The second half recovery argument took a significant blow last week when it was announced that 467,000 Americans were laid off in the month of June. This number understates the problem because of BLS tinkering with the birth/death model and the headline number does not reflect the over 9 million Americans who are working part-time but want full-time work. It also was little help that the state with the highest GDP in the nation is unable to manage its own finances and now finds itself in a $2

From time to time, I get an email asking why I choose to buy an option instead of shorting a stock.There are any number of reasons I would buy an option:Percentage Gain - this is the most obvious. If you short a stock, the most you can possibly make is 100%, and even that is virtually unheard of. I mean, if General Motors is still trading with a $428,000,000 market cap (as of today's close), how likely do you think you'll find a stock that has gone to $0.00? Anyway, as of this moment, my best sh

When you look at the COT report, you should focus on the non-commercial participants rather than on the commercial participants. You would want to know the reason. Commercial participants are mostly trading forex futures for hedging purposes. They keep on rolling on their positions from month to month for hedging even though they maybe taking losses.Try Netpicks forex signal service. Get good forex training .However, large speculators like the hedge funds and the banks trade the forex futur

- Ray LaHood says the US will “absolutely” need new sources revenue for transportation and “likes” Rep. DeFazio’s idea of putting a small tax on oil futures trading. Also, he is a cyclist but doesn’t feel safe riding on the street , so sticks to bike paths. (Mapes on Politics) An accident on Disney World’s monorail killed a conductor , the first fatality on the system in it’s 38 year history. Based on number of users, the monorail qualifies as America’s 9th largest transit line . (AP and