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    Relationship of markets to each other

    Also if you have patience, read and go over The Alchemy of Finance by George Soros. He uses the concept of reflexivity in markets to explain how to profit on various price / risk changes in assets and asset classes. The syntax is complicated, but its worth exposing yourself to the ideas he...
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    Why to short the Canadian Dollar

    the doctors should all be "conscripted" at canadian med schools. They should increase the size of the current program by 3 fold, and If you want to enter, you must agree to a call back to work in Canada for up to 4 years after med school. This would force graduates to stay in Canada.
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    Jim Rogers on Bernanke: "He is a total fool"

    If this doesn't scare you, your just plain ignorant. The article is in last weeks New Scientist, about China and their technology. They make the US look like a halfway house. http://www.newscientist.com/contents/issue/2629.html
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    Zimbabwean currency

    Probably better reading what Marc Faber has to say about this.
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    Stop Loss on short stocks.

    Figure out your short entry criteria. Set your Buystop = Entryprice * 1.1; // using a % is not a good idea - ATR(10) or Stdev(C,10) is better on EOD stocks. If Short is true AND C > Buystop, then Cover Any decent backtester will carry the above code as active until stopped out or...
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    rimm makes u turn intraday

    I would bet against that happening. The owners are far too independent to sell themselves to a corporate entity like IBM. Sure I can see "strategic partner" or something event that will give it a $10 pop, but thats it.
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    Blood Substitute opinions

    they are all junk pm for more info.
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    Why to short the Canadian Dollar

    i was always long USD as shitty as the fundamentals are. Its just plain in the interest of the joeblow Canadian manufacturers.
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    Top 30 traders under 30

    haha - ya you'd be too smart and figure out the gig quick. On the flip side consider trying to get into a Bahamas outfit with your CFA exam credential. I see alot of ads for those types of jobs on that island.
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    Backtesting speed

    Wow, I must be running slow because amibroker on a 2gig pc handles 5000 stocks * 20 years data * 255 days = about 2 minutes to backtest a basic strategy without too many for loops...
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    Does Euro or Yen have more "PoP" to move USA markets one way or another?

    http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2007/11/13/8823/ken-fisher-it’s-the-yen-stupid/
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    Why current administration doesn't intervene US$ decline?

    I never see the word Stagflation mentioned on this site.
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    Position Size and Market Volatility - Trend Traders

    anybody with backtesting software can set PS for long-term stock positions to: 6*stdev(C,10) or 10 * atr(10) Amibroker does this in your sleep.
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    IKEA Tables / question on Quality

    The fredrik is an excellent multiple function desk. It used to be called the "jerker" and I suppose that resulted in a name change. http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/60111123 I run my soundsystem on the two side mounts and have plenty of space for everything on it. Be sure to buy...
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    GS too good to be true

    I can see it coming - "We thought we had our risk contained"
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    GS too good to be true

    His comment about marking to market seems to contradict the fact that many of these derivatives haven't traded for months no?
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    Why to short the Canadian Dollar

    What do you think Boone Pickens has been doing? And Arabs too. I think they now own about 15% of all oil sands stocks.
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    Commercial hedge against rising rates

    How do you know they won't judge as you as a credit risk and hose you way beyond that hedge?
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    Derivatives to hegde against unemployment and a recession

    credit default swaps but joe six pack can't buy them.
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    Why to short the Canadian Dollar

    I say short when CAD hits 1.11
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