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How much business can a good institiutional futures broker do in a year? Is it a lower margin business than, say, equities? Does anyone even trade futures anymore, or does all the business go through the swaps desk?

There is. TIP Equity

how are reit etf's different from reits? what do you think is the underlying? ETF is just a derivative.

Reits are a terrible idea. Get asolutely destroyed during bouts of deflation. Not a hedge at all. Basically a pyramid scheme.

In further response to your second point- in "normal" times I would be taking a more active role in trading the positions I reccomend - that is the principal reason why I moved offf the sell-side. However, I moved in Sept 08, and the markets have become very different since then. Given the...

Thanks for the input, it is helpful and much appreciated. I do keep track of the reccomendations I make on an excel spreadsheet, which I print out and datestamp daily. It has been relatively consistent thus far. Obviously such a record is not auditable, though. Would this be marketable...

Still, has to affect tourism. #3 source of revenue for mexico after remittances and oil. USDMXN trading up 2% in early sunday trading. I would think this is pretty serious for them. However, not sure if the right move is to buy the breakout or fade it (leaning towards buying, though). If...

Hello, I'm trying to make the jump from analyst to trader, but am having a tough time finding an opportunity to make the move. I'm currently a macro strategist at a small HF. I was previously a sales assistant at a BB bank, in commodities (mostly metals, some energy), but wanted to move into...