Etrade let me (and I am sure others) to globally trade (beta test). Now I can hedge the u.s. dollar, or convert U.S. currency to Canadian, french, german, chinese or japanese currency and trade in real time, with real quotes. Really weird and I have no idea what I would be doing (as the symbols are all different). Just thought I would let you (everyone) know that Etrade has global trading available if interested.
Don't plan on learning something new, just FYI.