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Hmm? why do you think china buys US bonds no matter how toxic? be around for a few years before ya try your rookie analysis?

no, that is Ukraine. other side of the Black Sea. Ukraine is also home of the HOT mail order bride. thousands of em get hitched each year to get out of there. not much in Georgia. its pretty desolate. BTW, Texas has been trying to escape from the US since the 1850's.

intrade has to be worse as its a web site. I bet most people over 30 don't know it exists. Also, when polling, you need to try and hit a random population, meaning you need to go to them. Even if everyone knew of intrade, it only reflects people who want to bet on the outcome, not all likely...

I call that brilliant.

don't know of any off hand, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Nvidia makes cards that can run 2 very high resolution screens (2560 X 1600) for the desktops. Meaning you can rub two 30' screens from one card. for laptops, take a look at alienware, or maybe just look at the Nvidia website...

of course obama takes MA. I seriously doubt he will take FL. Of the polls I've seen, the ones that show LIKELY voters have mac ahead, and the numbers for BO are probably over inflated as the Cuban- American population is almost always under represented in polls, yet they vote in large...

start a thread here when ICE volume for ER2 (or RUT I guess) is equal to YM volume on Globex, then I think you will have lots of converts. Ray, you guys should contact IB and ask why they are charging clients for the info? Maybe they have some sort of exclusive deal with Globex?

good point.

i've been a bull for about 6 months now. The main thing killing the dollar recently has been the interest rate cuts which obviously came to a halt. i think it has legs as europe and the commodity currencies could have a harder landing than the US.

yeah, read that article. Great mag. I read it cover to cover weekly. problem is that a huge percentage of the job "growth" in china is directly or indirectly dependent on exports (40% of an entire economy is still a BIG number), even if domestic consumption is way up. If china doesn't have a...

Ray, there is a difference between available on IB, and available for free. Due to the low volumes, and past problems with stability of ICE, you won't find too many IB customers that want to pay for this data unless they are already trading via ICE. IB charges nothing for globex/CBOT.

check the matrox product. been around longer, larger company also. depending on your video chip, you can run 3 externals, plus your laptop screen. A desktop is cheaper though, and moving around 3 screens is already a bitch.

No, you have to be 35 years old.

I agree that it is best to diversify. I wouldn't do this with day trading funds, but would with one account for long term stuff, and one for day trading. I am not worried about losing my cash, but just in case.... IB also has some sort of bond which protects against fraud. this is the real in...

can't find it on any NBC stations. I only know of 3 (NBC, MSNBC, CNBC). I expect the Chinese economy to implode in 3 or 4 years unless something global wide can pick consumption up. I expect it to decline.

I am not concerned about AIDs (or herpes, which someone else brought up BTW if you have bothered to read the entire thread). I am just refuting some Russian guy here that says its not an issue in Russia's population decline, when almost every article on the subject says it is. I've noticed you...

Last time I checked about 3 years ago, IB was ranked number 1 in the World for security of funds based on customer funds to equity ratio. I don't think you need to worry about IB too much. Also, no one has ever lost a cent in their futures account when a firm goes under, except in the case of...

Yes, it is definitely crude that is the driver. bonds are just very highly correlated, they don't actually "cause" the move in stocks, just move opposite to the same data most of the time. Here is today's action, 5 min of both bonds and ES overlayed. you can clearly see that a huge bond rally...

ER2 is trading on both exchanges until the Sept contract expires, then only ICE.

I'm voting for Paris. She sounded more intelligent than either of those other two guys.