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I say send him back into the strawberry fields to work off the debt ;-) -Neo

In that case mutual funds are on par with hedge funds. The managers aren't altruists, they only care about the fees. The only difference is that hedge funds charge higher fees and provide less correlated results. -Neo

Nobody said that trading/investing was easy. If anyone expects markets go up for ever with no risk, then they clearly shouldn't be trading. I think too many people have this notion in their minds that they are entitled to have their investments increase in value and that its the governments job...

Why worry so much? If all of you are so convinced that hedge funds will cause a crash then use this knowledge to your advantage. Identify assets that will lose the most in value and be ready to short them at the first sign of trouble or take the opposite approach and look for assets that will be...

With such a large investment and large monthly contributions 10MM isn't such a big return for a 20 year period. Imagine the value of that 10MM in 20 years... probably somewhere on the order of 1MM in todays dollars. Whats the internal rate of return... what about taxes when you withdraw? I'm...

Hmm, I guess I should switch over too, are the options expiring this Friday on the May contract? -Neo

And it keeps going, its at 370 now... might be over extended at this point, but who knows... -Neo

Yea, I know what you mean, but sometimes it can make pretty good moves, just look at tonights 2min chart. -Neo

I've been watching overnight corn for a while now, the spread is tight most of the time, but I haven't been able to figure out a strategy to trade it yet. The first 10 mins of the night session can get pretty volatile. -Neo

It's the new wild west, albeit over populated... Just like during the gold rush there is no money to be made digging for gold, but instead selling the shovels and picks. -Neodude

In the same vain, does anyone know a good source for CBOT ag futures tick data for the night session (from 7.30pm est on)? -Neo

Its a given that some of them fell down for the count, but maybe some of them also outgrew this forum... -Neo

Perhaps we are both liars... In any case you have not provided any information that contradicts my conclusions and what I have heard on the street from sources I consider reputable. I might be conveying hearsay and I am willing to entertain the idea that the full story might paint a different...

Pareto Levy, First, for the sake of this thread I will presume that you are either Taleb or one of his students, because the ONLY posts you have made on elitetrader are in his defense. Second, for the record, I have nothing against Taleb (you?) and I am looking forward to reading his...

Well, he was down over 28% for May 06. Thats a deep hole to get out of... -Neo

Maybe he is letting it slip: http://www.matadorfund.com/njinn-mata/index.jsp

How to make millions working from home... a turn-key solution! Has anyone else noticed that commercial on TV with people saying stuff like "I made 5 thousand dollars this month, thats more then I made at my job yada yada..." and their internet address at the bottom of the screen changes every...

Even Taleb wasn't able to bank on it. He was backed by Paloma and his fund bled to death, so if you are banking on outliers then your timing better be right on the mark (i.e. Tudor in 1987). PS. I hear Taleb is coming out with a new book. -Neo

Beats working at McDonalds, which is where all our job growth is coming from...would you like fries with that? -Neo

If you have prior experience learning from books then by all means continue on that route, the only benefit of school is that you can ask questions and sometimes exchange ideas. In the case of programming, many great programmers were self thought by reading other's code and experimenting. In...