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I never said anything about FRAUD or FAKE...YOU DID. I just want to see the numbers. So, Yes, I'll ask him for the blotter.

Exactly. Their positions required a longer term holding committment ....and that's what did them in.

SHOW ME THE NUMBERS That's all.

That's silly...he's got a trade blotter....just have him post it...or his monthly account statements. Doubters ? Lack of transparency always brings doubt to those who are intelligent.

Exactly...and the point to be made: How to measure this risk in light of what happened at LTCM ? 6th sigma events can be simulated, but in their case, their positions were not very liquid....and that was their big problem. So there are several factors involved in the measurement of this risk.

Omigosh - the one with the ribbon around it was precious. I just sent it to a friend hoping he got "some" for Christmas !!

Any reason why not ?

Stationarity is a condition whereby a profit opportunity is constrained or range-bound ...within a band ? Problem is: LTCM was relying upon stationarity until their opportunity became Non-stationary....and moved outside of the band.

Sorry guys, my bad: WikiVest had it all along...

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30113287/detail.html Chindia effect here ?

Deterministic arbitrage does not exist....at least not in the book of investment / trading terms: http://www.investopedia.com/search/default.aspx?q=arbitrage#axzz1iKeTln50 stat arbitrage conversion arbitrage currency arbitrage merger arbitrage regulatory arbitrage fixed income arbitrage

Do explain why. Wide sounds arbitrary. How is that determined ? 1 or 2 sigmas from a normal spread ? Also, what is pseudo-replication exactly in this context ?

So...to get sordidly detailed here: a BJ (or HJ) is sex, but not sexual relations as opposed to intercourse ? It would have been interesting to see if this same issue would have surfaced had the Dominic Strauss Kahn case gone to trial.

Of course they want THEIR bailouts, the "other guys" got em, so why not ? You can't do that (bailout) to a select group. That was never capitalism's intention....to have an UNLEVEL PLAYING FIELD....with the bankers having the easy downhill side.

Great comment....and now the basis of the Occupy Movement.

Overcrap.com's strategy of low priced or zero cost shipping is killing their PnL. UPS and FedEx shipping rates are going up ANOTHER 10% next year. This is going to hurt the online retailers who "eat" the shipping.

Of course Mickey D's is doing well.... for this is the new "fine dining" for middle class America whom have been seriously damaged by "Chindia" and other Washington DC machinations to this economy...

Wow, what a story....thanks for that nutmeg. "And the rest is history" as they say.

And how is this even remotely relevant to this thread ?

Wow, where did you get that one ??!! If I recall, Clinton did put the emphasis on NOT. As smart as he was, I am amazed he didn't know this trick or wasn't made aware of it by his trusted advisors.