WHen you do plan your Canadian trip, pencil me in to barbeque you a steak. Have my own herd of beef cattle so can guarantee the quality. Also an Swiss trained chef just opened a restaurant in town ( I believe you are Swiss?) so you can get a taste of home if you like.

Re MzSmith (not Ms Smith as I had always thought) and tandem trading. Sometimes I have found 2 stocks that will mirror each other but with a time lag. I was looking at sporting goods stores a yr ago, and Dicks Sporting goods would break into a new trend a few days or a couple weeks before Cabelas or Gander Mountain. It seemed to hold true about 3 out of 4 times, which is probably as good as you get in the stock market. Haven't checked lately to see if it still holds. Kirby Shipping (KEX) tends to move first in the shipping space from what I've seen, followed by names like Dryships (DRYS)and Diana (DSX). I hope this continues as KEX moved up big a few days ago, and I hold Diana!