Recent content by BDonovan

We are getting away from the ethic in this country of getting along with each other, despite very problems and challenges we'd have with each other. Battle lines are being drawn. It's not good for anyone; trust me when I say that it will create a situation that's worse for all of us which is...

Thanks all. I will continue this experiment and report back what I find. I will have the necessary amount (~110K) in IB by end of next week and will then know what the margin rate would be. I'll keep an eye out for the changing % (given the opaque formula) and see if I can get better clarity...

I think what you're saying is that if the marketing is good enough, there will be enough suckers in the market. And you're right. For a while. Unfortunately last two quarters have seen net outflows from hedge funds, over $20B. Over that same time Vanguard has seen over $100B net inflows to...

I find this an incomplete argument often used by institutional managers such as with pension funds to justify hedge fund investment. There are other asset classes with low or negative co-variance to the stock market but have either higher rate of returns or lower measures of risk such as...

Very articulate and well stated. I've been researching hedge fund performance since listening to an audio book for The Quants; it's been interesting to see the performance of the "all-stars" mentioned in the book since its publication. Like Boaz Weinstein, whose Sabra, managed to lose money in...

Maverick- "I'd like to focus on the mechanics of doing this rather than the investment itself." I may create a separate thread on the numbers, but for now simply want to understand PM on IB, and what's the likely initial margin for an investment like this (or how to find out). Clacy- thanks...

So here's what I'd like to do: Leverage 4x a bond ETF like MUB. For the sake of this discussion, I'd like to focus on the mechanics of doing this rather than the investment itself. What I've done so far: I bought MUB through a Reg-T account at ~1.9 leverage. Problem: As mentioned, I'd like...