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Just stay away from pinksheets next time...

If you flip that coin 1,000,000,000,000 times and it lands on heads every single time... You probably have a game that's being manipulated. :D

Ouch... that's a sad story... i feel sorry for the guy. His risk management was awful... starting by the fact that his initial trading capital was a loan... And he had no stop loss... It's a sad story, but he had it coming... nothing left to do but pray for the poor guy. :(

Even if there are no trends, and all that seems to be a trend is just an ilusion. You cannot forget that all traders will be subject to seeing that same ilusion. Some will see that ilusion, while some will see the opositte... So they begin pushing in the oppositte direction... and then people...

Parking on ECN = putting your order on the queue, adding liquidity.

According to the Austrian School, the problem with managing inflation is that we have no instrument for measuring inflation that's remotly accurate. The indexes we use don't reflect the real picture, because in order to reflect reality you need to have an index that reflects peoples preferences...

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Al Gore's not running for 2008...

Good point. I heard that they're using such a system in Chile for public contracts with very good results.

2002 article... I wonder if there's been any advances in the last 5 years...

Interesting. Even though addressing your personal oil consumption will have a positive effect in your finances, reducing your fixed costs. The bulk of the inflationary effects of oil doesn't come from cars but rather from increased costs in logistics that translate in higher prices of most...

You're the one who's saying all your woes come from illegal immigrants. I'm simply stating that your immigration laws created an incentive for both illegal immigration and outsourcing. As long as the laws remain the incentive remains, and there's money to be made by those who see that...

Actually it is my business... We're in a global economy, the economic decisions of the US have effects everywhere on the planet. On top of that, my business happens to be with companies that trade the markets of the US and other countries. It's not a matter of whether or not I like your...

Pakistan? that's a long way from here. I'm in Costa Rica, Central America. Regarding Illegal immigrants: Illegal immigrants are illegal simply because there's a law that puts that label on them. Most of them come seeking a job, just like any other immigrant. They don't pay taxes simply...

Thanks for the reply S.A. You summarized your ideas quiet nicely on that one. I agree with you on most points, and I see how stage is getting set for a "perfect storm" However, I don't think that the stock market will go down in nominal value during this meltdown. During...

It's a sad thing when a nation of immigrants forgets it's roots, and the sons of the immigrants blame immigrants for the problems of their nation. This can only come from the worse kind of ignorance; ignorance of one's own roots. Forgetting that perhaps if one's fathers had stayed back home...

Actually, many Germany's wealthiest made a killing during the hyper inflation... they had debts denominated in Marks, that simply vaporized... The worse of the inflationary spike happened in the last months with prices doubling every few hours... to a high on Nov 15th of 42, 000, 000, 000...

This is due to the law of diminishing marginal returns. Each dollar that is printed is worth less than the previous one.

Now that would be an economic disaster and a clear step towards a hyperinflationary crisis... from price controls to total loss of faith in currency... there's only a short distance.

Commodities are not moving higher... it's just the dollar sinking lower... :confused:

in order to have a 1923 style meltdown you need a severe and abrupt increase of government debt relative to total productivity. In the same manner that the treaty or Versailles and the French and Belgian invasion of the Ruhr crippled the Weimar Republic, combining heavy war debts with a cease...