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HK still has a currency peg, so they are churning out HKD to keep up with Uncle Sam. Those dollars gotta be spent somewhwere...

Exited at a 600% return ... nice for 2 hours' work. Holy sh*t.

A double thank you for this. I noticed EWH was up 5% overnight, recalled that HSI options expire today and the exchange closed tomorrow, so I loaded up on near-the-money calls at the open today. Might not have occurred to me if you hadn't mentioned ... Might just hold these into expiration...

Thanks for that. I'm short HSI this morning ... not that it matters. :p

I thought his comments were great ... he was talking over the head of the host to tell the audience that prices are now a complete artificial construct of government action. Once you see that, the 'band-aid' comes off. Also explains why he refused to discuss where he thinks the market is going -...

'Bout made me puke today. Bought 'em puts near the open and rode that b*tch all day before exiting in the green. I definitely gotta recalibrate my entries ... uggh.

Everybody is a cynic. It is easy. It's cheap. And makes one feel clever. So congratulations to you. I don't know this guy from Adam, and have never been in contact. But he advertised only on the Big Island of Hawai'i, which is a relatively small community, and most certainly has a microscopic...

And please write a letter to your Senator and Representative. They should know how Citi policy is to f*ck their OWNERS coming and going. From time to time I've considered making one of those person-carried billboards and picketing a particular company - explaining to all arriving patrons...

Your post, and your reaction, are justified. Citi and BAC game their customers - they count on making $$ off of the simple errors that people regularly make - and they insist on them. I would not be surprised to find that they've commissioned studies to determine what days in a monthly cycle...

Obama has said he remembers sitting at his grandmother's hospital bedside. listening to her on the phone as her insurance provider tried to gamer her out if its obligations. Our healthcare industrial complex needs to be completely burned to the ground and rebuilt from the ground up. I'm...

I've lived long-term in 2 countries with nationalilzed health systems - on is a 'third world' country and one is 'first world.' US health care, as delivered, is absolute crap compared to both. How Americans can remain so complacent and ignorant is astounding. So many well-funded, vested...

Saw this on Craigslist Hawai'i (Big Island) today, thought some here might find it interesting: http://honolulu.craigslist.org/big/acc/1180931866.html

Here are some recent stats, on intra-day range (simply High-Low) and 10-day moving average of said range: Daily 10-day avg. May 6, 2009 3.2 / 4.1 May 7, 2009 3.5 / 4.2 May 8, 2009 2.7 / 4.0 May 11, 2009...

Election results in emerging markets tend to do this. Not just India.

This story is complete BS. That Barterxchange has been around for several years and this same article ran locally ~4 years ago. Nothing new ...

Kospi equity index options, Hang Seng options-on-futures. Good stuff.

Yes ... but keep in mind you will only earn more dollars for your investment. As the dollar deteriorates and we migrate to a barter economy, commerce will suffer, thus even your dollar earnings. Dollar depreciation will be manifest in waves. Now it is apparently equities. Hard assets will...

If you include index options, Kospi200 is by far the the most active issue, and it is available through IB.

Just FYI, the spreads were definitely inferior to a straight-up position ... but I guess everyone but me already knew that. :p

Thanks guys. Something I'll explore a bit more ...