Anyone received any Christmas presents from their broker
Lee Shepherd
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Yes......A margin call
oh,
And a free pen.
oh,
And a free pen.
Phil Mibbutz
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Yes, surprisingly. It almost moved me to tears.
Captain Currency
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"Dear Client,
Worldspreads would like to invite you to join us at Doheny & Nesbitt for Christmas drinks on December 11th. Worldspreads staff and in particular, the traders will be in attendance to take your jeers and cheers. For those who have fared poorly spread betting in 2008, we’d invite you to use the opportunity to take it out on our traders and look to recoup some of your losses at the bar at our expense. For those who have fared well, come along and bask in the warm glow of success in the most trying of conditions.
Most of all we want to raise a glass to our clients and wish you all the best in 2009.
Please RSVP to Jennifer at [email protected] or call us on 01 863 6666.
THE WORLDSPREADS TEAM"
I got 4 pints of Guinness and 2 double whiskeys, they tasted lovely & went down the hatch very easily
I haven't traded with the above company for over 3 years and have no funds in my account but I didn't want to seem ungracious to such a kind offer!
Cheers,
Andy
Worldspreads would like to invite you to join us at Doheny & Nesbitt for Christmas drinks on December 11th. Worldspreads staff and in particular, the traders will be in attendance to take your jeers and cheers. For those who have fared poorly spread betting in 2008, we’d invite you to use the opportunity to take it out on our traders and look to recoup some of your losses at the bar at our expense. For those who have fared well, come along and bask in the warm glow of success in the most trying of conditions.
Most of all we want to raise a glass to our clients and wish you all the best in 2009.
Please RSVP to Jennifer at [email protected] or call us on 01 863 6666.
THE WORLDSPREADS TEAM"
I got 4 pints of Guinness and 2 double whiskeys, they tasted lovely & went down the hatch very easily
I haven't traded with the above company for over 3 years and have no funds in my account but I didn't want to seem ungracious to such a kind offer!
Cheers,
Andy
works both ways
Indeed. Mine have been extremely genrous this month and actually answered the phone.
Captain Currency
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Sounds a bit like the old proposition bet where your “friend” offers you 1.1 on a flip of a coin. You must do 1 million coin flips and risk 1% of your bankroll on each flip. He will also pay you an additional bonus of 5% on whatever your bankroll is after the 1 million flips. Your bankroll must not drop below 1% of your starting balance, if it does GAME OVER but he'll gladly give you your 5% bonus of your remaining 1%.
The effect is basically like the reverse of compound interest. Say you start off with 1,000 pounds. You wager 1% or 10 quid and lose. Next bet you wager 9.9 and win. But your total is now 999.99 and not 1,000. Even though you won 1 and lost 1 your still losing.
You cant fool an old fool,
Andy
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I'm kinda disappointed here, nobody got invited to any strip clubs ?!?
Open up people, be honest !?!
Deutsche Bank crackdown on expenses of elite financiers
Roger Boyes in Berlin
Auf wiedersehen, champagne working breakfasts. Willkommen to the airport shower facilities.
Hard times have come for some of the world’s most cosseted financial workers with a crackdown on expenses at Deutsche Bank. Under new guidelines that will apply across the bank’s international operations – “with some small regional variations” – financiers are likely to arrive grumpy, unironed and a little smelly at their high-powered meetings.
Second-class rail travel will be the norm in the United States, while in Britain first-class tickets may be bought only for journeys of more than two hours, and in Germany for trips longer than an hour. Taxi trips during a bus or Tube strike will be repaid only with the explicit approval of a banker’s line manager, and similar permission from on high is required if lunch with a client is going to cost more than €65 (£52) per person (the threshold may have to be raised a bit in London).
And if this sounds a world away from the banker’s archetypal business trip of penthouse suites and VIP lounges, it gets worse: Deutsche Bank employees arriving on an early flight are now barred from expensive early hotel check-ins and instead are expected to shower and shave at the airport.
It is all a far cry from the advertising material on the website of the bank – motto: A Passion to Perform – which profiles the relaxed but productive daily routine of some of its 73,000 staff. For example, Ursula, from Legal Entity in Frankfurt, is shown casually picking up her café latte in the morning and looking forward to the bank’s annual ski-season party.
In part the crackdown on staff outgoings is due to the sub-prime lending crisis, as belts are tightened across the banking world. But the updated rule book also reflects German business’s sensitivity after the Volkswagen affair.
