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WHy is Conoco being sold off today when oil prices hit a record high???

Anybody else get annoyed by this when he speaks on CNBC and Fast Money. How did this guy get a broadcasting job when he stutters constantly???

Today when 10 year T-bond yields reached 5%. How much of that was due to the Fed manipulating the bonds through the FOMC and how much of it was due to traders? Or is there even anyway to know precisely? I am still a rookie at understanding how the bond markets really work, and any insight...

I know that bigger market share Japanese ADR's like TM are traded on the NYX. Since NTDOY is ever increasing in market share is there is a good chance it will be added to NYX or one of the bigger exchanges for trading anytime soon versus the OTC market where it is now trading? I would...

Thanks, that's the simple straightforward answer I wanted to hear.

I know nothing is 100% accurate in the stock market. Maybe I should have phrased the question differently. Do hedge funds sometimes watch certain widely watched technical indicators and purposely create self-fulfilling prophecies when targets are near to cash in on the indicator. Thanks.

If hedge funds do this, Goog will be a self-fulfilling prophecy and go up with tremendous volume. Anyone have any ideas if hedge funds will pump money into google purposely to help it break the $513 double top.

So "laying off" is just a synonym for hedging. This all sounds a lot like arbitrage to me.

What does laying it off against the other mean? Thanks

Anybody know if shorting an ETF affects an underlying stocks in the basket? If so, how and why? Thanks

Anybody know where I can find some information on how the bond/market prices affect stock prices? I have been looking for some online articles that express this a straightforward manner to no avail. I am still confused on yields of bonds affecting the stock market in general and how it effects...

Anyone with an ideas as to why CVX is selling off today. They seems to be in a good position to profit from gas prices, but it keeps going lower. No refinery problems like COP either.

I am a little confused as to what the difference is regarding trading the tape and technical analysis. Are they two different types of trading or is one a subset of the other. My view of tape trading is a more simple and direct approach to trading by looking broadly at supply and demand...

I understand that quantitative trading based hedge funds are very math/computer programming_orientated. But what about hedge funds that take a more subjective approach to trading such as doing fundamental and technical analysis then making subjective trading decisions based on the the way the...

What do you think about the exchange rates that IB offers? Thanks

So would I be correct to infer that trading in dollars now (in a foreign exchange) would not be a great idea because the dollar keeps getting weaker?

When is it better to trade (if the broker allows this) in an oversees market such as Japan with U.S. dollars versus the yen? I now that some brokerage firms give you the option of staying with dollars or converting it to Yen.

What is the best way to start work at a hedge fund w/o an MBA? Definitely will get one in the future, but want to work before getting it, preferably in a hedge fund. I have my B.A., but no financial work experience.

Anyone know when trading restrictions will be lifted for NMX members? Do you think many will sell at the first opportunity they can hence driving down the price and leaving this stock open for a good short?

Anybody have any trading ideas regarding shorting GPS before the earnings report on Thursday? :confused: