It's feasible that Big Brother will utter Newspeak to prove that the headline rate of unemployment is falling, not difficult to pull off when the methodology is deeply corrupted.

The Rate Of Unemployment May Fall Below 6% In A Year

+1, the participation in the labour force rate is now at historic lows, the number declined by 0.2% to 63.6% as the number of people out of the labour force increased by over 540K to 88,883,000 whilst close on 50 million receive food stamps. And the ...

The Rate Of Unemployment May Fall Below 6% In A Year

seekingalpha need to seek out new contributors as some of their recent articles defy belief. The only way the USA will see 6% unemployment is if the dystopian vision portrayed if Soylent Green becomes the reality. url

The Rate Of Unemployment May Fall Below 6% In A Year

History never repeats but it does rhyme. ;-)

The Futures Trader Turned Airline Baggage Handler

Yes and no but I'm sure you can see why this phenomena has tptb extremely worried. It's the first currency movement that is being accepted in for example certain high st stores, that's a breakthrough. It still suffers from the issue of you need to ...

Virtual currency Bitcoin registers with European regulators

I think what you're referencing there is simply the normal experiences of becoming proficient at many professions. I've read this hollow sports coach type 'positive mental attitude' rhetoric before, hell, I've even written some of it in the past. ...

The Futures Trader Turned Airline Baggage Handler

Spain might get properly 'junked' by a ratings agency

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

Wow...only in America.

State laying groundwork for managed bankruptcy for Detroit

The majority of retail traders have been seduced by the industry (and various forums no doubt) into thinking that anything around 1% return on average is achievable every trading day. It isn't. The best the vast majority will achieve is the three ...

The Futures Trader Turned Airline Baggage Handler

And others may have it overflowing with Buckfast. ;-)

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

Are you scaling in these multiple trades and if so what's your total exposure?

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

Simply put but very nicely done :-)

Payrolls in U.S. Rose 146,000 in November; Jobless Rate at 7.7%

I see it differently, arrogance and ignorance is the most dangerous of cocktails. To have two years of inexperience, having blown several small accounts, and be operating another small account and then have the unbelievable arrogance to lecture ...

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

Participation rate still at recorded lows, snap programme at record highs. All is well in the land of the brave, the free and where the unicorns roam..

Payrolls in U.S. Rose 146,000 in November; Jobless Rate at 7.7%

+1

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

Sshhh..it may be 'popcorn time' again soon ;-)

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

Here's a fact/anecdote, an SB firm I know reckons they take more money off amateur traders trying to take money out of gold than any other security. It's a position trade or it's nothing and if it is a position trade then why not buy physical.

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

It's bizarre, even if you're the most basic indicator trader (and hey I'm not knocking it as I've seen spectacular good use of the most basic systems over the years) you'd have surely got signals to either close your long or go short yesterday.

Euro fails to hold above 1.3100

I reckon Michael Spencer's recent interview when he mentioned the worst conditions he'd seen in 36 years was not taken on board enough by the industry and even the mainstream press. Not just HFT and or institutional levels I see retail volume ...

Thomson Reuters FX volumes fall 26 pct year-on-year in Nov

I preferred Trichet when he was putting them up. zirp, QE and austerity is a clusterfukc..Not sure Trichet was in the right gang/s

ECB's Makuch: possible to expect rates move if situation does not improve