Yes.  Music is a great healer, and Brahms has been a steadfast friend to turn to in times of need. :P

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[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Unless you have a particularly good broker, I'm not sure it's worth it over just investing in fairly safe stock indices.mattbbpl

Certainly you can go with a broker to make trading easier and deal with the paperwork, but if you're intelligent, you can probably learn how to self-direct your investments.  I did far better in 3 months of self-directed investing when I became interested in it than my bank had done in the past 6 years.  Their service fees aren't worth it, and like the old saying goes, nobody cares about your money as much as you do.

Indeed, although I tend not to pay much attention to the news.  By the time we "normal people" get it, the pros already knew about it and acted on it.  I find it much easier to just make decisions based on charts.

Unless you have a particularly good broker, I'm not sure it's worth it over just investing in fairly safe stock indices.chessmaster1989

Certainly you can go with a broker to make trading easier and deal with the paperwork, but if you're intelligent, you can probably learn how to self direct your investments.  I did far better in 3 months of self-directed investing when I became interested in it than my bank had done in the past 6 years.  Their service fees aren't worth it, and like the old saying goes, nobody cares about your money as much as you do.

Yes.  I started out with active trading, but as my job became more consuming, I switched to longer term investing, mostly looking for good dividend-paying companies.

Doesn't sound like she's that interested.  I'd let it be.  She already knows you're interested, so if she is, she'll tell you.

In my undergrad I studied composition amongst other things.  Part of it required attendance of avant garde "art music" recitals.  I remember one vividly as perhaps the most tedious experience of my life.  It was an all Morton Feldman piano recital.  Two hours of this kind of nonsense.  There were 5 people in attendance at the start of the recital.  By the end, only myself and one other person remained.  I'm a survivor, but I didn't get a T-shirt for it.

For the price they're being offered at, get both.

Yeah, Total War is a good series to use as an entry to the strategy genre.

Lots of good memories with both the original two (Shogun/Medieval), Rome, and Medieval 2.  I've only had a little time with Darthmodded Empire, and none with Napoleon or Shogun 2.  So many games, so little time.