It's a weird issue this middle class stigma with my American cousins. In the USA you're middle class if you don't sleep in your car or a trailer. In the UK middle class tend to send kids to private school, own holiday homes, nearly paid off ...

America's disappearing middle class

There's many negative prints on this data; August -7.3%, April -5.7%, February -5.2%.

Orders for U.S. Durable Goods Unexpectedly Slumped in December

I'm not going to pass comment on your anti Obama rant, I quite like the idea being discussed in Switzerland whereby every adult not in work would be guaranteed an income of circa €3,000 per month. It's a far better stimulus than QE 1 - QE 3.

Obama Rushes to Keep Last Year’s Promises Before Address

How good would that be? All these jerks blurting out their calls would get 3 strikes and they're out.

EUR/USD Forecast Jan. 27-31

Interesting theory, these "poorer countries, nobody wants their currency" that you speak of, how has/does the carry trade fit into your theory?

Do cry for me Argentina? Peso plunges

I was talking to a writer at the Motley Fool last year, pulled his leg that they fukcin disappeared of the radar for a couple of years after 2008, as soon as the equity markets rise they're right back on their mojo. Their readers are buy and hold ...

Traders watching for signs to see if this selloff is the big one

I always get a vision of all those mom and pops in the USA who bought in at 15000 on the djia, then 16000 there'll have been another wave...similar in the uk to those who bought the ftse at 6000, then 6500, cos they feel safe joining as MOMOs too ...

Traders watching for signs to see if this selloff is the big one

All my/our trading is automated, zero seat of pants manual, as for scalping its a low number but the target is about were you're at, platform is critical though - Autobahn and or EBS.

Carney Flags BOE Guidance Review as He Commits to Loose Policy

So is paranoia also part of your diagnosis and illness? You're seeing agendas, thinking posters are "recruiting", now you're feeling insecure, envious and "ganged up on". And still you can't answer a simple question, or admit you're wrong. That ...

Is China's economy headed for a crash?

I had my best year last year. Operated two distinct strategies, one swing and one scalp, both multi currency. The trends were superb and the scalps likewise, I'm talking real scalping on a platform that can cope. The FX markets have been superb ...

Carney Flags BOE Guidance Review as He Commits to Loose Policy

I take you off ignore to see what you're up to. More of the same I see, avoiding the question posed, scrambling around for a desperate foothold and trolling. It's quite a peculiar character trait you have there not admitting you're wrong. I'm with ...

Is China's economy headed for a crash?

Tell ya what that guy must be as old as the solar system he's been saying that worn out phrase for so long and despite it retail traders still lose 99% of the time.

Axel Weber Warns "Euro Will Come Down To Earth.. Markets Are Disregarding Risks"

Yeah, that's right, the whole FX market is out to get you, just when you're not looking several of the large institutional banks will conspire together to nip down to where your stop is, to steal your twenty dollars.

HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI

As much as I when I organised your ban I do wish you'd just finally fukc off for good you sad tiresome troll, of course the FX market moves due to fundamentals. You know fukc all about trading, you've never traded, other than on your demo ...

Jobless Claims in U.S. Hover Near Lowest in More Than a Month

No matter how many times I read this type of nonsense it still makes me smile.

HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI

Had to laugh reading about Abe at Davos, reckons Japan has beaten deflation by <drum roll> a couple of trillion dollars worth of "printy printy buys shitty shitty." Well duh as they say in the USA or "no shit Sherlock" as we say in the uk. Is that ...

Is It Time to Trust the Global Financial System Again?

You're a "traveller" that explains a lot..

USD/CAD reaches 1.1000 for first time since 2009

Tbh he's representative of many posters on here, there's only a handful who contribute who have a handle on what's happening. But I'm always taken aback by the overall level of economic ignorance on this section. If folk can't self educate, with all ...

Bank of England - No need to raise rates if jobless rate hits 7 percent soon

Eh? How would the BoE "start their own taper"?

Bank of England - No need to raise rates if jobless rate hits 7 percent soon

The basic tenets of the EU were and are: The free movement of capital The free movement of people The free movement of goods The free movement of services One single trade agreement, with the USA for the 18 single currency users and with the wider ...

Free trade: EU halts investment talks with US