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I think that many people operate under the misguided notion that if they "know" what the market is going to do it will mean they will make money. I think all of us who have traded for some time know that is not true, but its a nice little thing to tell yourself sometimes. But, its not important...

Toni and I signed and took classes to become foster parents and have gotten our first children. They are a brother and sister pair that get along extremely together...but they are always hyper. Is there anything anyone can recommend for a 6 year old boy and 7 year old girl. Brandon

It depends on many things. What are your goals? Growth, stability etc. What is your risk tollerance? Can you stomach a 20% drawdown or would that make you want to jump off a bridge. Would you be ok with a 10% drawdown? Which ever of these two, maybe its less maybe its more...whatever, will...

Money cant buy you happyness, but it can buy you a yacht that will bring you with in swimming distance. I cant remember who said that, I did not come up with it myself though. Anyway, to the question Id toss off most of my family for free, but the ones Im close to Im very close to so Id...

Ive given real time calls on a number of threads. Do a search under my name. Brandon

Well technically we did have a four day pullback. It didnt feel like much to me though and so I have not gone balls to the walls on new trades though.

I have a few individual stocks that have been acting weak such as HOV, but not any of the major indexes. I don't see the point right now.

It doesnt take news to move anything.

I just wanted to warn everyone of a new fraud going around right now. Last night I got the following email. Dear Citibank Account Holder, On January 10th 2004 Citibank had to block some accounts in our system connected with money laundering, credit card fraud, terrorism and check fraud...

Its not typical.

PETA takes an extreme example to convince you to become a vegan. You could take an extreme example and video a failed trader. Show him having to sell his house to meet a margin call, his family having to live in a shelter, his kids not getting to go to college, his wife leaving him etc etc, and...

I wactched all the videos on the PETA site, and PETA has done what PETA always does, that is, they take extreme examples that will generate an emotional response on the part of people who have never been exposed to agriculture. Having spent most of my life on a farm after moving to Iowa from NYC...

When I was in 3rd grade I started working on a hog farm (Iowa) until I started working with turkies (Much easier work) and I can say that the guys beating the shit out of the hogs are not at all typical of what I saw, or the confiment of two hogs in one crate ect. I never saw that in my entire...

Looks like they are trying to take it. Lately we have just been in a slow creaper up market. Very strong type. The best thing, IMHO, is to just sit on your ass and wait a bit. The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. Brandon

I think Pete Rose deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, but not while he is alive. He did a major disservice to baseball and he does not strike me as someone who truely gives a damn for any reason other then himself. And, he has not changed. He owns a racehorse and hangs out (and bets) at the Race...

Every other campaign, democrate and republican, does the same thing here (Iowa) every single year. They just decided to make a big deal out of this time. Bush was caught with a bus load of people from Missouri and no one really cares, it just shows that their organization is good. So, the fact...

I made more money guruing last year than trading. That mean I suck at one or the other? I guess that is up to you to decide on your own, but I would be very comfortable with either income stand alone, though not happy because I enjoy doing both. Brandon

Understanding the "odds" behind my trading has been very helpful for me, both in terms of not becoming cocky after a big wiinning streak and not becoming dispondent and losing confidence after a losing spell. If your system has 30% winners you can expect at some point to have 22 losses in a...

Something like 120 people in the entire world have been identified as having BSE I believe. Your chances of getting run over as your cross the street are better then your chances of getting mad cow. Brandon

Loads more. Im just getting ready to leave for another Xmas get together. If there is interest I can post a few more when I return. brandon