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TDU still alive...

In a previous post I commented that the TDU forum was not a nice place to spend any time. Thankfully things seem to have quietened down and many of the naysayers (although not all) have drifted away.

I hadn't visited the forum for some time as I felt it was just too negative a place to spend my time. Last week however I ventured back to see where things stood.
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Texas and the Dakotas Best Municipal Bond Bets amid Funding Crisis

Montreal, Canada.

It’s not a pretty site for state finances.

California, the world’s ninth-largest economy -- is bankrupt once again. The state issued its first batch of IOUs yesterday as its coffers ran dry. Though extreme, California is certainly not alone this year as many other states grapple with a bear market in revenues, rising unemployment and increasingly grow dependent on Washington to fund state and municipal operations.

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Global Pension Plan site unavailable...

Entering early July and I know that people will be anxious to hear news of Global Pension Plan as in an earlier statement they said that purchase of policies would close on 30th June.

Unfortunately when you look for their website all you're faced with is the equivalent of a blank page. The less trusting amongst us would take this as a bad sign where others may not be so quick to rush to a decision.
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Manhattan Apartment Prices Drop

The expansive staff here at Running of the Bulls have been of the opinion that if the national residential housing market was not at the bottom, then it is closing in on one.

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Buy Currencies for Weeks, Months, Even Years

This Long-Term Profit Trigger Reveals How

By Sean Hyman Plenty of Forex traders get caught up in the daily price action in the markets. But the truth is you don’t have to trade currencies minute-by-minute, or even daily.

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Correlations at All-Time Highs

According to Bloomberg

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Forex 101: What Counts as a Trend in Foreign Currencies?

By Sean Hyman Every once in a while, I like to go back to the basics. So today, I want to take you through the ins and outs of a currency trend.

The easiest way to talk about a currency trend is to start with what’s NOT a trend. Any currency pair that’s trading in a sideways range (sideways range means that it’s a flat horizontal line on the chart).

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Option Envy

Part I: The Easiest Way to Crossover to Currency Options Trading

By Sean Hyman Back in the day, when I first started playing options, I thought that all you had to do was “call the right direction” and you would make money on your options trade.

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Bear Market in U.S. Housing to Last Years

Montreal, Canada

The prospect for a quick residential real estate recovery continues to look dim in 2009 as the market struggles to wind down a 12-month supply glut.

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How to Achieve Revenue

The harsh reality of the startup scene today is that revenue is the best, and maybe only, form of funding. While many conferences focus on gaining the attention of investors, we’ve put one together that focuses on generating revenue.

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Homebuilders, Regional Banks and Transports Flashing Red

As the third quarter gets underway, U.S. stocks posted their best quarterly gains since Q4 1998 following the Long Term Capital Management crisis. June, however, did witness some important price divergences for several sectors of the market suggesting this bear market rally is nothing more than a dead-cat bounce since March 9.

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London Gold Exchange service in overdrive...

One of the more frustrating things about online investing is the general need to make deposits via web based payment processors. Admittedly some programmes allow you to pay by bank wire but this can be expensive.

So, accepting that payment processors have to be used how do we get our funds to them. Personally I use London Gold Exchange and have done for several years. They are reliable and their delivery seems to speed up every time I use them.
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