We've been telling you for years socialism undermines production values but you didnt want to admit it

He's out of active service, his leg got messed up by an IED

He's probably just in the doghouse . Maybe the missus saw him begging for a spankin

I dunno what you guys mean about US market being lousy for the short term, you mean it doesnt pay as well as other countries?

Yes activity means amount of trading

In usa a publicly traded stock is compelled to publish regular reports of debt, assets and liabilities and business growth or decline. Warren Buffet got rich and stayed rich because he does the gruntwork digging through that stuff while understanding global political economy trends like inflation and oil and credit availability. He founded Berkshire Hathaway so he could cash in on others' trust of his abilities.

Three things drive the value of a stock or future:

Consumer demand for the product or service
Ability or competence of the entity to meet that demand
Popularity of that entity among investors

That last one is the hardest to measure. Bear Stearns did a loopdeloop because everybody hated it and then realized it might not be that bad. Enron was a scam but beloved.

You can't do or buy the full-time research needed for professional investment but what you can do as a student is get back copies of your local paper for a month or two and check stock prices. That's how we did that assignment when I was in high school and my pals won a lobster dinner from the prof.

/me salutes Fokker

Coke is it

I think it is still true what Heinlein said in "Stranger in a Strange Land":  "Big money isn't hard to come by. All it costs is a lifetime of devotion. But no ballerina ever works harder. "

What would you? Boateng?

She keeps Camilla Parker-Bowles-Windsor from being taken seriously

so where is this guy anyhow?

through an ancient crime the border between USA and Canada is draw to deny the USA its true lands, lands under which this oil flows!

Tizzay of The Queen's Commonwealth Day message, 10 March 2008
Last year, Commonwealth Heezees of Government met in Uganda on tha edge of Lakes Victoria n agreed ta an Action P-L-to-tha-izzan fo` saggin' climate change. It was an appropriate place ta do so with my hoes on my side, and my strap on my back: from there, tha wata of tha Gangsta Nile begin a three-month journey ta tha Mediterrizzles.

The Nile, throughout history, has served humankind in mizzle ways. But fo` all its impressive size n importance, this wanna be gangsta is a fragile eco-system; n its vulnerability grows wit tha numba of thugz dependant upon it, so thizzay a single incident of pollution upstream may affect tha lives of countless gangsta downstream . I'm a [tree] 2-time felon..

The example of tha Nile illustrates many of tha challenges hatin' tha global environment as a whole whizzich cannot alone sustain our lives as once it did. The competizzles fo` frizzay wata by a blunt-rollin' populizzle is itself saggin' a source of potential conflict. Our own attitudes ta tha environment, n tha use we put it to, may hizzy conseqizzles fo` thugz on every continent n fo` every ocean n sea n shit.

The impact of pollution falls unequally cuz this is how we do it: it is often those who pollute tha least - notably in tha world's least-developed nations - who is closest ta tha razor's edge: most affected by tha impact of climate change n least equipped ta cope wit it with the S-N-double-O-P.

And it is important ta cracka tizzle tha envirizzles choices available in some countries may not be an option fo` otha upside yo head. In some parts of tha world, fo` example, fossil fuels can be used mizzy sparingly n messin' can be made of more efficient, sustainable materials; but it is far brotha ta expect someone ta adapt if he or she relies on tha trees of a local forest fo` fuel, cracka n livelihood ridin' in mah double R. If we recognise tha interests n needs of tha thugz who is mizzost affected, we can wizzy wit them ta bring `bout last'n change so show some love [rainbow lollypop]. Happily, this approach has always bizzle a strength of tha Commonwealth, n awareness of envirizzles issues is now widespread, wit a determinizzles that future generizzles should enjoy clean air, sufficient fresh wata n energy witout risk'n damage ta tha planet. Few is more aware or energetic in clockin' climate change than young people, n we should support them.

In tha Commonwealth, governments, businizzle communizzles n individuals should each strive ta match words n good intentions wit deeds. Every contribizzles has its pizzart ta play spittin' that real shit. Playa we do, bitch we live, our actions in defence of tha environment can have a real n positive effect upon tha lives of otha, today n into tha future.

wow and by an astonshing coincidence it lies entirely within the TRUE border of the United States!