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Just guessing but the traditional railroads probably still move the really heavy goods cheaper. But for passengers, they have to compete with the speed of air travel. price per tonne/passenger mile would be interesting

Warren Buffett has to be right up at the top on long term past performance. But have his best days gone by ? Railroads ! If his railroad is willing to put in the huge investment for 250 mph trains, then maybe not. A bit old and stodgy for some investors though ?

It seems logical to keep tabs on the really good movers and shakers. Wherever they go success soon follows. Who would you nominate to follow by buying shares in their companies ?

That tax cloud arising !! The Wall Street Journal brings more bad news. A headline reads "Lawmakers Weigh a Wall Street Tax." The first mention of this was in October. The proposal has not died as Congress seeks new ways to finance its profligate spending. Both houses are considering...

Free trade ??????? Not if it doesn't suit USA authorities/business hoods Take the example of on-line poker. It's obvious US casinos are desperate to keep poker players in their vast investment casinos and have bribed Congress to outlaw on-line playing. Playing from the comfort of home...

Not a sensible comment dreggs current spread prices are FTSE 5235.8 - 5237.8 Dow 10349 - 10355 S&P 1105.1 - 1105.7 You can check it out on Finspreads.com For instance - one could buy $100 on the Dow and if it went up 100 points then one makes $100 * 100 = $10,000 tax free...

Across the pond most traders use spread bet brokers even for US futures. Simple figures = simple calculations Probably cheaper too

Guys should keep a diary of all their f*cks. When it comes to bust up time then all the judge has to do is to find the going rate for a similiar looker times the magic number = payoff. Everyones happy. :D

I suppose to be fair to Tiger if you got the talent and liquid assets that he has then he might as well spread them around a lot. No point in being mean and denying the human gene pool :)

If the politicians, bankers etc. were all on the minimum wage until the national debt was paid off my guess is it wouldn't take very long.

Should I do the decent thing I ask myself for Tiger and offer him my therapist - Miss Whiplash :D

hahahaha If I ever hear a fellow European over here speaking like he came from the Deep South I'll send you a card to let you know there are some of yours that have escaped we have plenty of our own, so don't bother to send any more thx

» the 10 highest paid hedge fund managers of 2008 Stock markets across the world may have tanked last year but that didn’t stop the top performing hedge fund managers from making themselves a huge pile of cash. In fact, the top 25 made £8.275 billion or an average of $464...

An oldie but still makes me laugh After no dates or sex for 5 long years a woman finally goes to see Chinese expert sex therapist Dr. Chang. He says, "take off all your croase, get down and craw reery reery fas to otherside room. She does. " Ok, now craw reery reery fas bac". As she...

I get a regular newsletter from Trader Ed of Trader Planet. Is he Ed Seykota ? Nearly cut his own hand off last month tho

Happy birthday Nut and what are you going to be when you grow up ? :D

If only the world leaders had had a decent education or paid attention in school they would know that democracy was the idea of a Greek philosopher 2,000+ years ago and that in those times there was a cultural chasm between the Persian dominated East and the greeks. Q. What's all that ole...

On second thoughts could a technocracy perhaps work ? A panel of experts could be appointed to tackle THE problem whatever it is. So instead of relying on someone like George Bush to tackle the problem of climate change ( certain failure ), the world's top experts could be invited to give...

There are some alternatives like:- Plutocracy - the US is probably more of a plutocracy where money is king than a democracy. Dictatorship - Anyone with even 1 braincell can tell that the awful dictatorships of the 20th century are complete non-starters except for the few at the top...

It's a long long haul back from the brink. The currency will regain its strength when the country pulls itself togethor and regains market share across many markets. Not when clouds of hot-air and handwringing persist.