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I think we'll have a nice sideways market for a long time. US assets are back in favor globally and we have GDP of 1.9%. India's CB is doing a nice job of trying to reign in inflation and will probably get it to around 7%. China is also making some effort and should get a nice shot in the arm...

This IBD article expresses, better than I have been able to do in this thread, how free trade and exports have saved us. It also talks about how we are now actually manufacturing more than we are losing with our free trading partners! And it also explains how exports with free trade partners...

Actually, that's not quite true. Here's some more detail: "The attraction of these dark pools is clear. If an insurance company, for instance, wants to unload 1 million shares of Deere & Co., it traditionally would have to phone its broker, who would then have to contact the floor of the New...

Okay, this was partially comforting. According to this, they will buy/sell at the market price? http://www.reuters.com/article/sphereNews/idUSN1741673920080422?sp=true&view=sphere Also, if anyone can explain this gaming I would appreciate it!

I think it was a semantics issue: you were talking of something more philosophical. I was just simply pointing out that the brain retains incredibly rebuilding capabilities even into the later years of a person's life.

How come you never blogged out of curiousity?

The last ten years have been great for trading in many ways. Places like IB have opened the doors for the small guy to get instant and powerful access to the exchanges. The barriers to entry fell like the Berlin Wall and we all thought we were in trading Nirvana. Well, the pendulum appears...

They die out imo because you're a little too Zen-ish: most people are not going to respond, because they don't want to be called Grasshopper or Young Padawan. What's so bad about being a Regular Joe like the rest of us? There's traders on this site doing very well and they never come...

By TA I usually think of what is typically lumped into the typical TA books which includes a conglomeration of non-fundamental stuff. But I agree with what you're saying and I actually believe in "technimentals"...

Thx for the perspective. I'd never really thought about the emotional aspect of things believe it or not...

What you wrote really hit home. My mood can be very effected by my trading. I've got to work on that. Any hints? I think it's a matter of confidence I would guess. Same as a athlete that gets in a slump: he learns that he can pull himself out of it. I'm pretty new, so I'm just now...

Imo this is very old school: science is finding that there is no "giant shearing" of synaptic connections. Well, there is actually for those under 1) tremendous cortisol loads through such things as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder and 2) those with diabetes and other rather...

Interesting story: two smart macro guys at Goldman Sachs actually got the company to short all the CDO garbage during 2006: http://www.money-rx.com/blog/2008/01/how-goldman-sachs-beat-subprime-crash.html Now Goldman Sachs is one of the best positioned firms and they have been rewarded...

You know that's actually quite profound. Most people get in such a rut. And I really think a lot of it has to do with health btw. I'm in my 40's and so many guys I know around that age are like zombies: they have no energy, no drive, no ambition. It's like they are just waiting for the end...

Those would all be great forums. Suggest them to Baron or the moderators? I've been around awhile on et and topics related to L&L, Trading/Business Plans in particular have been very popular.

Well, I agree based on what I've seen overall. But I have to add that I think it would be possible to make money with pure indicators if you chose the right markets and that's kind of my point...

The vast majority of people could not care about their health. They are nothing more than slow suicides, Roman Candles waiting to burn out in a decade or two... They will not change their diet. They will not exercise. And they will die... By the way, exercise is INCREDIBLY good for the...

Nicely stated!!

For many, many reasons: Lack of sleep has been shown to lead to delayed response times. Lack of sleep also whacks the hormones. Also, most researchers believe that one of the primary (if not the primary) purpose of sleep is consolidation and implementation of memories. Lack of sleep...

I believe you are partially right. But the problem is that their studies cannot be exhaustive nor can they evaluate different techniques for different markets. Example: Dan Zanger simply made too much money too quickly for it to be "luck". Now it's true he struggled post-bull from what I...