Demolition Man

Last thursday marked the 70th anniversary of the Shelling of Mainila. The Soviet Union staged an artillery strike in the Soviet border village of Mainila and claimed the shots were fired from the Finnish side of the border in order to get a casus belli and to cut diplomatic relations with Finland. Four days later the Winter War started as the Soviet Union began its invasion.

Later on, there has been some discussion on whether the Winter War could have been avoided and the general view...

I've been meaning to write a blog entry for quite some time now but I've been busy with my studies lately. However, I finally found the time to do it, so here goes. If you have been wondering why the InformedTrades mission statement is what it is and why we share knowledge so opely and without a pricetag on it, this one's for you so keep on reading.

As long as history has been recorded, people have always had a primal urge to possess things. Even today, our modern society is deep down...

Hey folks!

I've been off the radar for quite some time now and I thought I'd just check in to let you guys know that I'm still alive and kickin'!

The reason why I've been so inactive is that I've been seriously studying my ass off this fall. Like 12-13 hours a day. And since it is economics that I study, I haven't really had the interest to discuss economics in my spare time as well. But every now and then I still grab a trading book from my bookshelf. There's just something...

As the Islamic calendar is about to enter the ninth month of Ramadan, I thought it would be a convenient opportunity to write about patience and modesty and their meaning to traders. Although I'm not a Muslim (nor am I a Christian, for that matter), I think there are a lot of aspects to Ramadan which we as traders can learn a great deal about.

During Ramadan, Muslims get up before dawn, so, during the next month, get up an hour earlier and use that extra hour to better yourself at trading....

Hey people.

I made a blog entry a few days back but I had it locked down until I got a confirmation from Dave that he's ok with it, so before I had a chance to unlock it, it had fallen off the New Blog Posts -list.

So, I figured I'd post this new entry, just to make sure you guys don't miss it.

-Demolition Man