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It's actually a case for government intervention. Evolution clearly doesn't work efficient enough. Stupid people shouldn't be allowed to breed :confused: :D :confused:

dunno. maybe to have an incentive to offer you a loan? why do you want to get paid for the job you do? hell, why did you pay more for the computer you are using and the internet connection you have than it costs?

sure matey. at least my money doesn't have "in god we trust" on it. i'm impressed by the way by your psychic abilities to catch my vibes and know all about me. although you may want to recalibrate that antenna about 180 degrees. anyway, enjoy your dreams (or nightmares) and the...

And why oh why would he abandon that? 60% returns with no margin and low drawdowns. Using $100k (he has more you said) and 2:1 margin that's about $120k in stable (you say) income. My advice: stick to what you know and do well and enjoy the nice income and don't spend it all so you'll...

hehe.. realism is what it's called. thanks for your concern though, but i'm on the inside. not looking from the outside in. but always nice to meet the bigger fool. someone needs to trade against me i guess.

exactly mate. you are so right. you and the patriots. everything to complicated for you to understand must be a conspiracy.

sure mate... i'll discard any information on a website with the word patriot in it if you don't mind. too much X-files content. but hey, if it makes you happy to believe all that conspiracy crap... go ahead.

haha.. if banking was that simple.. banks can create money (out of nothing), but that doesn't mean it's free for them. ever looked at a bank balance sheet or p&l statement?

huhuh.. http://www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/faq/faqfrs.htm#5

the fed *isn't* privately owned...

Can you name one single case of an individual not engaged in market-making that has been taxed? For trading to qualify as a business the tax authorities need to prove the income was foreseeable positive. Hard to prove given the market efficiency and trading being a zero sum.

Incorrect, income from investing/trading has never been taxed as income (since the new tax system).

What would be the point of that? Same as reading last month's newspaper or looking at the July performance of stock markets.

why bother? first of all it gives you a more recent picture of HF performance, even though apparently the best aren't included. secondly, the performance reflects actual performance of real hedge funds that an actual investor following their selection criteria could have selected, so...

Sure, it's only a subset of hedgefunds that are open to new investors and willing to supply daily valuations, but the numbers are pretty horrible. HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index -5.5% HFRX Convertible Arbitrage Index -3.7% HFRX Distressed Securities Index -0.4% HFRX Equity Hedge Index...

was hearing US banks didn't particularly want to facilitate EU colleagues though...

In normal markets yes. Have you seen the movements recently in libor markets?

keep your leverage at acceptable levels, diversify over a broad range of markets , avoid illiquid investments and try to do something else than the rest of the pack.

*whisper* quantitative global macro

USD funding needs by Eurobanks. cannot access USD cp market, so they borrow in Euroland and convert to USD.