True...if they get a share in the upside, they should also share in the downside. Else what you get is a lot of short term thinking that always ends in disasters. Luckily some banks are already implementing this...like UBS. For those guys boni are ...

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I think they're doing it because historically it's one of the best ways to combat currency devaluations. Personally I prefer prime real estate as a hedge against a crisis, but gold works ok too. The hilarious part is that gold isn't even that ...

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Can't afford guillotines anymore... To be honest, this whole "tax payers bailing out private companies" thing should have never happened. If a company goes bankrupt, it should go under. It's the only way an economy can be sustainable. What we have ...

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I never had much respects for politicians, but ever since this crisis I firmly believe that they are really monkeys on LSD dressed up as humans. The key thing to note from all this is that "saving accounts are now treated like stock/bond/derivatives ...

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Dijsselbloem is schizophrenic! "Yes, Cyprus is a special case!"...followed by "No, it's not a special case!"...followed again by "It's a special case...aren't you listening?". In short: It's NOT a special case but they now realise how idiotic it was ...

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Glad to hear you didn't slaughter the baby bull completely I'm getting too many mixed signals this morning and don't trust the EUR at all at the moment...so I'm hesitant to go long as I believe up moves will be fairly limited until it really ...

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So your baby bull died overnight? Did you eat it?

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I see your reasoning...I just hope you're careful so the "bull worshipping" won't backfire

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Not sure what you mean...pretty much everything out of Europe today was bearish, hell, even VERY bearish. The mere fact that they went with this drastic measure shows you how desperate they are. The only "ammunition" they have in claiming it's "not ...

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To figure out what country's next, check out the loan to deposit ratios of various banks PS: Yes, there are some scary figures. Except for Swiss banks and HSBC they're essentially all under water in Europe. The US is only staying somewhat afloat ...

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I would turn it around...you don't mess with Russia By the way, nice screen name...I spent 2 beautiful weeks on a Lagoon 550 near Antigua a while ago, lovely ship. Sailing in easy mode though given that so much is supported by electrical winches ...

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Good advice by Revoli...I have Oanda's mobile platform installed too on my phone/tablet just in case MT4 ever breaks down (which has happened in the past).

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Well, according to current law they could block such a levy for pretty much forever if they wanted to. All that needs to happen is a citizen to collect 100k signatures and the government would be forced to allow a vote. There's no way a citizen vote ...

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Switzerland has a more direct democracy...they couldn't just bribe a few political leaders and be done with it. Either way, most of my assets are in property in Zurich, Basel and Geneva...and due to space restrictions demand will always outstrip ...

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Agreed, I'm also really worried. We had an internal meeting at work last week and I went on a massive banking rant to the point where my boss called me a "pessimist". He then asked the guy who we loaned to a bank for over a year as a hotel expert ...

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They're living in an alternate reality where scaring investors is the key to economic growth. The same fantasy world features flying pigs and Draghi who can make it rain money (w/o causing inflation ofc) by doing a funny rain dance. Aside from the ...

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"In Europe, the banks rob themselves."

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Yup...it's actually fairly easy to trade today. Overall trend is still down, so sell into retracements Works beautifully with Ichimoku today too...Tenkan and Kijun Sen serve as great resistance to resell...

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