Recent content by Cygnus Atratus

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    Perpetual, I spent 100K to go to school and cannot earn income.

    Have been short APOL & DV for a while now but looks like after recent Department of Education watered down proposals these guys might actually get away with it. You need to see Kathleen Tighe's statement for a Senate Committee in last week of June this year. Real eye opener, more than what my...
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    Turning 10k into 50k in one year possible? if s how would you do it?

    Spot FX straddle. Use a retail 1:700 leverage account :eek: See you in Aruba....
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    Who’s exposed to Greece?

    Well short selling Greek banks was banned 28/04/2010 morning !!! A few French banks are heavily exposed (approx 3 firms circa 8 billion EUR) and our 2 favourite Swiss banks as well :D
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    China on ‘Treadmill to Hell’ Amid Bubble, Chanos Says

    Its different this time :D
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    GOLD Fever strikes again

    Remember the rice riots of 2008, now we have tinfoil hat goldbugs Its always different this time , according to Sinophiles (aka asiaprop) :D http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/mh5/class/econ102/readings/myth_of_asias-miracle.pdf Ahh who could forget...
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    Decent Singapore or Hong Kong based brokers?

    I use www.boom.com , 4 years together, sweet financing terms ( HIBOR + 0.15 :D ) for IPO's , platform 50 yrs behind, SHORT SELLING UNAVAIL though with them....
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    Where do you go for news online?

    Capital IQ best IMHO (about 28k), but if its just news get a browser which has RSS intergrated and use say Reuters / Google Finance feed (free). :cool:
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    In what report is the 10k for companies based in England?

    Bloomberg or http://www.digitallook.com/cgi-bin/dlmedia/security.cgi?username=&ac=&csi=10118
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    15 Facts About China That Will Blow Your Mind

    Sounds like enough office space for every woman, man and child to have at least a 5x5 cubicle......
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    Switzerland -Zurich Social - March 2010

    Why not organise it as a Junto, meeting every quarter, maybe Quadruple/Triple Witching Week (Wed/Thurs) ? Throw in a couple of colourful characters, interesting guest speaker/topic and should be great night !!!:cool:
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    Bloomberg vs. Reuters

    I don't use both, but Bloomberg throws fantastic parties, and tropical fish next to live data screens in the toilets. :cool:
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    Taking 410K to 4million by Year End 2010

    :cool:
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    Question regarding commitment of traders.

    The Silver question is a classic, think have posted about it before :D Whilst l do agree most regulators and market operators do not have you best interests at heart, just keep conspiracies at bay please...
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    So how was your performance in 2009

    Base Metals +1 Shorting Sugar -1 Pretty much my year :cool: P.S. How does a compay fail to raise money on a bond offering and next day its stock jumps 8% :eek: (was short)
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    What do you find more useful in your trading, Bloomberg or Rolodex ? Just remember to use disposable cellphones :D
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