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When I lived in the United States it was great to be able to subscribe to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. When I subscribed to the WSJ I also had – at various times – access to their subscription services, which included any sort of search into their news database.

We’ve seen the evolution of paid subscriber based services for some of the world’s leading newspapers. The NYT tried it for two years and subsequently abandoned it on Sept. 18, 2007, so all its archives dating back to 1851 are now searchable for free.

Now with News Corp.’s purchase of Dow Jones & Co., Chairman Rupert Murdoch has announced that the WSJ is going to be dropping their subscription fees, also.

I don’t subscribe to the print version of either, but I do have a print subscription to the Financial Times, which isn’t abandoning is subscription fees, but is increasing what it offers for free.

As an aside because my Financial Times comes via mail, it’s extremely random. Just last week I found myself reading the Oct. 8 issue. And as those in the office will attest, my salmon colored newspapers sometimes comes in stacks of 10 or so, putting me back on my reading.

So there you have it, more things for free. What this means to all of us – especially as traders is that we have more access to some of the best news coverage that’s available in our part of the world.

It all helps as we try to collectively figure this trading puzzle out.

- sam

The habit of sharing things that are of Forex interest is a no-brainer here - I'm always looking for various blogs and newsletters to link to, which I will in due time. In the meantime, there are always websites I come across that are interesting. I think what would be most interesting to me is a website that can help me to keep track of all the websites I visit - if that makes sense.

But I guess to an extent that is what my RSS feed and personal blogs with links to destinations of interest do to help me keep track of things. Obviously this is an area where you'll hear from the company in the most unfiltered of ways. I don't remember where I came across the following website, but I've found it interesting. Have a look at www.dotherightthing.com. It focuses on corporate responsibility and gives the floor to consumers so they can share their experiences with specific companies. It's pretty interesting, and further reinforces the responsibility that a company has - which is to engage in two-way communication.

There have been times when I’ve defended, rationalized, supported – however you want to refer to it – the way Trading Post does business.

We aren’t perfect, but I believe we are doing things the right way, although we’re always open to dialogue.  

I received an email from a Client of ours (Bruce) on Sunday. I truly appreciate feedback anyone sends in, but the point of this blog is to be honest, to be transparent, and to share things in a way that wouldn’t ordinarily be shared.

There are alot of things that are happening at Trading Post. The word that best describes things is PROGRESS.

For each of the past four weeks, Jody Samuels, who is an Online Trading Advisor (FX Traders Edge) and Elliott Wave course creator with Trading Post, has created a trade of the week that is posted on YouTube. She does a great job and if you haven't taken a look yet, see below.

Other than that we are now officially starting the transition into a more stremlined marketing model, and I urge each of you who haven't taken a look at it yet to read previous blog postings to get a feel of what's going on. And as always, I am open to your comments and questions. Just leave a comment on this blog posting, shoot us an email, or leave a message on our hotline at 604.909.3777.

Enjoy the weekend!

- Sam

Jody is now on YouTube!