Recent content by The Greeks

I just find it hilarious that these warnings about derivatives are coming from the same man who put the silver market into shock a few years ago when he moved around some of his silver holdings. Buffet has used futures and other derivatives for years without any qualm, so why does he continue on...

This sequel terrifies me. Why would they trample all over a classic with what appears to be straight-to-dvd quality sequel. I can just see it now....Gecko is a hedge fund manager or the boss of a private equity firm...whatever is trendy these days. Michael Douglas should be smart enough to...

First the ISE gets into the game... ISE Announces FX Options Then the PHLX decides to make another go at the FX world after the disaster of their first launch.. PHLX Takes Another Shot at Currency Derivatives So what's the deal? Are FX options/futures that you can put in a securities...

This headline should read "News Corp Sparks Insider Trading Bonanza in Dow Jones Options/Stock" Seems like everyone and their mother was buying upside calls in Dow Jones the week before the bid was announced. Nice information control, Mr. Murdoch...

http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2007/05/07/quick-take-final-questions-from-the-annual-meeting.aspx You've gotta love good ol' Warren! He's never been a huge fan of derivatives, and he certainly isn't shy about speaking his mind when he has an opinion on a subject. Of course, this...

Just ran into these guys at the Options Industry Conference a few weeks back. They claim to have a vast amount of data stored on their servers for backtesting, etc. They might be a little bit of overkill for your needs, but it's probably worth checking out. http://www.lim.com/

ummm....Ok. A little clarification, please...?

Indeed. Not a bad premium for the investors either. The stock gapped up over $20 on Monday morning. Contrast this announcement with the Dow Jones deal. No one had a clue that this was coming, while it seems that everyone and their mother was buying DJ calls ahead of that announcement.

I have to concur with the first poster. You don't want to hold onto that vol overnight. No matter which way the earnings go, vol will be smashed and the ATM straddle will open much lower than the night before. Barring a major catastrophe in the earnings, holding vol after the bell rings on...

Trader's Monthly is a wannabe Maxim for traders that glorifies the idiotic, ego-maniacal side of trading. It's as if all of the idiots that you used to know on the trading floor, the guys who would tell you how much they were making every day even though it was complete BS, suddenly got together...

And people thought the LBO died with the Internet Boom!!!! It's still alive and well, they just call it Private Equity now.

This is just excessive. I'm all for naked capitalism, but Jesus..... The best/worst part is that no one knows about this, so there is no outrage. Everyone gets up in arms when the CEO of a public company gets 20 or 50 million, but three guys make over a billion each and there's nary a peep...

I love it!! Come to think of it, I think I used to know a few guys like that on the floor.....