (rightfully) very concerned about this FTT-thing, but in the bigger picture the FTT is a minor issue at this time, even for Merkouzy. In itself today's news bears no direct relation to the FTT...