Quotes of the Day

Common lift-riding rules: 1. There will be no talking to anyone, including a person you know. 2. Avoid eye contact with others at all times. 3. Maintain a 'poker face' - no emotion is permitted to be shown. 4. If you have a book or newspaper, pretend to be deeply engrossed in it. 5. In bigger crowds, no body movement is allowed. 6. At all times, you must watch the floor numbers change. [2004] - Allan Pease

If you're planning to sell your home within the next six months, then by all means consider replacing front door handles and locks. [2003] - Robert Irwin

Search engines usually read the first 500 words from each page and use that text to create a relevance index for a particular search term. [2004] - Dan Gooder Richard

If a frenzy occurs in gold, a good strategy is to sell half your position once you have doubled your money. When the ascent goes vertical and you hear about gold every night on the news, think about liquidating some of your position. Once prices move in a strong 90-degree angle, you should use a very short-term moving average to help you make your initial liquidation; here we will use a five-day MA. We want to sell when prices move below the five-day MA. Some traders will also use a 50-day or 200-day moving average to help them out of the rest of their positions. [2009] - James DiGeorgia

Rising interest rates (central bank tightening) have a tendency to contribute to an appreciation in a currency. If, on the other hand, there is a lowering of interest rates (central bank easing), the tendency is towards a depreciation of the currency. The direction of interest rate change is even more important. If the currency’s central bank continues to raise interest rates and indicates an intention to keep doing so, this can have a considerable impact on appreciation in the currency. [2009] - James Chen