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Interesting offer. But you obviously didn't have the discipline to learn spelling back in grammar school. It's "losing". So, no thanks.

Everyone interested in this discussion should take a few minutes to read Dr Mahathir's speech from the Islamic Summit Conference of October 2003. It is a simply amazing speech which was terribly reported in the West, where for the most part it was condemned for being anti-Semitic. While he...

It's always OK to resist an unjust order. There are parents and teachers who abuse their role. There are mature teenagers too. Nevertheless, it's a lot easier to tell an adult to back off - calmly, firmly, and convincingly - when you yourself have matured into an adult. Not trying to be...

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad explained that in one sentence - probably the most amazing quote of 2003. "We are up against a people who think."

Actually, the more I think about my teenager analogy the more I like it. Besides raging hormones, what's the main reason for the stereotypical teenage behavior? We've probably all been through it ourselves. You've become physically adult but haven't figured out your place in the world yet...

For the same reason that the "Terrorist attack in Madrid, Spain! Heads up!" thread was in Trading initially - both started as a "heads up" alert on a breaking news story that had potential to affect the markets. And then of course devolved into side issues.

Notice I said nothing about Christians. :cool: But for the most part Christendom appears to have grown up. In contrast, the Muslim world appears to still be going through a difficult adolescence and making everyone else's lives miserable in the process. I think Huntington's observations are...

You get absolutely no comparison. Go read Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations for some perspective on the "big picture". The majority of violent conflicts around the world are between Muslims and non-Muslims, or between Muslims and Muslims. "Wherever one looks along the perimeter...

I have a serious question to throw in here. It really is a serious question, as opposed to the sort of question intended to stir things up. I've never heard an explanation for it or understood it. For the life of me, I don't understand why Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount provoked the...

I'm a news junkie, yet terrible at making quick trading decisions based on news. For example, when the news came out in December about mad cow disease being confirmed in the US, I assumed that live cattle prices would be driven higher, because there would be widespread herd slaughter and a...

An excellent point. I believe Jim Rogers answered this by saying that you have to have staying power (i.e. don't take too big a position relative to your account size). If your interpretation of the news is correct, you will ultimately profit, but you may have to hold on through some big moves...

Arthur Cutten was known during his lifetime as the greatest grain speculator in America, particularly in wheat. (Made a lot of money in stocks, too.) He was a self-made man like Livermore. Cutten appeared in Reminiscences of a Stock Operator under the pseudonym Stratton.

How do you usually fare on triple-witching Fridays? Enjoying your journal.

No problem! :cool:

Wally, The idiot I was referring to was the guy who wrote the article at http://www.2cooltek.com/case104_2.html, which you had quoted from. Not you. And my statement "There are no voltages within two orders of magnitude of those numbers in a PC power supply" is correct. The link you just...

The guy who wrote that is an idiot. There are no voltages within two orders of magnitude of those numbers in a PC power supply. However, CRT flyback voltages do run into the tens of thousands. The capacitor in this case is the picture tube itself, and it can hold a charge for a very long...

George Pruitt, editor of Futures Truth magazine, has a list of recommended books on trading systems at Amazon.com. He's probably one of the best qualified people to make suggestions in this area. George Pruitt's book list

Exactly. Also TIPs (inflation-indexed Treasuries). The US government has several incentives to underreport the true rate of inflation.

"Compute one penny invested at the time of Christ, compounded at 3 percent per year. Then consider why nobody has anywhere near that amount these days." -- Ed Seykota interview, Market Wizards Seykota blamed it on inflation, but now we know the real reason. I'm going to name it Diode's Law...

And note that when he recently received a multi-million dollar settlement from the CME, he turned all the money over to his original investors. (See here for details.)