Recent content by 99atlantic

I used to be a energy futures analyst in terms of speculation, now I'm coming from the other end (risk management and the actual delivery of the product). Are there any good websites that detail grain futures in North America (preferably Canada, but I'll take anything at this point). Any...

And what about once you factor in other things like property taxes, any interest payments, and maintenance expenses assoicated iwth the asset? Then your net gain is more like 350 i'd wager, which is ~9% gain a year. Not a bad gain by any stretch,but more than doable elsewheres.

The old thread got closed, but did anybody notice that he launched a new fund and deleted all mention of the old one from his site? Too funny - if one fund blows up sweep it under the rug and start a new one :D

that deserves a LOL

"One of the suggestions Bernanke made was for mortgage and other financial companies to reduce the amount of the loan to provide relief to a struggling owner. "Principal reductions that restore some equity for the homeowner may be a relatively more effective means of avoiding delinquency and...

While somewhat true, there's a problem here - right now the tech. behind ethanol production is in the very very very early infancy stages (for the most part). Raw inputs are not able to be utilized to the best of their abilities. Once enough time passes things will improve and it...

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And if the Fed does a suprise rate cut? =)

That survey right there is a bunch of bullshit.

Who needs a finance background to run a hedge fund? Some of the best performers out there don't come from finance.

What is considered a "good" Sortio number? For example, I ran it for my fund since 1999 to the end of 2007, got 8.9 (using a 5% risk free ROR). Using it with the S&P, I got - .56.......

I have to agreee/disagree with this. Yes, this will not solve the problem in any way, shape, or form, but it will let them keep their jobs. How did the genearl public react yesterday to the rate cut - 'YESSS!!!!! CHEAPER MORTGAGE AND CC RATES!!!!!'. It doesn't matter matter that their...