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    What is the fundamental purpose of money

    Meanings are personal. To me money is just a thing that is sometimes exchanged for something else.
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    Information Overload

    I unplug my television, avoid reading newspapers or magazines. I do not recall making money by watching the news. I do recall buying Yahoo stock a week after it went public, holding for about 2 1/2 years and selling for a big capital gain. And all I did was ignore the news.
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    reverse engineering MACD-R2

    This is my interpretation: From the paper: "The basic concept of model MACDR2 is the same as in model MACDR1. However, the buy or sell signal is given, if the difference between the moving averages is bigger or equal than a certain percentage of the stock price at the end of the third...
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    They knew the bailout couldn't work...

    Increasing cash at banks might prevent a credit crisis but to stimulate the economy The Government might need to spend money and create jobs. I wonder what The Government might spend money on. Maybe replace bridges, build a new World Trade Center, or build hydrogen fuel stations along every...
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    reverse engineering MACD-R2

    From the paper: "The basic concept of model MACDR2 is the same as in model MACDR1. However, the buy or sell signal is given, if the difference between the moving averages is bigger or equal than a certain percentage of the stock price at the end of the third day after a crossing."
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    Jokes 2

    Yo mamas so dumb she thought soy milk was spanish for "I am Milk" Yo mama is so fat when she dances she knocks the CD's off the shelf at the radio station Yo mama is so ugly when she went to a dog show she won $ 100.
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    FOREX Vs STOCKS

    I suspect forex is of interest to traders with large sums of money to invest. Some currency markets can be deep and liquid. A trader might buy or sell US $ 1 billion with little change in exchange rates.
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    Jokes 2

    A neutron walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "How much for a drink in this place?" To which the bartender responds, "For you? No charge"
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    Overnight Rally-Did Someone Cut Rates?

    Reserve Bank slashes interest rates to 5.25pc NEWS.com.au, Australia - 8 hours ago Today's move follows last month's shock one percentage point reduction, in response to a coordinated effort around the world to reduce interest rates in the ... ECB, BoE poised to cut rates Thursday The...
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    Trying to let winners run for 4 YEARS, so depressed

    The value of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is about 44 % less than the value 12 months ago. If you manage to break even over the last few years then you are likely doing something right.
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    Would someone be able to help me w/ a breakout strategy

    You might study longer term methods, say 1 1/2 year price breakouts. Many breakouts fail. Infrequently prices show long continuing changes. I hold winners and exit the losers. The unusual winner can be so great that it pays for all the losers and shows a big profit. The idea is to hold the...
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    Network Question

    It is possible something altered the hosts file. The hosts file on my Vista computer is at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc. Certain entries in the hosts file can block an IP address such as the address of your router. You might compare hosts files from suspect and known good computers.
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    Network Question

    Make sure the good computer is fully updated with latest antivirus dat files and security patches. If Kazaa was on the suspect drive then virus infection is a possibility. AOL software might be incompatible with some network drivers and software. Running scandisk and disk defragmenter might...
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    Network Question

    You might be able to download the latest security updates from microsoft.com on another system and copy them to CD. Then put the CD in the suspect system and install the security updates. Maybe you can share the security updates out on the network and install them over the network, you wont need...
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    Network Question

    You might take the hard drive from the suspect computer and put it into a known good system in place of the CD drive. Make sure the known good system has antivirus software. Then if you start the computer the suspect drive appears as a second drive and you can virus scan the suspect drive...
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    Network Question

    I wonder if there is a virus on the system that targets IP addressing. Can you go to a restore point when the computer was working, say 1 month ago?
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    reverse engineering MACD-R2

    Is there an overall profit? Can you actually trade "this bar" at the closing price? What time interval are you using? Is this daily index value data?
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    Network Question

    Can you plug in another laptop computer and demonstrate that the wiring and network connections are working? If another computer works on that network cable then the suspect computer is a likely source of trouble.
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    Inflation not Deflation?

    I recall comparing futures price charts for the December 2008 contract, December 2009 and in some cases December 2010 or more distant. The shape of each graph in a series appears the same to me. In other words, the more distant futures contracts are not showing higher prices.
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    short sell limit question

    Is the price of your limit order greater than or less than the current market price quote?
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