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Well, you are inspiring that as a gringo (I suppose) you traded in a foreign country. But, yes, I had delusions of wonderful trading in S. America because I wanted to move my total net assets (cash) off shore this year and put them in trading with whatever local currency I was at. Thank you...

Some questions about S. America stock markets, below, in the next to last paragraph. Thanks for the background, tiger. Welcome to Seattle. I was reminded yesterday, Sunday, what a great place it is. My wife and I don't go there much but wish we did. Now with retirement, maybe it will be...

Good luck on this one, tiger. Last poster was 6 years ago. But there could be passer-byes like me that are from your area and you may catch their attention. Be sure you leave an email address for them to contact you. I'm in Lakewood, near Tacoma. I have been here for 37 years. I did...

Three points here: 1. Booking losses is an extremely important event to offset gains and reduce tax liability. Reporting it on tax returns correctly is equally important. 2. In an environment where trades have me or anyone who is successfully and nicely net positive from year to...

Again, thank you NoBias. Especially for the Wikipedia link. It opened the door for me particularly and appropriately for the trading I do: With Pairs trading, I can easily repeat a round trip trade within days or weeks, or in another scenario, put on layers of the same open pair trade...

Thank you NoBias ! I had forgotten about green company. 1. Green Company certainly appears to be a possible solution not only presently but for future endeavors I anticipate for myself. Doesn't hurt to check on them. I took the time to review some on their site just now. It...

point #5: Thank you 1245 for addressing this point. It was the most important one.

Especially for Realistic, but anyone can reply please: I just returned from overseas and am doing my 2011 taxes. I trade through MB Trading which cleared through Penson. I have been with MB Trading and Penson for many years. I got my 1099 from Penson and exploded to see Penson assigning...

A treasury note is not legal tender. (1) The grocer is not obligated to take it in trade. (2) The grocer may take it in trade if the grocer wished to, in the same manner as if the grocer was willing to take beads, your old car, or any wampum. The "logistics" argument does not have...

We know inflation devalues the currency. I was just wondering how fast this becomes manifested in the exchange currency rate. Obviously, if USA dollar inflates as fast as Argentina dollar, there would be no movement in the exchange rate between the two currencies. (1) But for ease of...

Simple question, but I have no experience to know the answer. I am an American citizen and receiving a retirement check from an American firm I worked for. Scenario: I move to Argentina for a few years. While there, inflation moves price robustly. I pay for goods and services like...