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here's one that has probably been addressed, so please feel free to attach links. What would a fulltime trader do for extra cash at night/weekends? -work in a bar- not good because it gets late and drinking/hangovers are not good for trading. -hotel- maybe -nighttime shipping? excercise...

MSF MSFE MSQCF. Applied Stats Applied Mathematics. anything along these lines will expand your understanding of modeling and CDS and such things or strategies that are math intensive in the markets like bonds, derivatives, etc. if you want more general knowledge and its for your own benefit...

FROM WEBSITE: Schonfeld Group and Lightspeed Holdings to Merge Retail Trading Operations -- Combined Company to be Clear Leader/Active Consolidator of Professional Trader Business; Deal Roughly Doubles Individual Company Volumes . -- Merged Business to Offer Advanced...

pabst you hit it, nail-on-the-head. I traded NY to Charlotte and I see it all the time. Young people who can't scratch 2 nickels together and get a dime who are from Boston NJ, NY and others, regularly show up to get their feet on the ground. Maybe its a temporary thing, but many of the people...

more on this. theres actually lots more on this! I don't hedge for a bank, but it goes something like this: there a lot of things the banks can do. the question is do they want to hold it, or sell your loan. If Sale - then they sell into the mortgage TBA market or securitize it for monthend or...

the 10yr. is the better choice. I though rate locks had the added benefit of giving you a lower rate if rates went down...??? I also thought the trade was already paid for in form of a higher cost cost mortgage than say a 30 day rate lock.

Bloomberg workstation: 80-00 : 17.8524 % 81-00 : 17.1309 % 82-00 : 18.4955 % 80-7/31/06: 13.0041 %

Haven't heard much on these guys lately. How's that firm doing? the website looks good... I used to have friends that worked in NYC Schonfeld they've since left , then I lost touch.

i live in Charlotte, my brother lives in Atlanta, . Charlotte is smallish and does have a bit of that mainstreet thing going now, I enjoy it overall, but, In your shoes I would go to Atlanta. I just got back from a great weekend there. pay enough$ and you can live in a nice area or urban spot...

I grew up there then moved south. I say make the trade! i was just at my pool :) and friends in NY/saten Island etc. were complaining about the cold rain. My opinion is the RE there is rich but not total bubble, just enough to make all the owners w/ oversized mortgages sweat. taxes are...

here's a less than exact answer: the 30 year tsy most often used to create the curve has just switched from the old one to the new issued (or when-issued) one which is a largely different bond than the previous. Plus the 30 yr has supply/demand technicals that are unique b/c its just getting...

Dr Steph - you are correct. the poor blokes are the "fringes". the interesting thing is that many of those fringe people are not even "poor". they don't look, act , or spend "poor" how many of the people who are truly on the fringes of the credit treadmill is what I'm afraid of. Here...