Glad to also see a lady in the thread. I cold be extemely wrong. samsara,I knew a grl by that name .... so just makin a gees. But anyways, holidays spending's sucked this time. I personaly expect only handful pf retailers to top expectations for thie qusrter and WALMART is OFF my radar. Cheap is sexpensive and Wal Mart's business model is failing. You can oly discount price so much without discounting the quality. With even the immigrants detesting Wal Mart's quality, it's days as a giant are numbered unless it explores into better quality "branded" stuff and not just "Geroge" lines for men. I was also shoced by how traders make more than the CEOs. I may end up being a trader myself- probably in the derivatives side. Don;t know what the commintment is like. If someone could give me insights into what derivatives trading is like- the hours, the pay, etc and maybe even trading in general for a large firm- my main focus is the hours... Thank you Meri Christimas