I think there is a little bit too much noise around the euro parliament resolution. I don't know if everyone read it: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=MOTION&reference=B7-2010-0133&language=EN but it was obvious there would be an incredible majority of supporters .
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What he said in Le Monde really made me think he was talking about the Tobin tax. I can understand that journalists, NGO, public blogs can't make the difference between a "transaction tax" and a tax on liabilities for example but at a presidential level, it's unforgiveable.
http://europe.getsomenews.com/2010/03/12/nicolas-sarkozy-and-gordon-brown-hail-entente-formidable/
I don't know if they are really talking about the Tobin tax. Sarko said in french newspapers :" I will make sure a worldwide transaction tax will happen soon".Does he know about the US, the IMF...
I've traded ECX CFI futures on ICE. liquidity is OK. The exchange fees are really big, 8 EUR a round turn for a 10 EUR tick.
You can trade ECX CER forward too but since it's a forward, gains are only banked at expiration.
The most stupid on the list isn't black for sure. John Daly, 1.6 m$ on SLOT MACHINES in 5 hours, not poker, not blackjack, not craps... Slot machines. I thought you needed a brain in golf.