Just trying to pump up the thread. Thanks

I have had some success and some failure on the FTSE in uk which I will divuldge later.

As Ajarn so sagely say's , drinking and posting doesn't mix.....

I have had some success  and some failure on the FTSE in uk which I will divuldge later.

As Ajarn so sagely say's , drinking and posting doesn't mix.....

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Discretionary traders can drink all they want and Should not trade at all.

If you are a mechanical trader and have your rules set in stone,

You can trade even you are fully drunk.

Even very advanced system traders do unattended automized trading.

Drinking doesn't and shouldn't have much affect on your trading overall

Not having pre-set plan or backtested profitable strategy is what cost

you money

I have had some success  and some failure on the FTSE in uk which I will divuldge later.

As Ajarn so sagely say's , drinking and posting doesn't mix.....

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Discretionary traders can drink all they want and Should not trade at all.

If you are a mechanical trader and have your rules set in stone,

You can trade even you are fully drunk.

Even very advanced system traders do unattended automized trading.

Drinking doesn't and shouldn't have much affect on your trading overall

Not having pre-set plan or backtested profitable strategy is what cost

you money.

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Still Pissed , will divuldge trade sevrets in the Morn

I have had some success  and some failure on the FTSE in uk which I will divuldge later.

As Ajarn so sagely say's , drinking and posting doesn't mix.....

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Discretionary traders can drink all they want and Should not trade at all.

If you are a mechanical trader and have your rules set in stone,

You can trade even you are fully drunk.

Even very advanced system traders do unattended automized trading.

Drinking doesn't and shouldn't have much affect on your trading overall

Not having pre-set plan or backtested profitable strategy is what cost

you money.

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Still Pissed , will divuldge trade sevrets in the Morn

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I wonder if I'm missing the boat here.... Maybe I should be trying trading-while-stoned. My other bright ideas for playing the market while straight haven't worked as well as hoped...

Jeremy Siegel's new book, The Future For Investors, is worth a read. Most important message, buy stocks with decent income, and re-invest those dividends.

Unless you lose you ass. Thats not fun.

I bought a ton of the Google IPO shares (GOOG) for 85 USD, now they are 145 USD. Should have sold yesterday when they was 150 USD.

Gambling is fun. Well...

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The more you trade, the more you lose, is now my Mantra.

Buy and hold has been working well for me...

I totally agree. Buy stock in well managed companies at a fair price, and wait.

I had over 65% return last year and am already at just under 20% for this year.

The following link is a recent interview Jeremy Siegel had on Wall Street Week.

http://www.pbs.org/wsw/tvprogram/20050318.html

The following is the allocation Siegal recommends for an all stocks portfolio.

1. Invest 60% of your stock portfolio in the U.S. and 40% in companies based overseas (in his earlier book he recommended a 25% foreign allocation).

2. Index half of your portfolio. For the U.S. portion, look for a fund that replicates the Wilshire 5000 Index, which includes nearly all publicly traded companies, small-cap as well as large-cap. For the international portion, invest in the benchmark international EAFE index (Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Far East).

3. With the remaining 50% of assets, stay broadly diversified, but emphasize stocks with high dividends selling for low price-earnings ratios.

4. Tilt toward industries that have performed the best over time, including brand-name consumer staples, pharmaceuticals, and energy stocks.

5. Without fail, reinvest your dividends.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?J37C43E6A

Unfortunately he makes no recommendations for an ex-pat or a non-U.S. dollar based investor.