Recent content by joneog

** TD Ameritrade to Resume Routing Client Trades to Knight Capital ** Barclays Maintains Knight Trading Group at Equal-weight, Lowers PT from $12 to $3 aaaahahahaha

if you back out intangibles and the assumed trading loss equity/shr is still 6+ NITE is only valuable if it's not NITE anymore...as it stands(or stood) they don't have much leverage in negotiating a deal that reflects the tangible equity left. it seems the equity is now just a barometer...

the just-us system

I think there are three basic types: 1) those who care more about the "action" than the money, 2) those who care more about the money than the trades, 3) those who care more about the trades than the action and/or the money

I've started building a system of tunnels to avoid using government roads. I tried using a helicopter at first but the neighbors got pissed and called the cops. (also, using the McDonalds drive-thru was a real bitch.) When the cops came I told them I didn't want to use their services, and had...

"The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe." - Mencken

Paulson is going to need a firewall to stabilise redemptions.

new system w/ 2 23s

...I recently had a conversation with an individual (we'll call him Bob) who had three MFG accounts. He, like many other customers, smelled a rat with MFG as the stock price plunged and the FINRA issues with the Euro bond positions became known. Bob voted with his feet. He closed off all...

here's the chart...

bwol's positions don't expire, they roll themselves in abject terror bwol doesn't mark-to-market, the markets mark-to-bwol when bwol takes a day off vol-smiles turn to frowns.

nice to see that RCG brought back the 1-click functionality in the newest update

commas, like trix, are for kids

I think that happened about 50 pages ago, not sure how you'd describe this...