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What you are,issuing is that you need to have someone on the other side to buy your currency of choice or someone to sell to in order to sell back a stock you no longer want or someone who has a stock you want to buy who is willing to sell it to you. It is called a market and the auction process ensures spreads are small. Imagine if you got sick and epwanted to sell your Apple stick to pay the medical bills in an emergency and there were no sellers at the time. The spread could be enormous without traders. Equally if you want to exchange currency you might find a job finding someone in say the UK who wants to exchange with you - or of course allow the banks to gouge you with a terrible rate.

Unlike real investors who are in for the long term, the speculators generally don't own the actual thing they are trading; they just buy and sell derivatives of some type. This provides no liquidity at all and is of no benefit whatsoever to anyone except those who buy and sell the same derivatives.

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't traders determine the market price? Don't the FX traders have to have a certain percent of the cash on deposit and if there is too much movement they get a margin call to put up more money?

Not aware of anyone ever trying it.

Could be a case of 'spoke too soon' but I always imagined it would be hard to pickpocket me as I have enough trouble getting my wallet out my own (too tight) pockets never mind anyone else doing it without me noticing whilst I'm on the move (I guess I'd be on the move as I don't tend to stand about in the street very often and walk quickly always even when not in a hurry).

I didn't even know it was common in Thailand. I haven't heard of it happening to anyone I know or heard any stories of it as far as I can remember.

Generally not something I'm concerned about. Would never keep my valuables in back pockets and I'm cautious enough in busy places to be mindful and keep my hands close to my pockets (if sober enough anyway).

They don't pull it out the top. They cut the bottom of the pocket in the case of tight pockets.

CHF/THB of 38 is a "knee-jerk" reaction. Long term CHF/THB will average between 33 to 35.

Futures Trading (margin trading) is a Zero-Sum Game. For every 1 Dollar winner, there is a 1 Dollar loser (minus commission)

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The Swiss-Export oriented companies had now over 3 years time to prepare for the inevitable. It was clear from the very beginning that that the EURO/CHF peg was not designed for eternity.

Swiss Exports will get more expensive. Fine. But with the same highly valued CHF one can import things much cheaper (How about fuel, food, and everything else.) How much more spending money will this put into the pockets of Swiss-Consumers?) and therefore fuel the domestic-economy?

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To me it's clear: The Swiss Export-Tycoons have already taken up this subject (once more) to put pressure on the comparatively high income level of the Swiss working populace. They will not rest, until they have managed to knock down the lower income segment to the "Hartz 4 / Eternal Temporary Employment-Level" as it has been gloriously implemented in Germany and basically in the rest of the "Western-World" already. (Europe/USA.)

As Warren Buffet said (probably the most successful long-term investor alive). = There is a global Class-War raging, and we (the people that own 90 % of all tangible assets of this world will win this war thanks to "Globalization".

The future looks bright. Cheers.

How will the Swiss export tycoons lower the value of the CHF?

But surely this has nothing to do with Islam? After all he only offended the Wahabs religious establishment.

He was convicted by Sharia law. Does Sharia law have anything to do with Islam?

We have two threads running now. They are about Thailand, the Philippines and Japan. What makes Japan the odd man out? Feudalism was stopped there in 1947 and 1948. That is the major difference. It is the reason for all the other differences.

you are right about cooks they don't need passion...but heart.

but if they want to become CHEFS they need it...from a certain level cooking is a kind of art...

Maybe I'm wrong but I think you show a cook how to do something and want him to do it the same way. Over and over again. Practice makes perfect. You are the boss. You want replication before creativity. Yes?

btw why has almost every topic lead into a personal rant between certain members here?

just use the pm button much easier to bicker at each other and the contributing members can exactly do what they want- contributing and exchanging different views...

I put him on ignore and will no longer respond to any of his posts. I suggest he do the same as I'm sure the bickering must get as tedious to everyone as it does to me.

I did. I was responding to the OP. Telling him that old farts from the time of Socrates to Ayn Rand have been saying the same thing and it is more a symptom of oldfartism than the younger generation actually being less passionate.

barely an old fart and not generalizing the younger generations in general....but in my profession passion is paramount...

Cooking? I'll settle for a recipe produced correctly and hot food, hot and cold food, cold and nothing poisonous served the paying customers.

Hookers need passion. Cooks need cleanliness, good recipes and management. It's cooking, not art. Cooking is following the numbers art is not painting by the numbers.

