Recent content by TKORL

This post reads so funny now.

I see, what is different about the prop firms in that regard?

I was referring to trading assistant/junior trading jobs.

Balance sheets might be awful in a bad economy their share price will be hammered. However, since they are so high on the cost curve, as soon as they make a modest profit, I think there should be a bump in valuation.

That is more or less what I said earlier. And yes, I do agree with you.

I understand it is difficult, however unlike playing in the NFL, it's not a zero sum game with a fixed number of spots. I believe that if one is capable of giving good returns then there will be investors. But that is all still distant talk and a while away. I'm just looking to learn at this stage.

Nothing really, we don't have a finance major at undergraduate level.

I'm a little confused. I understand the EMH (I think), but uh it seems more like a long-term equilibrium concept for a "market portfolio"...

I'm looking at trading rather than as a economist - one day I hope to run my own fund. It's funny, I had a similar discussion with a friend who works at a prop firm - I was absolutely convinced that you should short oil in June as it seemed very unsustainable. He strangely disagreed with...

Thanks a lot for all your replies. I'm not in the business school, I just graduated from their undergraduate college. I'd love to trade on my own, but I would need capital for that-and I'll need a job first. At the same time I think that it's more important at this stage in my career to...

I'm new to these forums - why does Cramer get criticised this much from random people? He's a successful fund manager.

Anyone?

I'm new to the forum and I apologize if there are many similar threads, but it's worth a shot. I just graduated from the University of Chicago majoring in Econ, and I'm looking around for trading jobs. As someone new to the field I don't have previous experience in trading (trading my own...