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very interesting chart below from the big picture blog http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/08/vix-pullbacks/ i agree the vix can keep dropping but IMHO the VIX rises 20% before it falls another 10%.

the big diff b/w bond funds and buying individual bonds is that bond funds never "mature" - they're always buying and selling bonds in the port so you don't "have" to get your principal back like you do w/ an individual bond unless they default. yields on ig (investment grade) suck right now...

that only shows USGOV yields - not bond funds - esp not corp bond funds.

+1 to free thinker's thought re this. i've seen/heard about financial advisors putting clients in bond funds for more yield b/c mm, cd, checking/savings are at zero. they are in for a rude awakening when all of their yield is wiped out by a capital loss. for those who haven't had their...

if you can buy the pre 1981 cents for .015 and sell for .022 WITHOUT YOU DOING THE MELTING then have at it but AFAIK melting/defacing us currency is a federal offense. to get around the absurd markup, just buy a bunch of cooper wire that electricians use. the quality is pretty high and you...

in every country including the USA, your internet activity can be monitored by someone. there are steps you can take to reduce the change of identity theft and things like that but please don't think your ISP, the NSA or any of the three letter agencies can't find out in less than 30 secs what...

either GOOG the info you need or read it in a john murhpy book on technicals.

w/ real time trading expect to get much less favorable execution (i.e. you'll give up a tick to get in/out. if you're using limit orders price will usually have to trade thru for you to get filled (i.e. you have a limit to buy ES at 1389.50 and price touches 1389.50 you prob won't be filled...

+1. although i don't agree w/ buffet's investing strategy and some of his other stances (i.e. derivatives are evil yet he sells BILLIONS of dollars in otm puts) i do admire his spending habits (i.e. living in the same house - only real luxury he has is a plane which he uses for biz so it's not...

try one at a time. your choice. but you will NOT pass all three levels of the cfa while dabbling in it - esp while doing two other things. source: guy passed all three cfa levels the first time.

just to wrap up this convo, AFAIK, there is no way to get around this other than the solutions mentioned. trust me us et'ers have heard/done/tried them all! it is what it is.

"Your info is wrong. USO tracks CL very close, even long term as the 1 year charts show." ok for all of the non quants out there let's have a brief lesson in correlation. CL and USO could be 100% correlated and NOT move the same amount. for example, if every single day CL and USO moved in the...

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+1. if you use MSE, firefox (or chrome), adblock plus and don't do anything stupid should be fine. 99% of problems are PICNIC related - prob in chair not in computer.

just be careful trading a commodity stock by looking at the actual commodity and/or currency. for example, one time (not at band camp sorry) i was long gdx calls and i saw the dollar going up and thought it was going to be bad for gold so i sold out of the calls for a small gain (around 15%)...

he can and does change the portfolio all the time so it's hard to replicate it in real time - read his investment outlooks and search bloomberg for "bill gross" and find out what he says. basically he likes emerging mkt sov debt of countries w/ low debt and doesn't like treasuries.

price doesn't have to "make sense". FWIW, there are concerns re potential shortages b/c of the dry weather and that's what's been driving up the ags over the past week. word to the wise and not to wise - never try to short a runaway move in a commodity - be it oil, ags, whatever - it'll go...

bloomberg says they're going to announce on 6/28 - the last day of their term.

they are 60/40 b/c they are (legally) a futures contract.

i can't wait to see what the intraday chart will look like when iran is bombed. i can see the et post now "i was filled 1,000 ticks above my stop - can i sue?"