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    What are the largest drains on the economy/financial system?

    Since when? if the real asset is producing income more than the cost of debt plus depreciation in the real asset, then it does not matter. I think you are putting forth an example of house ownership by common citizen of any country vrs investment into machines and other support real assets for...
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    Company is Banning Trading from Work?

    Now technology allows you to handle matters on even cell phone and not overexpose via laptop etc. a)
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    Unsuccessful trading with full-time job

    Buddy, congratulate yourself that trading Options you have been able to keep account alive or near break even after two years. In my books, Options and derivatives are the fastest way to a blown up account. Congratulations again !! :D :cool: :)
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    Modeling Intraday Price Movements

    The probability can be 99% but the prices can still make a U turn or keep going in certain direction. Mathematically probabilities can only be a confidence factor for the trader. Learning the price behavior is more important as to what is causing the price to act in a certain way in certain...
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    The Matrix has you

    Have heard several times that "our universe is constantly expanding" since the big bang. The question is what is it expanding into. What is that space outside the universe called. Seems this gentleman in the video has confirmed that there are many other universes out there...
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    What changed in 1980

    why would inflation rise if government stops borrowing? it should even decline. when more money chases same goods then inflation rises. forcing government to pay off debt by keeping spending in check will result in 'severe depression'. either government shows fiscal discipline over...
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    What changed in 1980

    Nearly half of the $17T debt is owed to the US entities itself. $8.5T left to external debtors. Size of US economy $16T Here is one basic solution................................................... increase VAT on goods and services by 5%.......will that increase tax revenues by...
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    What changed in 1980

    Well! if Reagan started it then Bush I, Clinton 8 years, Bush II 8 years and Obama 8 years totals to 28 years. These presidents chose not to undo the 'easy credit' policies and some even worsened it. Probably because it helped their causes to keep in power and get re-elected. :D :D :D...
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    How to become a trader in a company for job?

    Guess different strokes for different folks................I tend and try to learn alot from internet sources and forums are one of them. ET is one of the good forums that I have come across. New folks in any field should do their solid research first before jumping into any deals with...
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    How to become a trader in a company for job?

    If the OP is 'brand new' then better to learn via part time investing for atleast two years. Don't get off the forums though, these are excellent places to learn, and speed up your knowledge and exposure.
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    How to become a trader in a company for job?

    maths maths maths...............don't forget the maths, that's why many engineer trader hybrids are able to make very good systems. as to trading them successfully is another point. :D
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    How to become a trader in a company for job?

    In my books the hardest 5 professions out there are: Not in any ranking but in the cluster of Top 5 Emergency room doctors facing unpredictable scenarios everyday (although doctors in general as they have to be upto the top of new developments in their fields) Firefighters...
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    How to become a trader in a company for job?

    While not disrespecting other professions, I can say that trading is probably 1 of the 5 hardest professions out there.
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    Security Panel Warns: NSA playing with account balances of institutions

    The reality is US government got really really really shitssss scared after 911 attacks. The whole economy went into recession with roughly half trillion of loss when calculating this or that way. All this NSA snooping is to prevent similar such mega attacks on the interests of US, West and...
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    Security Panel Warns: NSA playing with account balances of institutions

    The predictions of NSA's acts were made in early 1980s............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs
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    Trader turns $1,500 into a million

    are these all penny stocks?
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    Trader turns $1,500 into a million

    making money selling educational services is much more easy than doing the same in stock markets trading.
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    What changed in 1980

    The two most significant, and obvious, areas of expenditure where the U.S. is out of step with all other nations are medical and military spending. If we were to bring spending in those areas into line with the per capita expenditure of other industrialized nations, our debt problems would...
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    What changed in 1980

    I blame the very popular Bill Clinton for three major flaws: a) After 1992, when cold war had ended, he did not take the opportunity to decrease defense budgets and bring US financial books into good balanced shape. This despite the internet boom and growing economy which was proving as a...
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    What changed in 1980

    Excellent post OP!! especially for those who invest macro and cycle basis. Btw, you forgot about the rise of computers in the daily lives starting the early 80s. Analog computing gave way to Digital by mid 90s and soon in 5 years we will see Quantum computing. By 2018-2020, if quantum...
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