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"My main point was that an early investor in a CTA that then has a good 2-3 year run often suffers the fate of being "diluted" by scads of new money that pours in to chase the good performance. Then the CTA's performance falls off because of the ills that accompany excessive size. Therefore...

"Many strategies, and not just 'niche' strategies, have less true capacity than meets the eye." Mr. King, We infer that you speak from a position of great practical experience. Would you be willing to provide greater detail on the above statement? A number of excellent, smaller CTAs...

I have taken an interest in Cramer because last year one of the stocks I had previously purchased suddenly became a "cramer pick". "I figured this out because I searched for news about the company when it had a big up day, and found that it was benefiting from a "cramer pop" which is what...

I scan the headlines at a bunch of financial sites, including the street.com, so to a limited degree I do follow him. I do not know the specifics of his calls, etc however. So I can restate: Does anyone who follows him more closely than I do (like a subscriber or Mad Money program...

Does anyone who follows Cramer know if he once again encouraged maximum bullishness before the downtrend day? I do not follow him but it seems every time he makes the normal news he has top ticked the market for the next period.

Great info Pockets thanks for adding specificity to my claim.

It is not just wage arbitrage but a general price level arbitrage. 8 years ago I was told by and Indian (getting trained by the very USA workers he would soon displace when back in India) that in India $1 a day was more than enough to purchase all the food one needed. These low wages DO...

A few thoughts: 1.) Men tend to work in more economically sensitive areas with a higher level of variable income. Examples include construction, real estate, wall street, even trading (though there are very few of us). These areas are more sensitive to economic conditions. 2.) I...

I think Rodney, Vulcan and CTA are all correct. Likely recreational "whales" do like to do their own trading. What happens is they develop a relationship with the broker and trust him. Maybe the Broker suggests winning trades or strategies. When the broker says, "I am starting a CTA"...

Lesserfool, thanks for contributing. Did you notice the fairly recent news about how the CEO of GE was caught saying something like, "they do not really want us to succeed" in reference to American businesses in China? It seems they are playing a strategic game based on national...

the economic logic of "offshoring" is as compelling as any that exists. The issue is that it has largely shut down domestic industry and the productive work that used to earn most americans their daily bread. We are moving towards a society where really two classes of people succeed...

Headline news today on the patent troll front: http://www.businessinsider.com/ntp-sues-apple-google-htc-microsoft-and-motorola-over-email-patents-2010-7 The above is why companies settle. They do not want a huge jackpot scored against them the way the patent troll firm NTP did to...

This is why we need patent reform. Businesses should be rewarded for continually creating value for the marketplace, NOT by rent seeking behavior. All the big companies (and sharp entrepreneurs) operate this way, it is no unique sin of TT. Building up a patent portfolio is pure...

now this is funny. One wonders how much "off wall street" money managers have lost relative to "wall street" money managers. Geez, with the CDO debacle alone losing God only knows how many 10's or 100's of BILLIONS, it is no contest. How did the wall street sanctioned and hyped...

they may not be "classic" patent trolls but it is parasitic, rent seeking behavior. Patent law is out of control and needs serious reform.

"Trading Technologies (TT), the world's largest technology provider for futures trading, has filed patent infringement suits against Cunningham Trading Systems and Interactive Brokers." THis is the new parasitic style of American capitalism, which perfectly represented by patent trolls such...

there is no financial privacy for law abiding citizens.

"yet another average joe who has an exagerrated view of their own intelligence and job marketability" If his description of himself is accurate (not lying) he is very far from an "average joe". Average Joe is much more limited in ability and aspirations that most of you seem to realize...

u are likely on the cutting edge. If they don't find anything for the unemployed to do soon, we will likely see a massive expansion of the war or new wars so that the elite can Kill off a good portion of the employment problem and create real inflation. It is the ultimate keynesian scheme.

Chuck, Thank you for your two cents. Would you care to elaborate on what "good" is to you? What in particular are you looking for?