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A lot of time governments begin implementing things like this, only to realize down the track that they are simply unworkable. When systems become too complex they break down and don't work at all and this sounds like something that will not work in the real world. I think it will die before...

Someyounguy, well the middle class may well end up worse off, but remember this. You may not always be middle class. If you get sick and lose everything to pay for an operation. You may one day be working class. Or mere survival class. And if that day comes, you'll be glad the new bill...

Well, its still 1.X percent. Such a small friggin amount that you don't notice it. And the other $500 on 50K is the other 1% percent, if you do the math. I live in Melbourne, Australia. You guys crack me up. You vote in a new president who promises change, then when they get it in, you...

You're kidding yourself. The system is in place in dozens of countries and works extremely well. In Australia, were I live, you pay 1% of your salary to cover medicare and everyone has access to decent healthcare - everyone for free. If you earn over 50K and don't have private heath...

I used Iress years ago when I first started trading. It's was fast and reliable but it didn't have many features. it's probably a lot more advanced now. I haven't used in quite a few years.

Obesity kills 30 times that figure every year in the US. Why arn't people panicing about that? Runningbear

Hi guys, A couple of month's back I was watching Bloomberg or one of the other business news channels and they had a guy on who produced some reseach comparing the asset value of the index to the actual share value. It was about the same time the market bottomed. At the time he said that...

I used version 8 for a long time and found 10.4 to be the best release since 8. I'd recommend that version too. Runningbear

While people bag esignal, 10.4 was a big improvement in terms of data magagement. Data loads about 70% faster than version 10.3. Being able to use tick reply is also a huge plus. 10.5 is meant to utilise multicores fantastic advance. I haven't tested it yet but I'm hoping it works well...

In Australia, they already have such a system. 50% capital gains on profits in the first year. 25% after that. It applies if you hold the stock for less than 365 calender days so you can't buy on the last day on the financial year and sell the next. Besides trading one day of the year isn't...

I guess they would be be called white swans, not black swans.

I guarentee GEs profit will be half that in a year.

The BUND spiked hard. And then the Dax and the ESTX dropped like stones.

The market fell after interest rates spiked higher. Interest rates would not have spiked higher if there was any fear of a terrorist attack. Runningbear

And so it should be. GE's major business is credit. Easy credit. Those days are gone. They will get smashed by defaults in the next 24 months. Runningbear

I use my own programmed variation of MP that works really well. It's the only thing I have ever founds that works consistently. However MP is like learning to play the guitar. It's not until you can play it intuitively that it becomes really practical. Runningbear

Does anyone know of a good site that provides a calender of upcoming economic announcements for both the US and Europe. Stuff like payroll, CPI data etc. Preferably one with exact announcement times, not just the dates. thanks in advance, Runningbear

The management of Apple deserve a mention. Their ability to back date options yeilded one of the longest winning streaks in history.:D Runningbear

Jim Rogers and Bill Gross are not active on ET. I spoke to both of them on the phone earlier and they both denied it. Runningbear:D

Regardless of whether Co2 emissions are responsible for global warming, Co2 emissions are being absorbed by our oceans making them more acidic. This is slowely killing off all marine life. That is reason enough to limit our production of Co2. Runningbear