Recent content by BONDARB

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I decided to breakdown my $1 million in 5 years goal into achievable/realistic chunks. Yearly Goals: 2006: +$25,000 (+250%) 2007: +$50,000 (+100%) 2008: +$125,000 (+166%) 2009: +$300,000 (+150%) 2010...

...Technical analysis is useless for a company like FNM, with so much headline risk. The combined affects of the flattening yeild curve, the slowing of the housing market, the ongoing investigations into illegal activities, and the uncertainty about earnings is a perfect storm...i wouldnt touch...

...Whether its legal or not is dependant on how it is done...if u call up your buddy who is a trader at a large HF and say I am long Harry's Hot Pastrami Inc. and think it is a good buy b/c they make the best pastrami and are going to be a great company and you s/b in this stock, then that is...

...the problem is that there is no uniform way to execute and confirm CDS trades. The same problem exists to a lesser extent for plain interest rate swaps and other derivatives. I work at a hedge fund that trades CDS and we often get confirms for credit default trades weeks after they...

...anybody been trading the Hang Seng lately. I was playing it from the short side earlier this year but took off my position a few months ago and havent been watching it. Just pulled up the chart this morning and the price action is unbelieveable...looks like its made a new all-time high...

....talk to me in a few years and we will see where you are at...i doubt it will be trading at a large IB, or anywhere else for that matter. The bad news is that it is extremely difficult to get into a top business school that will get you a job trading on Wall St. (there are only about 5 of...