“I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.” ThinkingSaidImportantCountryFightingPresidentRealizingStepsDrugTradeCorruptionAddressesEndeavorGovernanceStep UpInauguralInaugural Address Author:Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.” ThinkingImportantCountryPresidentBenefitsTradeAgreementOther CountriesUnfairFree TradeTrade AgreementsFair Trade Author:Barack Obama
“In many ways, large profits are even more insidious than large losses in terms of emotional destabilization. I think it's important not to be emotionally attached to large profits. I've certainly made some of my worst trades after long periods of winning. When you're on a big winning streak, there's a temptation to think that you're doing something special, which will allow you to continue to propel yourself upward. You start to think that you can afford to make shoddy decisions. You can imagine what happens next. As a general rule, losses make you strong and profits make you weak.” ThinkingWayLongMadeImportantBigsHappensNextWinningStrongTermLossDecisionImagineWorstSpecialEmotionalPeriodsWeakTradeProfitTemptationSomething SpecialStreaksInsidious Author:William Eckhardt
“The desire to maximize the number of winning trades (or minimize the number of losing trades) works against the trader. The success rate of trades is the least important performance statistic and may even be inversely related to performance.” MayImportantSuccessDesireWinningNumbersLosingPerformancesTradeRateRelatedTradingKey To SuccessRecipe For SuccessTradersMaximizingMinimizing Author:William Eckhardt
“Trade is the oldest and most important economic nexus among nations. Indeed, trade along with war ha been central to the evolution of international relations.” ImportantWarNationsEconomicEvolutionRelationTradeInternationalInternational RelationsNexus Book:The Political Economy of International Relations Source: The Political Economy of International Relations