Category Archives: Economics

What is my chance to lure in a prey on oil future trading ?

By DayTrader | July 30, 2009

Arrman asked: I bought millions and millions of barrels of oil when they cost $60–$100 a barrel. I expect to make a kill when I sell. But right now it’s only over $140 a barrel. So here is my difficulty :
I have requested my agents spin the media, like: “Oil future looks high, expecting to [...]

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What type of effect do you think computer programs designed for trading had on the markets? Good or bad?

By DayTrader | July 24, 2009

guitarman asked: What % of trades are done automatically on a computer now? It seems as if the stock market can’t fall completely because these computer programs keep boosting it back up. Is a market correction even possible in the day and age of computer programmed trading?Carmelo

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Portugal was the hegemon of the 16th cent., so what %age did it have of world trade and foreign investment?

By DayTrader | July 5, 2009

victim#1 asked: Portugal was the hegemon of the 16th century, and its leading sectors share of world industrial production was exploration, shipbuilding, & discovery. It communicated globally via shipping lines and traded spice and gold. So, what share of world trade did it have and what were its foreign investments, if it had any?
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What type of effect do you think computer programs designed for trading had on the markets? Good or bad?

By DayTrader | May 13, 2009

guitarman asked: What % of trades are done automatically on a computer now? It seems as if the stock market can’t fall completely because these computer programs keep boosting it back up. Is a market correction even possible in the day and age of computer programmed trading?Milo

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Is there a way to find out the volume of traded currency per day/week/month/year?

By DayTrader | March 3, 2009

theMayne asked: I’m doing a research project on Chinese currency, and I’d like to find some data pertaining to the actual amount of traded Yuan and United States Dollars each day, week, month, and/or year. REFERENCES CRUCIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!Donte

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