Trading year has come to a close for me and it was a very nice finish. I was planning to write a little review of 2008, but the day turned out to be so eventful, that no time for reflection is left. It will have to wait till later. For now just a look at [...]

Japanese stock market closed its last trading session of the year.  For NIKKEI average it was the worst ever year, with a loss of 42.1%. It may seem strange, considering that Japan didn’t have the same kind of credit problems as other countries. They had own real estate bubble back in 1989-1990, but even then stock [...]

Right from the open Euro went on a run. And a strong one, too. I think European currency was celebrating 10th anniversary and had a birthday rally. It has already been 10 years since Euro was introduced on January 1st 1999. That was for non-cash purposes, with the coins and notes following in 2002. I’m going to [...]