Recent content by h hubbins

go get a financial engineering degree. have you tried e-financial careers website? how about the fed?

the PBS LTCM documantary is called "Trillion Dollar Bet". It is on Youtube

the ice has the big r2k and the mini's trading electronically. will this force the cme to give electronic access to the big contracts during the day and allow us to cut commissions by 1/5th if it is succesfull on the ice? talk about the final nail in the trading floor coffin...

you can also apply for work at the exchange itself. a lot of the exchanges will pay for your education as well. at least some of it. make sure you look into employment with the exchange itself as well. call the exchange and ask where you can get a list of the members. get resumes to the...

some exchanges have paid for exclusive trading rights for certain products. this is likely to end as the exclusive contracts expire.

yield goes up when demand for money (loans) is increasing. this happens in a growing economy. as the economy slows demand for moey decreases and rates go down. another factor in rates is expected inflation. this sometimes follows the same cycle. but, to your point, it certainly does...

the fed just cut last week. if they thought crude prices warranted a rate hike they would probably telegraph it via speeches and do it at an fomc meeting.

First of all, my point is that we can topple any government in the world. That we can't police the entire world at once is pretty obvious if you simply look at the numbers. So you are arguing something that I said in my post. The entire world should welcome the day that the emerging countries...

Hey dim wit, quit pretending that you have any capacity for real economic analysis or that you know anything about the future of the USA. All of your debt talk is crap. What matters is debt to gdp ratio. Ours is not a problem. Your cities in Brazil aren't safe. They are crime riddled. Most...

thanks!

atticus is right. ask 'em to delete the thread. start over. ignore critisism. stick to a plan. at least it wasn't your money, right? live and learn.

o.k.- thanks. i'm going back to my finance class in the late 80's and trying to remember the options theory a little. so if the etf is going to go ex div in jun then it will be factored into the jun puts and calls. if the div will be 70 cents then that will be factored into the at the...

vhehn- understand your point but yield is double the S&P and option IV is high so i'm willing to take a little more risk.

recently a poster commented that is is more efficient to sell puts than it is to write covered calls. i'm interested in some input on this idea given the following situation: I own an small apartment building may sell it and use real estate securities to earn income (hopefully more...