In all the years I've been in the business all I ever wanted was a cook to follow instructions. Nothing more nothing less. Following instructions is not passion as far as I'm concerned. It is hot tedious work with people yelling at you.

How many of your cooks make over 100,000 baht a week? I have never seen passion in this country for less and most countries for a lot more. Garbage men in NYC make about 100,000 baht a week. http://www.wnd.com/2011/01/253645/

My point though was not to berate cooks but to point out that the older generation has been saying the same thing about the younger generation since the ancient Greeks and man started keeping written records.

Only if it is Allah's will that he die.

That is really an awful joke. Like saying one can be beheaded and only die if a deity confirms the head rolling about on the sand will kill the person.

The only smart thing you said is:

"Thai themselves cannot communicate with each other in it"\

which is totally true.

Their language is so shiiity and unclear that I get mad so many times even if I can speak fluently. It really show the way they think...

BUT I HAVE A GOOD REASON AND ONLY ONE IS USEFUL TO EXPLAIN WHY I WANTED TO LEARN THAI:

because I am smart and most of them are not even able to learn over easy English.

Really.................

Here in the Philippines is a term well understood by the educated down to the non educated, called "nosebleed or nosebleeding", used by locals to refer to some foreigner who caused their nose to bleed because they were forced to use their brains to reply to the foreigner. Is there something similar in Thailand or is that term used only among these dummies?

Why would a Thai want to hear anything from your type of person? I'll bet you have no education, a manual labor job and have done almost nothing of worth in your entire life.

The reason I know this is you call people in the Philippines, "dummies." No one with any class would make such a social and academic blunder.

I changed all my money from US dollars when I knew this would happen. It was a lot of money. All the money I made from selling off my real estate in Florida before the bust. I put all my money into an ANZ bank CHF account in Singapore.

One minor flaw. I was sure it would happen in 2009.

Evidently, you are so high-and-mighty that you cannot sustain any passion for relentlessly repetitive conversations, for discussing at length things of almost no consequence, or perhaps re-re-re-confirming some previously agreed arrangement, all while maintaining a facial expression of joy. I feel sorry for you and all your Thai bashing mates.

What a peculiar exercise in irony, very self-contradictory. What the heck side are you on?

What are the sides? 1. Stupid, Farang who is too lazy to learn to speak Thai and 2. the rest of us who live here?

If the Jews of Europe actually DID need to carry firearms on them everywhere they go, I'd say it's maybe time for them to leave Europe, as some indeed are doing already. It's bad enough that Jewish schools and gatherings need armed guards. Of course immigration isn't for everyone or even possible for everyone and Israel is not the only choice. I have read many French Jews are preferring to move to QUEBEC Canada which of course makes a lot of sense as it's a French speaking region. Personally I hope most European Jews can stick it out and stay there. Of course that's much easier for the totally assimilated ones.

Aren't a lot of Jews in Israel armed? What's the difference? The terrorists are making war on them all over so why not be armed all over?

It was meaningful in as much as the Rabbi in question is himself Orthodox. If he was affiliated with another school of thought of modern day Judaism, his notion may have sounded more reasonable. Some Jews do carry arms in Israel, but discounting military and security personnel, nothing as widespread as the USA. One cannot legally get a gun, or even a permit without jumping though some hurdles.

The Muslim "side", in Europe at least, is not on the whole armed. Doubt there is a firearm in each and every Muslim house hold.

The issue of terrorists getting weapons easily is more to do with Europe's open borders policy, which makes it not too difficult to smuggle arms, mostly originating from East Europe. An assault rifle would come at about 2000 Euro on the black market, not that expensive, really.

Mass arming of untrained civilians during times of tensions is probably not a good idea. There are other ways to increase security at relevant points and, of course, many measures which could be applied to make acquisition of weapons by terrorists much harder.

The Jews in Europe are not attempting to kill Muslim families so why would you mention Muslim side being armed? It's only the Jews that need to be armed against the Muslim terrorists.

You are the one who brought up the "Muslim side" bring armed, I was merely responding to your post (which you failed to quote):

The whole thing is another religious war and since the Muslim side is armed don't you think the Jewish side should be armed too?

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/792447-at-least-20-sleeper-cells-ready-to-strike-europe/?p=8948615

The Jews in Europe do not need to be armed against anyone. They are for the most part citizens, and their safety is a matter for their respective countries. In the same way, relevant authorities and law enforcement agencies are tasked with curbing Islamic terrorism threat. Making things even messier by arming untrained civilians will not necessarily result in greater security.

