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What about Japanese REITs?

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/01/what-bernanke-didnt-say.html But it seems Bernanke left out a couple key points. # Bernanke used data from other countries to suggest monetary policy was not a huge contributor to the bubble ... however, Bernanke didn't discuss if non-traditional...

WG, would you care to say a few words about your experience with Hughesnet for trading? For example, have you ever had TWS execution lag problems with the relatively high latency for a satellite internet connection? Thx.

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Will they ever be prosecuted? http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/12/body-count-from-goldman-actions-crosses-into-criminal-territory.html Readers may have noticed Janet Tavakoli’s recent article at Huffington Post on Goldman Sachs and AIG. While much of it covers territory that Yves and...

Hi I wonder if any member here uses 3G or HSDPA (3.5G) as his/her principal internet connection for non-scalping trading (eg, with IB's iTWS)? If so, can he/she share his/her experience regarding the negative impact (if any) of the high latency of such wireless connections which seems to...

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Who ran Goldman at the relevant times, and how did he use such AIG-related insight to "serve the American people"? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704201404574590453176996032.html The trades yielded Goldman less than $50 million in profits, which were mostly booked from 2004...

If only Volcker had the ears of President Obama... http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/12/volcker-little-evidence-financial-innovation-has-helped-economy.html The former US Federal Reserve chairman told an audience that included some of the world’s most senior financiers that their...