As always, your post is sensible and considered. I fully agree with you. I want to make it quite clear to everyone that my objection was NOT specifically to the opinion expressed by duesy, but to the fact that a politically provocative statement was being made. It doesn't make a difference whether it's left-wing or right-wing, conservative or liberal or whatever, I simply don't need to have the opinions of others foisted upon me... I similarly do not care to know whether anyone here is of the opinion that Chardonnay is viniculturally superior to Sauvingnon Blanc, or the other way around!

Information about political events that have an influence on the markets is a different matter altogether. For me as a European it is very useful to get an insight from the North American members here, and perhaps I can from time to time give you guys a bit of information from Germany that might be helpful.

Good trading, everybody!