I never said Muslim families were armed. I said Muslim terrorists are trying to kill Jewish families. The Muslim terrorists are armed but not the Jewish families.

Ah so this thread is about Congressional job approval then? Good switch. Cause you never will win with your line of reasoning above.

The thread is about the House vote on immigration.

Good point. I was in error.

Downside of learning Thai is that you get to hear what the majority of Thai people talk about on a daily basis: the most inane, trivial conversations and gossip that I've ever heard in my life. Yes, you can become totally fluent in Thai with a lot of work, but then what are you going to talk about? When I reached a level where I could understand 75% or so of what I heard around me, I completely lost interest in the language.

I saved my dogs (best friend) life because I could tell the Thai vet what was wrong with her and she got the correct medication and survived. I didn't completely lose interest in her life because she was a Thai dog.

My dog has a vocabulary of 36 words in English and 22 in Thai. My dog is smarter than most of you fellows I have no doubt and loyal and she works 24/7 for food and love. She has saved the my life (or at least from severe bodily harm/pain) 5 times in the past two years.

My advice (not that anyone cares) 1. If you want a friend get a dog. 2. Learn Thai so you can communicate with your Thai dog and it's doctor.

I get the impression a dog is the crucial link for improved communication with your thai wife. We need to explore in which extend this very unique observation can be used to improve communication in general. You see not all posts are rubbish

I also switched her phone from Samsung text to talk to google text to talk as it is much clearer and has three speeds. An interesting test is asking your wife to say synthetic; my dog can't say it either.

You seem to have missed the latest poll somehow. The American people don't trust this president and with good reason.

President Obama’s public approval rating has dropped to just 37 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of his job performance, according to the first Reuters/Ipsos political tracking poll of the year.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dive-just-37-percent-approve-of-obama-in-week-marked-by-paris-mia/article/2558727

"President Obama and the White House are regrouping after an onslaught of criticism over the president’s decision not to show up in Paris Sunday or send a high-profile surrogate to take part in an anti-terrorism solidarity march."

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It was expected as he can't use Muslim and Terrorist in the same sentence. His immigration policy will allow more dangerous people into the USA and it's no wonder the policy is getting reversed.

You seem to have missed the latest poll somehow. The American people don't trust this president and with good reason.

President Obama’s public approval rating has dropped to just 37 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of his job performance, according to the first Reuters/Ipsos political tracking poll of the year.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dive-just-37-percent-approve-of-obama-in-week-marked-by-paris-mia/article/2558727

Apparently not.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

Look at all the polls.

I see that Congressional job approval is still in the toilet.

Ah so this thread is about Congressional job approval then? Good switch. Cause you never will win with your line of reasoning above.

I got pickpocketed three times in Pattaya. I moved.

You seem to have missed the latest poll somehow. The American people don't trust this president and with good reason.

President Obama’s public approval rating has dropped to just 37 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of his job performance, according to the first Reuters/Ipsos political tracking poll of the year.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/dive-just-37-percent-approve-of-obama-in-week-marked-by-paris-mia/article/2558727

Apparently not.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/

Look at all the polls.

OP, "The turmoil is all the more unsettling because, ........ the Swiss franc has been viewed as a haven for investors, thanks to the stability and wealth of the Swiss government."

What are they nuts? The value just went up 30%. That is certainly a haven; now even a better haven.

Where to they get these dummy writers and no editors?

I reckon Mr Rangsit's putting in an early bid for poster of the year. I'll select him if he's still alive. Vote for a loony, you know it makes sense.

Two years in a row?

It was meaningful in as much as the Rabbi in question is himself Orthodox. If he was affiliated with another school of thought of modern day Judaism, his notion may have sounded more reasonable. Some Jews do carry arms in Israel, but discounting military and security personnel, nothing as widespread as the USA. One cannot legally get a gun, or even a permit without jumping though some hurdles.

The Muslim "side", in Europe at least, is not on the whole armed. Doubt there is a firearm in each and every Muslim house hold.

The issue of terrorists getting weapons easily is more to do with Europe's open borders policy, which makes it not too difficult to smuggle arms, mostly originating from East Europe. An assault rifle would come at about 2000 Euro on the black market, not that expensive, really.

Mass arming of untrained civilians during times of tensions is probably not a good idea. There are other ways to increase security at relevant points and, of course, many measures which could be applied to make acquisition of weapons by terrorists much harder.

The Jews in Europe are not attempting to kill Muslim families so why would you mention Muslim side being armed? It's only the Jews that need to be armed against the Muslim terrorists.