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    WTG Praetorian!

    Have they started a new fund? I heard from very close sources, they lost upwards of 75-80% of their AUM and handed over whatever remaining holdings they had directly to their investors.
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    Help learning about a Firm "Traders Capital" in Chicago.

    There's another thread about this firm. Do your due diligence and lookup the head person for NASD infractions. I've spoke w/ the guy and asked him directly about it. He denied it was him but admits to living in the same part of long island where the infraction took place. Coincidence? You...
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    Matlab Trader Group

    I'd like to join as well. Though I do my trading using other tools, I do a lot of portfolio analysis in Matlab and would like to explore Matlab in this capacity.
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    Madoff Victims Want Fed Bailout Too!

    I believe that the majority, if not all, accounts were brokerage accounts. The media keeps referring to him as a hedge fund mgr b/c of all the feeder funds that allocated $ to him.
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    SIPC now covers ponzi schemes?

    Here's my take.... My understanding is that all accounts were brokerage accounts, which does fall under the SIPC. It is my gut feeling that SIPC will attempt to pay off investors b/c of the fallout of the SEC and their lack of oversight. It's probably more of a political thing in that...
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    Adam Feurstien of RM said does Madoff investors deserve a bailout from tarp?

    I believe the max is $500k. There's some politicians who also got hosed so chances are there will be a bailout imho.
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    Adam Feurstien of RM said does Madoff investors deserve a bailout from tarp?

    The only entity I can see possibly getting a bailout would be the SIPC. They only have about $1.5B to cover losses as far as I know
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    does Madoff have a billion stashed?

    another question is what happens to all the capital gains taxes paid by investors?
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    Inherent weakness of the Sharpe Ratio

    I have never really thought much of the Sharpe Ratio. It is my understanding that it was really originally intended for the mutual fund community and somehow it spread to other investment vehicles. I completely agree w/ you PFT. The calmar sterling, and sortino ratios are better imho
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    How do Hedge Funds pay 15% tax?

    I believe he contributes a fair share of $ to the democratic party, which may be a reason he wasn't grilled like Griffin was
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    Computer for trading

    you could try www.ibuypower.com they specialize in gaming computers, but probably just as good. I have 2 computers from them and they're great.
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    Blame the short sellers? HA!

    So are they going to start blaming the short sellers for today's action again??
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    The skinny on tape reading and trading

    what's the scalability of this?
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    Web of Debt

    http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/its_the_derivatives.php Thought this article was very interesting
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