Recent content by Boswell

You save that Germany (amongst others) has put money in which is true, but as of now (Jan 2013) they have yet to lose any. Merkel and Lagarde fought over an OSI when Greece was made to do the buyback for the next traunch, and Merkel sort of won. Even though it is looking more like a deal where...

Well I go by what Heseltine says and agree with Sweden's Borg. Nah, think the EU are more like the Star Trek Borg. Doesn't matter what you do or say, all they can think of is to assimilate you (and your country). Anyhow I haven't posted for a while, and haven't been trading. New Year...

I'm not trading at the moment, but still watching and learning. Have read all the usual Guardian/Telegraph reports with the pages of posts where some of them are better than the original report. Which way will if go? My bet is they may fudge through some form of austerity programme but it...

well a number of traders i've followed so far this year have had a hard time, including myself, so I think you're lucky to have been out of this volatility. It all depends on your trading style, but I am hoping this market will become a bit more stable for the rest of the year. For my style of...

Without wishing to go into personal details, mostly to do with having to have money kept to help my wife with her business, which is very tough at the moment, I don't have enough to really start trading at present. Golden rule that a spread betting account, has to be looked at seperately, and...

Try reading Pring on Price Patterns for more ideas. For what it's worth I wouldn't be trading real money yet if I were you. Thanks, sensible advise, I understand that paper trading and trying to refine a trading programme that suits me is the way forward. Though if I am going to be honest I do...

Pazienza, Thanks for the info. Can I take you through what I consider to be a good trade I made last year. Went long on New Britain Palm Oil NBPO at 553, it went up to over 800, then fell back triggering a stop at 780. That part I got right, the trend had developed and got in at a reasonble...

Thankyou meanrevesion, I will try to order that book.

I'm a newbie trader, and have been trying to read up on what I can. Dipped my toe in the water a little, made some, lost some, but most importantly am trying to learn why I won and lost. For my personal trading strategy I am looking at mainly trading UK shares in the 350, over a medium 30-60...

The benign dictatorship, would work if you could find a benign dictator, problem is history shows that all dictators are anything but. Election next year? Maybe, but if the Lib Dems cause a GE they will be slaughtered as they are more unpopular than the Tories, so they might just try to stick...

Not that I wish to leap to the defence of politicians, certainly not Gordon Brown and his chums, loathe the buggers, but politicians are always swayed by what they think will get them elected. That is the weakness of democracy, where politicians find it nigh on impossible to take long term...

I think this was the figure quoted by C4 documentary which includes all the public sector pensions, PFI and the rest of the hidden debt. Not sure if you can still download it [probably only in the UK], but if you can it is definately worth a watch. The £154 Billion is the annual deficit, not...

Hello All, Think it only right and proper to introduce myself, and put a little about myself, and my aims and ambitions. Mid 40s, Brit, worked all my life with my hands rather than my brains. Hasn't been easy at times but have worked myself into a reasonable position engineering in the oil...