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i would say the main reason behind japan is privatisation, capitalism just loves de-regulation.

thats right EqtyTrader, 100% uproom to go, and like 'ole turtle says 'its a bull market you know' and 'wisdom is profitable to direct'.:cool:

would'nt be surprised if we saw more than a correction, now that Bernie is looking more hawkish, gold will be feeling that as a lot of it has been bought as a hedge against inflation but if inflation doesnt prevail as much as thought up until recently because of constant rises in rates then it...

me and a lot of others down here are looking forward to it. thanks.

the ASX stock itself.

i realise that, but the ASX has been a listed stock for over 5 years now and is doing extremely well because of there abilitity to open up a transperant platform to those domestic and offshore. i think they signed on 22 new brokers from abroad last year.

I spoke to the IB desk down in Sydney in late 2004 and they said Australian stocks would be available for trading through its TWS platform by mid 2005 and ive asked around again and no one knows nothing about it. The ASX does $2Billion a day in trades and we have the highest participating...

my puts are looking good:D

hope you keep your blog going. what type of investor are you; growth, value or active? what do you look at more; technicals or fundamentals? thanks.

RTS is still well and truely alive, they just moved their asia pacific headquarters from Sydney to Singapore along with a lot of other shops. its a tax haven.

good to see you start a journal 43yotrader, i hope you stick with it. a quick question, whats your strategy/reason for selling options? thanks.

i recommend you buy as much GOOG as possible.

i agree, but i didnt say it the context of real hope etc.. it was more of a.....scarcastic remark......in that i dont care how high the price goes because the opportunity only becomes better.....unless GOOG is going to become bigger than MSFT in market Cap....lol :eek:

classic wall street story. its been happening since the creation of the exchange. Huge IPO publicity generated by the underwriters, every manager/broker on the street holding and shouting buy, buy, buy collecting retails $$$ all the way up. yes GOOG earnings have been increasing, and yes...

let me pose a scenerio to you; -you live in a small town of 100 people. -this town is self suficient espically in regards to tax earning & tax spending. -1 person in your town killed 3 people in your town. -he is found guilty by the jury. -you are the towns judge and have to assign him...

its more really the law of probabilities out of 1000's of stocks a mere few are going to consistenly beat the market and deliver constant earnings growth quarter by quarter 10,20,30 times in a row and thats reflected in a 45degree upward-trending price. earnings expectations and actual earnings...

what happens if you had bought a basket of stocks in early 1929.....you would have had to wait for 16years to breakeven. timing is everything.

looking forward to it.

buffett puking 900M on the euro :eek:

same here, i have between 40 - 80% of available margin working around the clock. i focus heavily on diversification as a risk control and never risk more than 3% but ideally 2% per trade.