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    hedge fund trader vs. daytrader

    That's hardly a "wow" salary to beat by day trading futures prop
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    Prop Firms In London

    All listed here http://www.trade2win.com/traderpedia/Trading_Arcade_Index
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    Hedge Fund TV Show

    Watched the trailer, is it a spoof documentary like The office or real? I was laughing at the end either way :D Hope to see it on this side of the pond at some stage or download it
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    Got a feeling, tomorrow 2:30pm crash

    I reckon 100% unchanged with tightening bias. Possible market move if Lacker comes back to the fold
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    Trading jobs in London expected to fall 90% because of algorithmic trading

    I can see it as an issue for execution only traders or traders asked to accumulate a certain percentage of a company within a price range and also spread traders but for outright speculating even very short term it shouldn't be an issue, the market still has to move. The limitation of any...
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    Corn vs. mini-Corn

    Had a go on ZC today that thing is becoming really liquid on the screen, the volume is surprising 300-500 lots bid/offer with a solid book, no bid offer spread it traded about 20k lots in the first half hour of the afternoon session. Quite tradable flow at present not too many games in there yet.:)
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    Financial Calender for Europe

    http://www.dailyfx.com/story/calendar/weekly_focus/Weekly_Economic_Calendar_for_Week_1158938053632.html or http://www.mantiscapital.com calendars
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    This would not be a prop firm, but is it a good idea?

    Reminds me of these guys http://www.the-tca.com/ think they plan to open in NewYork soon
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    Let's say you just blew up a HF

    Laugh it off and wait for interviews, biographies, film approaches and after dinner specches retiring on last year's $75mil salary - it's hardly a bad position to be in, if he traded within his agreed boundaries then the risk department was at fault and he just walks away :cool: Besides he...
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    These guys are nothing but thieves and gamblers

    http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CNBC/TVReports/HedgeFundDropsFiveBillionDollars.aspx I love the last line "They prided themselves on their risk management." :D
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    How do you lose $5 billion in one week?

    I like the last line of the article, "they prided themselves on their risk management"
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    re: bond repos

    Try your luck at http://www.bondtalk.com/forum/thread.cfm
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    Al-Qaida warns Muslims: Time to get out of U.S.

    Can see Bush responding "I always was wary of Davids, Richards and Peters, there's a decent profiling technique, we should just block all people with those 3 names entering the US" :D :D "Now watch this drive!"
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    Where are the Iranians spending their Oil Revenues?

    American debt by the truckload, they fund the US deficit, they effectively own a big chunk of america. http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt see the increasing holdings of the oil exporters here, 3rd down list from 68.5bln to 101.5bln from jun05 to jun06 On friday they warned again they...
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    Al-Qaida warns Muslims: Time to get out of U.S.

    Sep 18th 06 'Al-Qaida warns Muslims: Time to get out of U.S. Afghan terror commander hints at big attack on N.Y., Washington Adnan el-Shukrijumah "The new al-Qaida field commander in Afghanistan is calling for Muslims to leave the U.S. – particularly Washington and New York – in...
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    Eurex down

    No problems on the exchange, make sure you've rolled over to Dec now as Sep has just expired
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    ford

    Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co., responding to a $1.44 billion first-half loss, plans to cut an additional 10,000 salaried jobs in North America, a person familiar with the company`s plans said. Along with 4,000 salaried jobs the second-largest U.S. automaker eliminated as part of...
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    Eurex down

    Eurex was shut down in europe this morning (8-9.30am ish london time) it wasn't any broker issue as we trade direct on the exchange here. It was like the other day when it went down the guys at the exchange in Frankfurt told us they knew they had a problem but weren't sure what it was, so...
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    ford

    A report in todays Detroit News suggests that Ford are about to announce huge losses in the wake of the new restructuring plan which goes before the board today. The article says that an announcement may come as soon as this Friday and that Ford may say it is looking at a $6bln loss for the...
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    Hedge Fund woes

    Month of misery as hedge fund gains disappear By Liz Chong, The Times, Sep 14th 06 source: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9063-2356822,00.html A $10 BILLION hedge fund run by Goldman Sachs has nearly erased its gains for the year, after losing 8.2 per cent of its value in...
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