Recent Content by FerdinandAlx

  1. $100 contest- Where will S&P be on 7/2/2012

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    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Jun 19, 2011 in forum: Trading

  2. Financial IQ - Mines 85, perhaps I need more education!

    The outcome seems about right. I'd like to know though how they calibrated the risk profile to age and other personal factors. I'm young and...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Jun 18, 2011 in forum: Psychology

  3. To those that say trading is a 0 sum game...

    Trading is zero sum at the point of transaction. The sum nets to zero because shares are always transacted for cash. Buyers in the IPO sold their...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, May 20, 2011 in forum: Trading

  4. Global Macro Trading Journal

    Interest rate increases don't make sense when the government is the largest borrower. A rate hike will only increase inflation in such a situation...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, May 5, 2011 in forum: Journals

  5. access to european exchanges

    I can find Norwegian stocks through TWS, although I'm not sure what data plan you'd need to access them. I'd contact Interactive Brokers if I were...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, May 1, 2011 in forum: Trading

  6. Global Macro Trading Journal

    There's no historical precedent for the USD as the American economy has yet to experience a prolonged downturn in demand under a fiat system....
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, May 1, 2011 in forum: Journals

  7. Global Macro Trading Journal

    I think Faber misunderstands the downward trend of the US dollar. It's not inflationary expectations which have caused it, but deflationary...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, May 1, 2011 in forum: Journals

  8. "Earning the right to be aggressive" is BS, so is trading big on winning streaks

    I partially agree. I agree with you that the shape of your equity curve is irrelevant in making investment decisions. Although that is not the...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, May 1, 2011 in forum: Trading

  9. Ikea outsourcing. Scandalous?

    The Dutch holding company only holds the royality rights and franchise IP. The stores are owned by a Liechtenstein trust that's controlled by the...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Apr 12, 2011 in forum: Economics

  10. How do politicians predict this stuff?

    The government deficit is supporting the private sector. Removing that support will collapse private sector revenues and investment, which will in...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Apr 6, 2011 in forum: Economics

  11. Facebook worth 60 billion someday?

    Facebook's revenue potentials are the selling of virtual goods, consumer behaviour statistics and targeted advertising. They have cornered the...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Mar 28, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  12. A 300 million USD hedge fund manager "trading mistake" after Japanese earthquake

    His mistake was that he couldn't take the risk of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closing. If you buy in a situation that involves a large earth quake...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Mar 28, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  13. Super-Materialist China: Without an apartment, love isn't possible.

    Marxism is the materialistic branch of Hegelianism.
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Mar 26, 2011 in forum: Economics

  14. Better off as a plumber?

    Costs for a college education are low in Western Europe. In the Netherlands you pay Euro 1600 per annum, in France and Germany it's free. Recent...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Mar 18, 2011 in forum: Economics

  15. I'm selling NFLX at $250/sh.

    Netflix is one of those businesses that represents the revolutionary change in the way we consume content. It's hard to predict if Netflix will...
    Post by: FerdinandAlx, Mar 17, 2011 in forum: Stocks