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(After almost 2 years from the last reply, I feel like this thread still has potential) That text from the GA booklet represents pure human nature and Im not ashamed of at least once experiencing the thinking of all of them. Those concepts would exist even if no one has ever thought of them...

The fact that the game gives you a zero expectancy is good news. No one should get depressed because of this. Not having a negative expectancy is a huge benevolent thing. Take a look out of the window; there are more ordinary women than beautiful ones, more ordinary cars than Ferraris, more...

Perhaps: - He was trying to score - The person is a potential client Etc. Im gonna be honest here, Im yet to know someone successful that practices this "I don't give a f*ck what peoples reaction is to..." dogma.

What a prick!! I dont remember posting that, but Im sure I was joking :D! And no, we dont have 100%/year interest rates and no they dont record our phone conversations more than any other country.

When I use the word "circumstances" I mean more than only underlying movement implied factors. Seems like we are talking about different things. Im saying that covered and naked positions are not the same thing, period. You want an example, here it goes: The legislation of certain...

Damir00, I cannot say too much about quotes out of their respective context. I still maintain my position that eventhough they may lead to the same "results" under certain circumstances, they are not the same "thing". If they were the same thing, the act of choosing between the two...

No, since the purchase of a put option costs you money!

Ahah ok, my bad!

Perfectly put, but the points that Im trying to make are that, IMO: 1. eventhough writing covered calls and naked puts have similarities, they are not the same thing by a long shot; 2. before deciding whats the best strategy, the necessity in place must be precisely defined.

I followed your advice and did some google research... I eventually got across this link: ____________________________________________________ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1576601331/ref=pd_sim_books_2/103-5262166-6357446?v=glance&s=books New Insights on Covered Call...

It depends on what was adopted as the definition of "protection", what degree of protection we are talking about and if you want to pay or earn money to have the right of this protection. And I agree that married puts are well fit to do the job in a lot of circumstances. By the way, Im...

Hmm sorry if Im missing the point - the fact that english is not my native language sometimes make things not that easy; Im not advocating that writing covered calls is the best investment protection, just cant see how - same risk profile or not - a covered and a naked position can be equal...

Considering he meant stock investment protection, naked shorting puts makes no sense.

Neofeudalism? From an economic stand point... Feudalism: totally unspecialized economy; domestic dynamic motor - absence and irrelevancy of external demand; low (human) capital mobility; the idea of improving accumulation via production costs cut (efficiency) virtually...

wtf is legging ? I still cant figure its whole concept out. It sucks to be stupid and not having english as birth language. :D Would it be some sort of amendment position ?

another gem from harrypaster :D

It was realizing most of people is, most of the time, full of shit, including me, mostly.

Ok, lets assume, for the sake of illustration, that the coupon of the TIPS you own is 1% and then the fed raises interest rates to 10%. The question is, is the coupon of your TIPS indexed with the fed interest rates movements or not ? If the answer is no, than I can clearly see a market risk...

Of course, the main idea will always be buy low sell high. I think Ross was referring to dynamics, but I may be wrong because actually I didn't read more than 10% of his text (yet).

So you assume the market is exactly the same? What are the odds of this hyphotesis being confirmed ?