The public image of Europe’s largest car manufacturer was severely tarnished when it was revealed that a VW slush fund was paying for visits to brothels, Viagra tablets and the flights of escort girls for senior union officials. “Deutsche Bank does not approve of adult entertainment of any kind and will not repay such expenses,” says the new directive. Company credit cards, in other words, cannot be used to pay for visits to brothels or strip clubs, even if these are intended as bonding activities with clients."
Deutsche Bank crackdown on expenses of elite financiers - Times Online
The times, they are a changing.
Open up people, be honest !?!
Deutsche Bank crackdown on expenses of elite financiers
Roger Boyes in Berlin
Auf wiedersehen, champagne working breakfasts. Willkommen to the airport shower facilities.
Hard times have come for some of the world’s most cosseted financial workers with a crackdown on expenses at Deutsche Bank. Under new guidelines that will apply across the bank’s international operations – “with some small regional variations” – financiers are likely to arrive grumpy, unironed and a little smelly at their high-powered meetings.
Second-class rail travel will be the norm in the United States, while in Britain first-class tickets may be bought only for journeys of more than two hours, and in Germany for trips longer than an hour. Taxi trips during a bus or Tube strike will be repaid only with the explicit approval of a banker’s line manager, and similar permission from on high is required if lunch with a client is going to cost more than €65 (£52) per person (the threshold may have to be raised a bit in London).
And if this sounds a world away from the banker’s archetypal business trip of penthouse suites and VIP lounges, it gets worse: Deutsche Bank employees arriving on an early flight are now barred from expensive early hotel check-ins and instead are expected to shower and shave at the airport.
It is all a far cry from the advertising material on the website of the bank – motto: A Passion to Perform – which profiles the relaxed but productive daily routine of some of its 73,000 staff. For example, Ursula, from Legal Entity in Frankfurt, is shown casually picking up her café latte in the morning and looking forward to the bank’s annual ski-season party.
In part the crackdown on staff outgoings is due to the sub-prime lending crisis, as belts are tightened across the banking world. But the updated rule book also reflects German business’s sensitivity after the Volkswagen affair.
The public image of Europe’s largest car manufacturer was severely tarnished when it was revealed that a VW slush fund was paying for visits to brothels, Viagra tablets and the flights of escort girls for senior union officials. “Deutsche Bank does not approve of adult entertainment of any kind and will not repay such expenses,” says the new directive. Company credit cards, in other words, cannot be used to pay for visits to brothels or strip clubs, even if these are intended as bonding activities with clients."
Deutsche Bank crackdown on expenses of elite financiers - Times Online
The times, they are a changing.
montmorencyt2w
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The head of my brokers gave me a lovely present, but it was in the form of a trade or competition. I could sleep with either his wife or his girlfriend (in a posh hotel, all expenses paid). I had to choose before seeing either of them - decisions decisions - long or short, buy or sell, trending up or down?
I looked through a pile of indicators....not a lot of help, but eventually, I was pretty sure I had the answer.
However, by the time I'd made my mind up, it was too late, and the offer was no longer on the table, as it were.
*sigh*
Knew I should have been a pure price action man....
I looked through a pile of indicators....not a lot of help, but eventually, I was pretty sure I had the answer.
However, by the time I'd made my mind up, it was too late, and the offer was no longer on the table, as it were.
*sigh*
Knew I should have been a pure price action man....
arabianights
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arabianights
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ETX are giving all clients gifts now, which is nice .
http://www.etxcapital.co.uk/christmasgift/index.aspx
.http://www.etxcapital.co.uk/christmasgift/index.aspx
$100 account funding
FXDD was giving $100 on opening of new accounts before Christmas, with no need to fund with any of your own money. Needless to say their customer services are a little overstretched just now (but I did get my account opened and there is $100 showing in the trading funds).
FXDD was giving $100 on opening of new accounts before Christmas, with no need to fund with any of your own money. Needless to say their customer services are a little overstretched just now (but I did get my account opened and there is $100 showing in the trading funds).
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Funny you should say that...we had our Christmas party at one last night!
In characteristic fashion, (I wear my heart on my shirtsleeve) I became rather enamoured with one of the strippers and asked her out...
And then later asked her if she wanted to live with me.
A little forward but you have to be in it, to win it.
She gave me her number.
It took the pain of coming into today long oil and short bunds a little easier.
