Recent content by kubilai

There are lots of sources for the current year. What about going back a few years?

Anyone heard of this new broker? It's not public yet, though looks like a industry-changer. Wonder if there are any hidden risks and pitfalls for you old industry-gurus out there. https://www.robinhood.io/

That's a great tip. Thanks!

Does anyone know how to get historical quotes for market-on-open/limit-on-open orders? This is the quote for the day's open at the listed exchange of the stock (usually NYSE or NASDAQ). It used to be easy to get from opentick because you can download data restricted to an exchange. Now that...

Thanks.

The problem with using more debt to fight a debt-caused problem, is: eventually foreigners will refuse to buy more treasuries, and if the fed just monetizes treasuries, eventually foreigners will refuse to accept US dollars. When that happens, the US will have to go back to basics and produce...

I agree with your initial post. After realizing this point, it becomes much easier to live with our imperfect world :) The Austrian system cannot be implemented on a large scale nor for long periods of time because of the paradox you pointed out. Regardless of money being sound or funny...

Anyone know what happens when the Fed writes off some of the bad debts on its ballooning balance sheet? How does it account for the reduction in assets?

Mecro, please present your line of investigation leading to that conclusion. We'd love to hear it. Here's my own line of thinking (yes it took 5-10 minutes to do): - COMEX open interest on Dec 08 contract is approx 17 million ounces...

jeb9999 is right. There's just a shortage of gold in small denominations, thanks to the rush into physical gold since the beginning of 2008. Have a look at the trading volume at LBMA: http://www.lbma.org.uk/stats/clearing COMEX shorts can cough up the cash and buy all the 100oz bars they...

How about IB Canada?