Comments for Jack Heald http://jackheald.com Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Why Gold? by Jack http://jackheald.com/why-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-4864 Jack Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:52:10 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=440#comment-4864 Maybe I was unclear: I'm not arguing that silver is less valuable per se, just that gold's unique set of attributes make it particularly useful a<em>s money</em>. The problem of clipping coins is addressed by scoring the edges of the coins. The US does it with the quarter and the 50 cent piece; the UK does it with the 2 pound coin. It's not necessary to actually circulate the coins; Notes are sufficient as long as Notes are 100% convertible to gold on demand. Maybe I was unclear: I’m not arguing that silver is less valuable per se, just that gold’s unique set of attributes make it particularly useful as money.

The problem of clipping coins is addressed by scoring the edges of the coins. The US does it with the quarter and the 50 cent piece; the UK does it with the 2 pound coin.

It’s not necessary to actually circulate the coins; Notes are sufficient as long as Notes are 100% convertible to gold on demand.

]]> Comment on How to Export Data from Tradestation into Excel by Jack http://jackheald.com/how-to-export-data-from-tradestation-into-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4863 Jack Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:48:07 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=311#comment-4863 Sorry, I am no longer using Tradestation. However, I can point you in the right direction: TS has an "export" indicatore that takes as an argument a series of field names as well as the "target" name. If I remember correctly, it outputs a text file. You just tell it the name of the file, and specify which data you want included. I specified DATE, HIGH, LOW, OPEN and CLOSE, (and possibly VOLUME). If you still need help, search on the forums for "export". That oughta get you started. Sorry, I am no longer using Tradestation. However, I can point you in the right direction: TS has an “export” indicatore that takes as an argument a series of field names as well as the “target” name. If I remember correctly, it outputs a text file. You just tell it the name of the file, and specify which data you want included. I specified DATE, HIGH, LOW, OPEN and CLOSE, (and possibly VOLUME).

If you still need help, search on the forums for “export”. That oughta get you started.

]]> Comment on How to Export Data from Tradestation into Excel by Baily http://jackheald.com/how-to-export-data-from-tradestation-into-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-4862 Baily Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:19:31 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=311#comment-4862 looked all thru the indicators and couldn't find.would you please tell me where to get the indicator.happy trails and trades looked all thru the indicators and couldn’t find.would you please tell me where to get the indicator.happy trails and trades

]]> Comment on Why Gold? by Josh S http://jackheald.com/why-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 Josh S Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:58:08 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=440#comment-4861 Actually, the industrial utility of silver increases its value. It's lost monetary value because at the turn of the last century, governments began demonetizing it, not because of its usefulness in other pursuits. In fact, something that has no value as a commodity is unlikely to succeed as money without the force of government behind it. Gold's utility is primarily as a luxury good (i.e., an ornament), which is why its value never falls to zero. Gold also has one significant problem as money--coins made of purse specie lose value with use, and they can be clipped. Paper bills do not have this problem. Banking partially alleviates this problem, since bullion stored in a vault doesn't wear. Actually, the industrial utility of silver increases its value. It’s lost monetary value because at the turn of the last century, governments began demonetizing it, not because of its usefulness in other pursuits. In fact, something that has no value as a commodity is unlikely to succeed as money without the force of government behind it. Gold’s utility is primarily as a luxury good (i.e., an ornament), which is why its value never falls to zero.

Gold also has one significant problem as money–coins made of purse specie lose value with use, and they can be clipped. Paper bills do not have this problem. Banking partially alleviates this problem, since bullion stored in a vault doesn’t wear.

]]> Comment on Trading by Baily http://jackheald.com/trading/comment-page-1/#comment-4859 Baily Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:03:00 +0000 http://jackheald.com/#comment-4859 a little slow here .i went thru all the indicators and can't locate it.where can i get the indicator please. a little slow here .i went thru all the indicators and can’t locate it.where can i get the indicator please.

]]> Comment on Why Gold? by Amy http://jackheald.com/why-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-4854 Amy Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:58:27 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=440#comment-4854 Aristotle defined the characteristics of a good form of money as durability, portability, divisibility and intrinsic value, which essentially means rarity, i.e., the value of money should be contained in the money itself. Aristotle's concept of divisibility incorporated consistency - money should be easy to divide and recombine without modifying its basic characteristics. Aristotle defined the characteristics of a good form of money as durability, portability, divisibility and intrinsic value, which essentially means rarity, i.e., the value of money should be contained in the money itself. Aristotle’s concept of divisibility incorporated consistency – money should be easy to divide and recombine without modifying its basic characteristics.

]]> Comment on Trading by Jorge http://jackheald.com/trading/comment-page-1/#comment-3999 Jorge Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:52:56 +0000 http://jackheald.com/#comment-3999 <i>Can it be done in real-time? Tradestation does not provide real-time export of data, but I don’t think there is any reason you couldn’t do it with some other data source. That being said, what in the world are you trying to do inside Excel that requires real-time manipulation?</i> +1 Can it be done in real-time? Tradestation does not provide real-time export of data, but I don’t think there is any reason you couldn’t do it with some other data source. That being said, what in the world are you trying to do inside Excel that requires real-time manipulation?
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]]> Comment on How Should We Read “The Revelation of St. John”? by Jack http://jackheald.com/how-should-we-read-the-revelation-of-st-john/comment-page-1/#comment-3986 Jack Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:55:59 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=368#comment-3986 Can I get an :"Amen!" Can I get an :”Amen!”

]]> Comment on How Should We Read “The Revelation of St. John”? by Bradford http://jackheald.com/how-should-we-read-the-revelation-of-st-john/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 Bradford Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:40:31 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=368#comment-3984 How Should We Read The Revelation of St. John? With plenty of scotch. How Should We Read The Revelation of St. John? With plenty of scotch.

]]> Comment on A Modest Proposal by Josh S http://jackheald.com/a-modest-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-3975 Josh S Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:53:12 +0000 http://jackheald.com/?p=353#comment-3975 If everyone stopped making payments on their credit cards all at once, there would be a second crisis, and the Fed would step in to make sure all the banks stayed liquid. It would effectively accomplish nothing. If everyone stopped making payments on their credit cards all at once, there would be a second crisis, and the Fed would step in to make sure all the banks stayed liquid. It would effectively accomplish nothing.

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