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Hi, I'd like to understand what's going on in the economy right now. Any good books for this? Thanks

Keep it simple. Here is a system that always buys reports a few days after they are released (always long side, always waiting to let the market correct). Then they sell about a month before the next report. Longer timeframe but profitable regardless. http://www.earningstrader.com/

Which is more liquid of these two? Thanks

Agriculture futures seem to have terrible spreads all around. Few examples: ZW - 8 ticks between bid/ask = $100/contract CT, 10 ticks = $50 SB, 10 ticks = $112 Am I reading these right? I don't see how someone can make money off of those...

Hey guys, What determines if you get filled or not when you enter a order in-between the Bid/Ask in the futures market? Thanks

I was interested in trading futures but the high leverage and difficulty finding a way to chart them turned me away. I don't like stocks too much because they're correlated which is bad for a position trader. But then I heard commodity and currency funds that trade on the stock market (GLD...

I want to start really small before I trade serious money. My equities broker (MB) only has 10k unit sizes? Is there anyone smaller than that? Thanks

Anyone have a good paper trading program they could recommend? Thanks

A weak dollar makes our exports cheaper overseas and international imports more expensive, which should be a good thing for american companies. I suppose this will also drive away investors but is that more important than a discount on america?

Can anyone recommend a good place to get EOD data for stocks? Thanks

You guys are too witty for me, I can not tell what's a joke and what is not. How true is the statement that .5% HP will kill most pathogens?

I'm Pulling this bit from wikipedia: If ever there was a party that could easily be confused with anarchism, it's the Libertarian party. If you disagree, please point out how I misrepresented libertarianism in my traffic law example.

Well it looks like I'll never get another response to the initial question. Having participated in the hijacking of my own thread, I may as well post a serious response now. The fundamental idea behind libertarianism is flawed. People are intelligent animals, but they are still ANIMALS and...

There's an aweful lot of of free expression and anti establishment rhetoric in this thread. I'm afraid I'll have to report you all to my Republican higher ups before things get out of hand.

Excellent, I'll have to send Bush a card for pushing such a strong trend into the markets :) But seriously, I think you are really pointing out the impact of sentiment. Public opinion creates political sentiment which in turn creates investor sentiment. EDIT: vote libertarian? Dude be a...

On friday the senate passed a bill that would make internet gambling illegal. See below for what happened to Party Poker (largest poker room) on the London stock exchange.: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=PRTY.L&t=5d I'm a poker player so I was watching this stock with interest to see what...

Do you think by following an investing strategy like the one outlined in the intelligent investor, one could achieve around 20%/yr in the markets nowadays? I ask because of some reviews on amazon such as this one that say the method is somewhat outdated:

Hello, What papertrading software can I use with MB Trading as the datafeed? All suggestions are appreciated.

Is there anything I can do about it? There is a website reporting false results on their home page, which I saw just by looking at their trade results page. I realized the numbers didn't add up and emailed their support, who gave me the excuse that something is wrong with their auto updating...