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Maxpi, If I remember right, you are Christian. (If you're not, my apologies.) But southern Africa has been very Christianized. They are very syncretistic, granted, but are arguably as "Christian" as the US overall. (Northern Africa, of course, is a completely different animal.) So...

Yes, that was an interesting comment. It might be possible to find a trigger point on a couple of the sector leaders which would then take down the whole sector. Everything moves so much in tandem now...

High blood pressure is the main risk factor for strokes and researchers are also finding now that it is even a risk factor for Alzheimer's, although they don't know why. But decreasing systoloc presure by 10-12 pts or diastolic by 5-6 decreased risk of stroke by 38% on one study.

Russia is an interesting one actually: there's a very large supply of very highly educated people. And some would argue, though, that they've left those people behind to build an "Energy State". Russia has too large of a population to sustain the entire populace off of energy alone so they...

You'll see, I think rather quickly, that Switzerland/Singapore/Taiwan/Norway are among the best run countries that come to mind right away - I think you'll find their numbers outstanding. Of course, the USA is among the worst at least in terms of CAB and Deficits (for a large country)...

It's hard for me to tell exactly what everyone is int'd in, but if it's current account balance, you can get that from the economist. FE, Singapore=24.8%, Russia=8.9% and Taiwan=6.2% (as a % of GDP) and Brazil and Canada are positive but barely. The US is -5.6% and Ireland is -2.7%. All...

This is a very interesting topic. Science has basically learned that the brain is much "plastic" than was prevously thought. There are many excellent books out about the subject. If anyone is interested, let me know. But keep in mind that if you take care of yourself physiologically and...

fyi: UBS is stopping offshore banking - they were apparently muscled into shape! http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20080717&id=8907801 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS AG will discontinue offshore banking and securities services to U.S...

2. Your "mental accountant" is an embezzler. Your brain loves so-called mental accounting. A dollar looks different "depending on where it comes from, where it's kept, or how it's spent," notes "Big Money." You spend tax refunds fast, but you hang on to stock inherited from Grandma. Wall...

Interesting link that is written to investors, but I think definitely applies to traders as well: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StartInvesting/11WaysWallStreetBrainwashesYou.aspx It talks about some, 11 I guess to be exact, of the common psychological barriers that the...

This thread seems completely off track now, but for those who are interest in the original topic: Trading will generally be good for the brain. Example: Those who are educated and those with "knowledge worker" type jobs are significantly less likely to suffer dementia. Now if your trading...

Thx. I appreciate the interesting posts...

I know that commodities tend to run in long bull markets of, say, twenty years. And I know that global demand seems to be increasing for infrastructure and the underlying raw materials. But isn't a bubble a bubble? Haven't we learned that much from history, TA and so on? When you look at...

Sorry, guys, just noticed there was a similar thread below! Ignore...

Imo this is somewhat of a moot point. The reason that I say that is that it appears that some of the nastiest rogue countries on planet earth have been partially tamed by the promise of riches and wealth that capitalism brings. The prime example of this is N Korea which is now laying down...

Do you guys think they are pricing in future increase that appear to be coming down the road in fertilizer, insurance, etc.? http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=144246 Economist: Dramatic Cost Increases Coming in 2009 7/15/2008 AgWeb.com Editors Significantly higher...

I'm curious: What was the technology leap? Was it containers on the ships or something.

I'm not a big Cramer fan to say the least. But, assuming he has access to some decent analysis, it sounds like more bank failures may be on the way? (See below.) Any links/info would be much appreciated. http://seekingalpha.com/article/85011-fearful-day-for-financials-stop-trading-7-14-08...

Kind of the opposite of Buffett, eh?

You know the more I see of the markets, the less impressed I am with institutional investors. Of course, that's good for us in a way since they are the primary ones creating the inefficiencies in the market that we, as traders, hope to capitalize on. Well, can I prove my case? Well, someone...