Yes, Europe etc will have problems of their own. The difference then is that on account of politics and ideology Europe and China will be...
I have an idea. Central banks won't care about gold. Why would they? What's the value to them? Unlike the rest of us, they can create...
was the NASDAQ saying something in 1999 too? Just asking.
"from the perspective of the populous, they will always borrow if credit is loose enough." Yes, but the Fed can't make lenders lend. In a...
The purpose there is to try to ensure that the value of keeping property operational is higher than the arson/abandonment value. Abandoned...
That somebody will steal your encoded system from a server and ruin the market? Think about it on the other side. Suppose somebody came to...
Sounds like exactly what has happened to many countries in the emerging markets, in part thanks to the IMF's poor policies combined with the local...
The "risk" there is not default---since the US can conceivably print as many dollars as needed if they revoke the Federal Reserve Act or modify...
The rationale given above is sound why a sales tax (evasion) or VAT is not so good. It encourages black-market commerce and puts taxes on...
Why exactly does a VAT (which is what this is) point in the right direction? Why would it "eliminate the IRS"? In nations that have this...
There are regulated stock exchanges and futures and options exchanges. Most participants like this because this way they are less likely to get...
The problem with this seems to be that the "fundamentals" which are in trade in the forex are changes in interest rates. And people respond to...
cute, but I think it's a photoshop fake. Look at the last frame, with the girl (supposed culprit) being tossed in the air. What's wrong?...
OK, prt_systems, what would happen in the VC system? This is not a flame or snarky remark. Actual curiosity.
In principle, yes. The problem is that the capital and production capacity in the US does not exist any more, except for agricultural...
Trading volume may not equal real-life importance. I imagine that actual commercial sellers and users negotiate mostly the long dated futures...
After all the angst in this thread, why is there not a centralized, regulated exchange for spot currencies? I know about the futures but as...
Saving 1.5 million a year is exactly something that a government bureaucracy would do, based on its own internal issues. Even if somebody out...
If it is indeed middle-eastern buying in the face of abnormal macroeconomic factors (i.e. higher US stock market and higher US dollar) might this...
"A lot of it are also dependent on money management. I truly believe that a trader can randomly trade a stock and be profitable regardless of the...
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