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Iran is meddling. They have been funding a Shiite cleric (al-Hakim) in Iran for the past few years. And this is simply like their birthday, Christmas and a promotion falling on the same day. Think of it! In one fell swoop their worst enemy fell without them having to lift a finger and in the...

New World Coming The options marts lurch into the electronic age By KOPIN TAN THE NEW COMPUTERS ARRIVED this month, more than 120 multi-processing giant Unixes at 400 South LaSalle St. Not that the Chicago Board Options Exchange lacks computers; its existing mainframes already generate...

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/19/international/worldspecial/19PENT.html?ex=1051329600&en=3d02851bbc4b2f3c&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

I ran into this web site and was just curious what you guys think of this: http://www.traderwarrior.com Jibba-jabber or something worthwhile?

I don't really want this to degenerate into Debka said this...or Debka said that... but you asked what they got a scoop on recently...and I can remember they said a while back that a pipeline was shutdown between Syria and Iraq (weeks before other news agencies reported the same).

http://www.decisionpoint.com/ChartSpotliteFiles/030418_nikkei.html

DEBKAfile’ Exclusive sources: Syria offers to expel 8 members of Saddam’s inner circle in a message reaching Washington through “Russian intelligence channels”. They are former vice president Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri, Saddam’s bureau chief Abd Hamoud, Baath party boss Aziz Salah...

what happened to BOX? anyone have any news from these guys? They've had more than a year to get going. http://www.bostonoptions.com/

For those who want to donate or even start their own charity, please consider the third world. Your dollars will go to an incredible length there. For example, my old high school just finished donating $7000 to a village in Honduras which will be used to build a rather large elementary school.

Well, he's not that bullish. But its interesting to note that he's well aware of himself as the contrary indicator du jour. In summary, heart warming for the bears (moi) but not the extreme I was hoping for.

harry, I'm still waiting for you to fulfil the promise to tell us in one paragraph your 'system' for trading. tick...tock...tick....

fleance, I hardly think Hamilton is a 'permabear'. Here is what he wrote on Oct 4 2002 just before the HUGE bear market really: "The SPX/VIX ratio has thrown off a massive buy signal and speculators should consider paying attention." "If the SPX/VIX ratio proves true to its golden...

Puffy, can you post more from that recent article by JJC? (I'm assuming that the excerpt above is from today's article by him) TIA

can you post more? I wouldn't be interested unless he is frothing at the mouth (which isn't that uncommon for him).

This week's article from Adam Hamilton deals with this topic, albeit with a slightly different take (ratio rather than difference): http://www.zealllc.com/2003/rvix.htm

oooooh ! getting really close to the 1430 level !! Less than 5 points difference on today's close.

US Dollars Exported To Pay Iraqi Civil Servants Wed Apr 16 2003 11:41:36 ET As the U.S. turns from bombing Iraq to rebuilding it, the U.S. government is airlifting dollars from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to replace - - at least temporarily -- the discredited Iraqi currency! The...

Fascinating surf!! So he's wrong? On what time frame? With the VXN at levels only seen on late March 2002 and the VIX at levels on early June 2002 ... you believe the market will go up? Well, it doesn't really matter what we put up on these boards (the market is the market after all) but...