Excellant article Top also the link to info on the central banking system. Makes you wonder which are the bigger crooks, the central banks,or the financial market makers or the politicos running the country. Sort a like which came first , the chicken or the egg? But I guess the Central banks and big money put them in office so that answers the question.(best goverment money can buy !)Tell everyone it's going to be ok and keep them entertained and the sheeple will fall in line. I think you have the right idea about switching to E-trade where you can buy and sell 1211.hk directly without the manipulation that is inherent in our financial institutions. At least it dosen't take all day or night in this case to complete a trade.I was in the process of transfering from ameritrade to scottrade when this big pull back happened , I need to log onto my regular trading account to see if it is ready to trade again. I did pick up 500 at $9.00 for my roth the other day. I thought we would get back to $79.00 HK last night. On another score altogether, since you've been trading Chineese stocks for awhile can you tell me if there are any out of the ordinary tax liabilities by trading over seas? I know you pay a small fee to the Chineese by what I read on etrades website.Just wondering if I'll get slammed by some off the wall tax here when I sell? Thanks, as always for the info.p.s did I read this right where Barclays lent or borrowed about 600000 shares? Lending them to a short maybe?